Savor, Indulge, and Unwind with YumBitz Cookies

The month of August is the busiest for my family.  There are so many things to do and prepare in connection with going back to school  stuff.  We are always  on the go  getting stuff ready for  the new school  year.  I am so glad that when we get home, we have Yumbitz cookies to savor, indulge, and unwind after a long day of  doing things.  

Here are the  3 different varieties of flavors  that they sent me.  Savor  is the chocolate chip, Indulge us the  double chocolate fudge, and Unwind is the white chocolcate macademia.  I love that she uses healthy ingredients such as 100% whole wheat flour and caged-free brown eggs. 

My daughter  loved the savory  chocolate chip cookies..

while my son indulged in the double chocolate chip cookies.

I thought the white chocolate chocolate macademia  cookies were perfect to unwuind and relax  on a swing  after a  ling day of work.  A  cup of milk  is the perfect combo for this   cookie.

I would like to express my admiration to this cute Mom and Daughter dou chefs, Monica and Karly. Their mini cookies are created for a bigger mission and that is to combat child hunger by donating to food banks. For every pouch that is purchased, 10% of it goes to a community organization in the metro Detroit area. I admire entrepreneurs like her who doesn't think of the personal gain only but widen their goals towards the community.

Here is a video clip of these adorable Mom and daughter  tandem  baking cookies for a cause.  

Disclosure: The owner of this blog was NOT financially compensated to write this review.  I was provided with the product/s mentioned  to help me  facilitate this review but  opinions are my own.

Pasta Chips Offers Endless #PASTAbilities

I just got perked!  Perked by who?  Well, whenever your social shares get interaction from your readers, Klout  rewards you for it by  raising your score.  When your score is high, you get qualified for perks like this Pasta chips that I received.  I have received different perks from them which I really like.  If you are not a member yet, you can check it out at klout.com.  

Aside from the bag of chips, I also got some coupons.  Even though we are avoiding chips and pasta these days, it is not bad to  eat them once in a while.  What I like about this one is, the bag only contain 120 calories and it is non-GMO.  The garlic and olive oil flavors in it are great combination.

This chip is made from Baked fresh pasta.  It is 20% less fat than Pita Chips.  IT has a crispy texture and is made with DURUM Wheat semolina flour.

We have  so many fresh cucumbers in the garden so I picked some and sliced them.  I added  a little bit of  cream cheese in between the cucumber and chips and they tasted delicious!

This authentic Italian pasta chips is inspired by an Italian snack from the hills of Tuscany.

If you want to serve some  tasty snacks for the kids, this is perfect!

No-Bake Energy Snacks

I was blog hopping  last night and saw this simple  recipe of no-bake peanut butter  energy snacks.  I thought of trying it but I did not have peanut so I used the left over  trail mix that we have in the kitchen. 

 Here's what you need:

2 cups quick oats
1 cup trail mix (with almonds, raisin, and cranberries).

1 tsp sesame seeds

1 tsp M&Ms
3 tbsp butter
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparations:
In a bowl, mix together oats and trail mix.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan. 

• Add the  honey and brown sugar and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil and stir for 2 ½ minutes. Remove from the heat. 
• Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until blended, then thoroughly mix in the oat mixture.

Spread the mixture evenly in a greased container.

Allow to set before cutting and serving. It tastes so good and I will be  putting a slice or two of these in my husband's lunch tomorrow.  You can try making it, it is quick and very easy to make.

Turon with Langka or Jackfruit

My husband found some good plantain from the store.  Once in a while, he craves for this snack and buys the plantain .  That's a clear indication for me to make some lol.  I am glad we always have  canned  jack fruit.

It's a great snacks  especially if you want something crispy and sweet. It's one of the  favorite  Filipino snacks here at home. This snack reminds me of my Mom.  He used to make this for us when we were growing up.  

Honey Dew Melon

One of my favorite melons is the honey dew.  It's sweet and  it's very refreshing.  It's good to eat by itself or you can make a really good  shake out of it.  

 I love when you cut it in half and the seeds are formed into three beautiful  sections.

 I have been trying to grow  honey dew melon in my garden but i have never succeeded in having fruits out of it.

My children loves  eating this for snacks.  Fruits are a little pricey but it is the   a healthy choice for children's snack.  My kids are used to eating fruits since they were  toddlers so  I never had any  problem letting them eat fruits.  

Plantain Snacks

In the Philippines, we have the cooking banana called Saba. When I came here,  my husband introduced me to plantain, the cooking banana  that is available  here.  I used to make  plantain as turon with jackfruit in it but never tried it like a banana cue, one of the many ways we prepare saba.  Anyhow, I tried it and they loved it even better than the   turon.

To make this buttered  plantain, you will need:

• 2 plantains
• brown sugar
• butter

Procedure:

• Peel the skin off the banana.  Slice  them in desired thickness. 
• Melt  some butter in a pan in a medium heat
• Cover the  sliced banana with brown sugar and  cooked it in the butter until it is glazed.
• Using a thong, pick the cooked banana and stick your bamboo skewers in the middle.  Putting the banana in the skewers  eliminates mess when you eat it.

Plantain banana cue is one of the favorite snacks here at home.  Two plantains makes a lot so what I did was make some turon too out of it and then put it in the freezer.  I baked it the next day and  it was also so yummy!!!

