I tried something new this week: Dreyers Fruit Bars, made with natural fruit. I bought a strawberry bar and it was so delicious, I had to tell you about it.
[Note: I am not being paid for this post. I don’t do pay-per-post blogging.]
Normally I’d go for an ice cream bar instead but my boyfriend and I need to lose weight and he pointed out to me that the fruit bar would be better for us. It was not only better, it was outstanding.
Ingredients are: water, strawberries, sugar, carob bean gum, natural flavors, guar gum, citric acid, color from beet juice extract and tumeric, and ascorbic acid. I don’t see much there to complain about though one could cite the sugar… though it is hard to get completely away from in this civilization. There were only 120 calories and of course, there’s lots of Vitamin C as strawberries are known for that.
Do you ever like to visit food sites to see what’s there? I love looking them up. Dreyers has a section of their site devoted to their Fruit Bars… on the front page of the site it says “Fruit Bars: Taste what everyone’s talking about…” and here I am, talking about them. Hmmm…
It says these fruit bars are winners of the ‘Best Taste Award’ by the American Culinary ChefsBest. I don’t doubt it. The flavor I tried is truly delicious.
My favorite recipe site is allrecipes.com - I’ve been going there for help with finding recipes for years. I like how people can contribute their own recipes, rate recipes, and find almost anything. You can print out your recipes in several sizes. Sometimes there’s almost too many choices!
I put in the search term, ‘blueberry muffins’ and it came up with ‘Lemon Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Health Nut Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Blueberry Muffins 1′, ‘Diabetic Friendly Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Banana Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Streusel Topped Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Blueberry Muffins 2′, ‘Alienated Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Applesauce Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Applesauce Wheat Blueberry Muffins’, ‘To Die For Blueberry Muffins - Lighter Version’, ‘Best Lactose Free Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins’, ‘Black and Blueberry Muffins’, and lots more.
You get the idea. This reader-contributed recipe listing service is hosting tons of recipes and if you can’t find what you’re looking for there, I’d be surprised.
Speaking of olives, I came across this recipe for a nutritious sandwich spread that I’d like to share with you:
1 cup chopped ripe olives
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped fine
1/4 cup almonds, chopped fine
1/4 cup sesame or sunflower seeds, ground
1/4 cup celery, chopped fine (optional)
Mix together with enough mayonnaise to make it the consistency desired for sandwiches or chips.
My favorite raw food supplier, Sunfood Nutrition, has these Raw Power Olives for sale. They say, “These delicious PITTED brownish/red, kalamata-style olives are packed in pure water, fresh garlic, fresh oregano, whole ripe cayenne pepper, and a dash of celtic sea salt. These are the olives promoted in the book Raw Power!“
Today someone came into the pizza restaurant I work at and ordered an olive pizza with ranch sauce instead of pizza sauce. It looked so good, I wanted to tell you about it. We took the pizza out when it was golden brown… it was perfect.
Hi, my name is Linda. This is my personal home and hearth journal.
I am a self-trained herbal practitioner. I became a vegetarian when I was a teenager in the 1960s. I was a San Francisco Bay Area hippie in the 60s and early 70s. Then I became a mom - the most important job I've ever had.
Now I live in a very small mountain community. The nearest fast food restaurant is more than forty miles during summer, and more than seventy miles in winter when the pass is snowed under. I've never owned a cell phone, but I talked on one once. I work in one of the two local restaurants.
