Not Quite Vintage

my favorite things: taste combo

I would have to say that ever since I watch ET with my Pops when I was 9, I have loved the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. I just love Reese's and PB M&Ms but I really try to keep them as far away from me as possible. I can't just stop at one or two.

A couple weeks ago while I was catching up on food blogs I ran across a post that mentioned Dark Chocolate Dream peanut butter. It sounded like heaven and I couldn't help thinking that it would be disastrous to have it in my pantry. I had never seen it in in stores, so I didn't think another thing about it until I was shopping at Target and there it was staring at me from the shelf saying buy me, buy me. And I did.

MMMM good. Quite rich, but a perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. It is yummy melted on a toasted whole wheat English muffin. And I am proud to say I have only consumed a couple table spoons in the almost two weeks in has been in my home. It is a treat. A grown up peanut butter.

The ingredients list is quite good and short. Yay, I can pronounce every ingredient! (On a side note, have you read Michael Pollan's Food Rules yet? I can't help but here his voice in my head while I am reading it. There is something about his voice.)

So what is your favorite food combination? Do you crave salty, sweet or both?

my favorite things: tea

Lately I have really started to enjoy a cup or two or three a day of hot tea. I am trying with all my might to like it more than my arch nemesis the cola. I am making progress, but I haven't been able to dethrone the cola yet! Darn.

I have quite a collection of tea developing. It seams like each time I go to the store I pick up another flavor to try. I get a odd sense of joy out of trying a new kind, but I keep going back to the same one - Yogi Echinacea Immune Support. Mmmm, yummy good and good for you too. I really think this tea has helped me through the flu season (now by saying that, I hope I don't jinx myself).

Yogi teas also have an added little fun to them - words of wisdom on the tags. Many times they tell me something I really needed to hear at that moment. Does the universe ever do that to you - put the perfect quote or great article right under you nose? Seems to happen to me a lot.

I saved a few tags this week and since you can't read them in the picture - here are the quotes:

Those who live in the past limit their future.

May your light become a living universal light.

The beauty in you is your spirit.

Provoke, confront, elevate.

True understanding is found through compassion.

My friend from Under a Red Roof also has a collection of wisdom you might want to take a look at, plus her blog is pretty darn cool too.

Do you have any good teas to suggest? I would like to try this one soon, but its a bit pricey.

my favorite things: hair care

There has been little crafty in Not Quite Vintage world lately – well that is sort of a lie, there has been attempts to crochet hearts for Valentines Day from three different patterns and each and every one has come out wonky.  I just had to stop trying for a while. Do you ever have a time frame when every craft project (recipe etc.) you try just doesn’t come out right? Hopefully this will pass… soon!

In the mean time I thought I would start sharing a few of my favorite things. Today is my favorite hair care product: Moroccan Oil. This stuff is just plain amazing – it makes my hair shiny but not slick, it can be layered with other products and my hair never looks greasy. And best part, I have not experienced one little tiny bit of static in my hair this winter! Yep, even when I have been wearing a hat. I highly recommend this stuff – it is a bit pricey but a bottle has lasted me almost 4 months so far.

So, what is your favorite, must have hair care product?