5. Bake for 45-50 minutes (times will depend on your oven)

Make sure to let it cool before storing.



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Nourish Me Well... I love the name, and it sounds delicious! When I was contacted if I wanted to review a box, I jumped onto their website here and was instantly in love (I then quickly followed them on Instagram @nourishmewell_box).


As of late, I've mainly been blogging about one of my true loves: books, but every now and then you'll see me post something about food and health/wellness - my other loves.

I received this box early in the morning before I went to work, so of course I ripped it open and had to know what I was getting into. The bad news - I had to only look and not take (eat) and head off to work, waiting for home time until I could race back, take some photos while there was still some natural lighting and then I could dig in, and dig in I did.

The Nourish Me Well box is the newest health food premium subscription service. This one is for Australian's only and contains some incredibly yummy goods. Each month contains 5-8 full size products delivered straight to your door, once a month for only $34.95. Now I know this seems quite a bit, but I did say premium. If you can forgo your daily coffee's and bring your lunch to work - this is totally affordable, especially when you're getting full sized goodies!

There are three options when subscribing: you can go month by month, 3 monthly (save $10) or 6 monthly (save $20) and you cancel anytime, no catch!

Now let's take a look inside the box:

1. Naturally Nood Bars: Cocoa Lamington Bars
These great little bars are packed with real food and none of that fake stuff. These are great for on the go, taking them to work or school, or just that 'I need a snack' moment. These are one of my favourite things in this box and would definitely buy them for my future 'I need a snack' moments.
RRP Single 35g bar $2.49, 4x35g bars $6.99

2. Kitz Living Foods: Coconut Dream Classic
I love me some coconut goodness and for there to be minimal and organic ingredients - yes please! Sweetened with brown rice syrup makes it not too sweet (therefore, perfect) and still gives that chewy goodness. My mum gave me a great idea to make my own bounty bars out of them (using the cacao powder later mentioned, I will be doing this!)
RRP 150g $11.60

3. Thinkfood: Pistachio Cranberry/Cashew Sesame Munch
I got the Pistachio Cranberry flavour and holy goodness, let us pray! This was my other favourite of this box and were the first thing I ripped open. A lot of products similar to this are too sweet, but this is the perfect amount mixed in with some salty to savour your taste buds. They come in bite size pieces and you can either eat this all at once or snack on during the day - I took them to work and made sure I didn't get them out in front of people so I didn't feel obligated to share. I will definitely be repurchasing these.
RRP 140g $5.50, 20g mini range $1

4. Byron Chai: Indian Spiced Tea
When I opened up the packet it was such an intense smell; chai will do that to you though. On my info card included in the box, there is a serving suggestion which I sort of followed and it was pretty good! I think it'll taste best with milk so I added almond milk - keeping it vegan and let it sit for a bit. This doesn't come in tea bags, so you need to be able to strain it if you don't have a tea infuser - these are really cheap though! Overall, not too bad - not my favourite but I'm a tea lover for sure.
RRP 100g $5.99


5. Power Superfoods: Raw Organic Cacao Powder
I haven't opened this, simply because I already have an opened one in my cupboard. But I'm very happy it's in this box and I now don't have to buy another one :) Want to know something interesting? This particular cacao powder has over 360% more antioxidants than regular cocoa; cool hey? I know I'll enjoy this as I use it a lot already!
RRP 125g $7.95

6. Sealand Birch: Birch Water
Birch tree sap tapped from the trees to the bottle. This one made me the most curious... When I first took a sip, I didn't really like it - I'm not really sure how to describe it but I know people will definitely like this! Especially the others flavours, which I'm also curious about. How I enjoyed my Birch Water, was putting about 1/4-1/3 of the bottle into my water bottle so it was a little diluted and I found it refreshing and delicious :)
RRP $4.95


Like mentioned earlier, you can find out all the information you need to know here and you should definitely give their Instagram a follow @nourishmewell_box because they are currently holding a GIVEAWAY for their February box! This box was not only delicious, but I love trying new things and I will seriously be purchasing some of these at my local grocery store soon.

