Foods I CAN'T Live Without

First, these are not whole foods. I eat whole foods ALL THE TIME, and they would probably bore you.  These are relatively "healthy" foods I eat in addition to the whole foods and think they are amazing and buy them often and have numerous supplies of them!

1. Birthday cake ice cream. This is first because it is the unhealthiest of the bunch and I wanted to get it out of the way. Whether it’s from an ice cream shop or the grocery store it’s A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I have gotten many friends to convert to this ice cream flavor. Who doesn't want to eat ice cream that tastes like cake? I said these were relatively healthy right? The carton says "1/2 the fat" people!
   
2. Sunbutter. I love nut/seed butters but this love affair didn't start until this year. I have been eating almond butter for years because I heard it’s “healthier” than peanut, but not until this year did I begin to branch out. Wegman's and Whole Foods have an amazing selection of all types of nut/seed butter, so one day I decided to try Sunbutter. LOVE IT. I have also converted many friends to this as well. The crunchy actually has whole sunflower seeds in it!!!!  
   
3. Fage Apples Cinnamon Rasin Greek Yogurt. I love all greek yogurt, and Fage (pronounced "fah-yay") is the best. I actually prefer Chobani’s flavor selection because it's so vast, however for the actual yogurt Fage takes the cake (when will they come out with birthday cake yogurt???). Fage and Chobani flavors aside this is my fav greek yogurt so far because I LOVE THE FALL, and this reminds me of it.
   
4. Wasabi and Soy Almonds. Nuts and wasabi… need I say more?
   
   
   
5. Kid Cliff Z Bars. I love cliff bars but I cant just snack on one with 240 calories each. I cant just eat half either because who opens a bar of any kind and only eats half? These made for kid bars are smaller and only have 120 calories so they are perfect anytime! And they have awesome flavors like chocolate brownie!!!
   
6. Barney Butter. Another of the nut/seed butter family. I always have this in my house and at office in addition to my sunbutter because its amazing. Its made with roasted almonds and is sooooo smooth.
   
7. Vanilla Crème Brulee Rice Cakes. I guess these are sort of healthy like the ice cream (healthier than actual crème brulee right?). Its basically like eating crème brulee in the form of a sweet little crunchy rice chip (I guess). Whatever, they taste awesome and you get to eat way more of them than real crème brulee because HELLO they don’t have a lot of calories. If you're really hungry crush them up and put them on your birthday cake ice cream lol!
   
8. Vanilla Almond and Soy Milk. I love love love both of these. I haven’t purchased regular milk in ages. First reason is because it expires too fast for me and almond/soy milks have a longer shelf life. Second, almond and soy milk come in yummy flavors =) like vanilla and chocolate. I usually only have unsweetened vanilla almond milk in my house. One whole cup only has 30 calories. I use it for everything I need vanilla flavored milk in (cereal, coffee, oatmeal, etc). When I need a little extra sweetness that more resembles milk (because almond milk is a bit thinner and more watery) I get Very Vanilla Silk Soy Milk. 130 calories per cup so quite an increase from almond, but I only really use it in coffee and oatmeal, so my serving size is only about ½ cup. LOVE these milk alternatives. It is a sad day when I run out or forget to buy either of these.
   
   
   
9. Bobbi’s Dips. If you like hummus you will love Bobbi’s. They are local to Philadelphia area so may not be available everywhere. My favorite is their garlic white bean hummus and garlic hummus. I put this on almost everything it’s so good. The container even says, “Put it on everything.”  
   
10. Hot Italian Turkey Sausage. Any brand will do, but I do like Jennie-O. I don’t really like sausage in the casing, it’s really gross to me, but I love crumbled sausage and fennel. So usually I take the sausage out of the casing and use it as needed. I love making sausage meatballs, basically just ground turkey sausage with egg and bread crumbs rolled into balls and fried or baked, or ground turkey sausage tacos, or anything you would use ground meat for.