27 Jun 2015
by linettefm
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The market is full of breads from sliced, wheat, organic,artisan to non-gluten varieties and much more. Finding the bread is easy, but finding one that has real ingredients and tastes wonderful…….well, not so easy.
In our home, we love “brown breads”. This is what we call the molasses type to wheat breads, and even those seedy ones. As much as I do love baking and I do bake our white breads, I have not hit a satisfactory taste profile when it comes to wheat breads and I also would like to just get a loaf at the store, get home and just bake something else. I do not always have the freedom to do so because I’m the type of person that if I can’t find what I am looking for, I make it!
In comes Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery with their large selection of breads. They all fall into our “brown bread” kind of loaves, but they have everything from bagels, burger and hot dog buns. The breads may share a base color (tan or brown) but at first impression, I was worried they would all have the same base flavor and not really differ much than just what seed selection each bread has. Let us just say don’t judge a loaf by it’s cover!
My first loaf I purchased at Sprout’s Market and it was in the refrigerated section and the store had some issues like over stuffing the open fridge, so the loaves in the back were partially frozen. I opted on a fresher date, so that meant a semi-frozen loaf. I picked “The Big 16” variety and took it home and because we carry coolers when we shop, I figure I keep the same environment going and put it in the cooler. We got home and the following day we just tried a slice out of curiosity. Even though the loaf had been stressed because I later found out at Target they just keep it out with no refrigeration, this was an entire different playing field when it came to quality. The bread retained it’s moisture but most of all, it has everything I ever wanted in a wheat style bread. The ingredients are simple and understandable, plus as a baker it would be products I would use to make my own breads at home. The wheat is flavorful without those odd bitter notes and aftertaste you experience with most “brown breads”. I find companies use sugars and sweetened syrups to cover up both the bitter off flavors, but to keep the texture satisfactory, and let’s be realistic…….to try to extend the life span of the bread. Not Silver Hills Bakery!!! They let the bread do all the talking on it’s own and I dropped my favorite all time favorite Milton bread over this loaf. This was after just one bite of a naked slice. Nothing else and I already knew I had a winner. I also like that each slice is around 100 calories and did I mention organic and Non-GMO ingredients? Plus, vegan and non-Dairy ingredients too. they make a non-Gluten variety and nothing is loaded with sugars or any unwelcoming (so not necessary) ingredients. I went down the list on their website of all the breads they make and over and over I kept say, “I’d eat that”.
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I go out shopping and because the first loaf was so welcomed, I buy another variety but at Target this time. It’s called the Squirrely Bread and I see it has exactly what I look for in a bread of this type, down to the sunflower seeds. Again, we bring it home and this is when I found out that the breads from Silver Hills Bakery are all each their own. This one tasted nothing like the loaf before! It even tasted better and my Husband remarked you gotta buy this one again, plus I want to try the Little Big Bread they carry. Yup, I’m taking orders now of what loaf to pick-up because even my family knows that this is now our “go-to” brand.
I feel bad that I never noticed Silver Hills Bakery Breads before but I now not only have made them a part of my permanent grocery list, I now get to share them with others. I am not the only one that enjoys these breads because two Targets on different days and each one was out of the Little Big Bread. The tag was there, so I know they carry it but I will catch it when it’s back in stock. I’m on a mission! I also have added the conquest to get my hands on those bagels they make and why not the hamburger and hot dog buns too! It’s nice to go into a store and pick-up bread like a normal person again 🙂 Make your taste buds sing and try something that is new, different and better…….get your hands on a loaf of Silver Hills Bakery bread and just one slice will make you a believer! You just have to promise to leave the last Little Big Bread loaf for me.
