Month: October 2013
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“Bless This Food”
Over the past few years, much time has been spent researching family dinner. Â How many of us still strive to have family dinner everyday? Â Regular family meals have been shown to favorable impact children’s and adolescents’ food choices overall, weight, behavior, and other characteristics (check it out on Google Scholar). I recently received a copy…
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SweetWorks Confections
It’s October, and do you know what that means? Â It’s time to make sure you have all of your gluten-free ducks in a row…er, I mean candy. It also means Cassandra eats too much candy. Â Eek! Â Unfortunately, this is especially true this week since SweetWorks sent me some samples. Â Who knew I loved Sixlets so…
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Crunchies
“Did you know it takes 8-10 lbs of fresh fruit or veggies to make 1 lb of Crunchies?” Â Don’t you just love the cool facts on some packages? I recently received some samples from the good people at Crunchies (and then some more from a friend of mine. Â Woot!). I love freeze-dried fruits. Â I love…
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CrispRoot Cassava Chips
Watch out, potato chips. Â You’ve got some serious competition. Oops, I’ve almost eaten the whole bag and hadn’t even started writing yet. 🙂 CrispRoot recently sent me some samples of their Cassava Chips. CrispRoot Cassava Chips are thin and crispy, but hearty enough to hold up to dips. I LOVE the salty flavor that immediately…
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Health Warrior Chia Bars
Ch-ch-ch-chia! My coworker and I had to do the little Chia Pet ditty before I could start a review on a chia food.  Do it.  You know you want to. Health Warrior recently sent me some samples of their Chia Bars.  These little bars are 100 or 110 calories, certified gluten-free, dairy & soy free, and Vegan.…