Fruitables April 3, 2009

I saw a commercial about Fruitables Fruit Juice and decided to check out the website: http://www.appleandeve.com/fruitables.php 

I have to say I am impressed. It is one of the better juice box options out there. There is no added sugar and it is made from all fruits and vegetables.

I checked out some of there other products, like their Cranberry Light: http://www.appleandeve.com/fruitables.php

This I would stay away from and anything that says “light” as it is sweetened with splenda. Splenda is an artificial sweetener and anything artificial isn’t good for you!

I have no idea how these products taste, but over all most of their products are pretty good (ingredients wise), just remember to read the labels before purchasing so you know what you are getting! If I find this product on sale anytime soon I will purchase it and follow up with a “taste test” 🙂

Try this instead of that…. January 1, 2009

Bringing in the New Year many of us try and make a conscience effort to eat better. Below I created a chart to jump start your New Year with some healthy options. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Instead of:	Try this:	Even better:
french Fries	baked potato	baked sweet potato
canned vegetables	frozen vegetables	fresh vegetables
soda	100% fruit juice	water with lemon
milk chocolate	70% or more dark chocolate	grain sweetened chocolate
cows milk	vanilla silk soy milk	unsweetened silk soy milk
white pasta	whole wheat pasta	spelt pasta
potato chips	100% stone ground chips	popcorn
canned fruit	dried fruit	fresh fruit
ice berg lettuce	romaine lettuce	spinach
Raisin Bran	Puffins (Barbara’s Bakery)	oatmeal
Nature  Valley granola bars	Barbara’s Bakery granola bars	lara bars or bora bora bars