{"id":8967,"date":"2009-10-19T18:20:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T22:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=8967"},"modified":"2009-10-19T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T22:20:48","slug":"october-19th-2009-pumpkin-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/10\/october-19th-2009-pumpkin-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"October 19th, 2009: pumpkin patch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi gang!\u00a0 Look at my snackies last night!<\/p>\n

\"Red\"PB<\/p>\n

I had some red wine with Mexican wedding cookies from WF<\/abbr>, I had one and a half of those.\u00a0 Then I had a PB<\/abbr> cookie!\u00a0 I was so excited to eat this stuff! :p\u00a0 Lately I’ve just been relishing in the fact that we eat whole real foods and that we eat well.\u00a0 It has been making me so happy lately that I’m basically just glowing and grinning on the outside.\u00a0 Yes those were cookies, but the ones from WF<\/abbr> are not made of junk, and the PB<\/abbr> cookie I made is also not made of junk.\u00a0 They are made with whole ingredients and stuffing my face with such treasures makes me happy. :D<\/p>\n

I crashed out in bed after 11pm, I was pretty much a zombie princess by that point.\u00a0 I had visions of getting up early this morning and starting work but yeah that didn’t happen at all.\u00a0 I didn’t sleep too well last night, combined with not really getting a chance to get caught up on sleep last week, I knew my bod needed the extra rest today.<\/p>\n

Once I got up, I poured myself a cup of coffee and headed into the office to see what was going on and where.\u00a0 Boy am I so glad that I did this because I found out some exciting things!<\/p>\n

I have a little mental list of some of my most favorite people around the internet.\u00a0 They know who they are because I make sure to tell them.\u00a0 If you like someone, they should know, right?\u00a0 That’s how I operate homies.\u00a0 So listen friends, one of my favorite people is blogging!\u00a0 She has a great attitude towards food and healthy living that not only is she a glowing example of, but she also raises her family the same way.<\/p>\n

Ms. Mama Pea is who I’m talking about!\u00a0 Please check out her blog<\/a> to say hi!\u00a0 Also check out a little guest post that she did over here<\/a>.\u00a0 Tell her I sent your little Jasses over there.<\/p>\n

It was while I was reading Mama Pea’s guest post that I discovered Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes with soy, no whip, and no foam is indeed not vegan.<\/p>\n

Wha wha, what?!<\/p>\n

As I was complaining about it on Twitter, Kim<\/a> said that it’s because there is milk powder in the pumpkin spice syrup.\u00a0 :wtf:<\/p>\n

Yes that makes so much sense now.\u00a0 Clearly there has to be some milk in the syrup!<\/p>\n

No I’m not vegan (Hello, cheese and yogurt! Best friends always!) but there are times I don’t really want milk products.\u00a0 Okay most times I don’t want to take in milk stuff.\u00a0 So when I order a soy latte, I expect it to contain no milk.\u00a0 I’m not cool with hidden ingredients.\u00a0 This will probably keep me from Starbucks for much longer now.\u00a0 Besides, local coffee houses are better, right?\u00a0 Right!<\/p>\n

Anyway, Mama Pea made her own pumpkin “syrup” for coffee and it was so genius I had to make my own version for my second cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

\"Pumpkin<\/p>\n

Here’s my pumpin oats with my pumpkin spice latte.\u00a0 Kiss it Starbucks!<\/p>\n

What I did:<\/p>\n