Review: Cascadian Farm Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bars

I mentioned in my initial Cascadian Farm review, that I was sent several samples of their new Crunchy line of granola bars to try out and it's that list of samples that leads me to do another review of their organic and limited ingredient granola with this review of the Cascadian Farm Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bars.  Like the last box, this comes with five packages of bars and each package contains two bars.  The total weight for each package is 1.42 ounces and combined nutritional counts are 190 calories and four grams of protein.  Since these are limited ingredient granola bars, they contain less processed ingredients and in the case of these bars, there are seven ingredients (rolled oats, sugar, sunflower oil, peanut butter, tapioca syrup, salt and molasses).

Review: Saffron Road Chana Saag with Cumin Rice

Saffron Road has been generous with me on the blog and has kept me well fed in several reviews as I've already covered several of their crunchy chickpeas snacks flavors.  Now, they've started sending me some of their frozen food products to try out and that leads me to this review of the Saffron Road Chana Saag with Cumin Rice frozen entree.  This one is eleven ounces of joy and clocks in at 420 calories and has twelve grams of protein.  It's Certified Halal and in case you were wondering (because I was), Chana means chickpeas and Saag means spinach.  There's our language lesson for the day.

Review: Quaker Cinnamon Pecan Bread Soft Baked Bars

My local grocer Marsh must have bought stock in the Quaker Oats company recently because they were running an absurd sale where they had all Quaker products on sale with some of them even at rock bottom prices.  I picked up a lot of previously reviewed items in that sale and one of the items I picked up and haven't reviewed yet was a box of these Quaker Cinnamon Pecan Bread Soft Baked Bars.  This wasn't at rock bottom prices, but it did have a sale price of $2.99 for a box of five bars.  Each bar in the box comes in at 1.48 ounces and has 140 calories and six grams of protein, along with five grams of fiber.  Quaker says that you can eat these at room temperature or for an added treat, they recommend that you throw it in the microwave for ten seconds or so to get a warm, "baked" feeling to the bar.

Review: Skinny Cow Divine Filled Chocolates Caramel Candy

On a Skinny Cow product buying spree after some recent positive reviews, I knew I had to keep trying flavors from their Divine Filled Chocolates product line, especially since they had one key advantage going for them:  they were on sale.  So, my obsession with sales led me to pick up this box of Skinny Cow Divine Filled Chocolates Caramel Candy at Meijer on sale for $3.50.  Each box contains six packs of candy and each pack has three candy pieces and comes in at one ounce per package.  Also, each package has 130 calories and rates as a four on the Weight Watchers Points Plus scale.

Review: CLIF Mojo Chocolate Almond Coconut Fudge Sweet & Salty Trail Mix Bar

Another day, another CLIF bar.  That's not the case, but CLIF has so many products that it just seems that way.  To me, they seem like the creme de la creme of the energy bar world...multiple flavors, multiple product lines, big publicity, etc.  They are just everywhere and have been everywhere all over this blog with reviews.  Today, I've got another review and this time is their CLIF Mojo Chocolate Almond Coconut Fudge Sweet & Salty Trail Mix Bar that I picked up on sale at Kroger for $1.00.  It's 1.59 ounces and comes in at 200 calories with eight grams of protein.

Review: Patak's Original Tikka Masala Curry Simmer Sauce

When I was in the process of moving a while back, I was trying to go through my cabinets and eat as many of the things that I had stored up for reviews as possible.  Among those things, were a few jars of Patak's simmer sauce that have led to some reviews and also this most recent review with this jar of Patak's Original Tikka Masala Curry Simmer Sauce that I picked up at Kroger for $2.99.  Each jar is fifteen ounces and contains three servings at 130 calories per serving and clocks in at a medium on the Patak's heat scale.  My prior experiences here on the site with Patak's products have been very positive, so I had some fairly high expectations heading in.  Tikka Masala is also more popular in Great Britain than it is in India, so maybe I should consider this a new ethnicity of foods instead of classifying this as Indian like I usually would.  What do you think?

Review: Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Roasted Mixed Nut Bar

As I was getting my iPhone camera ready to take the picture above, I realized that I eat a TON of snack bars.  Yes, I should have already known that but sometimes I'm oblivious to my surroundings.  After my so-called revelation, I went ahead got this Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Roasted Mixed Nut Bar ready for the review.  I picked up a box of six of these bars on sale at Kroger for $2.49 and each bar is 1.2 ounces, 160 calories and has three grams of protein.

