Trade Up Tuesday: Two of My Favorite Things
It’s Trade-Up Tuesday, one of the most popular days here on A Better Bag of Groceries because I give away free stuff with great NuVal scores! Today, I decided to combine it with another popular ABBG feature: Two of My Favorite Things. And those things would be Linguine and Dark Chocolate!
This past weekend, I drove out to Albany, NY to represent NuVal at Price Chopper’s Healthy U Open House. More to come on that fun event tomorrow, but after the event, I took some time to roam the aisles. I love shopping in a store that has NuVal on the shelves. I always, always find something surprising or something new to try. And this Saturday was no exception.
First, I found these Cora tomatoes which score an 82 on the NuVal scale. Wow! I had never seen the Cora brand before, but I just love the label. Then, in the pasta section, I found that Cora also makes pasta. Who knew? Since I loved this beautiful label as well, I scooped it up. The NuVal score is a 61, which is about average for pastas. Yes, there are some higher-scoring whole-wheat pastas, but none with such gorgeous packaging!
On to the candy aisle, where as you can expect, the scores are typically pretty low. Most sugary candy products only score a 1 on the NuVal scale and most chocolate scores below a 10. So, I was thrilled to see that one of my favorites, Ghiardelli Twilight Delight scores a 21! That made my day.
Isn’t this a fantastic giveaway? Linguine + Dark Chocolate = Heaven. You could save it for yourself or even give it away as a gift for say, Mother’s Day! So many possibilities…
To Enter:
Leave a comment below telling me two of your favorite things. Leave a bonus comment with a NuVal score on any food you wish and you will be entered twice! You can find some sample scores on the NuVal website. I will choose one lucky winner at random tomorrow morning at 10 am EST. Good Luck!
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on Mar 30th, 2010 at 7:56 am
Almonds and oatmeal are two of my favorite things! Not sure of the scores but I know they’re not too shabby!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:17 am
oh my what a fab giveaway! I LOVE pasta and chocolate
two favorite things would have to be steel cut oats and almond butter-YUM!
have a great day Melissa
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Two of my favorite things: bananas (think they’re score is 91 – that’s totally from memory, so I could be wrong) and cheeeeese. I’m on a goat cheese kick lately.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:47 am
OOOOHHH, what a fantabulous giveaway!
Two of my favorite things are pilates and spinning! Unusual combo, I know, but I really do love them both!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Pineapple has a nuval score of 99!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:56 am
my two favorite things are coffee and strawberries :]
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:57 am
blueberries score 100!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:03 am
I really like coffee and woodworking.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Broccoli scores a perfect 100.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:05 am
In the food cateory: Cheese and pumpkin!!!
In the rest of life category: My family (including my two puppy boys) and my gym, Healthworks!!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:15 am
As you know here in Rhode Island we are experiencing MAJOR flooding. Yes indeed, my French drains and sump pump can not keep up with the deluge Mother Nature has brought us. After setting up three more pumps I really could use some pasta and oh…yes… Chocolate.
By the way , two of my favorite things, my Grandkids of course!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Two of my favorite things are raspberries and pudding!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Quaker Life Cereal scores a 25
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:21 am
I must agree that dark chocolate is top on my list of favorite things! The other is something I’m trying patiently to wait for: fresh strawberries, right off the plant, yummm.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:41 am
I love peanut butter(smart balance 26) and sweet potatoes(96)!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Blueberries are the best and 100! Yahoo! I also love strawberries right now! Yea for spring!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Two of my favorite things are dark chocolate and yogurt!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I have to agree, I LOVE blueberries, Nuval score of 100, especially when you pick them yourself during blueberry picking season! Yum yum!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Two of my favorite foods are
blueberries &
dark chocolate.
