Friday, February 15, 2013

Friday Favorite + Fail #1


Fridays I'm going to feature a weekly favorite and a fail. Can you guess what today's favorite is?? Yes - Downton Abbey! I just started watching DA around New Years and I'll be honest, it took a few episodes before I really felt committed. But now I'm super excited for Sunday nights and can't wait for the latest episode. Unfortunately, season 3 (or series 3, rather) is coming to an end already and who knows when there will be more! All of the characters have moments when I love them and when they get on my nerves. In general, I can't stand Mary and O'Brien and I think Cora looks creepy sometimes. I love Mrs. Patmore, Mrs. Hughes and Anna and Branson and I have an on/off relationship. OH and the Dowager!! Maggie Smith can do no wrong, she is so amazing! You can catch all three seasons on Amazon Prime.

This week's fail is sadly, PB2. PB2 is a powdered peanut butter than you can "reconstitute" with water or add to smoothies or other recipes. I was super excited to try this and bought a two pack of regular and chocolate off of Amazon. They smell really good and very peanutty, but in the end both flavors were a total fail for me. I put two spoonfuls into my breakfast smoothie and I couldn't taste anything! There was a slight bitter, burnt taste, but no peanut butter at all. I believe two tablespoons of PB2 have 35 calories, compared to over 200 calories for two tablespoons of real peanut butter. That's a huge calorie savings, but I feel like you end up using a ton of PB2 and will go through a jar really quickly. And considering it's almost $5/jar, I would just skip the PB2 and stick to small amounts of regular peanut butter. 

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