Thankfully I keep an emergency stash of soup in a drawer at my desk so I have something to eat should a food emergency surface. (Apparently I keep lots of fun stuff in my desk drawers!)
Foodie Drawer
Also in the drawer: A crap-ton of tea, honey, jelly, hot chocolate, utensils, lady products 😉 and miscellaneous personal papers. Things not in the drawer: peanut butter. I tried this once and the whole jar was gone in three days. Three days. And it wasn’t even specialty flavored peanut butter. I’m a mess.
Around lunchtime today I rummaged through the drawer and selected a can of Progresso chicken barley soup.
Chicken Barley
Bowl o' Soup
Sluuuurp
I also purchased a pack of honey roasted peanuts for $.50 from the little café on the second floor of our building to add some healthy fats and protein to my meal.
Feelin' Nutty
Fat + Protein
Fat: Check! Protein: Check!
This makeshift meal was surprisingly pretty darn good. Drawer food to the rescue!
Before moving on to some giveaway fun, I just wanted to let you know that the Fashion page was updated!
Now let’s get to it.
Funky Monkey Giveaway
As promised, I have a fun giveaway for you guys today! On Tuesday I tried Funky Monkey freeze dried fruit for the first time and loved every sweet, crunchy bite.
Funky Monkey
Along with the delicious flavor and fun texture, I am a big fan of the simple ingredients in the snacks… just freeze dried fruit. That’s it. Win!
Now you have a chance to win a pack of each flavor of Funky Monkey snacks. (You should get seriously psyched for the pineapple guava and apple cinnamon flavors!)
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below with the name of your all-time favorite fruit and your favorite way to enjoy it.
Example: I love bananas and they’re the jam in banana splits!
I will randomly select a winner tomorrow afternoon. GOOD LUCK!
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I have a tea stash in my room that definitely rivals your work tea stash. It helps that my sister worked at Starbucks for awhile and got a huge discount on their Tazo Tea.
My favorite fruit is either raspberries or blackberries…and my favorite way to eat them has always been straight from the container, preferably after buying them at the farmer’s market on a hot Saturday morning. Oh summer, how I miss you.
I love watermelon – makes me feel like a little kid whenever I eat it 🙂 The best way is cut into giant sizes and ice cold!
I adore mangos and they are super delicious on their own (especially altufo ones) but are extra yummy in a mango-yogurt smoothie (with a hint of ginger). 🙂
Fresh kiwi 😀
Blueberries! Made in to my special “pie filling”! To die for.
PS–you have me hooked on the sweet potato puff gerber graduates! LOL (on sale this week at Publix!)
This is SO hard! Blueberries in pancakes, bananas fried on top of ice cream and frozen peaches. YUM!!! 🙂
A juicy, ripe nectarine on a hot summer day.
Pineapple! Straight up plain is the best.
black cherries in my hot oatmeal 🙂
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My favorite fruit is also bananas! I have one every single day–usually every morning with peanut butter! I also love it in my oatmeal and sometimes grilled with some toast! : )
BANANAS! I eat at least 2 a day…And frozen ones! THE BEST…made into a puree in the food processor = banana ice cream 🙂
Bananas definitely! I eat one every day, however, my favorite ways are frozen with chocolate or any banana and peanut butter combo 🙂
I adore bananas!! Pretty much anyway!! Frozen in smoothies is probably my favorite…with peanut butter of course 😉
strawberries…with a little sugar sprinkled on top and spooned over angel food cake!
I like bananas and they are yummy in my morning oatmeal. I also put blueberries in my oatmeal but they are second to the king that is the BANANA!
favorite fruit… so hard! I guess I’d have to go w/ bananas frozen!
frozen bananas or frozen grapes! i love mango too though!
I love me some strawberries…especially when covered in chocolate!
I love nectarines cut up and put in vanilla yogurt with some kind of crunchy cereal! yummm!
Defiantly bananas! They go with EVERYTHING! and can even be frozen to make soft serve
Strawberries, smothered in chocolate with ice cream, and cool whip
My favorite fruit is an apple dipped in melted chocolate chips 🙂 SO delish!
I really love all fruit, but I am on a serious nectarine kick (thanks to you actually, showing me pictures of them all the time)!!! 🙂
my favorite fruit is watermelon… i love it in a fresh fruit salad with honedew and cantalope!
Watermelon!!! nothing like it during the summer!
My favorite fruit are apples and I love to eat them sliced with a big scoop of peanut or almond butter! I also love bananas sliced on peanut butter whole grain toast. YUM!
apple!! with pb of course! 😉
i love oranges sliced up!:)
Do I have to pick just one?? Strawberries or grapes… covered in chocolate. Seriously amazing!
Hard to pick a favourite fruit but I’m gonna have to go with bananas! My fav way to eat them is mixed in with my oatmeal!!
any fruit is okay in my book, but my favorite would have to be blackberries. for a healthy treat, i’m a big fan of blackberries mixed into greek yogurt. but for a DESSERT option: BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE!
I love all fruit, but apples are a little above the rest. I love cutting them up and putting them in my morning oats!
An avid lover of fruits, my favorite is probably cantaloupe. I love to eat it mixed with other fruits!
My favorite fruit is strawberries and my favorite way to enjoy them is simply by themselves! Simplicity is key 🙂
Hey Julie! My fave in the fruits category would be any kind of berry; strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, etc
Apples in PIE! 🙂
Grapes def favorite. Blueberries close second.
My favorite fruit is the banana. I like it in walnut pancakes!
My favorite fruit is bananas! love them in smoothies, oatmeal, and w peanut butter!
i’d have to say pineapple is my favorite. especially on a pizza. or in cottage cheese 😀
Bananas are my by far favorite!! They’re the only fruit to actually keep my full and they’re the besssttt with PB!
I love straight up pineapple and watermelon! Your drawer reminds me of my moms food drawer at work except she does have pb! Which I eat every time I visit her!
Without a doubt a nice warmed soft Bosc Pear with some cinnamon…the taste and texture is perfect on a cold winter midwest morning!
I love manzanas!
I am OBSESSED with blackberries. My favorite way to eat them ?? straight out of the carton. Those babies never stick around long enough to make it in to anything else 🙂
I love strawberries, especially with bananas!
Phew! Lotsa entries in this giveaway! 😉 Love that these are in individual portions!
My fav fruit is honeycrisp apples sliced thin for snacking! YUM!
i am a lover of ALL fruits, but for now I’ll have to choose papaya! so good all by itself…or with a little lemon juice on top!
I love watermelon straight out of the garden with salt sprinkled on it. Sounds a bit odd, but you get sweet & salty. Yummy yummy.
Thank you for a wonderful giveaway:)
My favorite fruit is pineapple and I just like to eat it fresh, cut up, and slightly chilled.