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By Estela - Weekly Bite, April 10, 2012 11:56 am

Congratulations Maura!!! You are the winner of the April NatureBox!! We will be in contact to get mailing info

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, April 6, 2012 7:41 am

Several weeks ago we received a snack box from NatureBox. NatureBox is a company that creates delicious, healthy snacks, and sends them to you monthly. NatureBox focuses on making it easier to eat healthier for you and your family. They offer a monthly membership that delivers hand picked snack food to your door along with expert tips and tricks to living a healthy life delivered right to your inbox.

I’m always a bit skeptical of these food delivery services, but I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised when I received our box.

Here’s what our box included.

• Dried Bing Cherries
• Fresh Granola without any processed or added sugar
• Sunshine Chips – a rainbow of vegetable such as sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, taro, & green beans
• Fire Crackers – made from rice and lightly flavored with soy sauce, garlic, and paprika.
• Figgy Bars – made with whole-wheat flour and juicy figs.

As a busy  mom of two, I found it quite handy to have quick, healthy snacks at my fingertips. A bonus is that M loved them! Here’s how I incorporated them in her daily snacks.

Dried Bing Cherries from NatureBox

Granola from NatureBox

Figgy Bar from NatueBox

Sunshine Chip + Fire Crackers from NatureBox

NatureBox is offering one lucky reader a chance to win a box of their delicious snacks!

To enter, leave a comment telling me what your favorite snack food is.

Be sure to check out their Facebook page for the latest!

P.S. NatureBox is offering Weekly Bite readers a 25% discount if you are interested in signing up for a NatureBox subscription. The promo code HEALTHY may be used for 25% off your first month of subscription (please note that the 25% discount is only applicable to the month-to-month subscription. 6 month subscriptions receive 1 month free and 12 month subscriptions receive 3 months free).

Good Luck!!

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, March 16, 2012 9:15 am

Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day. That means it’s time to wear obnoxious amounts of green, imbibe a bit more than normal, and eat Irish Soda Bread.

This is my third post about this exact same soda bread recipe. Growing up, the only thing St. Patty’s day meant was to wear green so we wouldn’t get pinched. Mr. Weekly Bite grew up with a full Irish traditions.

This is his mom’s Irish Soda Bread recipe. We make it every year and love it. This was also M’s first time enjoying a slice fresh out of the oven.

When I told her it was her Granny’s recipe she smiled from ear to ear

Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup raisins

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar together… set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, and melted butter. (Make sure melted butter has cooled a little… if its too hot, you’ll scramble the eggs.)

Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients. Stir together with a wooden spoon. Fold in the raisins.

You can use either a loaf pan of a round 9 inch cake pan. Spray with non-stick cooking spray. Spread dough evenly into pan.

Bake for about 40-50 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Happy St. Patty’s Day!!