Yesterday I had the intention of posting my race recap. I started writing in the morning, uploaded pictures during lunch, and planned to publish when I got home but that last part didn’t happen. The past few weeks I’ve been starring at my computer screen at work for too many hours – inputting data, updating spreadsheets, confirming contracts, etc. – so by the time I get home the only screen that I wanna stare at is the TV.
Side note: have y’all watched ABC Family lately? I haven’t in ages but last night I caught a few minutes of Pretty Little Liars and the sneak preview of Twisted. Holy heck, those girls are much more mature than Sabrina the Teenage Witch ever was… Er, or I’m just getting older?
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I thought I’d sandwich my race recap between my recent eats [ba-dum-bum! get it? sandwich cause it's WIAW] but then I realized that this post would be a million miles long so I’ll save it for another day. Don’t expect anything groundbreaking, just some of my pre-, during, and post-race thoughts. Today I’m sticking with tradition and sharing a few of my recent eats and surprising y’all with a good giveaway – whoop whoop!
Ryan is traveling for work this week so that means that I’ve been cooking for one – uno, solo, nada one else, single gal – and that has translated into easy and convenient comfort food. Charlie always gets mopey when his partner in crime is MIA so I’ve been trying my best to fill the void. But I evidently I’m just not as cool as dad… Charlie’s mind: daddy = play pal // momma = couch cuddler.
A few of my recent eats photo dump style. All were tasty with the exception of not so tasty green goop… Although it does fit in perfectly with this months theme 
Thanks Jenn for hosting another tasty link-up!
The Good Bean Review & Giveaway
A few months ago when I was perusing the aisles of Whole Foods, I stumbled upon The Good Bean chickpeas. I’d seen a few bloggers post recipes for roasted chickpeas but my semi-homemade loving self opted to buy the snacks versus baking the beans myself. And I am so glad that I did, they were amazingly delicious!
The store by me only had the Cracked Pepper flavor so that’s what I tried first. I’m a big fan of pepper so I had high hopes… They were sprinkled with black pepper, a touch of salt, weren’t overly spicy, and were super crunchy – two thumbs up in my opinion!
Bummed that I couldn’t find any of the other flavors around me, I contacted The Good Bean and they were happy to send me a sample of their 4 chickpea snacks and 3 fruit and no-nut bars.
A little bit about the products as seen on The Good Bean website :
Chickpea Snacks
Healthy! Our chickpeas are naturally packed with intense nutrition – for a healthy heart, a healthy waistline, and for sustained energy. Tasty! They’re also intensely delicious. Dry roasted sloooowly, and then tossed with tasty spices. Yum! Gluten-free, nut-free, cholesterol-free, low fat, low in carbohydrates, nothing over-engineered, nothing artificial.
Fruit & No-Nut Bars
Fruit & nut bars are the ideal healthy snack any time of day, and the growing popularity of this category is testament how much people love them. Here’s a bar with all the textures, flavors, and wholesomeness of fruit & nut bars, but without the fat and allergens of nuts! Our bars – packed with seeds, fruits, and chocolate – are truly delicious, and pack a nutritious wallop.
After tasting each of these products, I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them – I didn’t dislike any but I did have a few favorites… Sweet Cinnamon and Cracked Peppercorn were my top two favorite chickpea snacks and Apricot Coconut was my favorite fruit and no-nut bar.
Lucky, lucky you because The Good Bean has graciously offered to give 2 lucky winners each:
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[2] Chickpea Snacks
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[3] Fruit & No-Nut Bars
The giveaway will end Sunday, March 24th at 11:59PM EST. I will randomly select the winner and announce her or him on Monday! To enter, please leave a separate comment for each of the following:
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Comment on this post telling me which product you’d like to try the most
- Like The Good Bean on Facebook
- Like Life’s a Bowl on Facebook
- Follow @TheGoodBean on Twitter
- Follow @lifesabowl on Twitter
- Follow The Good Bean on Instagram
- Follow Life’s a Bowl on Instagram
*Please note: you must leave a separate comment for each to receive multiple entries – you can enter once, twice, or all 7 possible ways – the more entries, the better your chances!*
— Allison
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I would most like to try the Apricot Coconut no-nut bar & Sweet Cinnamon Chickpea snack. Yum!!