If you have any questions, please comment down below or you can ask me on Instagram (see below) and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Until next time, take care.
xx


Disclaimer: This subscription box was sent to me to review; all opinions are my own.



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Here for you today are my last Goodness Me box deliveries. I have combined them as I received my January box very late into the month, a week later came the February box. Both months boxes were definitely better than the previous two - in my opinion.

I have tried various items in both boxes and will let you know what I think below.

Hello everyone.

I know it hasn't been too long since my last post, but that's okay since this post should have been published a month ago!
As you may or may not have seen in November, I purchased a subscription box with 'Goodness Me'.
The Goodness Me Box is a health food box for $25 a month (free shipping).
In my November box I received an array of goodies, some of which I would repurchase, some which I will not. However, I love being able to try these food items and finding new health foods to continue to purchase in the future.



Here is what I got in my December box:

1. Higher Living: Vitality & Ginger Kick
I always love a good tea. The ingredients in all of Higher Living's teas are natural and certified organic herbs. Great for you're feeling a bit sick, or whenever else you want it!
15-20 bag pack RRP$3.69

2. Henry Jones & Co: Fruit & Chia - Mango, Passionfruit & Chia Seeds
I haven't tried this yet as I have other jams in the fridge, but I'm looking forward to it! This would go well on toast, muesli, smoothies, oatmeal and on cheese boards - yum!
290g RRP $4.99

3. Mayver's: Original Super Spread
I wanted to buy this a while back but didn't because I have a bunch of peanut butters I still need to get through - so I still haven't opened it yet but hope to soon. It looks super yummy and made up of (only) chia, sesame, almond and 4 'super nuts'. There's no added oils, salts or sugars and would be delicious on pretty much anything.
375g RRP $7.99



4. Lupin Foods: Lupin Flake
I never heard of this before it arrived in my Goodness Me Box. "Lupins are the world's richest natural source of combined protein and dietary fibre" (as said on the packaging). It can be used in salads, dips, muesli and protein balls (I'm also sure it can be used in many other recipes). I haven't used it myself yet as I'm still unsure what to use it with!
480g RRP $8.00

5. Jomei's Fine Foods: Balsamic Vinegar
I'm not the biggest fan of balsamic vinegar, unless it's on bruschetta. However, I have already opened this and let others use it and they loved it. I may be willing to try it out on other foods, but never the usual foods people have it on (salads, meats, etc) - I thoroughly dislike the taste.
50ml RRP $5.20

6. Crio Bru: Brewed Cocoa
Made form 100% roasted cocoa beans and nothing else. It is to be brewed like coffee - it has instructions on the packet. I haven't tried this yet as I am trying to find an easier way of brewing it. I definitely look forward to it though.
71g RRP $4.00

7. Naked Paleo: Cacao Almond Paleo Bar
I didn't finish this and gave the rest to my boyfriend. It was okay, very paleo-y (duh!) which I'm not the biggest fan of. If you like paleo bars you'll definitely like it and I love the packaging, but I wouldn't repurchase it for myself.
65g RRP $4.50

So that concludes this months box. Quite a few things in here that I'm happy about! And some, not fussed. I'm glad I got to try them though.

Next months box (January) will be my last box as I will cancel my subscription - I still have plenty of food in my cupboards! I will be posting next months box as well so stayed for that.
If you want to join up, click here.

Hope everyone is having a lovely start to 2015!



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Over a month ago I came across 'Goodness Me' - a subscription box filled with healthy food goodies. I didn't join up straight away as I wanted to make sure that $25 per box was worth it.
I signed up for their emails so I could get some insight into the product. After waiting a couple of weeks and browsing through their Instagram (@goodnessmebox) I decided to go ahead with it only to find they had sold out of their November box!
A couple of weeks later in mid-late October they sent out an email announcing more boxes available so I went ahead with it! The hard part: waiting.

I have since received my first Goodness Me box (November 4th).

