Review: Love Grown Foods Strawberry Raspberry Hot Oats

People do a lot of things in life in the name of love.  Make sacrifices, do nice things, etc.  Well, apparently there's a group of people out there that like to grow food in the name of love (apparently oats are quite the loving food) and because of that, led to another Love Grown Foods review as I take a look at this cup of Love Grown Foods Strawberry Raspberry Hot Oats.  I was able to pick it up at Kroger for around $1.50 (can't remember the exact price) and each container of gluten free Love Grown Foods Strawberry Raspberry Hot Oats comes in at 2.22 ounces and has 230 calories and seven grams of protein.

Review: thinkThin Pumpkin Spice Protein & Fiber Bar

So I guess it's that time to roll through all the Limited Edition pumpkin-flavored bars since they are overloading the shelves of my local grocery stores.  I already looked at one pumpkin-flavored bar earlier this week, so now it's time to add another thinkThin review to the blog and take a look at this thinkThin Pumpkin Spice Protein & Fiber Bar that I was able to pick up at Kroger for $1.00.  It clocks in at 1.41 ounces and has a modest 150 calories with ten grams of protein.

Review: Love Grown Foods Peach Almond Vanilla Hot Oats

I love the clearance aisle.  I love it when I find products that I regularly buy and are near expiration (I'll eat them well before expiration) and I also love it when I find products that I would have either never considered buying or had never heard of.  Today's review is a case of the latter as I was able to find a 2.22 ounce container of this Love Grown Foods Peach Almond Vanilla Hot Oats at Kroger.  Can't really remember the price, but since it was on clearance, that's not a realistic gauge of price anyway.  Within this container are 240 calories and a respectable seven grams of protein.  It's also gluten free.

Review: Fiber One 90 Calorie Pumpkin Soft-Baked Bars

Yet again, the world is over-pumpkined.  As I was browsing through Kroger recently, today's product jumped up on me as I was rounding the corner from one aisle to the next.  Sitting innocently on the end cap of one of the aisles were several boxes of Fiber One 90 Calorie Pumpkin Soft-Baked Bars and being that I had never seen these before since they are limited edition, they were on sale AND I had a digital coupon (the most important part), I knew that I had to grab a box of six for $2.79 (before coupon) to add to the ever-growing Fiber One review collection.  Each bar in the box is the obvious 90 calories with less than one gram of protein, which is kind of funny.  On a positive note though, this 0.89 ounce bar does contain 20% of my daily fiber intake (or what would be 20% if I actually ate a 2,000 calorie diet).

Review: Fiber One Protein Cookies & Crème Bars

It dawned on me recently that I let the fourth anniversary of this blog pass without any recognition either here on the blog or me actually recognizing it in my head at the time.  Well, even now that we are several weeks past the anniversary of the initial review, I think it is worth noting and also contemplating how long I've actually been writing for this blog and also how many products I've actually reviewed (over 1,000, which I recognized earlier this year).  Like I've mentioned plenty of times, I never thought the blog would go this long and while my love for it sometimes wanes, I'm glad to be here and want to keep this going as long as I can (the extra income is obviously not bad either).

Anyway, today's review is a review of a manufacturer that I've examined many times.  It's another new Fiber One product off the General Mills assembly line that I was able to pick up at Meijer for $2.50.  This box of Fiber One Protein Cookies & Crème Bars happens to have five bars in each box and each bar clocks in at 1.17 ounces and packs in 140 calories and six grams of protein.  I know they call this a protein bar, but when it only packs in six grams worth, doesn't that seem kind of silly?  Regardless, let's dive into the review.

Review: Fiber One 90 Calorie Mint Fudge Brownies

For the longest time, I was entirely against the combination of mint and chocolate.  I just did not like it and that was reflected in this blog as I generally stayed away from reviewing products that had that flavor combination.  Times (and tastes) change though and now, I not only can tolerate the mint and chocolate combination, but I will go so far as to say that I like it and seek it out.  It's with that new found appreciation, that I happily grabbed this new box of Fiber One 90 Calorie Mint Fudge Brownies off the shelves of my local Meijer for $2.50 to not only add to my Fiber One review collection, but to also add one more mint and chocolate combination to this blog.  Each box of these brownies includes six brownies an each brownie is 0.89 ounces with 90 calories (DUH).  Protein isn't important here (one gram), but fiber obviously is and this bar will definitely help you there as it has 20% of your total daily fiber based on a 2,000 calorie diet.  So, this is going to help you...ummm...down there.

Review: Fiber One Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bars

General Mills drives me crazy.  That have a vast array of products, product lines, flavors, etc., but it always seems like their products are so overpriced for what you get.  It's because of that that I often stay away from their products...I just don't feel that I'm getting enough value for what I'm paying.  That said, every so often a sale comes along that makes one of their products/product lines appealing to me and that was the case recently at Meijer when they put a box of five of these Fiber One Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bars on sale for a bargain basement price of $2.00.  I knew I had to add to my Fiber One review collection after seeing that because I felt I was basically stealing and with a product this new (there's not even a webpage for it), I knew I was in.  So, each of the five bars in the box comes in at 1.35 ounces and has 150 calories and minimal two grams of protein, but let's be honest, you aren't getting these bars for the protein.  You are getting them for the fiber and all those "benefits."  With that happy thought, let's drop into this review...