Snacking Reinvented by Graze

I love snacking on fruits and nuts.  I preferred them over  sweets (cookies, cakes, or chocolate bars).   I was excited  when Graze let me try their Nibble Box in exchange for a review.  I love Graze's Snacking Reinvented style of putting together great and healthy snack.  The portion for every  pack is just enough to satisfy your craving and fill your tummy.

The Nibble Box above was my first box which contains sour cream and onion cashews.  It also has the British barbecue with  basil baguettes, rosemary crostini, and smoked almonds and seeds.  My daughter like the Toffee Apple.  The key lime pie consists of  lime raisins, mini meringues, sponge pieces and green raisins.

The next box that I received was themed for the 4th of July, I love that they designed the top of the box the American Flag.  It has My Thai with sweet chili and soy bites.  The Nature's Immunity Nuts is my favorite, it has brazil, cashew, and pistachio nuts.  I also love this small bite sized summer berry flapjack with rustic rolled oatsflapjack with berry infused cranberries.  The garden of England has mini strawberries, apple and black currants.

So how does Graze Box works.  This is a box subscription that you can choose deliveries  by weekly or monthly or whatever period you want your snacks delivered. When I  created my account, I did not pay attention  to the period of deliveries so I got two boxes in two weeks but it's all good.  Each Nibble Box  cost $6.  The first box was free for me to try and then the second box, well, it was free too because I  cancelled my deliveries and they are so kind enough to ship it for free.  There are also a bigger package that you can choose for a different price so if you are like me who love to snack on  fruits and nuts, I highly recommend Graze, they are healthy and  so good!!!  Thanks a lot Graze!!

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was NOT financially compensated to write this review. Opinions expressed is not in anyway influenced by other factors. The product/s mentioned above was provided for FREE for evaluation purposes.

Fruits for Snack

Fruits is the usual snack at home.  We seldom buy chips or cookies  because we want to stay healthy.  During summer time, we make sure to buy as much fruits as we can because it really  gives us healthy  snack to munch on.  Each of us have favorite fruits  but we can eat pretty much everything.  EJ love strawberries and oranges, Rylie  love apples and  cantaloupe, I like pretty much everything but my favorite is mango, and my husband love kiwi, grapes, and pears.

Snacks after the Spring Play

The homeroom Moms set up some snacks outside the  gymnasium where the  play was held, for the guests and students to snack on after the play.

These colorful cookies are always  a maganet to the children.

The same effect on children for these very colorful cupcakes too

The homeroom Moms  always do a great job in setting  up these kind of events.  It's what makes the school very special because parents are always involve with  every activities that the kids are participating in school.

Hat's off to Mrs. Buterbaugh and Mrs. Mascio and other Moms  for this beautiful presentation!

Modern Twist on Pretzel

My kids are enjoying  their Easter break.  They won't come back to school until Thursday.  It gives us ample time to do things together.  Being off from school does not mean that they are also off from doing things like reading.  My son has test  on religion when he goes back  so we  reviewed for that.  Aside from that, we  spend 45 to an hour reading every day.  We had plenty of books to read here at home.  

Entertaining them  at home is  a bit challenging if you have no activities line up for them. I am also glad that we have variety of snacks to munch while doing things.  I received a big box full of goodies from Pretzel Crisps to review.  I also love the  bag and coupon that came  with it.  

 

At first, my children are  skeptical about trying them because they are not very fond of pretzels but once I opened the original deli style one, they were hooked.  This is really a way to rethink  pretzel.  They are thin and very crispy which is why my children  loves them.  

 These were the flavors that I received and mind you each bags has 7.2 oz content which is pretty big.  Flavors included are  garlic parmesan, buffalo wing, jalapeño, honey mustard onion,  sea salt cracked  pepper, chipotle cheddar, sesame, everything (I imagined this has everything in it), and the original deli style

We haven't tried the other flavors yet but I am planning to  open the  jalapeño next time as I love spicy snacks.  I like how they package them as you can  zip them open and close which  preserves the freshness and crispiness of the  crackers.

 My kids found their new favorite snack on our  reading time.

You can get creative in serving Pretzel Crisp.  Pretzel Crisp is the modern twist of your old time favorite pretzels.  You can crunch'em, crack'em, dip'em, or stock'em up.  All flavors  has the  crunch that you will love in a lighter and crisper way.  This  would be great  to make as an appetizer.  You can top it with  cheese and  pepperoni or even a slice of cucumber.   Thanks Pretzel Crisp!

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was NOT financially compensated to write this review. Opinions expressed is not in anyway influenced by other factors. The product/s mentioned above was provided for FREE for evaluation purposes.

Black Olive as a Snack

One of the few snacks that my burritos love to munch in  is black olives. I am not crazy about black olives but for some reason my angels love them especially our son.

They can eat one big can of black olives in one setting.

They found so much fun in eating it as they can stick 'em into the tips of their fingers lol.

Here are some benefits of black olives according to ehow.com.

Black olives are a cholesterol free food and contain very little fat. The fat that is contained in olives is monounsaturated fat and there are only seven calories in one large black olive. These fruits can make a tasty snack addition with little health concern.

Just remember....

that a little bit of this

and a little dash of that

makes a sumptuous life...

so Spice Up Your Life.