Review: Yoplait Original Cherry Orchard Low Fat Frozen Yogurt

As I mentioned in my last Yoplait frozen yogurt review, I was a bit late to the party in starting to pick these up in the store, but I'm trying to make up for that not by picking them up and getting to reviewing them long after they've been introduced.  With that, I'm led to this Yoplait Original Cherry Orchard Low Fat Frozen Yogurt that I picked up on sale at Kroger for $2.99 for a one pint container.  Each pint contains four half-cup servings as usual and each serving is 120 calories, which to me, is nearly a freebie or at least has less guilt attached to devouring an entire pint in one sitting (which I did not do in this review, thankfully).  What made this even more appealing to me is that I'm a cherry fanatic dating back to childhood.  So much so that I consider the introduction of Cherry Coke to be one of the greatest days of my life (LOL) and I once also requested a cherry birthday cake when I was younger (I don't recommend this...it's not good).  My favorite junk food was also the Hostess Cherry Pies that you could get at the convenience store, so yeah, I had a problem.  I've recovered now, somewhat, but I still do love cherries.

Review: Quaker Real Medleys Cherry Pistachio Oatmeal +

Conspiracy theorists like to say that eventually the world is just going to be run by a handful of corporations. I never hear Quaker included in that list, but they might as well be since they seemingly produce half the food in my grocery store.  Okay, that's a HUGE overstatement on my part, but it at least conveys my main point...they produce A LOT of product and definitely keep me busy here on the blog.  Their bread and butter products are their oatmeal products, so here I am grabbing another one of those products with this review of the Quaker Real Medleys Cherry Pistachio Oatmeal + that I picked up on sale at Marsh for $1.25.  This container of oatmeal is 2.57 ounces and has 290 calories with nine grams of protein.  It's a just add water (either hot water or regular water and then heat in the microwave), so it's so simple a caveman could do it.  Sorry, I had to steal the Geico line.

Review: Fiber One Trail Mix Chewy Bar

After having done so many reviews of Fiber One products in a short time period, I'm starting to get bored with them.  Still, like I have said dozens of times before on this blog, I'm trying to be comprehensive, so every time I see a new product in the store, I grab it so that I can do a review.  It's that quest that leads me to this review of the Fiber One Trail Mix Chewy Bar, which is apparently so new that it doesn't even have its own page on the Fiber One website yet.  A box of five of these bars set me back $3.00 at Meijer and each bar is 1.35 ounces with 130 calories and two grams of protein.  It's also 35% of your daily fiber intake, so it truly is my one for fiber (like that play on words?).

Review: Kraft MilkBite Mixed Berry Milk & Granola Bar

Today's review leads me to finally blast through all the Kraft MilkBite flavors with this review of the last of their currently available flavors.  I'm sure that will change in the future when they inevitably add more flavors, but for now, this Kraft MilkBite Mixed Berry Milk & Granola Bar review is the end of the line.  Like some of the others, I picked up a box of five of these bars at Marsh for $2.50.  Each bar is 1.23 ounces and has 140 calories with five grams of protein.  It's also got 30% of your daily calcium intake, which is basically the equivalent of an eight ounce glass of milk.  I have to admit, that's pretty impressive to pack that much calcium into this smallish bar.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Rocky Road Ice Cream

I've had a lot of Edy's flavors that I've tried out here on the blog, but I've mostly stayed away from the "regular" Edy's flavors for whatever reason.  Maybe because I've found those flavors boring, but on a recent trip to Meijer, I decided to make the leap and try out one of their regular "Rich & Creamy Grand" flavors with this review of the Edy's Grand Rocky Road Ice Cream.  While Rocky Road is about as traditional of a flavor as you can get, I've never really found it even remotely interesting despite the presence of several things that I love (chocolate, marshmallows and almonds).  So, the fact that I've stayed away so long is odd.  Regardless, I picked up a 1.5 quart container of this on sale for $2.50 and each container contains twelve half-cup servings at 160 calories per serving.

Review: Saffron Road Wasabi Crunchy Chickpeas

Some people just love Wasabi, for some reason.  My brother, for example, eats Wasabi peas like they are candy and I don't quite get it.  I've had it several times and it's fine (I'm more than fine with hot food), but it's not something that I actively seek out like he does.  So, these Saffron Road Wasabi Crunchy Chickpeas would probably be right up his alley.  The question is, will they be up my alley?  I guess that's what the review will find out!  Like the other Saffron Road products I've looked at, I got this one for free from their publicity agent and also like the others, it's six ounce bag with six servings at one ounce apiece and 120 calories per serving.  Since it's Wasabi, it's bound to be hot and in case you didn't now that, Saffron Road makes sure to point it out by fully filling the temperature gauge on the front of the bag.  Yikes.

