snacks - Strawberries are Gluten Free

New Product – Prana Bar

Feb 15

Posted by: Cathy Tibbles Under: Featured Recipes & Content, Gluten Free Product Reviews, Menus & Item Lists, News Miscellany

We were sent a couple samples to try, and I ADORED them! They were too coconut-ty for Mike, and I wouldn’t let the kids try them because I have a job to do. And these babies – tasted like Coconut macaroons – I love my job.

Warning – these are NOT for weight loss! They are for energy and possess raw, organic, vegan foods that have calories inherent but also (I suspect) don’t create a huge sugar-rush either as there is so much fiber and protein to keep the blood sugars all in line. Here’s what they say:

Ingredients of the Coconut Acai bar:

Organic Almond Butter, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Date Paste, Organic Dried Coconut, Organic Almonds, Organic Raisins, Organic Puffed Amaranth, Organic Acai Dry Powder, Sea Salt

Amount per serv.		%DV
Total Fat	13g	19%
Sat Fat	1.5g	8%
Cholest	0mg	0%
Sodium	35mg	1%
Tot Carb	26g	9%
Fiber	3g	11%
Sugars	18g
Protein	4g

One bar is 220 calories, 110 from fat.

Would you like to try them? Click on the giant – prana logo in my sidebar to try some very yummy bars (& support this blog o’mine!)

This was the other bar that I was sent: the Boomi Apricot Cashew. Yeah, its a super-tough job.

The stats on this one:

Cashews, Apricots, Honey, Dates, Crisp Rice, Amaranth, Apples, Natural Apricot Flavor, Salt.

Serv size: 1bar

Calories 190

Fat Cal 60

Amount per serv.		%DV
Total Fat	7g	11%
Sat Fat	1g	5%
Cholest	0mg	0%
Sodium	75mg	3%
Tot Carb	28g	9%
Dietary Fiber	3g	12%
Sugars	13g
Protein	4g	8%

This was nice and chewy – although more like a soft natural-fruit bar. My preference was definitely the first one, the coconut macaroon one. It made a delicious dinner a while ago.

Enjoy!

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Low-fat, Low-point, gluten-free snacks

Dec 12

Posted by: Cathy Tibbles Under: lifestyle, Menus & Item Lists

Hubs is just down-right ticking me off with all his weight loss. He’s winning hands-down. And don’t even try to tell me that it isn’t a competition. If it is something we are both doing, then obviously its a competition.

Oh.

That’s not obvious? Anyway, here’s my observations from raiding his gluten-free snack cupboard:

3-4% MF Cheese

Freybe Turkey Chicken Pepperoni

Smart Pop Popcorn

Chocolate Crunch Rice Cakes

Crispy Minis: his fav’s are butter popcorn flavor, and caramel

And of course, the absolute best for you:

If you have some secret super-fab snack, let me know! I’m sure he’d appreciate it.

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Fall Menu & Nutrition

Oct 14

Posted by: Cathy Tibbles Under: Menus & Item Lists

I just need another name for my ‘menu’. Menu is so boring and it is what I’ve been doing nearly weekly for over 13 years. Yuck. I need a word that will encompass the exciting opportunity to prepare fresh and seasonal foods with familiar spices and herbs. Combined with hot tea, fresh water, fresh apples, and hot cereal. That is fall to me. It’s the signal to clean up the garden. Put the outdoor toys away; watch the frost disappear in the sunshine, and snuggle in for the winter.

With Fall, comes anticipation of Christmas, the exciting possibilities of a new school term, and an innate nesting instinct. For all my city-dwelling-ness, I all of the sudden dream of canned fruit lining my pantry, and home-made pies in the freezer.

How weird is that? I’ve tried lots of those things when I was younger and trying to be what I thought a wife should be. For now, I’m settling with a little extra shopping for fruits and veggies in season, a little knitting, and some ‘empty’ time to let the creative juices flow. More of that on my personal blog: Mommy Motivation.

Enough rambling, here’s my “menu”:

bkfsts: hot cereal(we use Bob’s Red Mill GF Hot Cereal), toast and fried eggs, cold cereal

Lunches: tuna salad wraps, ham & cheese bagels, GF Prepared Soup

Supper: leftover turkey & potatoes, turkey lasagne, hot “chicken” caesar salad, turkey tacos

Snacks: hot popcorn, Quaker Chocolate Chip Rice Cakes, Plain rice cakes with melted cheease, Yoplait 0% Source yogurt topped with GF Corn Flakes.

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+15 items confirmed

Apr 13

Posted by: Cathy Tibbles Under: Menus & Item Lists

I’m not sure how best to organize these for easy indexing. If you have a suggestion, please let me know!

For now here’s some more to add to your lists, checked last month for gluten:

These items have no gluten in the product, or in the line:

Ready to serve President’s Choice Cream of Mushroom soup. (#68095)
NN Bread and Butter pickles (#10356)
NN Dry Roasted Peanuts (#12921)
PC Salsa, Medium (#74800)
NN marshmellows, mini (#01262)
NN Jam, Apple & Strawberry (#68370)
Italiano seasoning from Club House
Real Mayo from Hellman’s/ Kraft
Kraft Coleslaw salad dressing

These items have no gluten in the product but has gluten in the line. I have quizzed several customer service operators and managers as much as I could, and short of visiting the plant, I’ve done what I can to be comfortable with their sanitation process. But they feel they ought to let us know when it is used “in the line” or “in the plant”. Which I so appreciate, don’t you? We use these items. But it is your risk, your choice.