No Tricks in these Treats!

by Anna Bernard | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized

Looking to enjoy HALLOWEEN while still treating your body right?

While we will be sure to include some tasty treats in our October box, we have a couple of recipes that are our favorite this time of year! They help satisfy our cravings while still being festive and guilt-free!

“Boo” Nana Pops

Ingredients

• Bananas
• White chocolate (1 oz. per 1/2 banana)
• Chocolate chips
• Popsicle sticks

Instructions:

1. Cut bananas into fourths (by width and then by length)
2. Melt white chocolate
3. Insert popsicle stick into flat end & dunk into white chocolate
4. Add chocolate chips for eyes and chill in fridge until ready

Witch Finger Cookies (paleo + vegan!)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Coconut oil at room temperature (should be the consistency of softened butter)
• 1/4 Cup + 3 Tbsp Honey *
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp Almond extract
• 1 Cup Coconut floursifted (88g)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 16 sliced almonds
• For the strawberry jelly: **
• 3/4 Cup frozen strawberries thawed and roughly chopped (170g – measured when fullythawed and soft)
• 2 Tbsp Honey *

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat together the honey and coconut oil and smooth and creamy. Add in the vanilla and almonds extracts and beat once more.
2. Add the coconut flour and salt into the bowl and stir until well combined, and a wet dough forms. Scrape the dough onto a large piece of saran wrap and wrap into a flat, thin disc. Place into the refrigerator until firm and roll-able, about 25-30 minutes.
3. While the dough chills, preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
4. In a small sauce pan, combine the chopped berries and honey and bring to a b
   oil over medium heat. Cook the berries, stirring frequently, until they become very thick and smooth, about 13-14 minutes. Make sure to really keep an eye at them near the end of cooking time, so they don’t burn.
5. Transfer the berry mixture to a bowl and mash with a fork. Place into the refrigerator to set up.
6. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll 1 Tbsp sized balls into 4 inch long finger-shapes, that are about 1/2 an inch thick. Place onto the prepared baking sheet and firmly press an sliced almond into the tip of the finger, to create fingernails. Remove the almond before baking. Then, using a small, sharp knife, make several horizontal, shallow cuts just under the finger nail, and then in the center of each finger, to represent knuckles. Lightly press in the dough on either sides of the knuckles to shape them. Place the whole pan into the freezer for 10 minutes.
7. Once frozen, bake the cookies until golden brown, and lightly crackly about 12-13 minutes.
8. Once cooled, dip the bottom of the finger into the strawberry jam, so it looks like it’s been cut off. Then, fill the finger nail space with a dollop of the jam, and press in a sliced almond.

Spooky Teeth

Ingredients

• Apples
  
• Jar of peanut or almond butter (you will use about 1/4 to a 1/2cup for one apple-depending on amount you use)
  
• Mini marshmallows

Instructions:

1. Cut apple into 8 slices, then into smaller pieces to your preference
   
2. Put about 1-2 teaspoons of peanut butter onto each slice
   
3. Put a row of mini marshmallows across one apple slice
4. Sandwich the two slices together and press firmly until they stick together

Have a happy, healthy and spooky Halloween!

4 epic reasons why adding Raw Bite size snacks to your diet is smart

by rose muniz | Aug 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

Once we get re-connected to nature and the rawness of life, we remember that simplicity is often all we need.  We love featuring raw snacks in our box for just that reason. Adding raw snacks to your diet is smart, and we’ll give you 4 epic reasons why.  But first, we have to brag about our partner Raw Bite. They are a dope company, making unbelievably delicious Raw Bite Bars.  With simple organic ingredients and limited processing, founders Mortan, Nikolaj and Ralf have done it right.

Common raw food recipes include mostly organic, uncooked, and unprocessed foods.  No matter what kind of diet you follow, including raw snacks is a sweet gesture that your body and tastebuds will thank you for.

Do you remember when you were a child, the first time your parents taught you to pick a wild berry off a tree?  The experience of picking it form nature, putting it into your mouth and tasting the sweetness and sourness of it.  That experience is one of Mother Nature’s greatest gifts to enjoy as humans.

Adding Raw snacks to your diet allows you to slip back into that place anytime you want.  Raw snacks are filled with vibrant nutritious energy.  While many of the stable snacks we buy in vending machines are fried with grease and filled with preservatives.

4 reasons to add Raw Snacks to your diet:

1. Homemade Raw snacks are easy and your kids will think your a chef (think cherries, pecan’s and dates)
2. Packed with healthy fats that actually help you loose weight.
3. Experience more mental clarity and decrease afternoon sluggishness
4. Enjoy a variety of nutrients and enzymes improving your overall health

Raw Bite Founding Team

Thanks to the Raw Bite, we have a super easy option for on the go snacks that we can trust are healthy. If you have kids, you can feel proud about giving these snacks to your kids.  If you don’t have kids, you can enjoy them all to your self!

