Healthy

Nature’s Bakery Review and Giveaway

I absolutely love Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars. I first tried the bars when I was looking for an on-the-go snack to bring with me on my trip to Savannah. I finished a box of the blueberry Fig Bars within days and was hooked.

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I decided to reach out to Nature’s Bakery to do a review and giveaway on the blog because I want you guys to try these bars. They’re seriously delicious.

What I love about Nature’s Bakery is that their bars have simple ingredients. When I’m running errands all day, at work, or traveling, I love that I can reach for a Fig Bar and know that I’m getting a quality snack that isn’t going to leave me with a sugar crash in an hour.

Nature’s Bakery has three lines of products–Whole Wheat Fig Bars, Gluten Free Fig Bars, and Whole Grain Brownies. Every product is Non-GMO Project Verified, vegan, soy free, and kosher. I could go on and on, but if you want to learn more about any specific product, you can explore them here.

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I was sent several boxes of the Whole Wheat Fig Bars to review, and asked my family to help me taste test one Sunday afternoon. We all tried a few different flavors, which was fun.

By the end of the tasting, everyone had their own favorite. I thought that was pretty neat. The blueberry, raspberry, and apple cinnamon flavors were big hits with everyone.

Here are our notes on each flavor!

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Now onto the giveaway!

Nature’s Bakery is going to give one winner a prize of 5 6-pack boxes of Fig Bars and/or Brownies in the flavors of the winner’s choosing. As a note, Nature’s Bakery only ships to the United States and Canada.

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. I will be randomly choosing a winner on Monday September 19th!

Food on a cruise

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1

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It probably isn’t a secret that food on a cruise can be pretty amazing. It can also be known as being pretty rich or fattening. I figured that I’d do a lil bloggie post on my experience with cruise food on the ship!

1st of all.. here are some foodie pictures from some of my meals:

Salad greens with chickpeas, ratatouille, sunflower seeds, and hard boiled eggs

Indian chickpeas with tofu in curry and cheese sauce with peas, rice, and a flat bread

Fruit plate!

Coffee with cream by the ocean

oats w/ honey and raisins, an apple with pb, grilled tomato, and a hard boiled egg

You can definitely eat unhealthy while on a cruise but you can definitely eat healthy if you want/try.

For each meal you have the choice to eat at the cruise’s restaurant or at the buffet. For breakfast and lunch I would typically eat at the buffet because it was quick and right by the pool.

For breakfast they had oats, grits, bacon, scrambled eggs, assorted pastries, fruit, and an omlette station. They also provided oj, apple juice, water and coffee.

For lunch they would set up a panini station, a salad bar, and a hot buffet of different foods each day. They also had a full dessert bar and offered lemonade, coffee, unsweetened tea, and water.

Dinner was different each night but was accommodated to everyone. You could always have an appetizer like salad, fruit, or what ever the chef made. Grilled chicken, fish, beef, and a vegetarian option was offered each night and some in may forms. (Ex: Fried chicken or grilled chicken, 3 different kinds of fish, pasta.. etc!) Dessert was also provided as well as a diet dessert made with a fake sweetener.

My remarks: I enjoyed all of the food and I loved the 24/7 access to any food (plus room service!) The only thing I can complain about is that many of the dinners didn’t have a lot of veggies and sometimes the vegetarian option focused on pasta + cheese instead of veggies!

I ate dessert with either lunch and dinner every single day and LOVED it! (You all know how I love to bake) I got a lot of ideas of things I would like to re-create. I tried SOME of the diet desserts and honestly, I wouldn’t recommend them.

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So the moral of the story is that a cruise can be a foodies dream and it can be a healthy person’s dream to because of the many options 🙂

What has been your experience with food on vacation?

 I eat what I want because I know that I eat fairly healthy at home; if I gain a few pounds I know they will come off as I go back to my regular eating habits.