Review: Sneaky Pete's Raspberry Beret Naturally Oatstanding Beverage

That Pete sure is sneaky.  In my last Sneaky Pete's beverage review, I went in with little or no expectations and I was shocked by how much I liked it.  Based on that performance, my second review of this Sneaky Pete's Raspberry Beret Naturally Oatstanding Beverage had high expectations heading in as the previous flavor set the bar pretty high and sometimes its tough to meet those again.  High expectations aside, I was still willing to give it a shot, so I picked this twelve ounce bottle up at Meijer again for $1.25 and the bottle is 40 calories with three grams of oat fiber, which is equivalent to a whole bowl of oatmeal.  Strange to equate a drink to oats, but that's how Sneaky Pete rolls.  This is also low sodium, heart healthy, all natural and is sweetened with Stevia.

Review: thinkThin Brownie Crunch High Protein Bar

In my last thinkThin review, I was decidedly unimpressed by what sounded like an awesome bar based on the product name.  In that same trip, I picked up another bar of what sounded like an awesome name to review and that leads me to this thinkThin Brownie Crunch High Protein Bar.  Since I got this one on the same shopping trip to Kroger, it set me back $1.25.  It comes in at a dense 2.1 ounces and is 230 calories with twenty grams of protein, thus making it a "High Protein" bar.

Review: Kellogg's Special K Berry Streusel Pastry Crisps

I always think I've reached the end of the line on a certain product line, but then the manufacturers pull me right back in by introducing yet another new flavor.  That's what happened here with this box of Kellogg's Special K Berry Streusel Pastry Crisps that I picked up on sale in a box of five pouches at Marsh for $2.49 to add to my growing Special K review series.  Each pouch contains two thin pastry crisp bars that weigh 0.44 ounces each and each have 50 calories.

Review: JELL-O Mix-Ins Oreo Dirt Cup Pudding

A lot of times when I decide what order to review products after buying a big batch of them at the store is to look at the expiration date.  Once I figure out that I'm not in danger from dying from a rapidly approaching expiration date (thus urgency for a review), I then base my decision on which product sounds the most interesting.  It was on a recent trip to Meijer that I picked up a lot of JELL-O Mix-Ins products for reviews and one of those products that I picked up was this JELL-O Mix-Ins Oreo Dirt Cup Pudding.  I've held this one for a quite a while because, quite frankly, I was pretty bored by what this entails.  Still, sometimes things that I perceive as boring end up surprising me in the end, so for that reason, I still end up reviewing them.  This two-pack of Mix-Ins pudding cups was on sale for $1.25 and each cups is roughly 3.4 ounces and has 130 calories.  It's made with real milk too!

Review: CLIF Mojo Peanut Butter Pretzel Sweet & Salty Trail Mix Bar

I was just looking through the CLIF bar review archives here on the blog and just say that I haven't reviewed a CLIF Mojo bar since July 2012.  It's not like I've been avoiding them, but I just haven't seen any different flavors available in my stores until recently when I saw two different flavors available and snatched them up for some long absent Mojo reviews.  First up is this CLIF Mojo Peanut Butter Pretzel Sweet & Salty Trail Mix Bar that I picked up at Kroger on sale for $1.00.  It weighs 1.6 ounces, has 190 calories and nine grams of protein.  It's also 70% organic, so all you tree huggers out there can feel warm and fuzzy about this one.

Review: Skinny Cow Slimited Editions White Mint Cookie Shake-Stirs Shake

Sometimes I wonder if food companies operate like automobile companies in the respect that they release a bunch of new products at once like it is a new product year.  Maybe they do, maybe they don't, but it's been something that I've been wondering recently as I've been seeing a ton of products in my grocery stores carrying the new tagline.  Skinny Cow is one of those that has released a lot of new products and since curiosity killed the cat and it will eventually kill me, I picked up this Skinny Cow Slimited Editions White Mint Cookie Shake-Stirs Shake to add to my growing Skinny Cow review archive.  I picked this up at Kroger for $1.35 and this one comes in at 8.1 ounces for the entire shake and is 190 calories minus the milk add in and is 220 calories (5 points on the WeightWatchers PointsPlus scale) once you add in the milk to the shake.  I know how milk tastes, so for the purposes of this review, I'm only going to take a look at the actual product that Skinny Cow made in order to get an accurate gauge of how this tastes.

