I am definitely in that Friday state of mind today! I’m ready for the weekend to begin and all of my healthy eating habits have gone out the window. What’s up with that?! Friday rolls around and all I want to do is eat junk food!
Snack
Mid-morning, I craved something sweet. I would have killed for a freshly baked oatmeal raisin cookie! But, instead, I dug into my stash of Galaxy Granola and mixed it with some vanilla hemp milk.
This yummy snack definitely hit the spot, but two bowls and nearly 450 calories later, I knew that my special relationship with granola needed to end for the day. 
Lunch
Because I indulged in granola, I decided to keep lunch on the light side this afternoon. I had a Siggi’s blueberry yogurt and an apple.
And, a big bag of carrot sticks.
I also munched on a chocolate chip cookie that someone at NuVal baked. I just couldn’t resist, especially with it being Cookie Friday at all! 
I’m heading to Starbucks after work to bust out my Health post for the week, so I’ll probably grab a snack there, too. I have plans for a late dinner tonight, so I’m sure that I’ll need a little something to hold me over.
Deal of the Week
Check out my newest feature on Trading Up Downtown: Deal of the Week! 
Chefs Catalog Giveaway
The nice folks at Chefs Catalog have offered to giveaway a $50 gift card to one lucky Carrots ‘N’ Cake reader. Yay!!! Great prize, right?
To enter: Visit the Chefs Catalog website, shop around, and leave a comment about a product (or 2!) that you would buy if you win the gift card. I’ll randomly pick a winner tomorrow morning. Good luck!
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P.S. Check out Patricia’s raffle for a Garmin 305 and The Stick. All proceeds go directly to Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy to help with their research in both nutrition and adolescent obesity.
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I’ve been wanting (needing even?) a food processor so badly lately! I would definitely pick out one of those!
definitely a wusthof chef’s knife (to go with my favorite parer!)
a toaster oven!
So. Many. Things! I am dying for a new rice cooker. However, I could find lots and lots of other things
There’s so much to choose from… but I think I’d get a coffee grinder, so I can make myself some fresh coffee instead of having to buy it!
The Cuisinart Griddler sounds awesome! It’s be fun to make homemade paninis! I like that it has removeable plates, which make it easy to clean – always a plus
I love the ambrosia dinnerware set! It is beautiful! And it would be perfect for my first off campus apartment for the fall semester at college.
I would totally put it towards a Paninni press. I am a HUGE gagget queen and have been wanting one for a while
the 90th anniversary kitchen aid mixer -I have been eyeing it since it came out!! Or a Kuerig –girl gotta get her morning joe hehe
the separated lasagna pan is perfect! i would love it to make regular lasagna for my boyfriend and veg for me!
I’d love to get a waffle maker and an immersion blender!
I love all of their crocks and canisters. I’ve been eyeing the potato one for years
It’s so cute, we just don’t eat enough potatoes to justify it.
I’d put it toward the Aquatronic Digital Scale with Glass Platform….I love that it can help me keep portion sizes in control since the diet aspect of me losing weight is the toughest for me….
Huggers and HAPPY FRIDAY!
But if I was going just for pure want and soooo love to have, Bodum Shin Bistro Thermal Coffee Maker, been wanting one of those for a loooong time
There’s so much I want/need! I think I’m most in need of a food processor, though, so that’s what I’d put the gift card towards.
I would get the Cuisinart Stainless-Steel Egg Cooker CEC-7. I love eggs but hate cooking them. I’ve also really wanted a toaster oven lately… and this one Breville Smart Oven, BOV800XL is on sale!
i desperately need anew chefs knife!!
Ohhh… I’ve been eyeing the edge brownie pan for awhile now. But, there are tons of great stuff on that website!
my blender just broke so I would use the $50 towards a new one…will have to do some more investigation before deciding on the right brand!
I would love to buy myself a good cast iron skillet!!
I would love to get a french press for coffee!!!!
Stainless-steel mixing bowls. My dad has some and I would really like to purchase some for myself! This set has so many different bowls! Might have to get it even if I don’t win!
This website is HUGE!
Oooh, a Cuisinart Griddler!
I think a digital kitchen scale is the exact item that I need to aquire.
I love all Le Creuset cookware. What a great brand.
The hand blender featured on the homepage is exactly what I need–it is so handy! Ha!
I would love the adjust a cup measuring cup and the digital kitchen scale.
I would LOVE a Le Creuset stockpot!! They are so pretty and such great quality.
Wusthoff slicer knife!
i would kill for the vitamix….but settle for a griddler
I’m wanting the Capresso Infinity coffee bean grinder
Omg it would be hard to narrow it down to only a few items I would want everything! I would definitely use it on cake supplies like the pastry bags and the fun cheesecake pans.
my blender just broke.. so def. a new blender
I would love to own the immersion blender! Awesome contest
wow – Breville Indoor BBQ and Grill 800GRXL – looks awesome!
So tough to choose! I’d love to get an immersion blender or a new grill pan….or maybe a food scale. I felt like a kid in FAO Schwartz on that site!
Kitchen Aid Standing Mixer, no contest!
Oh wow, so many great options! I would love the immersion blender or slow cooker:)
Oooh, I’d put it towards a cuisinart food processor or an immersion blender. I already have a beautiful Kitchen Aid Artisan stand mixer : )
Food processor for sure!
Definitely a waffle maker! I’ve been waiting to get one. Yummy waffles!!
I would get the Chicago metallic popover pan! I have always wanted to make popovers!
Definitely a coffee maker…I recently discovered after 27 years I love coffee, but have yet to buy a coffee maker. This mostly b/c my husband doesn’t drink it and I feel I would waste a lot. But I still would like one
I would absolutely love to try the Bodum Costa Rica Coffee Press! I’ve heard so much about coffee presses!
So many great things! I would buy the Breville hand food processor. I’ve wanted one for so long!
JUICER!!!!!!!!!!! I’d put it towards one for sure!
I would go for the panini press!
for sure the cast iron skillet! I don’t have one and I’m dying to get one!! Thanks Tina!
I would love to get a food processor!
I would love a food processor or the chef’s knifes. I cut a lot of things with butter knifes that I probably shouldn’t!
knives!
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