The Food Show: Snacktastic!

When I came home from a five-day work trip on Tuesday night there was two little treats waiting for me. Well one treat was a little bigger than the other- it was my new boots from Duo Boots in the UK. (Which were a perfect fit by the way!)

The other was from my mum- who had dropped in Food Show preview tickets for me. So, in the interests of family peace and a desire to explore some of the hundreds of stands I was in- and ready.

I've got a pile of awesome ideas from it that I'm planning to share at some stage, but I thought I'd cover some of the cool snack ideas and products I found. To be honest we pretty much had a lunch of tiny samples, though I was interested to see how much fussier I've become (well besides the Lindt Touch of Sea Salt Chocolate which could now be my all time favourite) in that I only want to snack on the healthier options- even when giving myself a free pass to just enjoy the day.

So what did I find? Well there were a few old favourites I wasn't expecting to be charmed by. I used to be a real Cruskits girl, but they have got a little boring. What the chefs on the stand did was put a little bit of relish and grated cheese on top then grill them- the cruskits were crunchy. It was yummy!

I bought up bags of the mini bagel crisps- only sixty five calories a pack, and the new raisin ones are sweet and feel treatish without fat or piles of sugar. They are my new "pop in the lunchbox" extra for the girls.

The new chocolate covered prunes had me a little over-excited- I think my mum rolled her eyes at the idea as I dragged her over to try them, then was pleasantly surprised. We also bought their new chopped prune packs for snacks. (I had to hide them away from two of my girls who are prune fields- they'd demolish the pack in moments! But I have sprinkled a few on my muesli to soak over night)

The top snack treat had to be from the Fair Trade banana and Kokako stall. They had a bunch of frozen bananas that they were whizzing up into ice-cream- no added sugar or flavours and it was delicious! My four year old couldn't get enough of it. I'm planning to make it a regular - we often have a few extra bananas at the end of the week that could be frozen and turned into ice cream.

All of these felt indulgent but were low cal and healthy. What's your favourite low cal but healthy treat? Are you planning to go to the food show?

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