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  Foodie Friday: Veggie & chicken pad thai
  Hello lovely friends, it is Friday again! And it is officially my last weekend at home till January! Talk about a fun but crazy end to the year! I am super excited to have some fabulous company this weekend! And I just might be making some of this sweet recipe for us to eat!
  It is that time of the week where I link up with a few of my favorite foodies! Farrah from Fairyburger, Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama, and Jess from Hello to Fit!! Our theme this week is veggie surplus!
  I don't think I even have an issue running out of veggies! But having too many that start to go bad is something I have had happen way to many times. I need to find a better balance with my produce purchases! I don't think the strange weather has been helping my purchasing issues. Ha
  Since I had SO many extra veggies this week, I wanted to make something that used up as many as possible at one time! Enter the good old standby of pad thai!
  Pad Thai with chicken and veggies
  2 cups broccoli, chopped into small peices
  1 cup raw broccoli slaw
  Brown rice noodes
  Put 1-2 TBS oil in a large pan, add the chicken and cook till it is no longer pink in the middle. Add Tamari to taste.
  In a seperate pan, cook all the veggies the same as the chicken.
  Cook the noodles as directed on the box. Add some coconut oil and tamari when they are finished.
  Once everything is cooked, mix it all together and enjoy!
  This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Foodie Friday, Foodie Pen Pals, gluten free, stir fry, veggie surplus, veggies on November 13, 2015 by chocolaterunnergirl.
  Foodie Pen Pals, October
  Well, it is that time of month again to reveal the Foodie Pen Pal package I received this past month. Normally, I am super excited about posting…however, this package was very different from what I normally receive!!
  Tea, baby food (??) and a handwritten recipe.
  Again, this is not typical of what I have received in the past. I hate to be a Negative Nancy, but I was a little disappointed with this package. Oh well, I guess I will be drinking a lot more tea over the next few weeks.
  If you want to get involved with the Foodie Pen Pals here's a detailed explanation of the program:
  -Foodie Pen pals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you're a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you can choose to write a short guest post for your pen pal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
  – Foodie Pen pals is open to US, Canadian residents & European residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We've determined things might get too slow and backed up if we're trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I'm going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
  If you would like to be a part of this amazing program you can sign up HERE by Tuesday, November 4th.
  This entry was posted in Foodie Friday and tagged eat, foodie, Foodie Pen Pals, FPPs, Friday on October 31, 2014 by chocolaterunnergirl.
  It is that time of the month when it is time to reveal all the amazing things I received in the months Foodie Pen Pal box! I have been so lucky to get such great FPP partners pretty much every month! This month my FPP was Sarah.
  We had some lovely email chats and then the box arrived!!
  It is almost like Christmas morning when I get a FPP (or Naturebox) box in the mail!
  I love everything about the box! From the food, to the sweet little notes, to the zebra tissue paper and the stickers she included for the twins I nanny! So so sweet! (and they LOVED the stickers! )
  Nice handwritten note.
  Yummy popcorn! Surprised it made it past the first day we opened it.
  Fruit snacks, enough said! A few of these made their way into my bag for the twins!
  This is one of my fav brands of chocolate!
  This little fruit sticks are great!!
  Like the note said, NO EXPLANATION NEEDED!
  Cute stickers for the twins!
  Thank you again Sarah for your fabulous package!!! Loved every bit of it!!!
  If you would like to be a part of this amazing program you can sign up HERE by Saturday, October 4th.
  This entry was posted in Foodie Pen Pals and tagged food, foodie, Foodie Pen Pals, Lean Green Bean, pen pals, sharing on September 30, 2014 by chocolaterunnergirl.
  For the past 2ish years I have been participating in the Foodie Pen Pal program set up by Lindsay over at The Lean Green Bean!
  This month I was matched up with the amazing Debbie from Accidentally Delish! It was great to be paired up with a fellow blogger. As we emailed back and forth we found out we have some things in common, which is always a bonus!!
  Debbie sent me a wonderful package and it came on my birthday which was another added bonus!
  A lovely note and tissue paper in my favorite color!
  Ice tea mix which is PERFECT for these HOT summer days here in Houston!
  These toasted coconut chips were amazing! I crushed some up and added them to my latest batch of energy balls, and they added amazing flavor and texture! Will have to get more of these soon for sure 🙂
  You can never go wrong with Justin's Almond butter in a package for me! Love it!
