Buy It or Fly By It food reviews from a guy that is a few cards short of a full deck and may need to get some nutrition bar rehab treatment.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Review: Magnum Double Chocolate Ice Cream Bar
I've done several reviews of Magnum bars here on the blog and after each review, I get some sort of message from someone telling me that since I liked the bar that I just reviewed, I should try the Double Chocolate bar because I'll like it even more. After finally getting enough of these messages, I put it on my to-do list to try as soon as it went on sale at my local store and when it I finally did go on sale (I am a bargain shopper after all!), I snatched up a three pack of these to try. The sale price at my local Meijer was $3.00 and each bar is a decent sized 3.38 ounces has 350 calories. Of all the Magnum bars, this is the most calorie dense.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Review: Quaker Chewy Smashbar Graham Pretzel Bar
Having made my way through and having reviewed nearly every original Quaker Chewy bar that exists and also one from bar from their Smashbar line of products, I was curious to try out another flavor in their Chewy Smashbar line and that led me to this Graham Pretzel bar. With the same dimensions (0.84 ounces) as the original Chewy bars and also roughly the same calorie count (90 calories) as a lot of the originals, this bar is very similar to those originals. For reference, I picked a box of eight of these at Meijer for $2.49.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Review: Balance Bar Yogurt Honey Peanut Bar
In December, I reviewed the Balance Honey Peanut bar and gave it a Buy It rating. This time, I'll be looking at a very similar bar to that one. This Yogurt Honey Peanut bar's only difference is obviously in the name of the bar and on the packaging...this one contains yogurt. I picked this one up at Meijer for $1.09 and it weighs in at 1.76 ounces and contains 200 calories and fifteen grams of protein.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Review: Dannon Oikos Strawberry 0% Greek Yogurt
Cue the broken record, beat the dead horse or do whatever you need to do, because it is time to review another Dannon Oikos flavor. This time, I'm looking at the most overrated fruit that there is and how it translates with Greek yogurt in this review of the Dannon Oikos Strawberry 0% Greek yogurt. As with the others, I picked this one up at Marsh on sale for $1.00, it is 5.3 ounces, 120 calories (ten calories lower than all other flavors I've tried) and contains twelve grams of protein.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Review: Marathon Smart Stuff powered by Snickers Crunchy Honey Graham Bar
In my previous reviews of the Marathon powered by Snickers bar products, I've actually been very impressed with their quality and taste. Sure, they aren't the most perfect bars health wise, but they do a fairly decent job in that department and they taste pretty darn good too. Much like last time, I picked up Crunchy Honey Graham bar at CVS for $0.99 and it comes it at 1.23 ounces. Within that 1.23 ounces of fun is 140 calories and five grams of protein. This bar is also made with no artificial flavors, sweeteners, colors or everyone's favorite enemy, high fructose corn syrup. So, in general, they try to do a decent job of limiting the amount of chemicals that they dump in here.
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Review: Pure Protein Blueberry Crumb Cake Bar
The quest is over...this is the final Pure Protein bar review as I've finally hit all the flavors (until they introduce a new one) with this Blueberry Crumb Cake bar. This one was picked up at Meijer on sale for $1.00 and contains 190 calories with 18 grams of protein. It seems like kind of an odd flavor and is similar in composition to the Strawberry Shortcake bar, which I hated, so I was kind of apprehensive about eating this one.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Review: Dean's Candy Bar Overload Ice Cream
As I've said in previous Dean's reviews, I haven't had the best luck reviewing their ice cream products. Although, my last Dean's review of the Mackinac Island Fudge did turn out to be pretty solid, so I at least felt good heading into this review as this was a "full power" ice cream like the last one and not a low calorie/fat ice cream like the first couple. I picked this up at Meijer on sale for $3.00 for the 1.5 quart container. Each container contains about twelve servings of ice cream at about 160 calories per serving, so it's not a total guilt-trip/calorie bomb like Ben & Jerry's, so that is a nice feeling, I suppose.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Review: CLIF Mojo Mountain Mix Trail Mix Bar
I think I've said this before on the blog, but I'll say it again: I LOVE trail mix and when I'm at a place that has trail mix at an open bowl, I always find a way to gravitate toward it and eat it non-stop, no matter how hard I try to avoid it. That said, CLIF's Mojo Trail Mix bars are right up my alley. I've already reviewed one of the bars, so I'm now led to the Mountain Mix flavor of one of their trail mix bars. Why the name Mountain Mix? Heaven (and CLIF) only knows. Maybe they want you to throw this in your pack before you go for a climb. The bar is 70% organic and consist of all the nuts, fruits, etc. that you'd expect to find in trail mix (depending on the mix). I picked this one up on sale at Kroger for $1.00 and it's 1.59 ounces with 190 calories and eight grams of protein.
