Friday, March 30, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals



1. Lost Abbey Red Poppy 2012 (limit 2 per customer)

2. Lost Abbey Red Poppy 2011 (limit 1 per customer, behind the counter)

3. Unibroue 17th Anniversary

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals



1. De Dochter Van De Korenaar Belle Fleur

2. Evil Twin Without You I'm Nothing Sour

3. Grassroots Brewing Wachu Saison

4. Stillwater Cellar Dor Saison

5. Stillwater Existent Black IPA

6. Stillwater Table Beer (session saison with brettanomyces)

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals



1. Stone Collaboration Beer: TBA (Texas Brown Ale)

2. Dogfish Head Sahtea

3. DeKoninck Amber

4. Einbecker Mai-Ur Bock

5. Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel

6. Bard's Gold Gluten Free

7. Green Flash Palate Wrecker

8. He'Brew Hop Manna

9. He'Brew Funky Jewbelation

10. Telegraph White Ale

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Friday, March 23, 2012

Healthy Spirits: Beer of the Month Club

Healthy Spirits April 2012 beer club is now ready for pick-up!

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals


1. Aventinus Wheat Doppelbock Vintage 2008
2. Black Diamond Peak XV Imperial Porter
3. Knee Deep Citra Extra Pale Ale
4. La Trappe Quadruppel 750ml
5. La Trappe Isid'or 12oz
6. St. Feuillen Saison
7. Wandering Aengus Wanderlust Cider
8. Julian Hard Cider
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals


1. De Molen Hemel & Aarde
2. Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
3. Mikkeller To/Ol Overall
4. Mikkeller 1000 IBU Light Ultramate
5. Mikkeller Single Hop Citra
6. Mikkeller/Brew Dog I Beat You
7. Mikkeller/Brew Dog I Hardcore You
8. Henney's Dry Cider
9. Henney's Vintage Cider (Still)
10. Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Wheat
11. EKU28
12. Prof. Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Carrot-Date Energy Ballz






















Right now in the valley of the sun it smells sickly sweet like orange blossom heaven. It only last for a few short days when the dozens of orange trees that line so many streets here in Arizona start to bloom. The petite white flowers make me swoon as I drive home from work taking in deep breaths of the fragrant, cool March air. Add that to the brilliant multi colored desert sunsets behind the darkening mountains that surround us here and I am in euphoria.






It makes me miss one of my closest and dearest friends, Becky. She went to school with me here in Phoenix many, many years   not to long ago and the blooming orange trees were one of her most favorite things. She moved back to her home town of Indianapolis shortly after we graduated but she keeps coming back here to visit me as often as life permits...... usually around orange blossom season. I so do wish I could bottle up natures most perfect fragrance for her.




PHOTO CREDIT




I'm glad that this no-cook, no-fuss sweet and healthy snack that I'm going to share with you has orange zest in the ingredient list, otherwise my little story would seem superfluous, because I always have a well thought out point to my ramblings and didn't want to throw you all off......  errrr.


I just love healthy grab-and-go snacks, especially when they take all of 10 minutes to throw together. I cringe when I see people with all of the boxed, processed "health" snacks in their carts and wonder if they really believe that they are healthy and convenient.

I found this recipe on Skinny Jeans Food and was pleasantly surprised at how amazing these little snacks were. I was a bit skeptical about the raw oat thing but they turned out to be one of our new favorite snacks. Sweet, simple and the orange zest really made the flavors POP.







Eight ingredients, THAT'S IT!




Using a food processor to finely shred your carrots is key to getting the ballz to stick together.



Chia Seeds are an excellent source of fiber, fatty acids, proteins, vitamins, and antioxidants. They are also the richest source of Omega-3 fatty acids among non-marine whole food items





I used barley oats instead of regular oats because they were in my freezer but after doing some research it seems that barley oats are higher in {nutritional} calories and a bit lower in fiber and protein than regular oats. So unless someone knows of a good reason other than to help your teenage wrestling champion put on some weight than I'm going to stick with regular whole oats next time.





Grind the oats to a fine consistency in your food processor.






Silvia at Skinny Jeans Foods named these wonderful goodies Amaze Ballz  and  fittingly so. I enjoyed them at work for an afternoon pick me up and just two of them kept me satisfied until dinner.  I brought a couple with me hiking for an energy boost and packed them in kids lunch boxes for a fun surprise.





Skinny Foods site is dedicated to single serving portions for those of you without an army to feed. I obviously had to double this recipe. They didn't last long between school snacks and me grabbing a couple every day to take with me on my adventures. Next time I will make even more as they keep well in an airtight container in the refrigerator.


Amaze Ballz


1/2 cup rolled oats
5 medjool dates (the organic ones at whole foods are amazing!)
7 walnut halves, chopped
1 TB chia seeds
zest of one orange
1/2 TB maple syrup
1/2 ts vanilla extract
1 carrot, grated

Pour the rolled oats in the food processor and chop until finely ground. Remove the pit of the medjool dates, and chop them with a knife. Add piece by piece to the ground oatmeal flour (so that they distribute better). Process long enough that the mix starts to get sticky. Now add the remaining ingredients, and processes until the mix comes together (quite a sticky dough). Take small portions and roll them between your hands in a ball like shape. Store in the fridge! Enjoy!

1 amazeball: 54kcal











This post is linked to:

For the Kids Friday

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals

1. Firehouse Brewing OTIS (One-Tun Imperial Stout)

2. Firehouse Brewing Hops on Rye

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals


1. Russian River Sanctification

2. Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

3. Hitachino White Ale

4. Mission Blonde

5. Mission IPA

6. Mission Shipwreck Double IPA

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals


1. Alesmith Decadence 2011 (Maple Smoked Barleywine) VERY limited allocation, will sell out fast.
2. Knee Deep Citra Extra Pale
3. Knee Deep Tanilla Porter
4. Lindemans Faro
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals



1. Knee Deep Hoptologist

2. Marin ESChi Tonic Ale

3. Devil's Canyon Bourbon Barrel Aged Full Boar Scotch Ale

4. Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock

5. Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot

6. Speakeasy Scarface Stout

7. Ninkasi Maiden the Shade

8. Rogue Chocolate Stout

9. Jester King Thrash Metal

10. Jester King Noble King

11. Jester King Petit Prince

12. Mahr's Mastodon Lager

13. Spezial Rauchbier

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals


1. Lost Abbey Deliverance

2. Russian River Redemption

3. Russian River glassware

4. Weihenstephaner 2 liter glass boots

5. Sierra Nevada Hoptimum 4 packs

6. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 12 packs cans

7. Aspall Dry Cider

8. Aspall Cuvee Chevalier Cider

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals



1. Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Porter

2. Bayrischer Banhof Doppel Porter "Porticus"

3. 8 Wired Batch #31 (oak aged imperial coffee stout)

4. 8 Wired Saison Sauvin

5. 8 Wired Sultan Quad

6. Anchorage Brewing Galaxy IPA

7. Hanssens Gueuze

8. Mikkeller Tiger Baby

9. Buxton Tsar Imperial Stout

10. Coniston's Bluebird Bitter

cheers,

dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610