AB 4 U

Hiiiii 😀 How are ya? Hope you’re having a lovely evening so far <3 So glad ya’ll liked this week’s Fashion Friday choice!

Today has been BUSY. I had a boatload of training appointments and the pilot came home to see me for lunch 🙂

Random snackage:

Larabar

larabar

(I CANNOT. FREAKING.WAIT to get my hands on the new flavors! Cookie Dough will rock my world, I just know it)

Lentil soup (Amy’s brand)

soup

Massive chocolate-berry-spirulina smoothie:

smoothie

+ ALMOND BUTTER!

ab

Maranatha was so kind to send me some almond butter to *review* on the blog, even though we all know how much I love it. I love all almond butter- I don’t discriminate 😉 They also sent sunflower seed butter and Dark Chocolate Peanut spread (which looks like frosting, which is ok with me) 😀

See those coupons at the bottom of the pic?

Those are for a lucky winner.

It’s GIVEAWAY TIME 😀

One almond-butter lovin’ Fitnessista will win 3 coupons – each coupon is for any size jar of Maranatha product

To make things even more fun, I’ll throw in a batch of my vegan almond butter chocolate chip cookies

How to enter:

Leave a comment with your favorite use for almond butter

Mine: Straight outta the jar 😉

Winner will be announced Sunday morning (7/18) when I wake up.

Ready… set… go!

xoxo,

Gina

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838 Comments

  1. Janis on July 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Love any way on everything! Start my day with AB and oatmeal.
    My homemade blueberry jam and AB on millet ( thanks to you), the best.



  2. nicole on July 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Ants on a log! I also like it microwaved with some butterscotch chips with graham crackers for dipping.



  3. Jannifer on July 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Love almond butter and strawberry preserves on a whole wheat tortilla.



  4. Alexis Peterson on July 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm

    Love love love to eat it on a spooooon!!!!!



  5. Carol @ The Hummusphere on July 16, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    Holy almond butter overload!! I love it straight up or plopped generously over oatmeal yummmm.



  6. Rebecca on July 16, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Yum, almond butter! *drool*

    I could just eat it with a spoon, but I love almond butter spread on toast with jam or honey.



  7. sarah on July 16, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    with honey on toast – yum!



  8. Anne on July 16, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    Favorite way to eat almond butter: spoonful or raw ab + little bit of coconut oil melted + splash of maple syrup = yum (o:



  9. Anne on July 16, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    I am actually on my first jar of almond butter, and i love it! I do not live in the healthiest of neighborhoods so it is hard to find “specialty” items like this:(



  10. Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter on July 16, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    I did a post of my 9 favorite ways to eat almond butter. But my favorite?!?! Ah! Um. Jeez, this is really hard.I’m going to go with on top of oatmeal!



  11. julie on July 16, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    i luuurv starting my day with a big dollop of nut butter on cold overnight oats 🙂



  12. Shannon on July 16, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    Either mixed into oatmeal or on my finger! 🙂



  13. Tammy on July 16, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    I love it on waffles w/ banana slices!



  14. Emily on July 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    I love to put a few globs of almond butter in a food processor w/ frozen bananas and make “ice cream.” So good!



  15. kristin on July 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    in a smoothie or by the spoonful 🙂



  16. Emily H on July 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    Any form in which its melted. Oats, toast…anything warm.



  17. Hailey on July 16, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    Oh in my almond butter choco chip cookie balls dunked in chocolate! perfection



  18. Jen on July 16, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    Love almond butter on a banana as a sandwich!



  19. Lindsay on July 16, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    My favorite use is in a Fitnessista breakfast cookie! Also, my 14-month old son loves almond butter and apricot preserve sandwiches. 🙂



  20. Eileen on July 16, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    Slathered on dates!



  21. KB on July 16, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    Love almond butter added to a post workout smoothie.



