Review: Wilson Creek Almond Champagne

My mum drinks champagne quite a bit. I've had some of it. It's usually the cheapest stuff you can get at the grocer's. Don't get me wrong, more expensive does not mean better (see my previous review of Andre Cold Duck). However, I've always found that her champagne needs to be tempered with orange juice (hello Mimosa!). Not sure how to describe why I feel it needs to be that way, but it seems like it's too... tarte? bitter? dry? Hmm... I still haven't hit quite the right word, but you get my meaning.

Now, I love almond. Add it to anything and it makes it 100% better! So when I went to the store and saw this beautiful champagne bottle enticing me with the promise of almond I began anticipating the moment I had something to celebrate so I could uncork this beauty.

A few weeks after I noticed that such a thing as Almond Champagne existed, my father came home with a bottle of the stuff out of the blue!

After a night's worth of chilling I uncorked the bottle and poured myself and my father a glass. "Oh My Gosh"!!! The people at Wilson Creek pride themselves on the fact that people upon their first sip ever of this champagne say that phrase every time.

It is truly delicious. It is sweet with a hint of almond. Thank goodness it's not a slap of Almond to the face (even I know you can go overboard when adding almond). Most certainly not a mixer, meant to be drunk alone.

Wilson Creek Almond Champagne is a sweet (but not too sweet) and very refreshing champagne that I look forward to drinking again.

Review: Andre Cold Duck

Well, this isn't much of a review as I'm no wine connoisseur, but I wanted to get a different opinion about this lovely beverage out there.

Everything you need to know about the history of Cold Duck can be found on its respective Wikipedia pace.

Down to the nitty gritty. I have not yet found a red wine that I like. Thank the Lord for sparkling wine! Andre Cold Duck is delicious. It is very sweet and fruity. I think the aroma is wonderful.

I intend to learn someday how to describe the alcoholic beverages I consume using well known terminology. When I do I shall revamp this review, I promise. Because this drink is too good to only have a silly review such as this one.

Day 15 Total: 1362 Calories

Okay, time for the truth to be told. It's weigh in day. Now, I've been watching a lot of Dr. Oz on TV. He says to weigh oneself every day to track progress. And so, I'll be posting my weight at the end of every day here. Let's see what this week's eating habits have wrought.

Now I did have two sodas today and my dinner was way more than 500 calories. Part of that is the soda and the milk. I figure the milk was good, I know the soda is bad. Still working on kicking the habit. It's going to be a long road. On the upside, after all of the soda in the house is gone (it'll take a while at the rate that I am drinking it) I won't be buying anymore so I'll have to turn to either milk or water.

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Grapes

34 Calories

Lunch:

1 cup Squirt
2 Eggs
1 slice Milton's Whole Grain Bread
1/2 pad Butter
1 tbsp Grape Jelly

420 Calories

Dinner:

Salmon with Mustard Crust & Sauteed Spinach
Brown Rice and Mushroom Pilaf
1 can Pepsi Throwback
14 oz 2% Milk

Now instead of me writing the recipes for dinner I found them online so click on the links above and it will take you to the recipe web pages. They are super delicious!!!!!!!!!! And easy to cook. I recommend starting the rice first as it takes longer to prepare than the Salmon.

908 Calories

Water Intake:

2 cups Tap Water

Weight:

149 lbs

Day 14 Total: 1804 Calories

Well, it's the soda that killed me again today. I'm really working on reaching for water first, but when my tummy feels queasy, there's something about fizz that really helps. Not the greatest of excuses is it? Oh well *sighs*

Breakfast:

8 oz Glen Oaks Strawberry Banana Drinkable Yogurt
6 oz 2% Milk

I love this drinkable yogurt, but it's so thick, so I mix in the milk to thin it out. It doesn't change the flavor at all and I get more calcium and magnesium in my diet to boot :D

282 Calories

Lunch:

1 Egg
1 Egg White
1 dried Papaya Spear
1 & 1/2 oz Cheddar Cheese
2 cups Sprite

Yep, scrambled eggs. The papaya spear is to be eaten separately.

552 Calories

Dinner:

2 cups Sprite
1 tbsp Sweet Relish
1 can Salmon
1 tbsp Best Foods Mayonnaise
2 slices Milton's Whole Grain Bread
1/2 oz Ruffles Potato Chips

970 Calories

Day 13 Total: 1154 Calories

Breakfast:

1 cup Tart Cherry Juice
1 Egg
1/4 cup Raspberries
1/2 Cup Knudsen Cottage Cheese
1/4 Cup Dole Crushed Pineapple in Heavy Syrup

Now comes the fun part where you not only put the pineapple into the cottage cheese, but you also put in some of the raspberries and less of the pineapple.

380 Calories

Lunch:
1 cup Spring Salad
8 Carrots
5 Snap Peas
1 tbsp Ranch
3 tbsp Basalmic Vinaigrette
Dates
1 cup Green Machine Juice

442 Calories

Afternoon Snack:

1 large Red Plum

38 Calories

Dinner:

1 cup Steamed Carrots
1 cup Steamed Broccoli
1/2 cup Steamed Chinese Peas
2/3 tbsp Salted Butter
14 oz 2% Milk


I just steamed everything together (except the milk *blech*), put the butter on top afterward, and lightly salted it. Yummy =-D

Water Intake:

1 pint Tap Water

Day 12 Total: 1155 Calories

School days always throw my eating schedule off because I have night classes. So I end up eating at weird times of day.

Breakfast:
1/4 cup Raspberries
1/8 cup Crushed Pineapple
1/2 cup Cottage Cheese

158 Calories

Lunch:
1 Egg
1 piece Whole Wheat Toast
1/2 Hershey's Cookies N' Cream Bar
1/2 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
2 cups Schweppes Ginger Ale

620 Calories

Dinner:
1/2 Flame Broiler Beef Bowl
Broccoli
6 Carrots
10 Snap Peas
1 tbsp Peppercorn Ranch

377 Calories

Water Intake:

1.5 quarts Tap Water

Day 11 Total: 970 Calories

Almost everything I ate today was terrible for me. But I did try to eat in moderation. I guess it worked though as I had no idea that I had eaten so few calories

Breakfast:

1 cup Squirt

100 Calories

Lunch:

1/2 Flame Broiler Beef Bowl
16 oz Coke
1/2 small Baskin Robbins Cappuccino Blast

The trick with the Baskin Robbins Coffee drink is to split a SMALL with a friend and then it is only 155 calories.

640 Calories

Dinner:

1/2 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
8 oz Coke

330 Calories