Review: Dannon Light & Fit Caramel Delight Yogurt
So, I eat a lot of yogurt and you can probably tell that if you are a regular visitor to the blog. Greek yogurt or regular, non-fat yogurt, frozen yogurt, whatever...it does not matter to me. I'll eat nearly all of it. As with the majority of my shopping trips, I was blindly fumbling my way through the dairy section of the grocery store recently and came across a new seasonal offering, or Seasonal Delight as they call it, from Dannon's Light & Fit non-fat yogurt line, of which I've done plenty of reviews. This Caramel Delight comes in a single serve, six ounce cup and has 80 calories and five grams of protein. I picked it up on sale at Meijer for $0.50.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Review: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chicken Enchiladas Suiza
I used to eat a ton of these microwave meals, but once I taught myself how to cook, I stopped eating them all that much. Every now and then though, I'll feel completely lazy and not even feel the desire to make something as simple as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, so I always keep a few of these in my freezer for those moments. I had one of those moments recently and that led me to try out this Chicken Enchilada Suiza meal from Weight Watchers Smart Ones. I've had up and down experiences with the Smart Ones products in prior reviews, so going into this, I knew that it could go either way. Prior to its residence in my freezer, I picked up this meal on sale at Meijer for $2.00 and it's 9.0 ounces and 290 calories and scores a seven on the Weight Watchers Points Plus scale.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Review: Nostimo Honey 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
In my continuing adventure to review every single non-store brand Greek yogurt in the refrigerator cases of my local grocery stores, I'm led to the newest entrant in my review adventure with this review of Nostimo Honey 0% Fat Greek Yogurt. I'm not familiar with Nostimo and apparently the world isn't either since they don't have any sort of web presence. I do know (since I read the container) that "Nostimo Means 'Delicious'" (it's on the label), is made by Topco Associates in Skokie, Illinois and it appears to make budget-type (read: lower cost) products, but that's all I've got. As for the product itself, it is six ounces of yogurt, 150 calories and has fourteen grams of protein. I picked this up on sale at my local Marsh for $1.00.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Review: Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar
As you've seen on this blog in my endless reviews, Quaker has a ton of these Chewy granola bars. I've been holding off on reviewing this Chocolate Chip flavor for one reason: it's about as pedestrian as you can possibly get. Don't get me wrong, chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite things on this planet, so I've got nothing against the flavor. I'd just rather review stuff first that people may be curious about as to something that is an old standby like a chocolate chip granola bar. I almost feel as if I'd be just mailing it in if I did a review on this one. But, since I did see a commercial for this flavor specifically the other day while watching the Food Network, apparently Quaker feels it is noteworthy enough of a flavor to have it star in a commercial, so I guess I should throw a review out there.
