Showing posts with label healthy snacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy snacks. Show all posts
6/11/2025
DJ&A Shiitake Mushroom Crisps Smoked Chilli and Garlic (30 gms)
I gave this DJ&A of shiitake Mushroom Crisps a try. Not as good as the other one, it has a big punch of chilli that might not be everyone's cup of tea. Personally, I found that the chilli was unevenly sprinkled, so some mushrooms were extremely hot and I didn't like them, while others medium hot or mid hot, and I liked them. They are still good but I prefer the unflavoured variety. This is a healthy snack but, mind, it has sugar in it, something to be aware if you're diabetic.
5/30/2025
DJ & A Natural Kale Chips (6 g)
I'm disappointed with this Kale Chips. I often prepare kale chips in my air-fryer; I just clean the leaves, remove the stalks and leaf nerves, add olive oil and voila. This variety is not only pricey for the quantity but it doesn't taste good to me. It has a raw-ish flavour that I don't like plus all the leaf nerves were never removed, something that I don't find this enjoyable to eat. This chips are very crunchy and light, but the taste and texture is a miss for me and I won't buy them again.
DJ&A Shiitake Mushroom Crisps (65gs)
This is one of my favourite DJ&A healthy snack varieties. I cannot tell loud enough how good this tastes. It is full roasted and wonderfully seasoned full mushrooms. Crunchy. Satisfying. Filling. One of those bags that you cannot put down till the last bit is in your belly. It is also a great satisfying snack to have in your bag on long commutes because it curves your hanger.
DJ & A Crispy Garlic Cloves (45 g)
This is the most innovative healthy snack that I've come across in a long time. Yes, it is mostly roasted garlic with seasoning and spices. This is a very crunchy snack that, despite being mostly garlic, does taste good. It is not raw garlic you know. To me this is not a snack bag that I munch on from opening till the last bit is eaten. It is for me to pick 3-4 cloves and that's it. It makes a great add-on in snack mixes. I will try to use them in cooking to see how they perform.
5/28/2025
DJ & A Green Bean Crisps (30g)
After discovering this range of healthy snacks I decided to try this variety. Beforehand, was the least J&A snack in my list. I love green beans but I thought this might taste a bit odd if the taste was true to the green beans. Indeed, these crisps taste a bit odd, but in a good way. Unusual is the word. They are still crunchy and taste good overall. A bit pricey for the quantity.
5/24/2025
DJ & A Crispy Broccoli Florets (45 g)
I bought these for the same reason I buy anything new that comes out to the market, to try it. In all honesty, I was not expecting much broccoli in the bag. Instead I was surprised with a vegan natural product that has mostly broccoli in it. It tastes delicious and is super-crunchy. The additives are minimal and all natural. I will be buying them again.
10/26/2024
Natural Chip Co Sea Salt Potato Chips 175 g
Very nice brand of chips. Just chips and salt, nothing else added. They are crunchy but not as crunchy as other brands. I don't like chips that are too salty, but, to me, these reduced-salt is a bit too reduced. For me, they would have needed of a tiny bit of more salt to be tastier. For the rest, lovely chips.
10/06/2024
Shary Freeze Dried Strawberry Crisps 20 g, Small
This mini bag of strawberry crisps is just a great snack with no artificial ingredients added at all. Just dried frozen crunchy flavoursome whole strawberry pieces with a bit of sugar added. Just a bit, not overly sweet and it's also low calories. I would have loved the product au natural without sugar added to be honest. The description page fails to mention that the product has 3% sugar cane, as per my photo, which is important to know for diabetics or people with high sugar levels in blood. For the rest a natural healthy (or healthier than most) snack. A bit pricey for what it is.
9/21/2024
The Happy Snack Company Roasted and Lightly Salted Fava Beans (6 x 25g )
I confess that I had a favourable bias towards toasted/roasted fava beans (broadbeans) because I grew up in the Mediterranean where this has always been around.
This is one of my favourite healthy snacks. Unlike many other healthy packaged stuff that I've tried, this snack is actually terrific regarding flavour, crunchiness and health ratings. Too many healthy snacks are tasteless, have too much sweetener, or still have sugar in them, or are not pure ingredients. Instead, this is a yummy crunchy flavoursome snack that is all natural, has no sugar, no gluten, no fats, vegan and, to top it all, it's made in Oz. Best thing, it's tastes great. I've also noticed that when I am hungry at work and have one of these mini bags as snack, it curves down my appetite for good.
I love this packaging with individual bags, as it's perfect to control portion size and to carry around in my small handbag, or to put in my lunch box or stock it in my office drawers.
This is one of my favourite healthy snacks. Unlike many other healthy packaged stuff that I've tried, this snack is actually terrific regarding flavour, crunchiness and health ratings. Too many healthy snacks are tasteless, have too much sweetener, or still have sugar in them, or are not pure ingredients. Instead, this is a yummy crunchy flavoursome snack that is all natural, has no sugar, no gluten, no fats, vegan and, to top it all, it's made in Oz. Best thing, it's tastes great. I've also noticed that when I am hungry at work and have one of these mini bags as snack, it curves down my appetite for good.
I love this packaging with individual bags, as it's perfect to control portion size and to carry around in my small handbag, or to put in my lunch box or stock it in my office drawers.
7/23/2024
Bains Wholefoods Chickpea Chips Original Flavour, 100 g
I'm always on the lookout for healthy snacks. This one appealed to me immediately as it is made of chickpeas, a product that I love. This snack is made of all healthy stuff, as healthy as it gets, mostly chickpea flower, peas, rice, spices and oil. No nasty preservatives. But it is not really chickpeas, it's a mix of chickpeas, rice, peas, sunflower and other stuff. That would be OK if the flavour was stronger. It is mild and lovely, with the chilly being just hinted, but nothing that invites me to buy it again. The crunch is barely there, and that's the main disappointment for me. It's healthy. Yummy? No.