Fat Tire Amber Ale

Fat Tire is a beer made by New Belgium Brewing based in Fort Collins Colorado. The name came from the fact that the Jeff  Lebesch, a homebrewer, rode his mountain bike with "fat tires" through European villages famous for beer. He eventually founded New Belgium Brewing Company. The first two beers were Abbey and Fat Tire. His wife, Kim, was also very involved in the brewing company... handling more administrative tasks.


 New Belgium Brewing now makes lots of different types of beer including Sunshine Wheat, 1554, Blue Paddle, Trippel, Ranger IPA, Mothership Wit, Le terrior, kick, etc... ( http://www.newbelgium.com/beer.aspx )


I have a few friends who really like Fat Tire.. so i decided to give it a try. It was delicious and reminded me of Yuengling.. expect a little lighter. It is a golden amber color... and a good everyday beer.. this is the kind you could have more than one of at a time (easily drinkable). It smells slightly sweet, refreshing, and goes down with a smooth aftertaste!

SweetWater Blue

At many grocery stores they have a cool little thing called " you pick six" with beer....this gives you the option to pick out six different kinds of beer to try instead of having to buy an entire six pack of something that you don't know if you are going to like. The next 6 posts will be of the different beers that I picked out.

The first is Sweet Water Blue. Sweet Water Brewing Co. is an Atlanta based brewery. The brewery was started by two college roommates who attended the University of Colorado Atlanta. The Brewing Co. brews many year round brews including Blue, IPA, 420, Sch'Wheat, and Georgia Brown. They also have what they call " Catch and Release" Brews including Happy ENding, Road Trip, Motor Boat, Festival Ale, Exodus Porter.

  Sweet Water Blue is described by Sweet Water Brewing Company as "Always the funky favorite at any outdoor beer festival, SweetWater Blue is a unique light-bodied ale with a hint of fresh blueberries. It begins with an appealing blueberry aroma and finishes as a surprisingly thirst-quenching ale."

I agree for the most part with the description. It is definitely a refreshing beer that is good on a summer day. It has a sweet blueberry after taste but it is definitely not a sweet beer. I'd drink it again but its the kind of beer that you only have one of at a time.

Newman's Own Lighten Up Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing

So this isn't going to be a long post.... this dressing is simply delicious. It is not too thick and not too thin or watery... it has a ton of flavor! It is sweet but spicy (not hot but flavorful). Please try it on salads and as a dip for veggies... I haven't tried it as a marinade but I bet it would be amazing.

Phildelphia Cream Cheese: Honey Nut

 I am not normally a huge bagel and cream cheese kind of person.. but my boyfriend was in town this weekend and when we were at the store he bought some bagels and Honey Nut flavored Philadelphia Cream Cheese. I personally had no idea that they sold that flavor.. but apparently they do. Other flavors include blueberry, sundried tomato and basil, original, chive and onion, garden vegetable, spinach and artichoke, and strawberry ( in the soft cream cheese form). They also have new cooking cremes that include flavors like italian cheese and herb, savory garlic, original, and sante fe blend!

Upon looking at the ingredients I discovered that they honey nut flavor actually has Pecans and Honey in it (yeah for real flavors)! There are actual chunks of nut in the cream cheese that you can see.. they have not been pulverized to tiny bits.

I personally have been using it a lot on the leftover bagels but also on potatoes ( i know it sounds gross but it is actaully just like a sweet flavored cheese).

I would personally highly recommend this to anyone who likes a little sweet.. but not too sweet flavor on a variety of things.

Kelloggs Crunchy Nut

 "So delicious you won't want to wait until morning "

This is the slogan for kelloggs new "Crunchy Nut" cereal. There are actually two types of Crunchy Nut... Golden Honey Nut and Roasted Nut and Honey. Crunchy Nut was introduced in the UK and Ireland in the 1980s but it just recently reached the US in 2011!

I opted to try the Golden Honey Nut!  It is a corn flake cereal .. the flakes are coated with honey and real small pieces of peanuts.

I usually have oatmeal for breakfast and like to snack on cereal so... yesterday afternoon I opened the box and poured myself a bowl of Crunchy Nut. I just ate the cereal dry.. and frankly I could have eaten the whole box! It is soo good. It is not overwhelmingly sweet and the pieces of peanut are just the right size.. not to big to be annoying and not so small that you don't taste them. Not surprisingly the cereal is also very crunchy/crispy and I can imagine that in milk it would stay crunchy because of  the honey glaze!

Nutrition: 3/4 cup is 120 calories, 1 gram fat,  130mg sodium, 45mg potassium, 27g carbs, 10g sugar, 2 g protein,  and a variety of vitamins/minerals

Overall a big success- way to go Kelloggs!! Buying this again..!

Sorry for the delay

There had been a brief hiatus in my food blog because I have been at home and have really just been eating whatever is here.. but not to worry!I will pick this "try a new food thing" back up when I move down to Knoxville TN at the end of this week!

BREAKSTONE'S 100 Calorie COTTAGE DOUBLES

In 1928, Kraft bought out Breakstone Brothers... they made fluid milk and cheese. Kraft also acquired Phenix Cheese Company (who made Philadelphia cream cheese) and the company changed its name to Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company. The name has changed so many times over the course of the years... as they have acquired and merged with other companies. Today it is called Kraft Inc.

Check out all the brands they own today--  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kraft_brands ( IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY COMPANIES THEY OWN)

Just recently, Breakstone's came out with 100 Calorie COTTAGE DOUBLES. There are 5 varieties, each has cottage cheese on one side and fruit on the other (Blueberry, Strawberry, Apple Cinnamon, Peach, and Pineapple).I personally love cottage cheese plain.. but not everyone does... most like it mixed in with fruit.

I bought four of the five and I decided to start with Blueberry! The cottage cheese alone just tastes like beautiful and rich cottage cheese... alone the blueberry section was way too sweet ( it was more like blueberry jam than fresh fruit). However when you take a little of the blueberry and mix it with the cottage cheese.. it is delicious and well-balanced in terms of sweet and salt flavors. YUMMY can't wait for the other flavors.... which one next?