Review: Earnest Eats Almond Trail Mix Baked Whole Food Bar

Sorry folks, but this blog has been a little Fresh Thyme heavy recently.  Unfortunately, that's mostly going to continue for a while because I made a HUGE splurge there and probably will go back again.  The positive is that it's freshened up (get it?) the content a bit here and given me some new products to review.  Today is the second look at an Earnest Eats product as I grabbed this Earnest Eats Almond Trail Mix Baked Whole Food Bar for $1.69.  It's 1.9 ounces and has 210 calories with six grams of protein.  It's also organic, vegan and wheat free.

Review: Meta Health Bar Cranberry Lemon Drizzle Bar

Meta Health Bars are something that I had reviewed one time previously and the only reason I was able to review that was because it came to me as a free sample in the mail through some Facebook promotion or something like that.  Until recently, I had never seen these bars in the store until I was meandering through Meijer and saw these hidden away from the normal bars and in the digestive products section (gross).  Since I finally found them in the store, I quickly grabbed up this Meta Health Bar Cranberry Lemon Drizzle Bar for $1.49.  It's 1.41 ounces and has 150 calories with two grams of protein.  Like I mentioned in the prior review and also the reason for this being near the digestive products, this bar comes as an extension of the Metamucil product line, so there is that.

Review: belVita Soft Baked Oats & Chocolate Breakfast Biscuits

I wish I had done a better job of categorizing Free Friday Download posts because it seems like the Kroger promotion is starting to account for a fair amount of reviews.  Today's review is another one of those instances as a recent coupon promotion allowed me to pick up a box of these belVita Soft Baked Oats & Chocolate Breakfast Biscuits at of course no cost to me to add to my modest belVita collection.  Within each box are five soft baked biscuits and each biscuit clocks in at 1.76 ounces and has 200 calories and 3 grams of protein, in addition to some "Nutritious Morning Energy."

Review: Meta Health Bar Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Bar

I have made no secret on this blog that I really like oatmeal.  One of the neat things about oatmeal is that there are so many different ways to eat it, whether that be sweet or savory.  Along those lines, you can build your sweet or savory profile any way you like.  It's one of the great utility foods out there and it's one that I love, although I prefer my oatmeal the sweet way.  My favorite way to make it sweet is to add a bit of cinnamon and raisins into it, so when an opportunity for a free sample bar that was based on that same flavor profile popped up, I was certainly going to grab it.  Okay, let's be serious...I would have grabbed a free sample regardless of what the flavor profile is.  I'm a freebie addict.  Anyway, this free sample of the Meta Health Bar Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Bar arrived in my mailbox and I was anxious to try it out.  It is 1.41 ounces with 150 calories and a minimal two grams of protein.  It's also high in fiber, so with a bar that is high in fiber, you can definitely "Make A Change" in your life (or a certain room) with that extra dose of fiber.  Okay, sorry for that grossness.  One more note is that this is an extension of the famous (or infamous) Metamucil product line, so just keep that in mind.

Review: thinkThin Chunky Chocolate Peanut Lean Protein & Fiber Bar

I've repeated several times on this blog that when a manufacturer is starting a new product line, the first flavor (or one of the first) flavors that they always choose to deploy is some variation of chocolate and peanut butter and I can't say that I blame them.  It's a safe choice.  It's popular, it's got a proven track record of being desirable, it's easy, etc.  So, when thinkThin was looking to roll out flavors for their new Lean Protein & Fiber Bars, it seemed like an obvious combination.  What is amusing is that the obvious combination is often boring, which is why I have reviewed some of the other flavors first before I got to taking a look at this thinkThin Chunky Chocolate Peanut Lean Protein & Fiber Bar that I was able to pick up on sale at Kroger for $1.00.  The bar itself is 1.41 ounces and has 150 calories (lean) and ten grams of protein.

Review: South Beach Diet Fudgy Chocolate Mint Snack Bars

I typically stay away from South Beach Diet bars because they are so expensive, but every now and then, there's a coupon that comes through one of my coupon apps on my phone that makes it reasonable to purchase a box of these bars and do a review.  A $3.00 off coupon recently came through my Kroger app and that led me to pick up this box of six (one bonus bar!) South Beach Diet Fudgy Chocolate Mint Snack Bars at Kroger for $2.99 after coupon.  Each bar in this box is a somewhat small-sized 0.98 ounces and comes in with 100 calories and six grams of protein.

