Back to Nature, Forward to Health

Another company offering more natural and good-tasting foods in a variety of forms is Back to Nature Foods. Started in 1960, in Pasadena, California this company has the philosophy that “the best way to move forward…[is] to go back”

Keeping with that thinking, their products have no cholesterol and no trans fat. No artificial preservatives or colors, either.

Here is a look at a few snack offerings:

Bar Harbor Blend (Cranberries, Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds & Vanilla
Almonds)
This is a snack packed with flavors and textures that will keep you reaching for more. The crackling crunch of the Vanilla Almonds and the muted crunch of the Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds contrast beautifully with the Cranberries. What a great combination.

Pacific Heights Blend (Salt Roasted Almonds, Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds, and dried Bing Cherries. Again, a sumptuous combination of textures, flavors and sweet and (just ever-so-slightly) salty.

Another Snack is the Sonoma Berry Blend—All fruit -- Dried Cranberries, Raisins, Bing Cherries and Strawberries. This is a nice surprise--putting those fruits together was an inspiration.

Consider putting these out as snacks for guests and friends instead of the usual chips. Not only are they healthier, the delightful surprising blends will be a hit with anyone who tries them.

A Brief Piece About a Little Snack

Sometimes a regular size bar is a bit too much but you stuff the half- you- really- would- rather- save –for- later- but- don’t- have- a -way to- keep- it- for- later into your mouth.

So, now, Luna Bars now offers Luna Minis. There are many flavors, but the S’mores is especially scrumptious. It tastes more like a candy bar than a health bar.

After all, especially this time of year with Halloween in the air and the candy companies proffering bags of just about every variety of candy bar in small sizes for trick-or-treaters (not counting the candy that never makes it out door of your house) having a healthy yet great tasting little snack very handy could be a real treat.

Pizza My Heart

We are working on a piece comparing some of the healthier frozen pizzas--Amy’s, Kashi, etc with the not-so-healthy kinds—you know who they are.

If you have any suggestions for healthy pizza available in most supermarkets, please let us know

Snack Bars, healthy or not so?

When you want a snack to take with you when you know you’re going to have a busy day, you want to put something in your purse or briefcase that isn’t going to get crushed and get crumbs everywhere. But you still want a little something that will placate the hunger or the urge to stuff something you’ll regret later in your mouth—like almost anything from a food cart inside or outside—and vending machines? Those wheat crackers only look healthy because they are lined between cookies and candy bars. (Why are the mints and chewing gum always on the bottom tier, anyway?)
There are a lot of choices for portable noshing out there. Some are tastier than others. Some are healthier than others. Do all the unhealthy snack bars all taste better than the good-for-you kinds? Or is it possible to find healthier snack bars that taste pretty much like they couldn’t be good for you. But they are.
We’ll be taking a look at several brands, including:
Nature Valley Granola Bars, Kashi bars, Kudos, SoyJoy, and others.
Until then, be careful what kind of pick-me-up you pack. A pick-me-up shouldn’t plump you up.

Kashi

If you haven't tried some of the of the foods offered by Kashi, make it a point to sample some of the healthly cookies, bars, crackers, cereals, frozen meals.....etc...they offer. Available in the supermarket, most Kashi products do not require a trip to the health food store, although you may find more variety there. Kashi offers selection of frozen entrees but their real talent lies in cereals, bars and cookies.

Taste is purely personal, of course, and while one person may find Kashi chocolate chip cookies an acceptable and even palatable alternative to say, Keebler chocolate chip cookies, another cookie muncher may find the Kashi kinds are not sweet enough. But perhaps you just need to wean off the other stuff and give naturally-better-for-you alternatives a few chances before you turn your back on healthier baked goods. And, you can't consume the whole box at one sitting, either. That can never be healthy.

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