So Delicious Mint Chocolate Coconut Milk

I am already a huge fan of So Delicious products. I typically have some of their ice cream in my freezer. Their products are a great option for people who cannot or chose not to have dairy products and do not want or like soy. I was pretty excited when I saw this product at whole foods! I love coconut milk but I have never had any from So Delicious and this flavor sounded amazing!

Let's forget about the nutrition information here. It's a limited edition item that can't unfortunately be consumed every day of the year. The serving size seems a little unrealistic too - a half a a cup...no way am I only drinking a half a cup at a time.

Smell: heavenly! 

Consistency: smooth and think, it looked like cream

Flavor: amazing taste of chocolate mint, it was easy to forget I was drinking coconut milk because there wasn't any flavor of coconut in this drink

Texture: very creamy! Great dessert drink for the holiday season

Grade/review: I absolutely loved this, just like every other So Delicious product I have tried. Their products really are delicous. I think it's very good for my health that this is only a seasonal item! A

Quest Protein Chips

I had read on several blogs about Quest Protein Chips so I was pretty excited when I saw them in my local health store. I chose two flavors- the Sea Salt and Sour Cream and Onion flavors. Some information about these chips: they are gluten free, baked, have no soy, are vegetarian, have 5g of carbs, 120 calories in a bag, 15% of your DV of calcium and 21g of protein!! Another thing to know is the serving size is 32g (1 and 1/8 oz) and it cost me $2.50 per bag of chips! So a little on the pricy side! This is a review of the Sour Cream and Onion flavored chip.

Smell: like any other sour cream and onion chip out there, not to overpowering

Look: 

Definitely looks baked, not quiteas appetizing looking as you may think from the picture on the front of the bag.

Taste: I have to admit that I didn't see they were baked until I got the bag home. I am not really a fan of baked chips. That being said these had a really strong sour cream and onion flavor. This was good because it covered up the baked flavor that I am not a fan of. I think I would not like the sea salt flavor, that might be a little too plain for me.

Texture: so this one is a little weird for me , there were a lot of textures going on in this little chip. It was crunchy due to being baked, airy (there were actually pockets of air in the chip) and also had a slightly chalky reside on the chip. I am a fan of crisp and airy, not so much chalky. These chips also made my mouth a bit dry. You could put a chip in your mouth and it would just crumble also (I think this was due to the airiness). 

Grade: the chalky texture really threw me off and I am not a huge fan of baked chips so I am a little biased here. These would be better with a drink. I would give them a C.

Nature Valley Granola Protien

My first concern was my Protien intake. I know a lot of veggies contain Protien but I don't like cold veggies much and lately I have been too lazy to cook meals so I picked up a package of Nature Valley Protien Granola. 

This contains milk so it is vegetarian not vegan. It contains 10g of Protien for every 1/2 cup. I ate mine in a cantaloupe bowl. :) First of all if you love chocolate and you love peanut butter this is a no brainier, forget the added Protien. It was absolutely delicious! The peanut butter flavor really stands out but doesn't overwhelm this granola. It's also very  filling - I'm a fan!

Vegetarian and Vegan Reviews

So I have in the past few months decided for ethical and health reasons to eat a vegetarian diet.  For the same reasons I will try to eat as close to vegan as possible. I have cooked some meals and plan on sharing recipes. For me I am in an experimentation period and personally, the one thing I have enjoyed reading are product reviews on vegetarian and vegan products to help me make my mind up on what I want to try and also so I do not waste money on expensive products that's are just horrible. I have also found some products through blogs that I am sure I would never had heard of otherwise unless I stumbled across them.  I plan on writing reviews of every new product I try. After that I will post some recipes :)