Stock up on them and try a few off these delicious recipes from a few of my favorite bloggers!

Strawberry Cream Popovers from Oh Joy!

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Strawberry Basil Sangria from TreeHugger.com

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Strawberry & Rose Hazelnut Tart by Technicolor Kitchen

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Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats by Savory Notes

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Spinach & Strawberry Salad by Paula Deen

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Strawberry Butter by The Kitchen Sink Recipes

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For more strawberry recipe ideas, follow my Strawberry Pinterest board {here}. I am always adding new recipes to it!

And if you want to keep it simple, pick up a freshly baked Angel Food Cake in our bakery and some whipped cream in the Dairy aisle!

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

Broiled whole grain bread with shredded cheese forms the base of this tuna melt. Topped with tuna salad and spinach, this open faced sandwich is the perfect summer lunch!

Pick up a copy of this month’s Cooking Light at Whole Foods Market Bethesda for this recipe and many more!

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

And the minute I opened the Fitbliss Organics Coconut and Lime Body Butter, I was in love!

It smells like a delicious summer mousse that one would eat at a patio party. And it is the perfect weight of lotion to wear on a warm day.  Most body butters are little too thick to ever need to see the light of day from April through October in the DC area but I think this might be my summer moisturizer!

Fitbliss Organics abides by the simple thought “If you can’t pronounce it, why put it on your body?” And leaving out all of those un-pronouncable ingredients doesn’t hurt one bit; the Fitbliss body butter gets a rave review from me!

Our Whole Body Department also carries the Fitbliss body spray line!

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

To be included on the list, foods must be low in calories, saturated fat, sodium, and added sugar and must completely free of artificial sweeteners. I was excited to spot two items from Whole Foods Market’s private label–the 365 Brand–on the list.

The Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value Neufchatel Cheese was selected as the healthiest cream cheese. I use this cream cheese in cream cheese frostings all the time. (though I guess that I am using it in a frosting on top of cupcake probably negates the whole healthy idea.)

Find the 365 Neufchatel Cheese in the cooler by our Specialty department.

And the Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value Skipjack Wild Tuna was chosen as the healthiest canned tuna.

Find the 365 Brand Skipjack Tuna in aisle 2 at Whole Foods Market Bethesda.

Grab the June issue of SELF to see what other foods carried Whole Food Market Bethesda were featured on the Healthy Food Awards List.

I spotted a few familiar products from Stonyfield Yogurt, Barbara’s, Nature’s Path, and Applegate Naturals.

So Alex, what’s in your shopping cart?

Applegate Organic Genoa Salami, 365 Fusilli Pasta,  broccoli, mushroom, red pepper, Tillamook Kosher Medium Cheddar Cheese – With olive oil and herbs, these ingredients made a really good cold pasta salad for dinner one night.

Vermont Bread Company Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns – These buns hold up really well. And they are on sale this week. Perfect for the turkey burgers with sweet potato fries on the side. The burgers were topped with ketchup, tomatoes, and avocado (not pictured).

365 Mayonnaise, Mediterranean Flat Bread, 365 Walnuts, and apples  - I grilled some chicken and used that along with these ingredients to make a Waldorf Salad with 365 Edamame sold in the frozen section on the side.

365 Garbanzo Beans, cucumber, tomato, and Earthbound Farm lettuce for salad.

365 Organic Oat and Honey Granola for breakfast.

Cascadian Farms Harvest Berry Granola Bars for snacking.

Limes for cocktail hour.

Thanks Alex for sharing your shopping basket! Check back next week to see whose shopping cart we are peeking into next! What’s in your grocery cart this week?

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

Dessert, flowers, and bath time relaxation are sure to make Mom happy!

Stop in the store this weekend (May 11-13th) to take advantage of this great deal for Mom! We will also have plenty of team members (including me!) available to wrap flowers from our Floral Department up beautifully for mom as well!

And with sandal weather knocking the door, I am sure I am not alone in this thought.  Normally, I would have already booked a pedicure appointment at the spa and been done with it. But this year, I am still reeling from the trauma of the Great Manicure Infection of 2011. A simple manicure last August gone horribly awry has left me in a panic attack any time I even think about scheduling a nail appointment.

Since I do like to keep my nails taken care, I have become pretty good at giving myself a manicure. So I am super excited that Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s Whole Body department in now carrying Nutra Nail Naturals nail care product line.

If you have ever glanced at the ingredients list of most nail care products, you know there are some scary things listed. The Nutra Nail Naturals line is free of artificial dyes and fragrances, parabens, sulphates, formaldehyde, and toulene.

