A New Spring in My Step and the Bob's Red Mill Winner

Happy Spring!

Spring has sprung in the Bluegrass state for sure. Dogwoods and redbuds and starting to bloom. The daffodils are on their second round and the tulips are in full swing.

With the change of time and seasons hopefully brings a new spring in my step with the lovely MMM! Sure do miss you all jumping over here for some family feeding inspiration or healthy food adventures. My time has been well spent though--- I've gotten back into running thanks to finding a rockstar of a running buddy! But, this has meant that I head to bed a lot earlier to get up for our 5:30am runs and ends up lending to less time to write at night. Hmm...something had to give.

Now just wait to see what I have coming up next! Hint, it has 3 W's involved! Whole grains, Wellness and Winning!! Come back on Monday and you'll see what I mean.

Until then, I'm happy to announce that the winner of the $50 Bob's Red Mill gift card is.... Jenn!!  Congrats.

A Little Experiment: Orange Cherry Coconut Breakfast Bars with Bob's Red Mill and a Giveaway!

I just loved science class! Something cool about looking at your specimens and putting together your hypothesis then jumping in to see if you were right. Well, this is just what I got to do thanks to Bob's Red Mill!

The trusting folks over at Bob's Red Mill sent me some coconut flour and asked me to experiment develop a recipe to share. Sure, no problem. This is an ingredient I had never used but always wanted to see how it substituted for other flours. So I chose to create a breakfast item.

My hypothesis: Using the coconut flour combined with a little extra liquid, would result in a moist but moist, cake like texture. I did a little research prior to using this flour and had read plenty of warnings about adding either extra liquid or extra eggs to prevent a dry crumbly result.

You can hop over to see the result of my experiment, Orange Cherry Coconut Breakfast Bars and try it for yourself!

And, they gave me a way YOU can do some experimenting of your own with a $50 Gift Card to use at either their store or online shop! WOW- what a treat! I am sure you could find plenty of ingredients to play around with.

Here is how you can win this fabulous giveaway.
CONTEST is NOW CLOSED!!
There are 3 ways you can enter:

1. Head over to Bob's Red Mill and look around. Then leave a comment below with the ingredients you would use for your own experiment!
2. Come on over to My McDonald Meal Facebook page and join this growing community. Leave a third comment below saying you've done so (if you already have liked the page, leave a comment also).
3. Share this giveaway on Twitter! Make sure you @melmcd99 and leave a comment below letting me know you spread the word.

Good luck! This giveaway will close on March 20th at 11pm.


Disclaimer: I received the products mentioned above at no cost. I only review products that I have personally tested and used in my kitchen, and all opinions expressed are my own.