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 Smokey Barbecue Activated Sprouted Seeds are a combination of mostly sunflower seeds and pumpkins seeds with a heavy seasoning to give it some kick. I like that they don’t skimp on the flavor, because these seeds on their own are not my favorite taste. -Pretty Good Size bag -Good bbq flavor, no shortage of taste and seasoning. Slight smokey taste. -Low carb snack These are pretty good. But they don’t get me excited enough to seek them out again. 
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 If you read this blog you know that I am constantly on the look-out for Low Carb products that meet my lifestyle and help to make my life a bit easier. Saving time on cooking, and having a variety of snacks available help to make the diet a bit easier on myself so I don’t get bored with the same old things. So when I discovered that there was a new subscription service that sends you products that fit within the low carb lifestyle I was on board. Keto Krate is a new subscription box that is available in the long list of to your door monthly box subscriptions that is specifically geared towards the Keto and low carb lifestyle. They guarantee that all items in the box will be less than 5 carbs per serving and that the value of the collected items products will always exceed the cost of the box. My desire to find some new snacks that were low carb is really what made me decide to give it a try, that plus who doesn’t like a surprise now and then. My review's for the individual products in this box will be cut short here. I will be doing more in-depth reviews on each product and share links to those reviews here as I complete them. Right now I just want to talk about this month's box and what I got as a whole.  So every box has a nice little welcome card that explains all the items you received and then usually has some promo codes in case you need more of something. I have already found myself using this for a snack I receive in my last box that no one carried in the stores near me. I had to have some more so having a little discount was great to give me the incentive to get some shipped to me. Lots of great items this month and a couple that I was pretty excited to try out. So what was in my box this month? The box for June is a nice well rounded box. A nice variety of items. I like when they provide something that sustains beyond a single taste. So a bag of Blondie brownie mix seems like a fun thing to try. I enjoyed the flax crackers from last time and look forward to trying the new flavor. La Croix isn't new to me but I love some sparking water in the summer. A new cereal bar to try in great. I eat bars for breakfast all the time and love anything cinnamon. I look forward to trying this one out. Another meat stick. And a Chocolate Chip Cookie that is low in sugar. Interesting in this cookie as I never get cookies anymore. This box has a little bit of everything and is a nice variety of things to try. I look forward to trying each of them out. Its not my favorite of the boxes, but nothing in here I won't like so that’s always a plus. Food Alive Onion Garlic Flax Crackers
Good Dee's Sugar Free Blondies Mix La Croix Melon Pomelo Chocolate Chip Keto Kookie Quest Cinnamon Roll Cereal Bar Everly Strawberry Lemonade The New Primal Uncured Bacon Pork Stick  The Chocolate SmartCake has to be my second favorite of the delicious line of SmartCake low carb snack cakes. Very moist and feels like it was just out of the oven. Great coco taste and still very light and airy. Taste closer to that’s of a chocolate muffin than a cupcake. Has a great sweet taste and wonderful to help those cravings of something sweet. These guys are crushing it. I hope they come out with more options and I would love to see these appear in some stores near me. Again, I can't recommend these enough if you are a person who love cake or muffins but want to keep your carbs low. Zero carbs is really a no brainer.