That said, this one is 100 calories and since it was bought as a part of a super awesome mega 48 pack at Sam's Club, I'm not able to attach a until price to it. Quaker does sell these Chocolate Chip ones in smaller boxes as part of variety packs or part of ten bar boxes where they are all chocolate chip.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Review: Walden Farms Apple Butter Fruit Spread
On my Walden Farms Caramel Dip post, a commenter mentioned that they run a health food store where they allow customers to try out Walden Farms products prior to buying them so that they can determine whether they want to fork over the cash for the sometimes costly products. Personally, I think that is a great idea, but since not everyone has access to those kind of well run stores, my goal is to review as many Walden Farms products as possible on this blog and that leads me to the Apple Butter Fruit Spread that I picked up via Amazon.com (they were the re-seller for VitaCost.com) for $3.75. I LOVE apple butter, so after I made my order and received it on my door step, I was VERY anxious to try this one out. This container is twelve ounces and like all Walden Farms products, it is both sugar and calorie free.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Review: Stonyfield Organic Oikos Caramel Pure Pleasure 0% Greek Yogurt
Not to beat my own chest here, but I always feel sort of "big time" when a product manufacturer contacts me regarding my review of one of their products. That has been happening occasionally recently and it makes me feel good to be noticed. Granted, I've made myself known by my strategy of networking through Twitter, Facebook, etc., but not all of these companies have to respond. One of the several companies that did respond to my prior review was Stonyfield and they sent me some coupons for their single serve Greek yogurt cups and also their four packs of Greek yogurt cups from their Pure Pleasure line. So, I picked up a gratis (regularly $4.69) four cup package of the Pure Pleasure Caramel flavor recently and I was anxious to give it a try. Each cup is four ounces (same as a JELL-O pudding cup) and has 110 calories and ten grams of protein. It's also non-fat, by the way.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Review: Ben & Jerry's Half Baked Ice Cream
I don't want to look too hard because I'm mostly lazy, but Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream seems like it has been around forever and is one of their standard flavors, unlike a lot of the Ben & Jerry's flavor reviews that I've done here. Heck, it's been around long enough that they have even transitioned it from a full blown ice cream to a healthier frozen yogurt flavor (review coming later...maybe). Anyway, Ben & Jerry's full flavor description of this one is a combination of two different ice cream flavors and the actual container states "Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Creams mixed with Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Fudge Brownies." Fudge brownies and cookie dough?! Wow, a fat kid's delight and one that I had to get my hands on for a review! I picked it up at Meijer on sale for $3.00 for the pint and each pint contains four servings at 270 calories per serving.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Review: Quaker Popped Sour Cream & Onion Rice Snacks
Editor's Note: While the product has stayed the same, Quaker now markets these under a different named and they are now called "Quaker Popped Rice Snacks." The review below applies the same.
I like Sour Cream & Onion potato chips a lot and if you are a regular reader of this blog, you are problem thinking, "what does this guy not like a lot?" Well, the answer is bananas and...sour cream! Yep, I don't like sour cream at all, but for some reason, I like the chips a lot. Seeing these Quaker Popped Sour Cream & Onion Rice Snacks on the shelf at Walmart for $1.39 made me curious enough to see if I liked these as much as I like the actual potato chips. Each serving is 130 calories and as usual, there's about three servings per bag.
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Review: Good Greens Plus Chocolate Coconut Bar
As I said in my first Good Greens review, Good Greens was a bar that I had never heard of until they contacted me and asked if I would review some of their bars. As part of that, they sent me four sample flavors to try out and that leads me to another one of those samples with this Chocolate Coconut bar. As with all Good Greens bars, the bar is built on the foundation of their proprietary Z52 Superfood Powder and then constructed from there. Before I dive into the review, the details on this one are 1.76 ounces, 185 calories, ten grams of protein, all natural, raw, gluten free and also vegan. So, there's a lot going on with this bar.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Review: Skinny Cow Dark Chocolate Dreamy Clusters Candy
As I've said before on this blog, I have to give Skinny Cow credit in the fact that they are the "healthy" dessert company by taking typical desserts and using light and/or low-fat ingredients in order to reduce the calorie counts. Their goal is to make you feel less guilty for eating candy/ice cream/dessert/etc. and I'm all for that, so I've done several reviews on their products before. I've never reviewed one of their Dreamy Clusters candy products though, so that leads me to these Dark Chocolate Dreamy Clusters that I picked in a box at Meijer on "sale" for $3.99. Each box contains six pouches of Dreamy Clusters candy and each pouch is 120 calories and one ounce of candy.