I “liked” The Good Bean on FB.
I “liked” Lifes a Bowl on FB.
Following The Good Bean on Twitter…
Already following you on Twitter…
Following The Good Bean on Instagram…
Already following you (& your pancake loving) on Instagram.
mmmm the cinnamon ones look the best to me. i love sweet things right now.
oh and i don’t just follow you on twitter, i stalk you on twitter.
annnnnd i follow you on insta. now get me some beans.
I would love to try either of the bars!
I follow you on twitter
I’d love to try the sea salt chick pea snack!
the chickpea snacks ARE MY FAVORITE. be prepared for some ultimate blog explosion.
of course I like them on facebook, when they pop up on my newsfeed I basically lick the screen
well I guess I like you on facebook, I more like Charlie but technically it is your page
I follow those beany dudes on twitter
it says i am posting too quickly, I am trying to calm myself down… I … folllow… you … on …. twitter
already follow them on instagram, my kind of food porn. god that sounds wrong
you are basically famous now that chobani posted your picture so duh I follow you on instagram
I would love to try the sweet cinnamon chickpea snacks!
I like the Good Bean on facebook!
I like Life’s a Bowl on facebook!
I follow the Good Bean on twitter!
I follow lifesabowl on twitter!
I follow the good bean on instagram!
I follow liesabowl on Instagram!
I follow lifesabowl on Instagram!
The apricot coconut fruit&no-nut bar sounds deeelish!!
Oh sign me up for the Sweet Cinnamon or Sea Salt
I follow you on twitterrrrrrrrr
Sweet CinnaYUM is what I’d like to try!
Omg I have not seen the apple cinnamon fage yogurt! I need to find that! I love finding new flavors. And those bars look delish!
I had never seen it before either but it was SO GOOD!
Like Life’s a Bowl on Facebook
I loved you on facebook
Follow @lifesabowl on Twitter
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Follow Life’s a Bowl on Instagram (olivetorun)
I followed Good Bean on Twitter
I liked Good Bean on Facebook
I follow you and your pancakes on instagram
I followed the good bean on instagram
I’ve been super intrigued with these ever since I saw you first post about them, especially because they have no nuts! That right there is heaven to someone with nut allergies. All the products look delicious, but I’m super intrigued by the chocolate berry fruit and no nut bar.
They’re definitely a tasty option for those with nut allergies!
I love The Good Bean products! I would want to try the apricot coconut bar again.
Liked you on FB! (just recently figured out how to do this
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Liked The Good Bean on FB.
Sweet cinnamon roasted chickpeas!!
Already following you on Twitter.
Followed The Good Bean on Twitter.
I follow you on Twitter
Def the apricot cinnamon no nut bar!
I follow you on IG
Already been following you [and Charlie] on Insta!
I liked The Good Bean on Facebook!
Aaaand now following The Good Bean on Insta too. Woop!
I follow The Good Bean on Twitter!
I already follow you on Twitter (duh!).
Your salads all look so delicious! I would love to try the sweet cinnamon flavor . . . I’ve been wanting to try Good Bean for awhile!
Thanks Michelle – the more colors = the better
All of your salads look SO good! I am loving the peas
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I would love to try the roasted chickpeas! All of the flavors sound delicious!
Thanks Hannah!
Smoky Chili & Lime for sure! Your eats look awesome, by the way. I wish you said what some of them were, I’m curious!
Thanks Jordan – sorry I didn’t include captions, I’d be happy to share more about them if you’d like!
I like you on facebook already!
I like The Good Bean on facebook, too!
I follow you on twitter
@j_mosh
Definitely intrigued by the sweet cinnamon beans!
I already follow you on twitter!
and instagram!
Chickpea snacks! I remember when you posted a pic of them last week (??) and I wanted to try them.
I follow you on twitter.. <3
I follow The Good Bean on twitter, too!
I would love to try the smoky chili and lime chickpeas
I follow you on instagram…
and I follow you on twitter!
