Review: Steve's Paleo Goods PaleoChef Ketchup

I've mentioned in my prior Steve's Paleo Goods reviews that they were kind enough to send me a box of free samples.  Within that box was a product that I've been kind of terrified to review because of my prior experiences with people trying to make ketchup more "healthy" or what not.  Now, I've mentioned before that I have an unrequited love for ketchup.  It's one of my favorite things in the world and I'll put it on anything...eggs, fries, fried chicken, pizza crust, hot dogs, hamburgers, crackers, vegetables, eat it straight out of a spoon, etc.  Basically, my ketchup love knows no bounds.  Anyway, past bad experiences and my high esteem for ketchup made me fearful of this bottle of Steve's Paleo Goods PaleoChef Ketchup, but ultimately life is about overcoming your fears, so here we are with today's review.  This bottle comes in at twelve ounces and has 24 servings (a half ounces per serving obviously) and each serving comes in at 15 calories.

Review: Shaun White Monkey Bars Peanut Butter Chocolate Chewy Granola Bars

I've proven on many occasions on this blog that when I am purchasing items that the store, my reading comprehension is sometimes lacking.  Today's product is one of those instances as when I saw this box of Shaun White Monkey Bars Peanut Butter Chocolate Chewy Granola Bars (who knew the skateboarder made granola bars?!) in the store, I only noticed that it was peanut butter chocolate.  What I completely missed was that it also said it was made with real bananas.  Oops.  I guess I should have drawn the easy conclusion being that these are "Monkey Bars" but I didn't put two and two together.

I've said before that I can eat bananas, but I am not their biggest fan, so it sometimes skews my reviews.  So, in today's review, I think it is only fair to review this based on the flavor with the bananas and try to keep my prejudices out of it.  That way, banana people out there will know whether this is worth buying or not.  Anyway, I picked up this box of five for $2.00 at Kroger and each bar in the box is 1.2 ounces and has 140 calories with four grams of protein.

Review: Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Tropical Fruit No Gluten Paleo Bar

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is quite the polarizing character.  Survivor, The View, etc.  It would only be natural that someone that polarizing would make a nutrition bar, right?  Okay, maybe that isn't the case.  However you feel about her, I was at least interested to try out another product, no matter who was associated with it and that led me to make this purchase of an Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Tropical Fruit No Gluten Paleo Bar that I picked up at Marsh for $2.29.  The bar itself is 1.5 ounces and consists of 190 calories and four grams of protein.  It's also gluten free, so it's got another tick in the health column in addition to being paleo (natural).

Review: New Orleans Ice Cream Company Bananas Foster Ice Cream

So I move onto another New Orleans Ice Cream Company review from the free shipment of pints that I received and that leads me to this review of the New Orleans Ice Cream Company Bananas Foster Ice Cream.  Before I dive into this review, I'll just lay it out there for people that aren't regular readers of the blog (or may not remember)...I HATE bananas.  I eat maybe two of them a year when there is nothing else available to eat, but I try my hardest to avoid them at all costs.  Because of that, just know that I'm going to be biased against this one going in.  That said, this pint contains four half-cup servings at 200 calories per serving.

Review: Chobani Champions Honey-nana Greek Yogurt

Full disclosure here as I start:  I HATE bananas.  I have hated them every single day of my entire life, so it would seem pretty odd that I'm reviewing a banana product then, right?  Well, the only reason I am reviewing this one is because I'm an idiot and picked this one up by accident because I wasn't paying close enough attention and thought it was honey vanilla.  So, because of my stupidity, I'm going to offer a hopefully non-biased review of one of Chobani's offerings from their new Champions line of Greek yogurt that is aimed toward kids, the Honey-nana flavor.  I picked this one up for $3.29 at Marsh (side note:  each Champions product at Marsh had a different price level; weird) and each package contains four 3.5 ounce cups of Greek yogurt.  Each cup is 100 calories and has eight grams of protein and actually has fat, as opposed to most Greek yogurts.