Natural Balance Foods Review - and GIVEAWAY!
Back at the beginning of the month I received a lovely box full of goodies from Natural Balance Foods to review -
I've been eating these throughout the month as well as sharing them with some of my family for them to have a try too. Have a look over at the Natural Balance Foods website for more info. Basically all their stuff is based on dried fruit and nuts, no artifical nasties which is right up my street!
I've been eating these throughout the month as well as sharing them with some of my family for them to have a try too. Have a look over at the Natural Balance Foods website for more info. Basically all their stuff is based on dried fruit and nuts, no artifical nasties which is right up my street!
I tried these packets of flavoured raisins with cottage cheese (I love mixing dried fruit with cottage cheese as a snack). Most suprising was the lemon flavour which I wasn't expecting to like but they tasted great. The pineapple flavour reminded me of pineapple cubes boiled sweets, the orange were yummy as well and I totally love the cherry flavour!
I had previously tried some of these nakd bars and loved them so I was really looking forward to eating them! I mainly used these as pre workout fuel, sometimes cutting the large sized bars in half for a handy snack as the full size is a little too big unless I was planning on doing loads of cardio. I think I may have had a full sized one before a long run. It was the first time I'd tried the apple flavour (they seem to be more difficult to find?) and that is now my favourite! I gave one of these to my Mam and my Sis, they both liked them but weren't crazy on them like me. I think because I know these are so good for you it makes them taste even better!
I really loved these trek bars, they pack a great protein and carb punch. They taste very much like the nakd bars but have extra soya crispies in their which I think gives them more protein. I used these as extra big snacks to hold me over when I had meetings and didn't want to be tempted my biscuits or as fuel before a long run.
These are very different from the rest of the products as these are much more of a flap jack kind of bar. They both tasted absolutely delicious. The cherry one doesn't actually contain cherries but some of the cherry flavoured raisins. I wouldn't usually go for these as they do contain stuff like golden syrup and raw cane sugar, and added sugar is not my friend! However, for the purposes of fueling yourself up before exercise or as a replacement for a regular buttery processed flap jack these are great.
These were my total favourite! I did try one before I run and it just didn't work as well as the nakd bars so I would keep these as indulgent snacks. The cocoa orange is amazing and I'm planning on ordering some of these off the website, they are more than enough to deal with a chocolate craving, and are all natural and under 100 cals, you just can't go wrong! The texture of these bars are really great as well, very cakey! The ginger bread and pecan pie are very good as well. Unfortunatley I didn't get to sample the cashew cookie as I left it at my parents and my Dad ate it! He said he wasn't that fussed on it, but he would say that being more used to processed fat and refined sugar chocolate biscuits! I was not happy that I missed out!
So overall, I really love these products, they aren't cheap, but you get what you pay for and these are just so handy for so many things. I love just having one in my bag for an on the go snack or using as fuel before the gym.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
I have 3 prices to giveaway to 3 lucky blog readers. Each price includes 4 gluten free Nakd bars - cocoa orange, ginger bread, pecan pie and cashew cookie, plus some additional goodies!
If you've been reading my blog for a while you should know that I love a good pamper session! I thought that it would be nice to treat some of my blog friends to a couple of nice products they can use to have their own pamper session.
Prize 1 - Nakd bars + Australian Organics mini's -
Prize 2 - Nakd bars + Anatomicals mini's -
Price 3 - Nakd bars + Busy But Beautiful gift set (M&S) -
All you need to do to enter is leave a comment to this post telling me one of your beauty / pamper tips (I know you all have them!) It would be lovely if you would become a follower of the blog if your not already and if you have your own blog to add me to your blog roll, however thats not essential to enter! I can't promise that I will be able to post stuff outside of the UK and Ireland as I have no idea how much the postage would be, but if you won I promise that I would do my best to get them out to you. I will randomly select the winners on Saturday 15th May 2010. Good luck - make sure you enter, you have nothing to lose after all and these bars are really tasty!
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