Review: Muscle Milk Cookies 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake
Via this blog, I've eaten more protein bars than I could ever imagine and frankly, I'm starting to get sick of them. I've had several to review in my refrigerator for quite a while now, but I have little to no motivation to eat any of them. One thing I haven't spent a lot of time reviewing is protein shakes (I've only done one drink review), so that leads me to this review of the Muscle Milk Cookies 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake. I picked this for free via a coupon at Thornton's Fuel Center, so I don't know what the price was exactly, but I believe it was in the $3.00 range. This one comes in at fourteen ounces and 220 calories with a whopping 25 grams of protein.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Review: Odwalla Chocolate Chip Peanut Bar
In my previous Odwalla reviews, I've been taken aback by the remarkable similarities of these bars to to Fig Newton cookies and also indirectly to CLIF Bars. So, when I grabbed this bar out of my refrigerator, I have expected the same soft, gooey texture again and was actually kind of looking forward to it with the flavor combination in this Chocolate Chip Peanut bar. I mean, chocolate chips and peanuts...there are better things in the world, but not many. So, I dove into this 2.0 ounce bar that I picked up at Meijer for $1.09 that contained 230 calories and seven grams of protein feverishly.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Review: Dannon Light & Fit Cherry Vanilla Yogurt
I've done several Dannon Light & Fit yogurt product reviews here on the blog. I've done reviews of the larger containers and also of the single serve containers. Next up in that review series is a review of the Cherry Vanilla flavor of the Light & Fit non-fat yogurt line. I picked this one up on sale at Marsh for $0.50 and like its single serve brethren, this one is 6.0 ounces and contains 80 calories.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Review: JELL-O Sugar Free Mousse Temptations Dark Chocolate Decadence
I've shared about my absurd childhood fear of mousse before, so we'll just move on. Next flavor to review in the JELL-O Mousse Temptations line of products is the Dark Chocolate Decadence flavor. With a name like that I would expect to feel...uh...well, let's just say that the name hypes the product quite a bit. I picked this one up at Meijer for $2.50 for the six pack of cups. Each four ounce cup contains 60 calories and is sugar free.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Review: Promax Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Bar
Throughout my life, I've come to this conclusion: if you don't like cookie dough, you are a terrorist. Of course, that's assuming you don't have any allergies to eggs, dairy, etc. That said, I'm not a terrorist, so I was excited to add to another Promax review and also another cookie dough bar review with my review of this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Bar. As with all Promax bars, this is all natural and I picked it up on sale at Meijer for $1.50. It weighs in at a robust 2.64 ounces with 290 calories and a muscle building twenty grams of protein.
Review: Kellogg's Special K Chocolate Peanut Protein Snack Bar
I've covered in Kellogg's Special K reviews before how I think it is exceptionally amusing that they have entered the protein bar market. When I hear the name Kellogg's or Special K, I immediately think breakfast foods and not protein bars. Regardless, I've found the the majority of their Protein Meal Bars to be not bad. That said, it was time to try out one of their Protein Snack Bars in this Chocolate Peanut bar. This bar contains 110 calories and four grams of protein. I picked it up on sale at Marsh for $3.00 for a box of six.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Review: KIND Plus Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants Bar
I've had some success with KIND bar reviews on this blog. I've always found them to be extremely crunchy due to the tasty nut component, but sometimes I find the fruit component of the bar to be questionable. That said, I was interested to try out another one of their flavors, this time from their Plus line of bars called Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants. As usual, I got this through a KINDING Mission, so I didn't pay for it, but it does weigh 1.41 ounces, contain 190 calories and three grams of protein.
Review: Chobani Raspberry 0% Greek Yogurt
This certainly is not my first Chobani review on this blog and as long as they keep putting flavors out there, it won't be the last. I've had varying degrees of success in my Chobani reviews before, so let's see how this Chobani Raspberry flavored zero percent fat Greek yogurt pans out. I picked this one up on sale at Meijer for $1.00 and in its six ounce container, it packs in a punch of 140 calories and fourteen grams of protein.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Review: Zone Perfect Cinnamon Roll Nutrition Bar
Being that today is National Cinnamon Roll Day, there is no more fitting time for a cinnamon roll review. This is the third cinnamon bun/roll product that I've reviewed, so I think it is pretty safe to assume that I like cinnamon rolls a lot. They are just about the most unhealthy thing in the world, but when done right like at Granite City Food & Brewery, they can be AWESOME. So, anytime someone tries to simulate this in ice cream or bar form, I'm very much interested and that leads me to the Zone Perfect Cinnamon Roll Nutrition Bar. I picked this one up for $1.25 at Marsh and it is 1.76 ounces with 210 calories and fifteen grams of protein. This bar is part of Zone Perfect's all natural Classic line of bars.
