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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Jun 7th, 2010
I came across the Kashi TLC Pumpkin Pecan Bars at Target this past week and had picked them up for Kirk, figuring he might like them. But on squeezing one of the bars I noticed they were softer than I had figured they would be, so they were brace safe. An interesting granola bar! The [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Apr 18th, 2010
On the way back from island hopping yesterday we stopped at a small grocery store that was a hybrid regular and natural foods store. Looking for a snack for the family I saw Kashi TLC Cookies on the shelf – which somehow I had never seen before in stores. My loss! Of the 3 varieties [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Apr 8th, 2010
Kirk had picked up the combo pack of Go Lean’s Crunchy! Bars at Costco awhile back and recently I gave them a trial run. The box has 3 of the 5 flavors they make. Chocolate Caramel is my favorite so far: The Chocolate Peanut is also very tasty: The box also has Chocolate Almond in [...]
Posted in One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking on Mar 9th, 2010
Out in this months new Wa Trails Magazine (March/April 2010) is two new recipes, on page 35. Hiker’s Primavera Pasta Cran-Mac Caramel Bars ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Jan 14th, 2010
A week or so ago we were in REI and I noticed these bars: I hadn’t seen them before and after researching them I didn’t find them on either Luna’s or Cliff Bars websites. That wasn’t unusual – I have found Luna products over the years that are not on the website. After researching more [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Jan 4th, 2010
Kirk has been a long time fan of ProBars (but of which I cannot eat due to my braces) so I had hopes for the Fruition Bars that came out this year from ProBar. I picked up two flavors to try out, Strawberry and Peach flavor. They also come in a Blueberry and Cran-Raspeberry. REI [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, hiking on May 4th, 2009
New this month to stores is Odwalla‘s Mocha-walla™ energy bar. I happen to love the taste of their bars – they are soft, dental brace friendly and have good nutrition stats. So…combining chocolate and coffee? Sounded good to me! The bars have a nice aroma of a mocha when you open the package. Soft texture [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian, hiking on Mar 27th, 2009
Odwalla Bars are one of the few “energy bars” to pass the braces test. Soft, easy to chew and not sticky makes them a great treat for those with dental work going on! The bars are often found in the produce department of grocery stores (though also in the bar aisle as well). I recently [...]
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