Graze for the week of August 10-17

I have discovered a brand new love from this round of Graze. Banana shortbread with caramel dipping sauce. HO-LY CRAAAAAP. It is forbidden fruit (bananas) but when it's just three little cookies, I'm sure it won't hurt too bad. (I'm a dialysis patient and bananas are high in potassium, which is bad. If you want to know more, ask in the comment section.)

Everything else was good too, but the shortbread wins. I could eat this every day for the rest of EVER.

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Would you like to have a look? Of course you would!

The guts

Shortbread and caramel by themselves are fantastic. This was heaven on earth for me.

Jealous? You should be! 

Scandinavian Forest mix. Lingonberries, blueberries, cherries, raisins and apples.

Sour cream and onion cashews. Just as good as it sounds!

Americas Nut Mix. Peanuts, almonds, pecans, and brazil nuts.

I have to say I was extremely pleased with this box. Everything that came in it was delicious. The shortbread was the absolute best and now I have to find and perfect my own recipe for banana-caramel shortbread.

Grazebox: Delivery number 4

So far it seems that Graze always shows up in my mailbox on a day I have dialysis, which is awesome because then I already have a snack of my choosing just waiting for me! This time around, they actually already gave me a repeat of something I've already tried and "loved". That was the Immunity Nuts so I won't be discussing those this time around. Travel down with me and I'll tell you about the other snacks. 

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So as you can see in this box we have the repeat of the Immunity Nuts (those are seriously my top three favorite nuts all in one place... cashews, pistachios, and brazil nuts.) There is a British BBQ Mix (No idea what that is really supposed to mean). Black pepper popping corn and a Key Lime Pie theme snack mix.

I don't really care for rosemary, but this was truly delicious. I loved it. Especially the smoked almonds.

There were two different sorts of raisins here... green ones and the regular looking ones were lime flavored. I took one of each thing and tossed it into my mouth. Magical. Key Lime is made from aliens ;D

You know.

I already make my own popcorn this way so I KNOW it's good.

Key Lime close up. 

British BBQ close up.

A look into the corn.

Mmmmm.... peppery and delicious! 

This box was a complete win this time. I actually enjoyed everything they sent. So grateful to not have something weird I know I wouldn't like this time.

Grazebox for Independence!

I've actually had this box for a number of days already but I usually like to take my time and try everything out before I make my post so that I can review it at the same time I'm sharing what I actually received rather than just going on blind assumption that something will taste good or bad. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want to make sure I properly represent this box.

Makes sense, right? Well, to start off, this time around the box goes from sensible, natural brown to a very cute red, white, and blue print for the 4th of July. How festive! I loved seeing the change. So cheerful and fun!

And here is what came inside. Fruity Mango Chutney with black pepper dippers. Lightly Toasted Pistachios. Scrumptious Blueberry Swirl and Salted Fudge & Peanut Cookie.

I was the MOST excited about this flavor. As delicious as it SOUNDS it really wasn't that awesome. *sad face* The nuts tasted a little south of stale... they were on that weird soft-side where it felt they had sat out in humidity post-roasting and then sat around in a warehouse too long. The vanilla fudge was sort of hard. Tiny little hard blocks. I had also been under the assumption that the cookies would have been peanut butter cookies, but silly me, they were chocolate. That is not a complaint, just not what I would have gone by with the name. But you can see in the package and ON the package they are chocolate. I give this an "Eh."

Next thing I tried was the mango chutney. I did not care for this. Now the little cracker-stick things were great! But I am not a chutney girl. I just have never cared for it. It's like you take three questionable things and mix them together for what I would liken to spicy piss-jelly. Mango usually tastes rotten to start with. I don't mean it tastes bad, I mean in nature it just tastes like something that is 2 days away from fermentation. Vinegar is always very yes or very no for me. And then you add hot pepper flakes for that perfect what-in-the-actual-yuck factor. Never again, thanks.

This next one was delicious. How could they not be? It's pistachios. The perfect snack, in my opinion. 

Last up we have the Scrumptious Blueberry Swirl which was blueberry yogurt covered raisins, raspberry flavored cranberries and black currants. I decided to save this one for breakfast instead of having it as a snack. It worked out pretty well, though I think if I ever get this one in a box in the future I will just savor the raisins on their own. They lost something inside my yogurt. The following pictures is basically just a tease of my delicious breakfast. 

Chobani Simply Vanilla and Raw Ohio Honey. Mmmmm/

Add scrums

Honey

Mix and enjoy! So good!

 This box was a little hit or miss for me. I hope the next two boxes REALLY blow my mind. 

Oh! And if you guys would like to try it for yourself... enter the code you see below. You'll get your first and your fifth box for FREE!! 

Graze Box

Every two weeks, I get a new box from Graze. It's basically a sub box for healthy snacks. You can get your first and fifth box for free if you use my referral code. You can also score me a dollar off my next box. I like this particular sub because the box always seems to show up on dialysis days when I could use a light snack rather than fussing with making a dinner. It is much appreciated every time and it's only six bucks a box. I can't argue with that.

Here's what I got this time around!

A nice, no-nonsense package!

The goods!

So from right to left, top to bottom what we got was Apple & Cinnamon Flapjack. Basically it's like a soft-type granola with rolled oats and cinnamon and apples. Very delicious! Would be a nice breakfast with a cup of coffee. I happened to have it for dinner. 

Then Nature's Immunity Nuts. It was a simple mix of roasted pistachio, cashew, and brazil nuts. High in selenium and copper which is good for your immune system. Good, of course. 

Next is My Thai which is a Sweet Chili dipping sauce with baked soy bites. Now this is the ONLY one I haven't and won't try because I have been exceedingly nauseous this week and can't handle something of this caliber, so I will be passing it along to my father who lives for this sort of thing. Sorry guys. I just can't! 

And last but not least, Jelly Doughnut. This one was the best thing in the whole box! It really did taste just like a raspberry jelly doughnut! It's shaved almond, strips of raspberry fruit leather, dried cranberries, raspberries, and sponge pieces (basically like tiny little vanilla cookies). It was magical. 

Extremely happy with this box. Probably one of the most fun subs I have at the moment. It's like an adventure because you truly never know what will come in the next box.

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With all the subbing I've been experimenting I'd realized I haven't done one for food. A friend of mine was trying this out, so I decided I would give it a shot as well (and get her a buck off her next box, too!), My first box was pretty good. They have SO many different items they can send, so you really just never know what you're going to get. What I really like about these guys, so far, is that as you go along and try different items you can rate what you like and what you don't and if you HATE something they will never send it again.

I got Fruit and Seed Flapjack, which is a soft sort of granola bar-type item. I thought it was pretty good. I typically prefer a harder kind of granola but this made for an excellent snack. I enjoyed it.

Next was Smoky BBQ Corn which was a mix of cashews and corn nuts with a BBQ seasoning. THAT was addictive. I haven't had corn nuts since the late 90's and man, I forgot how much I loved them. I look forward to getting more of this in the future. Easily the best thing in the box!

Jalapeno Fiesta was a mix of nuts and seeds with a "spicy" seasoning. It could have been spicier. I really kind of hated this. If it had been hotter or even just more interesting on a flavor level I would have probably liked it better. I chose the "Trash" option for that one.

Lastly there was the Toffee Apple which was dried (but still soft and chewy) apple with a toffee dipping sauce. Very tasty. I am always a fan of anything caramel or apple or both. 

Overall, this box is fun and a great deal. My first and fifth boxes are free and the others are just six bucks a pop. I currently have it set to ship every two weeks but I have heard that if you unsub and resub there is an option to only do it once a month.