Review: LUNA Chocolate Dipped Coconut Bar

It seems like I've been on a big LUNA bar kick recently as I've been typing out these reviews.  I've been devouring LUNA Fiber bars left and right, but today, I'm back to a classic LUNA bar with this review of the  LUNA Chocolate Dipped Coconut Bar.  I picked this one up at Kroger for $1.00 and it comes in at 1.69 ounces with 190 calories and nine grams of protein.  LUNA bars are designed for women, but it's okay if men eat them too, right?  I mean, it's okay that girls are in the Boy Scouts, so I think I should be able to eat LUNA bars!

Review: Hunt's Snack Pack Bakery Shop Lemon Meringue Pie Pudding

These Bakery Shop pudding cups are a funny premise.  To me, it seems like they are just putting lipstick on a pig.  What I mean by that is that they are taking their basic products and then just putting a pretty name on them to make them seem different.  In prior reviews, it just seems like they are mixing two different kinds of pudding and then calling it an exotic name and that's the whole premise of the pudding cup.  That's been fine in some cases since it has been tasty, but it is an interesting way of re-purposing existing products...basically it's the Taco Bell approach.  With that, it's time to review another one of these Bakery Shop pudding cups with this review of the Hunt's Snack Pack Bakery Shop Lemon Meringue Pie Pudding that I picked up at Meijer in a four pack for $1.00.  It's 3.5 ounces and 120 calories per pudding cup.

Review: Honey P. Nutty Chocolate PB Bar

As I've mentioned many times before, one of the benefits of running this food review blog is that sometimes I get contacted by companies looking to promote their products and hoping to do so via sending me free samples. The subject of today's review is one of those instances and in this case, it was the owner of the company named P. Nutty. This is a company based out of New Mexico whose products are peanut-based and handmade. Being that I'm a peanut addict, these bars seem right up my alley and that leads me to this review of this Honey P. Nutty Chocolate PB Bar. While short in stature, this gluten free bar tips the scale at a solid 1.8 ounces and has 240 calories with five grams of protein.

Review: Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Fruit Crunch Granola Bars Strawberry Parfait

The calendar year changeover has gotten the big smack manufacturers busy as they have been rolling out tons of new products. Kellogg's has been no different as I've already reviewed some of their new offerings and today is a review of another new offering from their Nutri-Grain line with this Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Fruit Crunch Granola Bars Strawberry Parfait. I picked up a box of these on sale at Marsh for $2.99 and each box contains five pouches of bars with two bars per pouch. Each pouch is 1.48 ounces and has 180 calories and three grams of protein.

Review: Kraft MilkBite Oatmeal Raisin Milk & Granola Bar

I've been barreling through these MilkBite bars recently.  After typing up one of my recent reviews, I saw on the Kraft website that there were a couple of new flavors available that I had not yet seen.  After seeing that, I filed it away in my head to start looking and on a recent trip to one of my local Marsh stores, I finally found a box of these Kraft MilkBite Oatmeal Raisin Milk & Granola Bars on sale for $2.50 for a box of five bars.  Each bar is 1.23 ounces, has 130 calories and also five grams of protein.  Oatmeal raisin is one of my tried and true favorite flavor combinations, so I was very anxious to dive into this one.

Review: Walden Farms Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

Walden Farms keeps me extremely busy on this blog as I've done a plethora of reviews.  One of the problems with doing that many reviews on the same manufacturer is that I sometimes run out of ways to write an intro, which is something that I've lamented before.  So, I'll stop trying to be "cute" here and I'll just dive into the review of this Walden Farms Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing.  I picked up a twelve ounce bottle of this for $3.69 at Kroger and as with all Walden Farms products, it's calorie free, sugar free, etc.

Review: MorningStar Farms Mushroom Lovers Veggie Burger

With each passing day, I find myself becoming increasingly more of a vegetarian.  I still eat meat, but I only eat it maybe twice a week (usually it's one time or less).  I'm not sure why I'm making that transformation, but it's because of that transformation that I'm increasingly seeking out more vegetarian friendly foods in my grocery store aisles.  Now, I've done plenty of MorningStar Farms reviews on the blog, so it's not a new product line for me, but today's review is of one of their veggie product that I've never tried before but sounded incredibly delicious to me for the same reasons that they gave this product its name with this MorningStar Farms Mushroom Lovers Burger.  Yep, I'm a lover and I picked up a box of this on sale for $2.99 at Meijer.  Each box contains four frozen veggie burgers and each burger is 2.25 ounces, ahs 110 calories and also has seven grams of protein.  These veggie burgers are a mushroom lover's delight because they are made with ample amounts of mushrooms and in the case of this burger, those mushrooms are Portabellas and Buttons.  These burgers are also cholesterol free and 59% less fat than a typical beef burger, so there's clearly some health benefits to eating these.