Food From Japan..

Hey everyone!

I wonder if any of you have noticed that I haven’t talked about Foodie Pen Pals in a while..

I mean, I’ve participated a ton in the past! Check out these posts to check out some goodies I’ve gotten before!

-Foodie Pen Pals 1: April (My first try of pb-filled pretzels, apple honey butter, and tropical salsa!)

-Foodie Pen Pals 2: May (Coconut PB Spread? Organic candy bar? yum!)

-Foodie Pen Pals 3: June (yummy natural bars from a local food co-op!! )

The reason why I haven’t brought it up lately is because I didn’t sign up this month. Instead, I did a food switch with Christy, the writer of Lift to Run. To see what I sent her, you can click here.

If you read Christy’s blog, you would know that she’s in the Marines and is stationed in Japan right now.

Japan!!

How cool is that?

I had to take advantage of that fact, and asked her to have fun with the package. I was hoping she’d send me some fun, unique Japanese treats..

I wasn’t disappointed.

Wowza! Look at all that food!!!

So many little goodies, and I’ve already snacked through half this package, but saved some because I know that my niece, Nikki will want some when she gets back from New York. A few of these foods are old favorites from when we used to live in the Philippines, and they brought back some good, old childhood memories.

Here’s a list and description of the products I got:

-a Hello Kitty, shortbread + strawberry dip snack– sort of like Yan Yan, if you’ve ever tried that!

-buckwheat noodles –yummy when cold to make some Asian pasta salad and also good for stir-fry dishes!

-a chocolate orange-flavored SOYJOY bar (my fave!! )

-a marathon energy Snickers-flavor bar (have yet to try, but am saving for a candy bar craving. )

-tiny chocolate chip cookies/biscuits

-Philippines’ Dried Mangoes

- a grape flavored jelly drink

-2 little Ube (purple yam) cakes

Like I said, I’ve had a few of these treats before, but others are things I’d never had the chance to try! I’m sorry for my off-ish list, but I neither speak nor read Japanese (am thinking of taking Spanish in high school, anyway..), so I had to rely on my own descriptions to give certain products a name.

This package was a lot of fun, especially because of the wide array of foods! Thanks to Christy for all the goodies!

If anyone else wants to contact me and do a food switch, just shoot me an email, and we can make it happen!

I think I’m definitely gonna have to sign up for August’s round of Foodie Pen Pals, though… It’s a really fun program, and I love meeting new bloggers through it!

New bloggers = new friends? I hope? Haha

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Anyway, that’s about it for today! I hope this post filled with fun food and pictures makes up for my long, picture-less post this morning..

[How dare I do that?! How dare I make you read? ]

Hope you had a great day! God Bless!

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