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Funky Monkey Freeze Dried Fruit
By Elizabeth | August 12, 2008
There is so much to love about the new Freeze Dried Fruit packs from Funky Monkey Snacks! I admit, I am terrible about remembering to eat fruit, even though I do love the taste of most of it. Funky Monkey takes delicious fruits and freeze dries them to make them easy to pack, easy to eat, and best of all, there are THREE servings of fruit in every pack!
We sampled one of each flavor: Bananamon which is freeze dried banana slices coated in cinnamon, Carnaval Mix which combines freeze dried banana, pineapple, apple, papaya, and raisins, Purple Funk which is freeze dried banana and Acai berry, and my personal favorite, Javalime, which is freeze fried pineapple and lime juice. The only one I didn’t care for was the Bananamon, because it seemed like the banana slices got stuck in my teeth once I had chewed them. And the cinnamon taste was a little overpowering for me, but for cinnamon lovers, it’s probably just the right amount.
I think Funky Monkey Snacks are PERFECT for lunch boxes, because my kids are always telling me they would have eaten the banana/apple/pear I packed, but they don’t have enough time. Not that freeze dried fruit should replace fresh, but at 110 calories, 0 grams of fat, and between 2 and 3 grams of fiber per serving, plus the fact that it’s actually three servings of fruit, I think freeze dried fruit could definitely have a place in kids’ lunchboxes. Wouldn’t it be great if school cafeterias sold them insted of candy bars? (wishful thinking). You can purchase Funky Monkey freeze dried fruit at Kroger, Whole Foods, and Winn Dixie markets, among other places, and on Amazon.com. Just get enough so that YOU can have some too!
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August 13th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Sounds delicious - and it eliminates the problem of forgetting about your fresh fruit and letting it rot. Oop.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I wonder if my son would like those - I have the fun of trying to find healthy stuff for him to eat at school that he won’t trade to all the others kids or just let go bad in his lunchbox!
August 13th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Liz-Yeah, no kidding!
August 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Chelle-My boys’ schools have a strict “no trading” policy! They start in elementary school where the lunch aides watch to make sure kids are eating their own food, so by middle school, they’ve had it drilled into their heads not to trade. The idea behind it is that what if a kid has food allergies and trades for something he can’t have? Or what if there’s a medical reason why a kid has to eat certain foods at certain times but they don’t eat it because of a trade? Guess it makes sense.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Or what if there’s a medical reason why a kid has to eat certain foods at certain times but they don’t eat it because of a trade? Guess it makes sense.
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