starbucks surcharge?

February 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

I had to work this morning so I decided to treat myself to a little Starbucks drink and bite.   I got my normal venti vanilla rooibos tea and in a moment of weakness ordered a very non-vegan and unhealthy pumpkin bread.   The cashier asked me if I was getting the items for here or to go, I told her to go and she told me the total was $5.08, then quickly changed the total to $4.90 because “I’m not eating there.”

Huh?

There was a line of people behind me so I didn’t want to pester the cashier about the price differences but I was definitely curious.   I’m not a daily Starbucks customer but I usually wander in once or twice a month.  I’ve never had anyone mention the price difference for eating in vs. eating out.   I was genuinely curious so I called the Starbucks later and asked the manager about the price difference and he confirmed that, yes, if you order a food item and you eat in it needs to be taxed.   If you order an item to go it is not taxed (or maybe it’s taxed differently, it’s taxed like a grocery store would.)   Groundbreaking news?  No, but a new piece of info to keep in mind when ordering at Starbucks.

 

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energy balls

February 8, 2012 2 Comments

hehe, balls. I’ll get to ‘em.

While I’m a full on Pinterest addict,  sometimes I feel like a fake.  Here I am pinning all this sh*t I, allegedly, want to cook, create, and decorate and 9 times out of 10 I do nothing…really like 9.999999 out of 10.   The few pins I have tried ended in a disastrous, but highlarious state, that is until tonight!   I saw this pin over the weekend:

Source: smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com via ashallann on Pinterest

I was sold as soon as I saw “no bake.”   They were so easy to make, and claimed to be delicious.  Bonus that it’s fun to call them energy balls (sometimes I have the humor of a 12 year old boy.)  You’ll notice the recipe creator didn’t refer to them as balls, that’s my own personal way of classing it up.    If you can’t get to the original post for the recipe, just click here.   Basically you’ll need oatmeal, chocolate chips, peanut butter, honey, ground flax seed and vanilla extract.   Mix.   Refrigerate.  Roll into balls.   Enjoy.

I didn’t stop with the delicious balls this evening, I was on a roll.   I wanted to have portobello mushrooms, but didn’t feel like sauteing them or soaking them in balsalmic, so I decided to stuff ‘em!  I sauteed about a cup of spinach with a tbsp of olive oil with 1/4 of a red onion (chopped.)  I added in tomato towards the end and then took the mixture and placed it inside a washed portobello mushroom cap.   I added some chopped bacon to manfriends.  I baked the whole thing at 375 for about 10 minutes.   Awesome, perfect balance of natural flavors:

Seriously, try the energy ball recipe.   I don’t know if they actually give you energy but they’re easy.  You could make them at work.

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cookies, cakes and stuff

December 23, 2011 4 Comments

Happy Christmas Eve, eve!  If I can actually focus at work, I might be able to take a half day, that would be awesome.  Short of a present for a baby and two floral arrangements I think I actually finished Christmas shopping, truly shocking!

Has your office been filled with candy and treats for the last 3 weeks?  Mine has.   When you work at a radio station there always seems to be junk around (when you can’t eat it.)   When there are 6 radio stations the  junk quantity hits an epic level.    Yesterday I discovered this treasure in the breakroom:

One of the morning shows  in the building had it delivered.   This thing was like a  piece of art, I didn’t taste it, I just sort of ogled it.   Apparently it’s made of magic gingerbread.    This gorgeous creation helped inspire me when I got home.   I remembered at about 7:45p that I needed to make cookies for kiddo’s class.   Meh.   I totally took the lazy route.   Pillsbury sugar cookie roll.   Rolling pin.    Cookie cutters.   Bake.   Decorate.   Done:

They’re kind of sloppy but whatever, they’re just going to be eaten!  I can just hear the conversation now:

Teacher:  ”Did you decorate these cookies for your mom?”

Kid: “No, my mom did those by herself.”

Teacher:  ”Oh.”

Seriously, I need to start a craft fail, baking fail blog in the new year.

I’m considering giving myself a present(s) for the holiday, just need to decide which one.   Do I gift myself the Naked palette:

Or do I give myself this hand stamped bracelet?   I’ve been lusting after this since summer:

 

I know it’s kind of selfish to gift to myself, but I just thought I’d do something nice for me.    Both are about $50 so we’ll see.  Alright, wish me luck accomplishing that half day.

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snack attack – sweet potato & cilantro

December 8, 2011 3 Comments

I have an unnatural obsession with cilantro. Seriously.  I love it. If I ever get married I will carry cilantro in my bouquet. That’s some serious herb love.

I had finished off the rest of my tom yum soup for lunch yesterday. By the time I got home I wasn’t in the mood for a big dinner, just something that would require very little effort. I saw cilantro. I saw a sweet potato. I thought “why not?”

Best.  Idea.  Ever.

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I microwaved the potato for about ten minutes, added in just a teeny bit of Earth Balance spread.

Threw some chopped cilantro on top and devoured.   So good. This is a great lunch/snack idea that I’ll be keeping in mind for lazy days!

Happy snacking!

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