Hey Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and are re-charged and ready to go for the week! This is my first 5-day week in a while… haha. I had a 3 day week 2 weeks ago and a 4 day week last week! Ahhh! Although, really it’s only 4.5 days, since Tuesday my office is going on a boat cruise!!! Clearly summer is the best time to be an intern!
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Anyone else remember this song? It became popular right before I went on a cruise for my junior year spring break in college. Perfect timing.
Aaaaaanyway, I wanted to share with you all some products I got from Swanson! Swanson Health Products reached out to me a while ago and told me about their website, Swansonvitamins.com. They have been family-owned since 1969 and have guaranteed low prices. I order a lot of products online, so I thought this would be a great site to check out! At first I thought it would be all Swanson products, but they actually carry a TON of name-brand products as well.
Swanson offered me a coupon to try out some products from their site, however it took me about a month to make up my mind! There were TOO MANY CHOICES!!! This is definitely a good problem to have! Finally, I decided to order some items that were new to me so I could try them out.
First, I wanted to order Psyllium Husk. I had seen some recipes on Blogilates using the product so I wanted to try it out for myself! I also ordered some Spirulina Powder, which I thought would be great since it includes a lot of viatamins! Finally, I got some Omega-3 Fish Oil! I’d heard from a lot of people that it’s great to take, especially to help with inflammation of muscles and joints.
(Neville wanted to be in the photo. By the way, he’ll be 2 in a month!)
I tried out the recipe from blogilates for the pancakes a while back and used both the Psyllium Husk Powder and Spirulina Powder, green pancakes!
The batter was super gooey, but I LOVED the taste of the pancakes! Not as good as my pancakes from this weekend, but definitely good.
I’ve also used the spirulina powder in other things, like this protein ice cream! I got the original recipe from Heather Eats Almond Butter, but also got some ideas for mixing it up from Keeping Healthy Getting Stylish. I actually love the flavor of the powder!
I’ve actually made this protein ice cream several times now! Sometimes I add frozen strawberries, other times cocoa powder, and even just vanilla and cinnamon! So good and refreshing!
Not too much to report on the fish oil! Haha I actually just started taking it, so I can’t tell if it helps any, honestly I don’t know if I will be able to tell. BUT, I can tell you I don’t have fishy breath when I take it! Haha, so there you go!
Finally, I ordered soap from Burts Bees. This is the reason the post took so long! It was shipped separately, but for some reason my post office thought it should keep the package and have me come pick it up. Good thing they are only open when I’m at work… Anyway, I finally got it on Saturday! I love it because it smells soooooo good!
Thank you so much, Swanson! I loved trying out their products, you should check out their website!
Do you do a lot of online ordering?
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