Review: Ben & Jerry's Blueberry Vanilla Graham Greek Frozen Yogurt
At this point, I might be the last person in the food product review blogosphere that has gotten around to reviewing one of Ben & Jerry's entries into the rapidly growing Greek yogurt market. Being that Ben & Jerry's makes ice creams (and I've reviewed a bunch of them), it seems only natural that they'd make their entry into the increasingly crowded market with a frozen Greek yogurt. I've read mixed reviews of each of their new entries, but I'll start here today with the one that sounded most appealing to me, the Blueberry Vanilla Graham flavor. I picked this pint up on sale at Meijer for $3.00 and it contains four servings at 200 calories per serving.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Review: CLIF Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch Bar
As I've said many, many times before, CLIF keeps me busy around here. Due to that, I'll dispense with the intro where I try to write something cute and/or funny and I'll just get straight to the review. This time, I'm reviewing the CLIF Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch bar. This one is the standard 2.4 ounces in weight, contains 240 calories and ten grams of protein. I picked it up at Meijer at the regular price of $1.09. As with most CLIF bars, this one is made up of predominantly organic products such as oats and soybeans.
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Review: Skinny Cow Strawberry Cheesecake Low Fat Ice Cream Single Serving Cup
I think I tend to be either too hard or too apprehensive of Skinny Cow products in my reviews. I admire what they are doing in trying to bring low fat treats to the masses, but I often times question their prices and their efforts. That said, I'll continue to try their products because I occasionally do find a winner. So, now I'm lead to another single serving low fat ice cream cup, the Strawberry Cheesecake flavor. This single serving is 5.8 ounces, has 150 calories and for the Weight Watchers out there, scores a four on the Points Plus scale.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Review: Quaker Chewy Smashbar Pretzel Berry Bar
Continuing Quaker weekend leads me to today's post and if you haven't been able to tell from my reviews (there's more coming), I eat an absurd amount of Quaker Chewy bars. I probably eat at least one a day, so I thought I was pretty well versed in all their flavors until they introduced the Smashbar line and now it's time for the first review in that line with the Pretzel Berry Smashbar. As with all Chewy bars, this one is 0.84 ounces. It also comes in at 90 calories per bar and I picked up a box of eight of these on sale at Meijer for $2.49.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Review: Quaker Popped BBQ Rice Snacks
Editor's Note: While the product has stayed the same, Quaker now markets these under a different named and they are now called "Quaker Popped Rice Snacks." The review below applies the same.
If you can't tell by my plethora of reviews, I like to snack a lot on Quakes. A couple Quakes here, a couple Quakes there, it's a seemingly never ending cycle. Because I get bored pretty easily, I like to spread out the variety of flavors (as you can tell by this blog) and that led me to the Quaker Popped BBQ Rice Snacks flavor. I picked these up at Walmart for $1.29 and they contain 120 calories per serving (about three servings per bag).
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Review: Zone Perfect Dark Dark Chocolate Caramel Pecan Nutrition Bar
I like the semi-hot streak that I'm working on with Zone Perfect reviews here at Crazy Food Dude. So far, I've liked all but one that I've had, although I haven't tried any from their "Dark" line of bars that are angled at the dark chocolate market. As you may or may not know, dark chocolate is supposedly high in antioxidants, so it is supposed to be healthier for you than regular chocolate. Anyway, I picked up this Dark Chocolate Caramel Pecan bar at Kroger on sale for $1.00. It weights in at a semi-small 1.58 ounces and contains 190 calories with a respectable twelve grams of protein.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Review: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetables
I've gotten complaints via e-mail that all I seem to review on this blog is ice cream and protein bars and while that definitely is not the case, I do end up reviewing a lot of those products. So, in an effort to diversify, I've tried to start reviewing more "real" food products and that leads me to this Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetables entree from the Weight Watchers Smart Ones Bistro Selections product line. It's not my first Weight Watchers review that I have completed and I'm guessing it won't be the last either. I picked this one up on sale for $1.99 at Marsh and it weighs in a good-sized 9.0 ounces. It contains 230 calories and for you points watchers, this one is six points on the Weight Watchers Points Plus scale.