It’s just a bite.  Another important lesson to learn from the team at Raw Bite.  Sweet snacks do not have to consist of full double size candy bar to satisfy intense cravings.  Bite size snacking adds just the right amount of sweetness to your day.

Every time you eat, including snacks, is an opportunity to nourish your body.

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A purely perfect cup of joe

by rose muniz | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized

Coffee lovers commence! Why you ask? You deserve better and it’s here.

For avid coffee lovers, there may be days where one feels ‘guilty’ about enjoying their favorite cup of joe. Let’s face it, even the simplest daily habits can make or break us. If your coffee is not the quality your body needs then it will likely break you every time or most of the time. Either way as our friends at Purity Coffee have made a purely perfect cup of Joe and said, “It’s time for change. . .”

At Purity their team of scientists and coffee experts came together to make that change. After all the right coffee won’t break you, it may even help you live a longer and healthier life.  This depends of course on the quality of the coffee, your unique and individual body and the amount you consume.

When it comes to enjoying one to two cups a day, there is one reason why it is great to LOVE quality coffee!

Research provided by our favorite coffee partner Purity

According to the USDA in 2015

“Strong and consistent evidence shows that consumption of coffee within the moderate range is not associated with increased risk of major chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer and premature death in health adults.”

This debunks the myth, that coffee is “bad” for you – but – moderation is key, but wait there’s more! The quality of the coffee makes all the difference.

Lab results tell all:

Purity coffee enjoyed by friends!

• On average Purity contains 4X the antioxidants of the 12 leading organic coffee brands
• Contains 2X the antioxidants of the leading performance coffee brands
• High in antioxidants, yet free of the ‘bad’ stuff.
• Smooth taste and you FEEL the difference
• Coffee may limit risk and/or protect from Type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Dementia or Parkinson’s Disease
• Helps against depression and increase your happiness.

Not all coffee is created equal.  Coffee being the 2nd most traded commodity in the world, after oil, can be subject to harsh factors associated with mass production. Purity coffee maintains its health profile until it reaches your door.

This is why Fit Snack is over the moon for Purity Coffee.  They are dedicated to the science and sharing of the best brewed coffee that enhances the health and lives of people from all walks of life.

A must watch! Founders Andrew Salisbury and Jon Butcher breakdown their behind the scenes process behind making the worlds healthiest coffee! 

Interested in learning more?  The #1 mission at Purity is to educate their customers.  They have invested countless hours in developing a learning lab with everything from the farm, to the lab and ultimately brewing your perfect cup!

Fit Snack is proud to share Purity with you!

A HEALTH CONSCIOUS COFFEE COMPANY!

Making the world healthier one cup of coffee at a time.

Fit Snack’s Secret Weapon to Choosing Snacks!

by rose muniz | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

Each day is filled with choices. Choices to wake up happy, grumpy or energized. Choices on how to eat your eggs, what snacks to enjoy throughout the day and where to go to lunch.  The choices go on and on. How about making decisions easier with the Fit Snack selection secret weapon.

Taking time to “decision make” all day long is exhausting.   Especially when it comes to ‘what type of companies, brands and products’ should receive your support or money.  I recently read an article that you can save mental energy and creativity by creating a formula to decision making.   The author of the article even went as far as to order the 2nd item on the menu, every time he want out to eat.  Just to save him from the evaluation process.

Being a Foodie at heart, I wouldn’t want to give up my restaurant menu exploration, though I wish I had a cure for my indecisiveness over ALL of the options that sound amazing and FOMO over choosing the wrong item. So I started thinking, if I were to create a formula for decision making, what is one thing that would make a choice easy?  The answer that comes to me, is consciousness.  By that I mean, how conscious is the company I am evaluating?  Do they care about our planet?  Do consider the full ecosystem of their industry, rather than just the bottom line?  Do they create products that I can feel proud to purchase?

At Fit Snack, we have a huge responsibility to choose products that you will not only enjoy eating, but are healthy and we can feel good about supporting the brands behind them.  That is why, looking for high conscious snack companies is one of our SECRET WEAPONS! Yes. It’s true, we look for amazing companies who are creating snacks in a high conscious way,  snacks we are proud to share with our subscribers.

AmaziNG Snack Companies Unite!

Which brings me to Amazi – one of the highest conscious brands we have ever featured in our box!

Amazi is a mindful food company whose mission is to inspire local agricultural value chains and catalyze economic growth through the sales of healthy products.

They are a part of a local organic farming network, through this network, they are able to source organic high quality fruit.  They then work with Ugandan partners and food scientists who hand slice and small batch roast their fruit to perfection. They then package everything to be enjoyed by their trusted customers (including our Fit Snack subscribers!).  A portion of their proceeds then goes back to expand farming network, cooperatives, farmer training, direct trade practices and support local communities.

Now you see why “high conscious company” has become a part of our selection process. It allows us to attract snack companies like Amazi – who are AMAZING!