 After trying the Cinnamon Smartcake not to long ago I had to try the other flavors this company made. It was really good. The next one on the list was the Coconut Smartcake. This cake is really yummy. It has a slight coconut taste and even has small pieces of coconut in it. What stood out to me is how moist this cake is. It feels very fresh. Super tasty and yummy. They put a little extra sweetener on top of these just like a muffin. Very light and airy. I shared one with a friend to try. He was also impressed. I think it's interesting that most of the ingredients listed are natural. That seems pretty rare to me. Usually it's some weird amalgam of natural flours and lab stuff. This didn’t seem to be that way. I will definitely be getting more of these in the future.    I get sent Beef Jerky to try all the time. Some can be winners and some not so much. Personally I love a good piece of jerky that is dry but still soft. Nothing that is difficult to chew. The latest jerky for me has hit it right on the mark. People's Choice Carne Seca Limon Con Chile Jerky is not only a fresh and not too dried out jerky, it is also incredibly flavorful. It has the slightest bit of kick to it but it's not overpowering at all. Good flavor that will not be trumped by heat. I am a little ashamed to say that I actually ate the entire bag of this in one sitting. Jerky should be savored, but this stuff was really good. Few jerky's make me want to pay the shipping to get more, but this one actually stood out as one worth having again.   I have had kale chips many times before. Even made them at home myself, so I am not sure why I was nervous to try this kind. Maybe the flavor was what scared me. In my experience bacon flavored thing usually end up tasting more nasty than anything else. With that thought in the back of my mind I was a little bit worried. Still it was time to rip the band aid off and try Rhythm Superfoods Roasted Kale Smokey Bacon flavored. When I opened the bag to this stuff I was only more worried. It stinks. The scent isn't really going to be for everyone. I had to look past that and just dive in with a bite. My perception changed instantly. The flavoring on them is actually pretty good. The bacon part doesn’t stand out to much. I would actually just call it a general Smokey flavor. Pretty tasty. It did leave a bit of an aftertaste on my mouth of kale, but wasn’t awful. I could see this being a favorite snack for some people. Not sure about me. It's kind of like eating flavored air. And While I love salty things, it may not fill you up much and you may be eating more salt than anything else. Still, you kale lovers may want to try them.   I get excited over trying a new product that can be an addition to what I have at breakfast time. A new cereal option always appeals to me. So in my latest Keto Krate when I was sent a bag of AdaptMeal Original Cereal Mix I was really excited to try it. Granted the items in the past I have tried from this company hasn’t really stood out to me, this on seemed simple enough and I looked forward to giving a it a try. I haven't had a chance to try any other recipes like a shake or cookies yet, and I hope to soon, but I have tried a basic bowl of hot cereal. I used a little almond milk, added some sweetener and cinnamon. It was pretty good. Only the serving size seems kind of small. Two tables spoons didn’t seem to equate to a very big bowl of cereal after adding the milk. But the taste with the cinnamon was good. It's close to that of a malt-o-meal cereal in its texture. Of course it's really as sweet as you want it to be but it does have a nice mild vanilla taste to it. Pretty good. The downfall with this stuff is probably the price. Like most low carb products they aren't that cheap. One bag runs about $26 bucks. Again. It’s a great option. But is it worth the price. I guess that sup to you.   I eat a lot of protein bars. To be honest, more often than not, they are what I have for a quick and easy breakfast. I usually try to stick to bars that are less than 4 carbs and nothing more. Carbs add up fast in this life and wasting them on a sugary bar is a bad idea. That’s why I was looking forward to a new bar that was low in carbs and would be a great fit at breakfast time. I am specifically talking about Quest Cereal Bars. Quest Waffle Flavored Cereal Protein Bar is a great change from what I normally have and actually tastes like a cereal bar should. It has a great crunch to it and the taste is nice and maple flavored with a great sweetness. These fit perfectly for a breakfast bar. The carbs are low which is great too. These almost tasty like what a cereal breakfast bar would taste like buy a major brand like Kellogg's. I would have this again for sure.   More recently I have had the ability to try several snack cakes that are working to get into the Snack cake market for low carbers. I think it's really exciting to see what new products come out of this and it's great to see what items will fill that void of desserts and cakes that so many of us have. The newest one to hit shelves is called Smartcakes. I tried their Cinnamon Smartcake and if the rest of their products are anything like this one, then I am absolutely pumped to try them. This Cinnamon cake is hands down, without a doubt the best tasting snack cake I have tried! So moist and fresh with a great texture and wonderful sweetness that doesn’t taste artificial. The cinnamon is fantastic too. It's just like a cinnamon muffin. Wow. I am a fan. This thing tastes so good it treads on dessert I think, but still I'm not opposed to enjoying it for breakfast. The most amazing part about it is that it is actually zero carbs. That’s right, you heard me. No carbs. After you subtract the fiber and the sugar alcohol it zeros out. Can this be real? I have no idea! But I will for sure be ordering some of these right away!  There another beef stick to add to the list. The Vermont Smoke & Cure Cracked Pepper Beef and Pork Stick is juicy and the texture is good. But for some reason when it says cracked pepper on it I expected a bit more of a bold taste. This didn’t have that. Pretty forgettable in the flavor department.  |
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