Good afternoon!
My day is going fairly well. I spent most of the morning on the phone with the government tax office sorting out my PST tax application. I also had to decide on my filing period. My first one is coming up on August 23rd, so I am a bit freaked out! I am going to have to talk to my brother in law who is an accountant for his tips. While I am glad that I applied for a GST and PST tax number (it really does set a professional tone for any business), it does create a ton of more work on my part, especially since I didn’t know anything about tax before I started this business. I am sure that once I get used to the process and figure it out, it will be old hat in a year or two. Can’t wait for that day!
After that, I started calculating the nutritional information for my Glo Bars. Since I recently changed the size of my bars, I now have to re-do all of the nutrition labels. A lot of my food products are not in the database I am using, so I had to custom entry many of them this morning. I now have my first official label complete for the Classic bar and I must say I am really impressed by the stats! I will be sharing this information shortly after I create and input it into a table (Nutrition Data does not permit the online use of their nutrition labels- only for print. Don’t ask me why! :( ).
And then came lunch! It was quick and easy so I could get back to work.
The weather here is cool and cloudy today, so I thought some hot soup was fitting. Do you have a favourite yukky weather meal?
This is the only brand of soup I have been able to find that has no salt added:
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You know me, I am big against heavily salted foods, so this is pretty much the only brand I buy now. They were on sale 3 for $5 at Loblaws last week, so I got 3 cans.
I had the whole can for lunch, along with a dollop of hummus, and 2 slices of whole wheat bread (yup, still buying no name!). I am happy (sad?) to say that I have not broken down and purchased the expensive Ezekiel bread since I challenged myself to stop buying it last winter!
I added some pumpkin seeds for some flavour (and an awesome crunch!) that this unsalted soup is definitely lacking. The hummus also adds some flavour too and made it nice and creamy (it sunk to the bottom!).
This soup is filled with veggies and beans…I just love it!
Japanese Sencha Loose leaf is still going strong! Today I was feeling frisky and had it with a bag of Green Ginger Tazo tea.
I Tweeted about this the other day. One of my biggest pet peeves is when my loose leaf holder opens up and spills out all of the tea into my mug. This happens to me quite a bit. It is probably because my tea holder is cheap. Does anyone recommend a good loose leaf tea holder that works nicely? I think mine is from the Dollarstore. :D
Dessert was pure Heaven!
I have everyone hooked on these new Heaven bars now. I think it just might be my #1 favourite Glo Bar now. It tastes just like a peanut butter brownie!
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Ok, back to work!
Canadians: Don’t forget to enter the Neal Brother’s contest! There aren’t many comments over at Green Monster Movement so your chances of winning the awesome prize pack are really good!!!
Enjoy your Hump-day. :)
I AM LOVING the presentation!! So perfect.
And yes – I’m definitely going to be needing some of those Heaven bars! I even told people at work about them!! :)
I bought this AWESOME tea strainer (TEELI FILT BREWING BASKET)two years ago and use it every morning with my loose leaf tea…so simple to use and to dump tea leaves afer too.
I can’t recommend it enough-lasts forever and all you do is plunk it in your mug OR teapot,drop spoonful of tealeaves inside,add water,then simply lift container out and rest it on the little cover piece while you drink tea….no loose tea leaves straying,no tricky ball,no extra contraption needed.And I bought it through the canadian franchise store Cargo and James Tea(for me at the Halifax store on Barrinton near Atlantic Superstore)!
Let me know if you buy this!!!I can’t recommend it enough!
http://www.cargoandjames.com/collections/retail/products/teeli-filter-large
I bought the medium not the large.Here is more description on this page too
http://www.teeli.com/englisch/products/main.html#FDAfry
Cheers, Angela! Lynn
Ooops sorry that was Teeli filter brewing basket!(typo!)
PSS :ast comment on this…but the brewing basket really does make a better tasting te, because leaves can unfurl with lots of room,which I hear is best for the tastiest tea -yum!
My fave wakeup tea each morn is Twinings Looseleaf Gunpowder green(but not the bagged version-blech)
For bagged teas I like Traditional Medicinal Peppermint tea(best peppermint tea I have ever tried!)
Just like everyone else I can’t wait to get your bars in the US..or Scotland sometime soon :)! I have a feeling you’ll be able to ship to the US right around the time I’m Scotland bound. I love hot chai tea on cloudy days. Just the smell of it warms me up, body and soul!
The Heaven bar looks awesome! And congrats on all the progress you’re making with the ‘technical stuff’ of starting your own business. Way to go!
heaven bar looks awesome!!! hopefully will be able to try soon when you can ship to U.S.!
I got my tea strainer from Crate & Barrel. I loved it so much, I bought a second one. :) And they’re only like $5. It’s lasted me a long time, and no loose leaves in my cup!
I seriously visited your site just now with the intention of getting your e-mail to ask if you had nutrition stats for the glo bars! I love that you are already working on it! What a hard-working business owner you are!
What a pretty bowl! I seriously love clear glasses… so fun to see all of what you’re eating. :) Love the pumpkin seeds… so yummy!
xxoo
Heather
Hummus in soup is a brilliant idea! I’ve got to try that!
I know this isn’t a meal, but when the weather is yucky, nothing can beat a good hot chocolate!!
My cold weather meal is usually a nice hot bowl of wholemeal pasta with some kind of jar of sauce (usually Wgole Foods brand roasted red pepper or Sundried Tomato pesto) with a small scoop of goats cheese – melts so well and the whole combination tastes really yummy!
Had never thought of hummus in soup – it look good!
I just bought the same soup on the same sale! I never buy canned soup because of the crazy amounts of sodium in them, so I was quite happy to stumble across it. I plan on adding some tofu to mine :)
Maybe if you keep mentioning the word “Ezekiel” in your posts, your blog will pop up on the company’s radar and they’ll send you some free product! ;)
Great idea adding hummus to your soup! I’ll have to try that.