Think on these {favorite} things

It's the little things in life.

Really.

You know.  Like when you complain endlessly of back pain happen to mention that you need a new mattress, and hubs suggests we go shopping with our Uncle Sam check.

Like I said, little things.  ;)



My goal is to have the ability to sleep as soundly in my bed, as my dog does on the floor.

I'm afraid those fancy pillows we bought aren't quite as rejuvenating as they claimed to be.  Back is doing better, but the neck... Oi.



Think she's dreaming of Starbuck's 'puppy foam'??

I digress.

Oh... the little things.

Like when hubs begins breakfast on a Saturday and/or Sunday morning and fills the house with the aroma of good things to come.  Nator has decided the smell of turkey bacon is her wake-up call.

Here are a few {little} things that have made my day run more efficiently, lately.

Because I always have to watch what I eat {did you think it was something other than food? ha.}, it's nice to have ready-to-go snacks on-hand. 



In addition to fresh, organic fruit, I love...

1.  Pomegranite Green Tea.
Sometimes, I use this to curve an appetite.  Yea, it doesn't always work.

2.  Unsweetened Almond Milk and Jay Robb's Chocolate Whey protein.
With these two combined, I'm getting a sugar-free protein {chocolate} fix, which helps stabilize blood sugar.  I'm on the look-out for unsweetened coconut milk, too.  I'm out of whey... must. get. more.

3.  Raw Almonds.
Raw simply means that it hasn't been through a heating process, which leads to it's oils becoming hydrogenated.  I'd like to think the almond milk is raw, too... thus my search for coconut milk. ;)  And I'd also like to believe that any 'chipping' of the nuts is due to having been through some machine to crack the shell... and not some... *gulp* rodent.  eeeek!

4.  Triscuits and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.
A container of hummus is not safe around me.  I should make my own.  Seriously.  Why Triscuits?  It's part of the whole 'keeping the blood sugar low' concept that seems to work for me.  Who cares if it tastes like hay bales.  Not that I've eaten them before... unless you count Shredded Wheat cereal biscuits.  I just cover that baby in hummus!  Maybe that's why I go through containers so quickly.  Hmmm...



5.  Oh... and I almost forgot.  These Fiber One bars are pretty good, too.  But I only buy the 90 calorie bars.  At 5 grams, they have the least amount of sugar.  They're yummy.  Just don't eat the whole box in one sitting.  Not that we have.

Tragically, none of these companies are sending any freebies my way for this post.

That I know of.  *sigh*

It's simply my lil' favorite things {snack-food edition} gift to you.

The list, that is.

What are some of your quick-go-to, healthy snacks?  I know.  I had to throw that 'healthy' in there, huh?