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Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Superfood Salad Clusters

Hey team. If you read this post last week, you will have kind of figured by now that I love little bird products. I had the pleasure of reviewing some of their sweet treats last week and LOVED them. This week I have sampled a savoury (is that what you call something not sweet ) treat and I am equally excited.
What I love about little bird is that their products are raw, gluten free, sugar free and vegan – and they are delicious!

My new absolute hands down favourite product has to be these SuperFoods Salad Clusters pictured to the right of the photo, made from sea vegetables ( kelp, korenga, sea lettuce) activated nuts and seeds.
All ingredients are discussed on the back of the ultra stylish pack, and they include

  • Activated almonds
  • Activated Pumpkin seeds
  • Activated sunflower seeds
  • Activated sesame seeds
  • Korengo
  • Kelp
  • Sea lettuce
  • Tamari
  • Spices

But what are the benefits of sea vegetables I hear you say? I am glad you asked!

Sea vegetables happen to be  some of the most nutritionally dense foods available. In addition to important mineral such as iron and iodine, sea vegetables are rich in trace elements such as zinc, boron, tin, selenium and chromium, just a few of the trace minerals badly missing in out modern diets. As an added bonus they have almost the full range of amino acids!
On top of all that sea vegetables are known for their anti inflamatory properties, and are said to maximise metabolism and help boost immune system function.

We added a couple of rather large handfuls of Superfoods Salad Clusters to our salad for dinner tonight, and the crunch and flavour was downright delicious. Tomorrow I will be taking the rest of the packet to work to snack on during the day.

You can visit the their website www.littlebirdorganics.co.nz to find stores that stock their product. They retail at $9 NZD for a 150g bag

Pure raw goodness

Thanks little bird!

 

 

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Saturday, 4 February 2012

Raw Organic Goodness

Little Bird Chocolate Macaroons
I have said it once, and I will say it again, a girl has got to have treats. Even if you are striving for the healthiest diet in the world, forgoing treats is in my mind the quickest way to fail. I find that when I deny myself the small pleasures in life, I really want to rebel.

So with this in mind I wandered into our local organic shop, and found these – Chocolate Macaroons. These babies are quite simply heavenly, and not only that they are raw, organic, sugar, dairy and gluten free. As usual my co-taste tester was my non – vegan husband, and he adored these!

One of the primary ingredients in these is Raw Cacao. Cacao is a superfood, containing the mood-enhancing ( natural!) chemicals Phenylethylamine and Theobroma. No wonder they taste so good.

All of the other ingredients are clearly labelled on the pack and include Coconut, Coconut Oil, Vanilla Bean, Vanilla Extract, Agave, Maple Syrup and  Himalayan crystal salt.

Little Bird make 4 types of macaroons, my other favourite flavour being Passion fruit and Macadamia. They also have a variety of other products.
Now I have to be honest and say these macaroons are not the cheapest on the shelf at $8.90 NZD for a packet of 5, but less than $2.00 a macaroon is a pretty good deal in my opinion for pure organic deliciousness!

You can order via the website www.littlebirdorganics.co.nz  and Little Bird does deliver overseas.
Note – Little Bird did not ask me to review this product. I just really really like them!

Question for today: What is your favourite store bought treat?

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