Category Archives: Foodie Fridays

Foodie Fridays: Week 2 and Week 3 LEAP diet – What it Cost

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Week 2: $275.61

$7.37 2/8 Trader Joe’s cereal, fruit wrap, and hot cereal

$6.98 2/9 Fred Meyer for Cashewgurt and a mango

$11.04 2/8 Amazon cake pan for Instant Pot

$40 halfvsies at Costco for Boom Chicka Kettle Corn, Kirkland Signature beef, lettuce mix, brown rice

$97.05 Fullscript supplements: Bio-Zyme, PureLean Nutrients

$10 Flying Apron Bakery loaf of gluten free bread 2/11/18

$103.17 Fullscript supplements: Support Minerals, Amino-NR, PurePaleo Protein unflavored

Week 3: $100.74

$24 halfsies at Fred Meyer 2/16 for various groceries including my favorite pickles!

$21.29 at Fred Meyer 2/19 for dented cans of pear, applesauce, avocado, soy free Earth Balance butter, etc.

$3.45 Fred Meyer 2/21 cereal and 2 teas

$52 halfsies at Costco 2/21 for peanuts, hot dogs, eggs, kettle corn, lettuce

 

Foodie Fridays: One Week LEAP diet – What I Ate

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What I spent on a week’s worth of groceries: $182.22 (one of the trips was halfsies and I also bought some bathroom supplies from Amazon). This does not include my monthly supplements.

My new favorite gluten free/dairy free finds:

 

Without further ado – a week in meals

Bonus:2018_MyfitnessPal_FoodLog_Dec23-Jan3

 

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Lafeens Donuts Ice Cream And Espresso – Burlington, WA

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Lafeens Donuts Ice Cream And Espresso

Burlington, WA

320 N Burlington Blvd, Burlington, WA 98233

(360) 755-0195

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: Blueberry Fritter
Signature shop donut: Bigfoot
Most popular US donut: glazed
2nd most popular US donut: Boston crème
Donut Hole: Yes

What I tried:

$7.91 total for a Glazed, Bismark, Maple Bigfoot, and Blueberry Fritter.

What to expect:

This is your stereotypical donut shop with all the classics and not much creativity. The shop even has some ice cream (they don’t make it in house).

My favorite:

I was very unimpressed with this donut shop and don’t recommend it. I would never eat another one of their donuts. They were not fresh (the donuts tasted a day old) and I bought these donuts before noon! It’s all about the donuts and theirs were underwhelming.

 

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Daily Dozen Doughnut Company – Seattle, WA

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Daily Dozen Doughnut Company

Seattle, WA

93 Pike St #7, Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 467-7769

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: the mini-donut!
Signature shop donut: maple bacon
Most popular US donut: Not available
2nd most popular US donut: Not available
Donut Hole: No

What I tried:

$5 for the assorted half dozen

What to expect:

A line. The daily dozen is well known and everybody wants a bite! There’s always a line and they only take cash – so come prepared! They are just around the corner from the fish-throwers. They only have plain, powdered sugar, cinnamon, chocolate sprinkles, maple, and maple bacon.

 

My favorite:

The machine that makes the donuts is super cool and you get to watch them getting made as you wait patiently in line for a fresh donut.

Rachel’s Recipes throughout 2017!

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Healthy No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients (3314 calories total)
• 1 cup peanut butter (1680)
• 6 tablespoons cocoa powder (72)
• 1/2 cup of coconut oil (940)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey (258)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla (24)
• 2 cups Gluten-free quick oats or 1 cup steel cut oats (339 for oats and 340 for steel cut)
Instructions
1. Combine peanut butter, cocoa powder, and coconut oil in a sauce pan
2. Heat over low heat until oil is melted
3. Remove from heat and add honey or syrup
4. Stir in vanilla
5. Add oatmeal and combine well
6. drop by the spoonful onto parchment paper
7. Let cool until they set up
8. Store in a lidded container in a cool place

Butterbeer Jello Shots

Ingredients
1 cup creme soda
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup vanilla vodka
2/3 cup butterscotch schnapps
Colored large crystal sugar, for garnish, if desired

Directions
• Pour soda in a medium saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Allow to soak for a minute or two.
• Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat.
• Stir in the vodka and schnapps.
• Pour into standard loaf pan (non-reactive metal or glass, approx. 9 x 5). Refrigerate until fully set (about 3 hours).
• To serve, cut into desired shapes.
Immediately before serving, dip in colored crystal sugar, for garnish, if desired.

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Steve’s Doughnuts

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Steve’s Doughnuts

Snoqualmie, WA

7730 Center Blvd SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

stevesdoughnuts.com

What I tried:

Sugar twist, classic glazed, Boston Creme, Butter Bar, Cinnamon Roll, Maple Bar

~$8.25. Buy 5 get, the 6th free!

What to expect:

The donuts are hearty. If you want a donut that is thick and delicious, this is the place to get it. The shop owners are friendly. The shop itself is small and homey. You can find their treats at some of the local coffee shops in the area. They have a different special type of donut they make every day.

My favorite:

The freshness of the donuts. They make them in batches and on a Saturday at 8 A.M. I was able to get donuts right from the cooling rack. My favorite donut that I tried was the butter bar. It was like eating an old fashioned and a glazed combined into one flaky pastry.