I love the nail growth serum and cuticle remover.

A few months ago, I had purchased a cuticle remover from the drugstore and the warning label on the back scared me so much that I have never used it: “Contact with eyes may cause blindness.”  Since cuticle remover goes on my hands and sometimes my hands sometimes touch my eyes, I immediately jumped to worst-case scenario and never ever used it.  The Nutra Nails Naturals Cuticle Remover is decidedly less scary and works really well!

Find the Nutra Nails Naturals line in our Whole Body department near the cosmetics display.

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

I totally do it. I loved the no-longer-in-existence feature in Rachael Ray’s magazine that showed the inside of the celebrity refrigerators (even though I always had a hunch that their personal assistants probably filled it with the most photo friendly foods the day before). I find it completely fascinating and I also discover new products via these grocery cart and refrigerator glances.

And today, I will give you all a virtual glance into my shopping cart when I take it for a spin through the aisles of Whole Foods Market Bethesda for my weekly grocery shopping. These are my standard weekly purchases.

Cinnamon Raisin Ezekiel 4:9 Bread and 365 Creamy Peanut Butter –  Toasted and topped with peanut butter, this is my breakfast every single day. The bread is so dense and has a bit more protein and less sugar than other breads, all of which makes it so filling! And natural peanut butter always kind of grossed me out until I tried the 365 brand; there is minimal oil separation so I do not have to deal with the stirring and oil splatter.

Total 0% Fage Plain Greek Yogurt and 365 Frozen Pineapples, Blueberries, and Mangos – I mix these frozen fruits in a container every morning and by lunch time, they have thawed enough to mix into my Fage Yogurt. If I am feeling especially tropical, I put a little unsweetened coconut on top.

Laughing Cow Cheese – Perfect on sandwiches or on pretzels.

The Spoon Sisters Graham Crackerz Cereal - I love cereal for a midmorning snack; these make me feel like I am making that snack a bit healthier even though I am probably not.

Bananas and Apples – I always buy whatever type of apple is the cheapest or on sale that week. Since the prices vary week-to-week, it allows me to eat a variety of apples.

Asparagus – My favorite vegetable! I roast it with olive oil and parmesan cheese as a side dish for dinner.

365 Unsalted Butter – I bake all of the time and making buttercream frosting from scratch is my favorite thing to do. The 365 Unsalted Butter  is priced so well at Whole Foods Markets!

Glee Gum – My favorite chewing gum, especially in the tangerine flavor. But that was out-of-stock during this trip so I settled for my second favorite flavor, Triple Berry.

If You Care Mini and Large Baking Cups – Not as cute and colorful as the cupcake liners you will find in all the shops, these things get the job done better than the pretty ones and with minimal grease stains. And I find they photograph really well, if you happen to be a food blogger.  And best of all, the price on these is incredible.

Nature’s Rancher Grilled Chicken Breasts – Pre-cooked chicken breasts are my saving grace on those nights when I do not want to cook but know I need to prepare some sort of dinner for myself. They are great in quesadillas or on top of salads!

What’s in your grocery cart this week?

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. 

At the top of the list, the Luna Chocolate Dipped Coconut Bar.

Which also happens to be my favorite bar. And I generally do not even like protein or energy bars. But if I squint my eyes and suspend reality for a moment, it really DOES taste just like a Girl Scout Samoa cookie.

Find the Luna Chocolate Dipped Coconut Bar in the Whole Body Department at Whole Foods Market Bethesda.

Which protein or energy bar is at the top of your list?

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess.

And the Marketing Team here at Bethesda had a little assistance in getting ready for the testing from my friends at Brand About Town and Nintendo. Eager to get more people to incorporate the Wii Fit Plus as a regular workout tool, they put together several, personal trainer-developed workouts for us to try during the month of February and we carried it over into March. We received a Wii Fit Plus to use in our tiny Marketing office (proving the idea that you can work out in even the tiniest of spaces).

Because of the small space we were working with, we had to modify the workouts a bit but we had blast nonetheless! I am in only in the office one day a week so we squeezed in the workouts when we could. And sometimes this meant that while one person was working out, the other was sitting there taunting them while eating a delicious chicken wing.

But in the end, we all finished our workouts and received some seriously great incentive swag from Brand About Town and Nintendo.  Nam, Alex, and Joana all love their new workout gear!

The workouts provided such a nice break in the workday that I think the Wii Fit Plus workouts might become a regular feature in the Marketing office!

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess. She is also a Nintendo Brand Ambassador.