  22. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin on July 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Why oh whyyy did I have to be born allergic to most nuts? 🙁



  23. freja on July 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Oh man. Best use of almond butter is throwing a handful of craisins in the jar and letting them sink to the bottom, then trying to eat them by digging them out with a spoon. Classy, I know.



  24. Sarah on July 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Ahh i must win haha! Nut butter AND home made fitnessista yummies?! SCORE.

    My favorite use is out of the jar also haha



  25. Michelle C on July 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    My fave is either your famous breakfast cookie, or spread on a piece of toast, pre-workout. It seriously gives me the best boost!



  26. Vicky on July 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    On a whole wheat tortilla with sliced banana! Yum!



  27. Heather (Heather's Dish) on July 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    almond butter + carrots = LUV 🙂



  28. Kelly b on July 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Ooh, almond butter with dark chocolate chips and COOL WHIP! Yum!



  29. Jodie on July 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    My fav is warm on a slice of bread.



  30. Tracy on July 16, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    on toast always!



  31. Katie Buffa on July 16, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    In the summertime I have frozen bananas dipped in almond butter and love it! It is delicious on super hot days.



  32. Kelly on July 16, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    I love almond butter in my oatmeal- a food blogger favorite!



  33. Ryane on July 16, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    AB + some sort of bread product + banana = puuurrrrfection



  34. Lea on July 16, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    Straight out of the jar…sometimes using fingers instead of an utensil…gross i know.



  35. Ashley R on July 16, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    I love almond butter with cherry preserves straight off the spoon!



  36. MaryZ on July 16, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    Doesn’t get any better than right out of the jar on a spoon! Unless it’s melting in some hot oatmeal…yummmm!



  37. Laura M on July 16, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    I like almond butter with bananas!!!….There is something about the creaminess that is JUST RIGHT!
    I love almond fingers! (yup…sticking the finger into the jar YUUMMM)



  38. Laura on July 16, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    lately I’ve been loving honey wheat pretzels dipped in AB – delish! 🙂



  39. Denielle on July 16, 2010 at 9:23 pm

    My favorite way to enjoy almond butter is to drizzle it over a sliced apple, delicious!



  40. Izzy on July 16, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    I LIIIVE for Maranatha! Fave use – in oats/oatbran or “straight up” (bread is overrated ;P).

    izzyy
    xxox



  41. Liz @ Tip Top Shape on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    I just love putting it in oatmeal. Simply the best way to enjoy it 😀



  42. Anisha on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    almond butter is amazing dug right out of the jar with a big ol’ spoon!



  43. Red on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    Mmmmmm on top of pancakes or waffles and then topped with blueberries and strawberries! (I used to use PB until I discovered the awesomeness of AB!!!) Oh and of course straight out of the jar!



  44. Meghan on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    I love almond butter in oatmeal! That dark chocolate would be amazing in it 🙂



  45. Karissa @ CardioFoodie on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    Favorite way is a spoonful in my morning oats.



  46. Britt on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    I love almond butter on an apple! yummmmmmmy!!



  47. Lisa on July 16, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    Oh, totally straight out of the jar or on an Ezekiel english muffin w/ banana & cinnamon! Yum



  48. Marianne in Auburn on July 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Woo Hoo, right out of the jar by the spoonful! And love to mix it in with a handful of dry cereal so it’s like a cereal nut butter ball!



  49. Emma on July 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Obviously, there’s no way I don’t enjoy my almond butter. And my fave way would also be straight outta the jar ( have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Joey is ‘helping’ pick out appetizers for Monica&Chandler’s wedding and he ends up adding ‘peanut butter fingers’ to the list, which he explains is simply wicking your finger in the jar and licking off the pb? Yeah, I’ve been guilty of some AB fingers myself…) BUT, since you already rolled that way, I’m gonna go with stuffed in dates, maybe with a few dark chocolate chips on top. Yummmmmmmmm :p



  50. Lizzie on July 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    With apples and raisins! Or, on a sprouted bagel with jam. Also very delicious on pears, nothing else needed!