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A Bountiful Box of Goodies from Enjoy Life Foods!

Samples from Enjoy Life Foods

Enjoy Life healthy foods has sent the Worley Gig a huge box of delicious goodies to review, including assorted flavors of their Plentils brand Lentil Chips, Crunchy Flax breakfast cereal, Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Snacks, Semi-Sweet Chocolate baking chips and Soft Baked Bars — a new snack product — also in a variety of yummy flavors that I can’t wait to try! Enjoy Life foods are all gluten free and are also made without the eight most common allergens including: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, epps, fish, shellfish, sesame seeds, sulfites or mustard. Watch for individual reviews of these products coming to the Worley Gig in the coming weeks!

Thrive Ice Cream: A Delicious and Nutritious Treat

Thrive Ice Cream Packaging
All Photos By Gail

Do you like Ice Cream? I sure do. Now that the weather is warming up, I am thinking of all of the foods I have not been indulging in so much during the colder months, and one of those is ice cream. At a recent food trade show here in Manhattan, I was introduced to Thrive Ice Cream; a brand of ice cream that not only tastes amazing but is actually good for you. I am not a person who is overly concerned with healthy snacking because I try to just use common sense when I snack, but to have a sweet treat that I already enjoy be fortified with protein, potassium and vitamins?  Sounds like a good deal to me!
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Tasty Snack of The Day: Mediterranean Snacks Baked Lentil Chips

Baked Lentil Chips
Photo By Gail

When it comes to salty snacks, I’m more of a chip fan than a cracker lover. The only downside of chips is that sometimes they are too fragile to bear the weight of the heartier dips, such as hummus or even a thick sour cream dip. And chips that break off in the dip bowl can be a drag. Continue reading Tasty Snack of The Day: Mediterranean Snacks Baked Lentil Chips