  I mentioned that I want to do more Thai cooking, and Debbie sent me this amazing looking curry powder. I can not wait to try it!
  I have never heard of moon cheese before. I added it to a salad and it was like a yummy cheese crouton!
  Debbie was recently having a giveaway on her blog for some Energems. She saw that I entered the contest and sent me some to sample! Will be trying them out this weekend on one of my long bike rides! Thank you Debbie!!
  And chocolate! Having a blog with the word 'chocolate' in the title, I LOVE that I get all sorts of chocolate items to try! This was super yummy and I love that it was organic too!
  Thank you again Debbie for all the great treats! (My hubby also says thanks!)
  If you would like to be a part of this amazing program you can sign up HERE by Thursday, September 4th.
  This entry was posted in Foodie Pen Pals and tagged eat, food, foodie, Foodie Pen Pals, package, treats, YUM on August 29, 2014 by chocolaterunnergirl.
  I guess my brain is still stuck in March even though it is already April 3rd! I woke up in the middle of the night and realized I never posted about my amazing Foodie Pen Pal package from March! (So sorry Melissa!)
  For the March edition of Foodie Pen Pals I was paired up with Melissa from My {Simply} Delicious Life. She is a gem and I was so happy to paired up with her! This was her first Foodie Pen Pal exchange and she did so great!
  Everything Melissa sent from the note to the awesome food choices were just perfect!
  This preserve has already been used on toast, waffles and pancakes!! It has a lovely flavor combination and it simply wonderful!
  This honey came right at the perfect time as I was out and needed some for my morning tea! It is pretty cool to actually have some of the bee comb inside the jar!
  I am not sure who had more, the hubs or myself! It was a yummy little treat to snack on while prepping dinner for a few nights!
  I have never had pecan butter before, but this was awesome! I used it in one of my smoothies in place of almond butter and it added amazing flavor!
  Thank you again Melissa for your sweet package AND your handwritten thank you note!
  If you are ever paired with Melissa you are in for a treat!
  If you would like to be a part of this amazing program you can sign up HERE by Friday April 4th.
  This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged foodie, Foodie Pen Pals, Pen pal on April 3, 2014 by chocolaterunnergirl.
  Foodie Pen Pal Reveal day September!!!
  So today is FPP reveal day!!! Yay 😉
  I missed it in August because I forgot to sign up..oops.
  This month the FPP program celebrated 2 years!! Congrats to Lindsay on creating such a wonderful program that as grown so much and is so much fun 🙂 In honor of the 2 years, we did something a little different. We sent a package to the same person who sent one to us. It was different and a unique way to celebrate!
  So my FPP this month was Ariel who helps to admin her sister's (Nicole) blog over at Www.hapatite.com.
  I have looked over their site and it is filled with some really amazing recipes that I can not wait to try!!!
  What a fun and sweet package I received in the mail. Full of so many new things to try!!
  First a sweet note! I love anything handwritten 😉
  Rachel Ray has such good recipes that this will be fun to look through and pick out new things to try!
  Kit Kat…enough said!
  The next part of the package made me feel like I was back in England!! Tons of new teas and cookies (biscuits) to try! I am really stoked to try some of the new teas that represent different cultures! I am a big fan of Chai, so those are going fast! I have never tried honey crystals before, so I am really excited to pair that with one of my new teas!!!
  I have never tried a milk tea before. I am going in search of some Boba in the next few weeks so I can really enjoy these teas the proper way!
  A few extra goodies that will come into good use! I am always on the look out for new hydration products, so I will be testing out this Flavrz on one of my next long runs!
  I am pretty pumped about this really sweet gift card from Hello Fresh!! It looks like such a fun idea to try out some new recipes!
  I love Nicole's business card! The turtles are adorable 🙂 They are used for ratings and depicting new foods or cocktails! What a great idea 🙂
  Thank you again Ariel and Nicole for your amazing package!! I can not wait to taste all the teas and try out Hello Fresh! You are both very thoughtful and kind!
  If you want to learn a little more about Foodie Pen Pals here is some basic info!
  To sign up for OCTOBER FPP, click HERE by Oct 4th!!
  This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged drinks, food, foodie, Foodie Pen Pals, fun, hello fresh, Pen pal, Rachel Ray, tea on September 30, 2013 by chocolaterunnergirl.