Review: thinkThin Honey Drizzle Peanut Lean Protein & Fiber Bar

I've been thinking a lot about being thin (again) recently as I've put on a pound or two that I'm not particularly pleased about, so it's perfect that thinkThin has introduced a plethora of new products for me to touch on in reviews.  Today's review is another one of those reviews from the new product splurge I made at Kroger as I take a look at this thinkThin Honey Drizzle Peanut Lean Protein & Fiber Bar that I picked up for $1.00.  This bar clocks in at 1.41 ounces and is 150 calories with ten grams of protein.  It's also gluten free for all the celiacs or gluten dislikers out there, so that is a positive as well.

Review: thinkThin Salted Caramel Lean Protein & Fiber Bar

Are you sick of thinking thin yet?  To be honest with you, I'm starting to get there.  That's one of the perils of picking up a big batch of similar products to review...you eventually get tired of doing the reviews and eating only mild derivations of essentially the same thing.  I'm not all the way there yet, but I'm getting there with these thinkThin reviews that I've really been hammering on recently.  That said, I've got today's review of this thinkThin Salted Caramel Lean Protein & Fiber Bar to help me get even closer to that breaking point.  I picked this one up at Kroger for $1.00 and just like the others, it's 1.41 ounces with 150 calories and ten grams of protein.  Also like the others, it is gluten free.

Review: thinkThin Chocolate Almond Brownie Lean Protein & Fiber Bar

I had seen a couple of new flavors of thinkThin bars at Marsh recently that I've touched on here with reviews, but on my most recent trip to Kroger, I was meandering through the nutrition bar section and much to my surprise, there was a cornucopia of new thinkThin bars for me to see.  Always knowing that I need new content, I picked up all the flavors and you'll start seeing a lot of these reviews in the coming days as I plow my way through that impulse purchase.  The first review is of this thinkThin Chocolate Almond Brownie Lean Protein & Fiber Bar that I picked up for $1.00.  It's 1.41 ounces and has 150 calories and ten grams of protein.

Review: thinkThin Chocolate Peanut Butter Toffee Protein + Fiber Bar

Thinking back to the beginning of this blog and how naive/dumb I am, I'm reminded of one of the misconceptions that I had when this blog first launched.  I believed that thinkThin products were available only in Kroger and were their store brand under a different name.  I don't know why I thought that, but that continued on for several reviews until I started seeing these pop up in different stores.  It was in one of those different stores (Marsh) that I picked up this new flavor and product line thinkThin Chocolate Peanut Butter Toffee Protein + Fiber Bar for $1.79.  It comes in at 1.76 ounces and has 180 calories and thirteen grams of protein.  As an aside, my uncle always brings toffee to our Christmas gatherings because he knows that none of us can keep our hands off of it.  It's the thought of that toffee that excites me every time I see a product with toffee in the name, so that correlation had me pretty excited about this one when it popped up on the shelf.

Review: Gnu Foods Fiber Love Apple Cobbler Soft-Baked Fiber Bar

I don't know why it bothers me, but I have to admit that I sometimes shop at Earth Fare and I hate myself for it.  I guess it might bother me because I've never wanted that connotation as a natural foods/health nut that shops at those kinds of stores.  There's nothing wrong with shopping there at all, but I've just got this bug in my head about it.  I guess it's remnants from being picked on too much in elementary school for doing ANYTHING that was different from the norm.  I'm 35 years old...maybe I should get over that.  LOL.  Anyway, I picked up a new product (to this blog) at Earth Fare with this Gnu Foods Fiber Love Apple Cobbler Soft-Baked Fiber Bar that I was able to grab for $1.33.  Each bar is 1.6 ounces and has 140 calories and three grams of protein.  It's also got 48% of your daily fiber, so HOLY COW.

Review: Zone Perfect Kidz Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bar

I'm currently reading a book about how major food manufacturers started aiming their advertising toward children once they realized the adult market had dried up (this was several years ago that this happened) and now that they've oversaturated the market, they've changed course.  With that as a backdrop, I do find new products that are aimed toward children to be funny, no matter how necessary they are.  This Zone Perfect Kidz Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bar fits that bill perfectly in my mind as it adds to my growing list of reviews.  Regardless of how I do or do not feel about the actual bar itself, I did pick it up on sale for $1.00 at Kroger and it comes in at 1.23 ounces with 150 calories and five grams of protein.  The label states that this bar is aimed at providing nutrition for active kids, so there's at least some virtue in that.

Review: Pure Fitness Nutrition Krave Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Protein Bar

Pure Fitness Nutrition was generous enough to send me some bars to sample and while its difficult to look a gift horse in the mouth, I had to give the last review a negative rating due to the fact that while the concept of the bar was exciting, the flavor was just boring.  In the case of today's review, I'm hoping it is the exact opposite.  Peanut butter and chocolate is a pretty standard flavor combination these days (thus the boredom), so I'm hoping that this Pure Fitness Nutrition Krave Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Protein Bar can deliver more flavor punch than the actual the standard flavor recipe.  The bar itself is 2.50 ounces and comes in with a hearty 254 calories and twenty grams of protein.  It's also all natural, soy free and heavy on fiber, so there's a lot of added benefits to this bar as well which is nice.