Nothing But Freeze Dried Snacks – Review

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Nothing But are a unique range of snacks in that they are completely natural and each bag contains one of your five a day. With a variety of fruit and vegetable combinations available, we received a selection to try out.

Available in the following flavour combinations:

Sliced Beetroot and Parsnip
Pea and Sweetcorn
Mange Tout and Red Pepper
Strawberry and Banana
Pineapple and Grape
Apple and Fig

They are called Nothing But for a reason, there is literally nothing but the vegetables or fruits mentioned inside the bag. The fresh products are freeze dried which removes the water content and leaving most of the colour and all of the nutrients contained within the food. The bags have cleverly been portioned to ensure they contain the required amount of fruit or veg to give you one of your five a day.

I have tried a few flavours of these before and the colours are more vibrant than I expected with the pieces being easily recognisable. They do taste like the vegetable they are but obviously a dry, crisp version. As this is nothing else added, there is no other flavours so no strong tastes to put you off. Being purely fruit and vegetables does mean that they are exceptionally low calorie, therefore I see these as being a great snack to use for healthy eating. Easy to take out and about as they come in individually portioned packs, or eaten at home, these are handy to have when you fancy a nibble, but want something healthy.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the snacks in order to write the review.

Nothing But Snacks – Review

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Nothing But. are a new, healthy snack that not only contains real vegetables but each pack contains 1 of your 5 a day portions of vegetables. I was fortunate to receive a couple of packs of Beetroot & Parsnip and Mange Tout & Red Pepper flavours.

I was really excited to try these for many reasons, I love vegetable snacks, I’m trying to follow a healthy eating plan and I’m vegetarian. They are also suitable for vegans, are gluten free with no added fat, sugar, salt or preservatives.

These are literally freeze dried vegetables in a packet with just 26 calories a pack for the Mange Tout & Red Pepper snack and just 36 calories for the Slice Beetroot & Parsnip snack. You can’t get better than that!

I was amazed by the bright, vibrant colours of the vegetables, they looked crunchy and inviting. When you bite into them they are light as air, although the taste of the vegetable clearly comes through.

I enjoyed these and think with them being one of your five a day and low calorie makes them ideal for healthy eating, although you have to bear in mind that they won’t be overly filling. I also would have liked to have seen a few more in each bag than there was.

What I did discover though it that these make the perfect low fat accompaniment to houmous. I had some red pepper houmous in the fridge and dipped the freeze dried vegetables into it – absolutely divine!! It gave an added burst of flavour and for me is an ideal healthy, low calorie snack.

Nothing But, for me, make a delicious snack with houmous and I’d definitely have this again. They are also available in another flavour, Pea and Sweetcorn which would be interesting to try.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the product in order to write the review.

Homemade Pizza with Miss M

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Fiona Martin

Miss M loves to help out with cooking and baking whenever she can, so when I mentioned that I was making a homemade roasted vegetable pizza for dinner the other night, she jumped at the chance to assist mummy in whatever way she could.

She started off by kneading the dough for the pizza base and rolling it out, then was keen to put the toppings on herself. So in the end I let Miss M take control while I took a little video of her preparing the pizza to go in the oven. I just love the constant smile on her face as she tackles each stage of the preparation, carefully placing the roasted vegetables in neat little rows one by one, showing her enthusiasm and just how much she is thoroughly enjoying her little pizza making project.

I think it is important to encourage and engage children in the preparation of food as they not only learn about the ingredients that are used and how they are put together but it gives them more of an incentive to eat their dinner and try new foods that they may have been apprehensive about. And most importantly they gain many valuable new skills that will be used not only in their childhood but throughout the rest of their life.

Here is Miss M in action: