Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Crispy Pears

low calorie dried fruitI'm a huge fan of freeze dried fruit. I like adding it to salads, low calorie cereal, steel-cut oatmeal, almond milk, low calorie trail-mix, fage yogurt, or any other food than needs some added crunch or flavor. I've already blogged about a couple of dried fruits, namely Funky Monkey and Sensible foods, and today I thought I'd blog about another personal favorite called Crispy Green.

There are a few things I love about Crispy Green freeze dried fruit: (1) it comes in satisfying one serving bags that are around 38 calories each (0 weight watchers points) making it an extremely low calorie snack, (2) it comes in some really interesting/unique flavors including pear (my favorite), apricot, peach, pineapple, as well as apple, (3) the dried fruit is totally raw so it is very healthy (especially compared to those popular 100 calorie snacks) and (4) it is very crunchy and fun to eat!

I found this freeze dried fruit at Whole Foods, but based on the Crispy Green website, I see it is available in other natural food stores as well.

Enjoy!
Juliet
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12 comments:

  1. Balance, Joy and Delicias!November 12, 2008 at 3:49 AM

    I love its package! I'll check it out. But why is the the freeze section?

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  2. ElizabethNovember 12, 2008 at 4:44 AM

    You definitely should! To answer your question, it is "freeze-dried" not frozen.

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  3. laurenNovember 12, 2008 at 6:50 AM

    cool - I love seeing new products on your site!

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  4. JoannaNovember 12, 2008 at 7:51 AM

    these sound really good. i love freeze dried apples, so i'll definitely get a bag of these at whole foods next time. and i don't get what is so great about these 100 calories packs!! my mom and sister eat them all the time, but i'd rather have something healthy with a little more calories than just 100 calories of sugar and unnatural ingredients.

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  5. Sweet ToothNovember 12, 2008 at 10:43 AM

    Are these sweetened?

    im looking for dried fruit products that are truly raw.

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  6. ElizabethNovember 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    Hi Mina: They are totally raw!

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  7. The Bear Cub BakeryNovember 12, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    I love me some freeze-dried fruit! Especially the ones at Whole Foods. They have those big, big bags of freeze-dried apples...

    YUM.

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  8. EricaNovember 12, 2008 at 6:41 PM

    Again, love these reviews! I love all dried and freeze dried fruit so I must give these a go! Thank you ;)

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  9. AnonymousNovember 13, 2008 at 7:54 AM

    Freeze dried fruit are the best! Im so bummed its not easy to find them in Greece because the texture is so much better than just dried fruits. I am trying to find somewhere online to buy freeze dried strawberries!

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  10. AnonymousNovember 13, 2008 at 9:07 AM

    These are not nearly as good as Funky Monkey... not very crunchy.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2009 at 9:57 AM

    this stuff isn't in the freezer section! I found it at The Fresh Market and they are really good, try the apricots!

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  12. ElizabethFebruary 8, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    Ooh. Apricots sound great! I'll look for them. :)

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