S.O.S.
Save Our Shop

We are announcing our plan to survive into the next year. This
post is our plan going forward. To read about the ongoing
struggles for business on the Ridge, read Here.

To overcome our challenges we need to leverage our existing skills
and boost sales. Snoqualmie is our home and we want to stay, but
we can’t sell enough doughnuts on the Ridge anymore to stay
afloat, so we want to take our show on the road! We want to start
a Food Truck! This will be a two part plan:

Part 1) Kickstarter: We need to generate cash, plain and simple.
As such we are going to launch a Kickstarter campaign soon. The
purpose of this will be to catch up on power bills, ingredients,
rent and the other odds and ends that fall behind when sales drop.
We’ve been able to recruit some local businesses to help provide
some amazing incentives. We’ll publish everything soon, but
examples include S.O.S. T-shirts, Doughnut Club membership
cards, Sponsorship Decals ON THE TRUCK, and even the
opportunity to host the truck at your office where you will be
worshipped by your co-workers!

Part 2) Investors: Opening the business to investors, combined
with debt leverage, will be how we acquire the actual truck. We
will provide a full valuation for the existing business, plus
projections for the truck portion. Once this portion of the
business is online we will be able to generate an exceptional cash
flow. We will use our existing production capability to supply a
mobile retail outlet, making our slow days great days, while being
able to stay in Snoqualmie, safe and sound. If you think you’ll be
interested in investing or loaning, contact Steve!

Link to their GoFundMe

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Donut House – Anacortes, WA

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Donut House

Anacortes, WA

2719 Commercial Ave, Anacortes, WA 98221

(360) 293-4053

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: Fritter or Pumpkin Custard
Signature shop donut: Pumpkin Custard (seasonal)
Most popular US donut: glazed
2nd most popular US donut: Boston crème
Donut Hole: Yes

What I tried:

$12.40 plain cake, raised glazed, lemon fruit wrap, maple bigfoot, boston creme, pumpkin custard mousse bar.

What to expect:

The Boston Creme was very doughy in the middle. The dough on all the donuts was very fresh. Even the cake donut tasted fresh. The glazed was just as good, if not better, than my favorite at Henry’s Donuts. The fruit wrap was surprisingly delicious – like a crunchy crepe. On a Saturday morning, when I brought my crew, the shop had a steady stream of customers.

 

My favorite:

 Though the glazed donut was exceptional, my favorite was the fruit wrap. I also loved the fact that the Donut House had a variety of donuts and they were all delicious and fresh.

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Donut & Muffin Factory (Auburn, WA)

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Donut & Muffin Factory

Auburn, WA

201 4th St NE
Auburn, WA 98002

(253) 939-8030

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: Maple Bar

Signature shop donut: NA

Most popular US donut: glazed

2nd most popular US donut: Boston Crème

Donut Hole: Yes

What I tried:

Maple Bar, Raspberry Filled, Boston Creme, and a dozen donut holes for $3.65

 

What to expect:

This is your standard donut shop. They’ve been in operation over 30 years and know how to make their donuts and please their customers. Eat a donut inside or take it to go, parking is easy and the staff is friendly. The donuts are fresh (even the ones you buy at the end of the day) and the dough is delicious.

 

My favorite:

If you like maple bars, you will LOVE this shop’s maple bar. I’m a fan of glazed and yeast donuts and absolutely loved their dough. The donut holes and boston creme were delicious! I absolutely loved that the boston creme was a glazed donut and not a powdered or chocolate topped.

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Countryside Donut House – Bothell, WA

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Countryside Donut House

Bothell, WA

10032 Main St, Bothell, WA 98011

(425) 485-4530

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: NA
Signature shop donut: NA
Most popular US donut: glazed
2nd most popular US donut: Boston crème
Donut Hole: not available

What I tried:

French Crueller (with white glaze), Old Fashioned, Plain Cake Donut, Maple Bar, Apple Fritter

$12 total for a dozen

 

What to expect:

I’m fairly certain they gave me some day old donuts with their regular donuts as some of the donuts were unusually stale for 1pm. The ones that weren’t unusually stale were oily, like the oil hadn’t been changed recently. I was very unimpressed with the quality of their donuts and I’m very disappointed in this local donut shop.

My favorite:

I’m not a fan of maple glazed, but that was the freshest donut in the box. I did not like any of the other stale donuts (of course) and will never be going back to this donut shop.

All About the Donuts: Local Donut Shop Review – Krispy Kreme – Issaquah, WA

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Krispy Kreme Donuts

Issaquah, WA

6210 E Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE, Issaquah, WA 98029

(425) 391-8011

Review criteria:

Most popular donut at the shop: Original Glazed
Signature shop donut: NA
Most popular US donut: glazed
2nd most popular US donut: Chocolate Kreme
Donut Hole: Glazed

What I tried:

Chocolate kreme, original glazed, and maple bar

$3.85 total

What to expect:

The chocolate and maple glaze are truly atrocious and too sweet. The yeast flour would be delicious if not covered by a too thick layer of sickly sweet glaze. Not worth the price of $3.85 for three donuts.  Happy 80th to the original glazed. The worst fresh glazed donut I’ve had.

My favorite:

The shop is definitely cool and they display their heavy duty looking machinery through display glass and you can watch the donuts being created while you enjoy your too-sweet donuts.