1. Sam Mills: Gluten Free Fettucine
100% corn pasta. Free from gluten, GMO, dairy, egg, soy and cholesterol. Low in GI and low in fat.
I received the full size of this product.
500g RRP $2.99

2. Higher Living: Green Tea Chai, Cocoa & Chilli and Licorice
100% natural and certified organic herbs are used. I love most tea, so this is a winner.
In this box I got two of each of the above flavours (6 in total).
15 or 20 pack RRP $3.69

3. Mama Bickie's: Grain-o-la
Made from wheat free oats, locally harvested nuts, natural maple syrup and organic coconut.
I got a single serving pot of 75grams. Would be great for a snack or breakfast when milk or yoghurt is added. This product has more sugar than I would usually go for, but I can imagine it'll be yum!
420g RRP $15.20 - very pricey!

4. Nakula: Organic Coconut Water
No added anything; one ingredient: organic coconut water.
I'm not actually a fan of coconut water. I'm yet to try the flavoured ones which I could possibly like. I would use it mixed in smoothies, just not by itself. What is pretty cool is that the company (Nakula) donates money - not sure how much - to provide drinking water for children in schools and orphanages in Asia for every one can that is sold.
I received a full size 330ml can.
330ml RRP $3.95

5. Luv Sum: Chocolate, Chia & Nut Naked Energy Shot
Contains chocolate, chia and assorted nuts which means it's going to be delicious!
I received one full size ball (42g) and I have already eaten it, loved it and would repurchase.
42g RRP $3.50

6. Bioglan: Camu Powder
The Camu Camu fruit contains a naturally high content of vitamin C, and is the highest known content than any other food. It has 23 times more vitamin C than a small orange!
Reduced to a powder, you can add a teaspoon to water, smoothies, juices, cooking, baking and desserts.
I received the full size 100g - score!
100g RRP $26.95

7. Norbu: Natural Sweetener
100% natural sweetener derived from monk fruit. 96% less calories than sugar, low GI, fructose free and GMO free.
I received 4 2g sachets.
200g canister RRP $7.99 or 40 sachet box 80g RRP $4.99

8. Ceres Organics: Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice
I wasn't really fussed about this product. What's great though is the combisafe packaging it's in as it keeps the product fresh without using additives or preservatives. I will definitely use this product as it's something I know I will like.
I received a full size.
390g RRP $3.15

9. Bite Smart: Paprika Dusted Organic Cashews
Free from preservatives and artificial additives.
I have already tasted these and wasn't fussed. There isn't much of a flavour, so I think an added herb or spice would make them tastier otherwise they don't have much of a market for me.
I received a 35g pack.
35g RRP $3.50 - you can get bigger packets that don't cost too much more.

So that was all the products in my first Goodness Me box. I am pretty impressed with it, however I have read on other consumers Instagram's that this box was not as good as previous boxes.
I definitely want to get the next box, and then I will decide from then whether I want to keep going with this box.
It also comes with two recipes each using one of the ingredients from the box, which is a good idea for those unsure on what to do with their products.
I am really glad I came across this subscription box. It gives you a chance to try a bunch of different 'clean' foods without having to buy full size products and for a discounted price.

If you're interested in signing up or just want to have a little look then click here!
I hope you enjoyed this post and see you soon!


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You read right.

When I first thought of this, I thought I was being original but then I thought about it and realised, no probably not. I then googled it and many images came up. But did they look as good as this?!?!?!





Super easy to make and with the right ingredients, not too bad for you!
*The ingredients I post will be what I used, however feel free to put on whatever you desire.

For one serve:

Ingredients:

• 1 wholemeal english muffin, halved
• Tomato paste
• 2-4 spinach leaves
• 4 cherry/grape tomatoes
• Dried basil
• Light mozzarella, grated
• Barbecue sauce

I actually posted a similar recipe (with blueberries) on my old blog, I was going to post it again but realised the pictures were rubbish. I wanted to make it again for both deliciousness and photos to repost however, I knew Beau (the boyfriend) would prefer apple over blueberries, so here is a healthy recipe for Apple Crumble... enjoy!

Fresh from the oven!

The perfect crumble-ness

Complete with (unhealthy) ice cream

Do you love pancakes? Of course you do.