Fruit Rainbow Bento

Peapod crackers, key lime yogurt, dried apricot coins, red bell pepper shamrocks (for color), cheese shamrock, PB&J pot of gold, somersault snacks coins, fruit leather shamrock, and fruit kabob rainbow

Dryers Fruit Bars No Sugar Added

I found these at my local Fred Meyer for approx. $4 for a box of 12 bars. I found the Black Cherry, Strawberry-Kiwi, and Mixed Berry assortment but they also come in a Strawberry, Tangerine, and Raspberry assortment. Each bar has 30 calories, zero fat, 8 grms of carbs, 1 grm of fiber, 2 grms of sugar, and 2 grms of sugar alcohol. Wait! Stop! before you run to your freezer to eat a more than 2 of these in a 24 hour period, look closely at the photo above that shows the lovely little warning "Sensitive individuals may experience a laxative effect from "excess" consumption of this (sorbitol and polydextrose) ingredient" I am sure eating one or two bars a day will be fine for most post ops but don't push it. I found this out the hard way with sugar free cough drops! They are tasty and roughly the same size as a regular Popsicle. Lilith loves the Strawberry-Kiwi ones. They aren't as full of pulp as some of the brands I have tried from health food stores but they also don't have nearly as much sugar or calories as those other brands. I think we will keep buying them as Lilith likes them and they are fairly affordable.
visit the Dreyers website here!

Isopure zero carb ready to drink in Alpine Punch

I don't think I ever gave these shakes a proper review when I was a fresh post op myself. My surgeon swore by these for his patients. If you like Sobe Lean drinks, then you will probably like Isopure Ready to drink. They are available online and at most GNC stores. They have zero fat, zero sugar, and zero carbs! They are 160 calories with 40 grams of proteinfor each 20 oz bottle. When you are a new post op they are one of the easiest ways to get in your protein. Heck, even for me being almost two years post op, they still are a great way to get my protein in, they just aren't a meal like they were when I was newly post op. They even have a green tea flavor with 40 grams of protein. The powdered in the tub version of the Pineapple Orange Banana flavor tastes totally different from the Pineapple Orange Banana ready to drink in the bottle. I love it but can't stand the powdered version. My favorite ready to drink flavor is Blue Raspberry. It must be a favorite for lots of people as it is almost always sold out at my local GNC! I would definitely recommend giving these a try but if you do, leave a bottle or two of the Blue Raspberry for the rest of us, please!
see more flavors here!

healthy berry tart

healthy berry tart
start with a premade low fat gram cracker crust
16 oz fat free cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup splenda for baking
2 tsps vanilla
4 cups mixed berries
mix the vanilla, cream cheese and splenda together and spoon into the pie crust then top with the mixed berries. Chill in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to set and then serve.

low sugar ambrosia

low sugar ambrosia
2 cups (sugar free if you can find them)mini marshmallows
2 cups unsweetened flaked coconut
2 large cans lite fruit cocktail
3 bananas sliced
1 tub fat free cool whip
1 small package sugar free jello in your choice of flavors
mix together and let set in the refrigerator for 2 hours then serve chilled

Zola Brazilian Super Fruit Juice in Acai and Bluberry

I found this a GNC on sale for $3.25 (down from $3.59). It was a total impulse purchase since everyone and their cats (even reportedly Oprah) is touting Acai as the "new" magic weight loss miracle. Don't buy this, for starers it isn't that good and it will surely make you dump (I didn't notice that it has 20 grms of sugar and 97 calories per serving till I got it home). There are one and a half 8oz serving per bottle. For having as much sugar as it does, it wasn't very sweet but thankfully I had read the sugar before I decided to try it so I knew to take it easy and drink it over the course of 2 days. It still made me sleepy and gave me a short spell of cramps. It was a total waste of money. Spare yourself.

Kirkland's Rader Farms Natures Three Berries

I use these frozen berries in my shakes all of the time. They do have some seeds in them but other than that they are a great addition to most shakes. I add them still frozen. I have also used them to make crepes and in sugar free pudding. I purchase them from Costco. They are 70 calories for 1 cup with 15 mgs of sodium, 17 grams of carbs, 3 grms of fiber, 11 grms of natural sugar (there is no added sugar), and 1 gram of protein. Each 4 pound bag has 14 servings. I can't remember how much I pay for them but I know it is under $10.

Brothers All Natural Crisps in Fuji Apple and Strawberry Banana flavors

buy them here!
We found these at Costco. They are great snacks and Lilith likes them a lot. I would have photos of her snacking on them for this review but I am writing it during her nap. Only one thing that I have to mention that is a negative about them, if you leave a bag open, it will suck all the moisture available into itself and become chewy. The apples are very bad about this. It doesn't make them taste bad or anything but it does make them no longer chip like or crisp. I think that is the real appeal to Lilith. She seems to really like the crunch from the apples best. The apples are only 39 caloreis, NO FAT, NO SALT, 2 grms fiber, only 9 grms of carbs, and 6 grms of natural sugar. This is for 1/2 cup or 10 grms. They do have no protein however. Each serving contains 1 1/2 apples!
The strawberry and Bananas have 45 calories, NO FAT, NO SALT, 10 grms of carbs, 2 grms of fiber, 6 grms of natural sugar, and 1 grm of protein. Each serving (1/2 cup or 12 grms)contains 1 banana and 4 strawberries. I think these are a wonderful toddler snack and not to bad for weight loss surgery patients either.

They are even vegan and kosher!