I follow The Good Bean on twitter, too
@j_mosh
Yum! The chickepas!! I’ve tried making them at home, but I never been really satisfied with the results.
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I would most like to try the chili or sea salt
I’d like to try the Smoky Chili and Lime flavor Chickpea Snacks
I like The Good Bean on Facebook
I like Life’s a Bowl on Facebook too!
I follow @TheGoodBean on Twitter as @AnnaZed
I follow @lifesabowl on Twitter as @AnnaZed
I follow The Good Bean on Instagram
I follow Life’s a Bowl on Instagram
I know exactly what you mean about kids TV – they’re so savvy and glam compared to the shows I used to watch. I loved Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Fage apple and cinnamon raisin sounds amazing!
I know, right? They are like 13 going on 30 – so much drama!
I would love to try the Chocolate Berry bar!
I ‘liked’ The Good Bean on Facebook!
I ‘liked’ your page, Life’s a Bowl on Facebook too!
I follow The Good Bean on Instagram!
I also follow you on Instagram…soo addicted to this site lol
I’d love to trh the cilii & lime chickpeas.
I follow Life’s a Bowl on Facebook
I Follow @TheGoodBean on Twitter
I follow Life’s a Bowl On Twitter
I follow The Good Bean on FB.
I would love to try the chickpea snacks!!!! They sound so yummy!!!
I am a fan of yours on Facebook!!
I am also a follower on twitter!! @brittlizz1102
I am a follower on instagram!!!! @brittlizz
I love TJ’s turkey meatballs.. pair it up with spaghetti squash and you got yourself an italian dinner! How was the pineapple flavor bite? And loving the quest bar as a snack;) Not even going to mention the pancakes because you already know I’m a fan!
Those TJ’s turkey meatballs are the bomb[dot]com in a pinch! I’ve never paired them with spaghetti squash [still haven't tried it] but I have put them on top of salads, pasta, and quinoa – YUM
The pineapple bite was tasty but not my fave…
i’d love to try the cracked pepper chickpeas!
I follow you on Twitter (@blevy88)!
follow you on instagram (@blevy88)!
I want to try the sweet cinnamon chickpeas!
I liked the good bean on FB
I liked life’s a bowl on FB
i followed the good bean on twitter
i followed life’s a bowl on twitter
Your meal pictures look so good! Great photos and this is an awesome give away!
Thanks Alex!
I followed you and the Good Bean on Twitter!
the bars look awesome!!
I would love to try any of the bars!
Liked The Good Bean on Facebook
Following The Good Bean on Twitter
Following Life’s A Bowl on Twitter
Following The Good Bean on Instagram
Those apricot-coconut bars look tasty. I have to admit, I’m intrigued by ALL the flavors.
I also followed Life’s a Bowl on Instagram (@arleneawl)
the sweet cinnamon flavor sounds delicious!
The good bean sounds really good!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on some!
The sweet cinnamon & cracked pepper ones sound delicious!
Liked ya on facebook !
liked the good bean on facebook
Following the good bean on twitter
Already follow your lovely self on twitter
The sweet cinnamon sound amazing! Yum!
I would like to try the cinnamon chick peas or the chocolate bar!
Liked Good Bean on FB
Like you on FB! (You can like me back at https://www.facebook.com/EricaFinds – and check out my giveaway of an awesome OKU Oxygen jacket at ericafinds.com, too!)
Thanks for sharing – I liked your page!
Followed Good Bean on Twitter
Followed you on Twitter (@eagran)
Those chickpeas..YES I WANT!
I follow you on Instagrammmmmmm!
I have heard SO many great things about this company! I would LOVE to try the cinnamon ones! Yum!
I like The Good Bean on Facebook!
I like you on Facebook!
I follow The Good Bean on Twitter!
I follow you on Twitter!
I follow The Good Bean on IG!
I follow you on IG!
I’d like to try the sea salt or cinnamon chickpeas. I like the good bean on FB.
I also like you on FB
what is the thing with the apple slices on the plate?? it looks like fiber one microwave muffin or something??
It was a mug cake creation made out of egg whites + TJ’s Fiber cereal mixed + PB… I was trying to use up the last few bites of each