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06 Oct 2014
by linettefm
in All Natural, Food, Health and Beauty, Home, Living, Non-GMO, Organic, Product Samples, Product testing, Samples
Tags: 100% Natural, 23 Vitamins, All Natural, Almond Butter, Almonds, AND OTHER TREE NUTS, anti-aging, Antioxidants, Apricot, Assorted Flavors, Banana, Banana Nut Bread, Barley Malt Extract], beauty, Black Cherry Almond, Blueberry Crisp, Carrot Cake, chocolate, Chocolate Almond Fudge, Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch, Chocolate Chips (Dried Cane Syrup, Clif, Clif Bar, Clif Bar & Company, Clif Bars, ClifCrunch® (Apple Fiber, ClifPro® (Soy Rice Crisps [Soy Protein Isolate, Cocoa Butter‡, Cocoa‡, Coconut Chocolate Chip, cookie, Cool Mint Chocolate, Crunchy Peanut Butter, Energy, energy bar, Energy meals, Fiber, fitness, Flavors, Food, Health, health and beauty, healthy eating, Healthy living, Iced Gingerbread, Inulin [Chicory Extract], Luna Bar, Luna Protein Bar, Maple Nut, meal rplacement, minerals, natural, Natural Flavors, Natural Vitamin E (Antioxidant). ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS SOY AND ALMONDS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, Non GMO, Oatmeal Raisin Walnut, organic, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Cane Syrup, Organic Fig Paste, Organic Milled Flaxseed, Organic Oat Fiber, Organic Psyllium), Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Soy Flour), Peanuts, Protein, Review, Rice Flour, rolled oats, Sea Salt, snack, snack food, snacks, Soy Lecithin, The Better Bars, Unsweetened Chocolate‡, Vanilla Extract, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamine, WHEAT
We started on a little journey here with Clif Bar & Company. And as we already established, Clif Bars rock. But what about another line from Clif Bar & Company? Like their Luna Bar and Luna Protein lines? Do those rock too? I’m here to say a big and enthusiastic “Yup!”. These rock almost as hard, if not harder. Because chocolate. This is a choco house, as any regular reader knows. And adding chocolate turns almost everything up to 11. So let’s turn it up to 11 right now.
Luna bars are the take anywhere for any meal plan bars that I have eaten and munched on for years. There are sooooooo many flavors to choose from, I challenge you to say you can’t find one you like. It just can’t be done. I’ll just blindly reach over into the heaping pile of yum Clif Bar sent me, and grab a random flavor as an example.
Peanut Honey Pretzel. 9g of protein, 3g of fiber, vitamins A, B(1,2,3,6 and 12), C, D, and E, 70% organic, Core 4 essential nutrients (Calcium, iron, folic acid and vitamin D), it’s a perfect snack, quick meal on the go, of addition to any meal at any time of day. Oh, a day did I mention, these taste good too? Big chunks of fruit, whole nuts, whole grains, just a touch of 
sweet and sometimes chocolate. There’s nothing in these I don’t love. Even Hubby has snuck a few from time to time (Stop it, girly man. These are for US!). Usually he snakes the ones with peanut butter or some variation of that theme. Luna bars are also filled with ingredients that Clif has gone out of their way to source from non-GMO suppliers. Thanks for that, because I’m tired of Franken-food. Even this time year. (boo!)
The fun didn’t stop there, though. Because there’s an offshoot of the Luna line. The Luna Protein bar. Packed with the same Core 4 nutrients, non-GMO sourced ingredients, and normal looking foods, there’s now 12g of protein in a smaller snack-sized bar. Grabbing again at the plethora of delicious Clif was so kind to send me yields me a Chocolate Cherry Almond bar. 
Coated in luscious chocolate, filled with dried cherries, whole almonds, whey protein, macadamia nut butter and organic vanilla extract, this bar is decadent. This 1.6 oz. bar only has 180 calories. But for those of us in a rush (and we established in my last post that we all
are, for better or worse), these bars are heaven sent. Fills you up without making you sluggish and has enough good stuff to keep you powering through to the next meal. Heap big win.
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Flavors? Psssh. There’s one for everyone. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Chocolate Peanut Butter. Lemon Vanilla. Chocolate Coconut Almond. Trust me, Luna’s got you covered.
The long and the short of this is, skipping meals rarely does you any good. In our go, go, GO world, we need the fuel to keep our “get up and go” from having “got up and went”. A bag of chips won’t do it. An “energy drink” is just a seizure in a can. Candy bar? Do you really hate your body that much? Luna bars are an affordable and smart option. Throw it in your purse, pocket or bag. It fits. Not just it’s size. It fits your life.
