nutritious junk

I’m pretty big on snacks.  Sweet, salty, chewy or crunchy; I’ll eat em all.

I am now in charge of packing my man’s lunch every day.  Let’s give him a name shall we; we’ll call him The D Man, cause his name starts with a D.  I’ll give you a hint, it’s not Dumbo.  So, since he likes to eat healthy but also likes to think he’s indulging I get to play around with dessert type snacks.  We’ve done the 100 calorie packs, sugar free pre-cut cakes, an a couple others.

The idea of organically grown fruits and vegetables always seemed like a great idea to me, hell, it is a great idea. A person who buys organic just can’t be scared of bumps, bruises or little bug bite marks on their produce. Now organic crackers, okay I’ll give it a try, see what they’re going for. And that’s exactly what I did with the pack of cheddar cheese crackers from Late July.

When I was younger I would go to camp every summer.  It was a Jewish overnight camp and had all the things you would expect of a camp, plastic covered mattresses, arts and farts, and very mediocre food (except on Shabbat).  I gotta give it to them, they really tried to feed us kids good, nutritious, fun food, but it always seemed to fall short.  I think this is why I would spend a lot of camp inhaling fruit and granola bars.  I ate so many granola bars at that point in my life that I grew an aversion to them and all their oatyness.  But now, 10 years later, I’m ready to try to incorpora

I’m back from Boston where, again, I found some tasty treats from my travels.  Try saying that 5 times fast.  But today I’m actually gonna review something that kept my stomach from growling while I was on the plane.  Because airlines no longer feed you anything except if you pay a zillion dollars or if it’s over a five-hour flight, in which case I was given a granola bar.  So I decided to pack smart for this flight and instead of finding carby, easy to pack foods I looked for protein.  I usually look for foods that I can eat either on the flight over or back, so obviously can’t g

I love popcorn.  Whether it’s sweet, sour, cheddar, chocolate, or burnt I’ll eat it all.  When I moved to LA two things happened; I was introduced to Kettle Corn at Venice Beach and I absolutely fell in love with it, and I bought a microwave that just wouldn’t let me make popcorn.  I’d use my air popper but it always seemed like more kernels ended up on the floor and the counter than in the bowl and it was just really frustrating.  So for a while I’ve gone without my beloved popcorn except for at the movies or when I feel like cleaning up…ugh.  But I decided to give my microwa

I’ve always been pretty boring when it comes to my choices in chips and crackers.  I stick to the basics like original or nacho and cringe at the sight of chili cheese or tangy lime. That’s why I was a little more than surprised at my hand as it reached for a flavor of Mr. Krispers I would have never thought of trying on my own.  The makers of Mr.

My stay with my parents and my little sister is coming to an end.  And even though I’ve missed them I’m also starting to miss the California sun.  So many days of rain.  One thing I will miss is going to the grocery store here in Michigan.  The grocery store near my parent’s house has everything.  It’s amazing.  From the big names to the small fries (and I don’t mean the greasy version).

“Holy shit these are hella good.”  Yep, that was my exact response after I took my first bite of Pita Krunch’s Cinnamon Sugar pita chips.  No intro, just the cold, hard facts that these things, not to steal twizzlers thing…but they make my mouth crazy happy.  Pita Krunch has covered the snack rainbow by having flavors in savory and sweet.  The cinnamon sugar has the perfect sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar on crunchy, thick pita chips that don’t make you feel like your going to chip a tooth, but are in no way mushy.  They are all natural and the ingredient list is: flour, water,

I’m not a stoner, I swear. But sometimes I get some wicked munchies. I’ve tried clearing up my non-drug-induced need to eat with veggies. But one can only eat so many carrots before you either run out of a Costco size bag or start to turn a little orange…yes both have happened. I then went to pretzels, which lead to drinking tons of water to get rid of my cotton mouth (again not drug related). Eating the pretzels actually helped for a while but only because I was spending so much time in the bathroom getting rid of my mouth moistener. Too much information, I know.