i love their twilight delight! mmmm
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:02 am
I love pasta and carrots…strange but I love putting carrots in whatever sauce I am serving with my pasta!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:18 am
I actually LOVE garlic and spinach, better when they are together
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:30 am
two of my favorite things are plain chobani greek yogurt and fresh blueberries – mixed together of course!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:31 am
i was sad to see my frosted shredded wheat only scores a 31 when the plain unfrosted kind gets a 91. what a drastic drop!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Blueberries and pineapple.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Chocolate…chocolate…chocolate…I love chocolate!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:52 am
My 2 favorite things are Goya Plantain chips(great sub for potato chips)& Pepperidge Farm Graham fish.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:52 am
My two favorite things are carrots and peanut (or almond) butter. It’s been my favorite snack for years and I’m still not tired of it!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Pineapple (99) and blueberries (100) are definitely two of my favorites!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Today I would say that my two favorite food things are shrimp and coconut milk – making curry tonight!
Is there a NuVal score for coconut milk?
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 11:25 am
my two favorite things would probably be peanut butter and fruit ( all kinds of fruit!!)
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 11:36 am
nuval score for banana’s which i love is a 91
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 11:37 am
my two favorite things are peanut butter and bananas
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Two of my favorite things are yogurt (especially the Chobani brand, which I *just* discovered, Nuval score of 94) and peanut butter. Yum! Keeps me going all day long… even has me waking up looking forward to meals that contain those two things (or one or the other!)…
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
That’s so awesome that Ghiardelli Twilight scored 21! Mostly because chocolate is one of my favorite things, as well as mangos. Hmmm, is there a chocolate mango bar anywhere?
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
In re my previous post, I just checked NuVal, and mangos score a 93!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Two of my favorite things: bananas and mangos.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
nuval score for banana’s is a 91! yaaaay
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Love Chobani Non-Fat Plain Greek yogurt (NuVal score: 91) and Blueberries (NuVal 100)! So healthy but feels like dessert! :O)
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Two of my favorite things – dark chocolate and sweet potatoes. Never tried them together though!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Hi Melissa! Two of my favorite things are Chobani plain 0% yogurt and fresh strawberries! Wow, pineapple has a nuval score of 99! My husband will be happy to see that.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Birds Eye Cooked Winter Squash (frozen) has a NuVal score of 91! Yummy!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Two of my favorite things are eggs and mangoes. Apparently mangoes have a NuVal score of 93! Yum.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I love zucchini and cookies. (Apparently the highest-scoring cookie is the Kashi TLC oatmeal cookie at 40 — I, of course, prefer the chocolate chunk one.)
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I love the combo of almonds and dark chocolate!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I learned about Cascadian Farms Organic Shoestring Fries (NuVal score of 81)from your blog, and they are a big hit with my family. However, we love to DROWN fries in ketchup (we buy Heinz, score of 3). So, I got this big idea to try serving the fries with salsa instead. There is a wide range of scores in salsa, but I chose Ortega Salsa Original Mild, NuVal score of 35 — much higher than the ketchup score of 3! And the family loved it!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I love the Twilight chocolate..so good! My two favorite things are Chocolate and coffee.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I love chocolate and wheat bread!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
A Kashi Cookie is 40 on the Nuval score, so delish!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I really love tomatoes and apples, so fresh and delish
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Spinach is a Nuval powerhouse at 100
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Spinach and tomatoes definitely top my list and they both score 100!
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Two of my favorite things are dark chocolate and avocados.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I am so excited that Ghiardelli 72% gets a 21. That is one of my favorite things. I love it even more than the chocolate that I bring back from Europe! I also love Chobani Greek yogurt, which scores a 94.
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
greek yogurt and strawberries…
on Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I love brussel sprouts and grapeseed oil.
on Mar 31st, 2010 at 5:45 am
Tow of my favorite things are roasted veggies (just about any of them!) and oatmeal.
on Mar 31st, 2010 at 5:47 am
One of my other favorite things – spinich – has a NuVal score of 100! Score!
on Mar 31st, 2010 at 9:48 am
I love apples and almond butter. Delish!