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17 Sep 2014
by linettefm
in All Natural, Food, Health and Beauty, Kids, Living, Non-GMO, Organic, Product testing, Review
Tags: 100% Natural, 23 Vitamins, All Natural, Almond Butter, Almonds, AND OTHER TREE NUTS, anti-aging, Antioxidants, Apricot, Assorted Flavors, Banana, Banana Nut Bread, Barley Malt Extract], beauty, Black Cherry Almond, Blueberry Crisp, Carrot Cake, chocolate, Chocolate Almond Fudge, Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch, Chocolate Chips (Dried Cane Syrup, Clif, Clif Bar, Clif Bar & Company, Clif Bars, ClifCrunch® (Apple Fiber, ClifPro® (Soy Rice Crisps [Soy Protein Isolate, Cocoa Butter‡, Cocoa‡, Coconut Chocolate Chip, cookie, Cool Mint Chocolate, Crunchy Peanut Butter, Energy, energy bar, Energy meals, Fiber, fitness, Flavors, Food, Health, health and beauty, healthy eating, Healthy living, Iced Gingerbread, Inulin [Chicory Extract], Luna Bar, Luna Protein Bar, Maple Nut, meal rplacement, minerals, natural, Natural Flavors, Natural Vitamin E (Antioxidant). ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS SOY AND ALMONDS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, Non GMO, Oatmeal Raisin Walnut, organic, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Cane Syrup, Organic Fig Paste, Organic Milled Flaxseed, Organic Oat Fiber, Organic Psyllium), Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Soy Flour), Peanuts, Protein, Review, Rice Flour, rolled oats, Sea Salt, snack, snack food, snacks, Soy Lecithin, The Better Bars, Unsweetened Chocolate‡, Vanilla Extract, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamine, WHEAT
Every one is in a rush. I am. Hubby is. You are. It’s like we lost hours in the day somewhere. So when Clif Bar & Company offered to send me some products to test, I said “Yes, Please!”. As much as I love to cook and bake, when it’s this hot, a runnin’ oven is no bueno. Imagine my surprise when a box came loaded with treats from their Clif, Luna, AND Luna Protein bar lines! I did a little mental backflip of joy, because a physical one in this weather might just have killed me.
A small note, my bars were somewhat mushy and melty due to the extreme heat. This is in no way indicative of Clif’s Q.C. people. The weather is beyond everyone’s control and I’ve had enough Luna bars to know this is waaaaay outside of their norm.
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Clif bars are an awesome way to fill your food hole on the run. And it seems we’re all on the run anymore in some form or fashion. The first thing to suffer, after sleep, is usually nutrition. We grab something at the market to nuke or **shudder** drive through somewhere. Yes, even I’m guilty of that. How nice is it, then, that Clif packs enough good stuff in their bars to keep you motorin’ until dinner. Plenty of carbs, fiber, and protein and just around 200-250 calories per 2-3 ounce bar. A, B, C, and E vitamins. Flax seeds, rolled oats, real fruits and nuts, almond butter, fig paste, sea salt. Hey, I can pronounce these! Nice. And organic, rainforest certified and non-gmo sourced, too. Not too shabby at around $1.50 (or less) per bar! The texture is great (and remember, these had been stuck in nasty California heat for DAYS), the flavors rock, and it fits in your pocket or purse. It fills you up without dragging you down, and that’s win-win in my book. Clif says they pride themselves on “kitchen made” bars, and you can see, feel, and taste the dedication to that in every bite.
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Speaking of flavors, holy monkey are there a lot of good ones here. Black Cherry Almond. Blueberry Crisp. White Chocolate Macadamia. Chocolate Brownie. Seasonal flavors like Spiced Pumpkin Pie and Iced Gingerbread. I could go on and on. There’s a flavor for everyone, and they all ROCK.
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If I had one knock, it’s that the protein is soy-based. A lot of folks, Hubby included, are sensitive, if not outright allergic, to soy proteins. I would love to see Clif bars come out with a whey protein line as well, but for the price, they are tough to beat. I’ve been known to stock up during 5 for $5 sales, and the only hard parts are getting into the stores early to get my favorites and limiting myself to 5 or 10 at a time. Plenty of energy and punch to get you through the day with these little bars! You could do a lot worse with a midday meal or snack. You probably have. I know I have. I guarantee you hubby has. Now there’s really no excuse. Grab some Clif bars. Do it now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. I promise not to start my Luna Bar review without you.
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