The Best of October, 2014!

                So, it's the end of October, and I ate some stuff this month. Some of it, I won't be eating again. Some of it, I might be eating again. And some of it...I have already eaten again. Without further ramblings, here are the top 3 new things I tried (and reviewed) in October, in case talking about them once wasn't enough to capture your interest. In no particular order...

1. Simply 7 Quinoa Chips - After trying these for the first time, I ordered A CASE of the 0.8oz snack-size bags. 110 calories and 7 g protein. Plus they taste just like potato chips & are full of salty goodness. The original review/where to buy can be found here.

2. Field Trip Beef Jerky - No MSG! MSG has 2 jobs - to make things taste good, and to ruin my life. This jerky tastes every bit as good as Evil MSG Jerky, but I don't end up with a racing heart rate and beer cheeks 10 minutes after eating it. Low fat, low calorie, high protein, high quality - I went swiftly to their website & ordered other flavors. The original review/where to buy can be found here.

3. Go Vida Dragon Fruit & Dulce de Leche - So inventive, so unique, so tasty.This is basically a snacking delicacy. I also ordered myself a tiny stash of these bags, and I'm hoarding them like the precious little fruits they are. The original review/where to buy can be found here.

Review: Go Vida Dragon Fruit & Dulce de Leche

Brand:  Go Vida

Flavor:  Dragon Fruit & Dulce de Leche

Where to get it: here @ Go Vida Foods

                This past summer I had my first ever fresh dragon fruit. They are pretty uncommon in the Pacific Northwest, and when you can find them they are very expensive. I shared one with a friend when I was in California (she had never had one either, we had a moment), and it still cost $6 for a single fruit. My thoughts on the fresh fruit were, “Wow, it’s so pretty! But it mostly tastes like a kiwi, which are about 50 cents.”

The freeze-dried version is actually BETTER than the fresh fruit, in my opinion, and a lot more portable. My only complaint is that there wasn’t more of it in the pack, but again, dragon fruit is expensive as hell so I can’t really blame Go Vida. The dulce de leche pieces are interesting, they taste a little like caramel meringues. I could take them or leave them, but they do add more substance to the precious few pieces of the dragon fruit in the pack. All in all, I deem this snack innovative and very delicious. I’ll be on the prowl for more of it.

               

Tastes like:  Freeze-dried fruit, but like…better

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, no artificial ingredients, vegetarian

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