Product review: Healtheries Simple Snack Bar

I do not work for Healtheries, despite the number of things I seem to be eating and reviewing that are made by them. Though I do warn people off the BBQ flavoured rice wheels which are NOT gluten free. Serves me right for not reading the label :(

The Chocolate Snack Bar is fantastic. It's a dense, chocolately bar that is surprisingly filling as well as being a decadent chocoately treat for only 186 calories. Not bad compared to a Snickers bar! High in fibre and in protein, these are an excellent snack to throw in a bag for emergencies or to supplement a less than fantastic GF meal offering (airport meals spring to mind!).
While the chocolate is my favourite, the berry and yoghurt is also good, though not as decadent as the chocolate. I've yet to try the apricot and yoghurt, but the odds of it being remarkably different to the berry and yoghurt are slim.

This rates a 10 out of 10. It's a bar that's easily available in supermarkets, it was a little pricey at ~$3 but much more satisfying than a dry GF muesli bar (if you can find one!). They are sold individually which is great if you wanting something on the run, which most other GF bars are not.

I won't leave this time without a recipe. The Philosopher made this last night and it was awesome. The last of the Orgran pasta (hard to cook, often over or under done. Last night it was under) combined with this sauce - awesome.

The Philosopher's Pasta Alla Mattriciana (serves 2)

4 rashers of bacon, all fat removed (because we've gotten a bit tubby)
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic (or to taste)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
3 roma tomatoes, chopped
1/2 tub tomato paste (or to taste)
~2 cups chopped mushrooms
dried basil to taste
red wine (optional)

Cook the onion in a little olive oil until transparent. Toss in the bacon and cook until sealed (the bacon flavour is important you see).
Add garlic. Stir.
Add tomatoes and mushrooms and tomato paste and basil. Stir.
Add red wine (or water) as desired.
Simmer.
Serve.

This is a sauce that makes under done GF pasta taste good. How can you beat that? Well, next time we're going to try it with salami, which may indeed beat it, but the salty tang of the bacon with the garlic and chilli.... mmmm.....