I have had the great opportunity to try out some new things lately. Though I have been cooking too much original lately, I have picked up a few items at the health food store. First off, I picked up some Vegan Organic food bars. They are chalked full of healthy vegan proteins and at 300 calories are truly a meal replacement bar for those super busy mornings when you are on the go. I don’t necessary advocate eating these on a daily basis, I still prefer real homemade foods most of the time, but they do use cold processing and are 90 percent raw.

Next up, WHA Guru Chew in Cashew Almond. This is supposed to be a healthy snack bar and only has 170 calories. Honestly, what could be better than maple caramel covered nuts and seeds. These bars taste like a candy bar, but they are so much healthier. I could probably eat a whole box of them, which categorizes them in the dangerous food category for me, so far now I will treat them like candy and only buy one at a time, when I really crave something sweet.

While I was out of town last weekend, I was fortunate enough to stop into Whole Foods market and sample some of their vegan Coconut, chocolate chip cookies. If they hadn’t been labeled vegan and processed sugar-free, I would have sworn that they weren’t. But I checked the ingredients and reassured myself that there weren’t any animal products in them.

Has anyone ever tried Isle of Bute Scheese. This stuff is supposed to be good enough to eat straight and comes in different flavors such as Hickory Smoked and Cheddar with Chive. They were featured in this months VegNews as one of the Editor’s picks. They are a British product, but can now be found in the U.S. The website is scheese.co.uk. They say it is so good that even omni’s can’t tell the difference. If you have tried it please let me know because I am thinking of picking some up for Christmas if I can find it. If anyone knows where to get it in LA please let me know.

Well, this is about all the exciting things I have to say for today. I will chat atcha all soon.