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Review: Quaker Chewy Cocoa Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Granola Bar
I'll be the first to admit that there's nothing special about most of the Quaker Chewy granola bars (here are my reviews). They have raisins or chocolate chips or cherries or peanut butter flavoring. Other than that, there's not a whole lot going on. On the other hand, they do have four varieties that differ from most of the bars as they are from a separate product line called "Cocoa" where the bars are "made with real cocoa" and this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough granola bar is the first that I'll be looking at that differs from the norm. This bar weighs 0.84 ounces like all other Chewy bars and contains 90 calories. I picked it up as part of a box of eight on sale at Meijer for $2.00.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Review: SOYJOY Blueberry Baked Soy & Fruit Bar
As I start this review, I've got to admit that I was terrified to try this bar. A "health" bar made of soybeans and fruit? Ugh, not exactly a recipe for taste success in my mind, but I'm willing to try just about anything, even stuff I hate like bananas. So, I picked up this Blueberry Baked Soy & Fruit Bar on sale at Meijer for $1.00, crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. The bar itself weighs 1.05 ounces and has 140 calories and four grams of protein. It's also all natural, so that's re-assuring for people that prefer natural foods. That's clearly not the case for me with all the processed garbage that I eat for this blog, but I know it is for others, so there you go.
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Review: Walden Farms Blueberry Fruit Spread
If you ever take a look at the Walden Farms website, you will notice that they have a TON of products. Since I am always looking for ways to "cheat" and eat things that contain no (or minimal) calories, there's a good chance that at some point I'm going to try every single thing that Walden Farms has to offer and I've done that many times already. The problem is that a lot of these products aren't available to purchase in my local grocery store, so that leads me to my first online food purchase from Amazon.com. Amazon sets up a portal for several retailers (in this case it was VitaCost.com) to market/sell their products and I picked up this twelve ounce container of Blueberry Fruit Spread via that portal for $4.49. That's more than I'd like to ordinarily spend for a Walden Farms product, but I was curious, so sue me.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Review: Stonyfield Organic Oikos Honey 0% Greek Yogurt
As I continue my quest to try out just about every single Greek yogurt that I can get my hands on, I'm led to the Honey flavor of Stonyfield's Organic Oikos product line. I picked this one up at Meijer on sale for $1.00 and it clocked in at 5.3 ounces with 120 calories and twelve grams of protein. Being that this is only 5.3 ounces, Stonyfield is placing themselves in the "premium" line of Greek yogurts since they are putting a serving size out there that is smaller than the standard six ounces that the majority of purveyors provide.
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Review: Pure Protein Revolution Chocolate Peanut Caramel Bar
Next up in the Pure Protein series of reviews is the Pure Protein Revolution Chocolate Peanut Caramel bar. According to their site, there is only one bar flavor that I haven't done yet (and haven't been able to find), so this may be the last one you see for a while. This bar contains 180 calories and twenty grams of protein and was purchased at Meijer for $1.29. Weighing in at 1.76 ounces, it's slightly smaller than a regular sized Snickers bar (2.0 ounces).
Monday, April 2, 2012
Review: Balance Bar Gold S'mores Bar
I've had some pretty good successes with Balance bars. While I wouldn't say they are awesome, I've found all of them to be better than average and have given all of them a "BUY IT" rating. Because of that, I was anxious to try this bar out of their "Gold" variety of bars, the S'mores bar. I've liked all the bars that I've had with S'mores flavoring in the past, so I was also anxious to see if this lived up to those lofty expectations as well. Anyway, I picked up this all natural bar at Meijer for $1.09 and it weighs in at 1.76 ounces with 200 calories and fourteen grams of protein.
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Review: Ben & Jerry's Karamel Sutra Ice Cream
With as many Ben & Jerry's reviews as I've done around here, I sometimes feel like a fat slob. If you saw me, you'd know that I'm not, but I know this blog can give off that impression. Anyway, this leads me to my next Ben & Jerry's review of their semi-perverted named Karamel Sutra flavor. I picked this one up at Meijer on sale for $3.00. The pint contains four servings as usual and measures out at 260 calores per serving, so that's at the lower end of the Ben & Jerry's calorie scale.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Review: LUNA Nutz Over Chocolate Nutrition Bar
In my initial LUNA review, I covered that I was not a woman, but I just want to make sure I get that point across again as I'm led to do another LUNA review. This time, it's the Nutz Over Chocolate nutrition bar. Being that LUNA is made by CLIF, this bar is of course all natural and 70% organic. I picked this in the aforementioned sale at Kroger for $0.99 and it weighs in a relatively light 1.69 ounces and contains 180 calories and nine grams of protein.
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