Confessions of a Fitness Instructor

Have a #FeelGoodHoliday with Nature’s Path + Giveaway

The Holidays are fast approaching, and all of the get togethers and parties make it a really difficult time to stay on track with your healthy eating. While I’m a huge advocate of enjoying those treats you love and indulging a bit over the holidays, I’m also all for treats that trick you into thinking you are having something more indulgent than you really are.

One of my go-to brands for breakfast cereals and granola bars is Nature’s Path. Their products are organic, made with real ingredients I can pronounce and understand, and are down right tasty. A favourite “treat” cereal here in the Fevens household is Nature’s Path Leapin’ Lemurs. Okay, so it was made for kids as it’s part of their Envirokidz line, but who doesn’t like chocolate and peanut butter swimming together in a pool of milk!? Exactly.

Anyway, when Nature’s Path reached out to me about their #FeelGoodHoliday campaign I knew I wanted to get involved. Not only is this brand I already use and really love, but after seeing the recipes they’ve developed to add healthier elements to some traditionally indulgent holiday treats I had to get involved and try some of them out! They were so kind as to send me this awesome package of Nature’s Path goodies so that I could get started:

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and they even put a box of Leapin’ Lemurs in it knowing how much I love them!

For that past couple weeks I’ve been thoroughly enjoying all of the products they sent, and have been working my way through my list of “must make” recipes from their site. One of the things I really like is they have organized their recipes so you can search based on which of their products you want to use so you don’t have to go through all of the recipes finding one you can make!

If you follow me on Facebook/Instagram you already know that I made their Dark Chocolate Cranberry Qi’a Bark yesterday and it is crazy delicious!

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When I was putting it together I wasn’t sure how much I’d enjoy the Qi’a cereal in the chocolate bark but it’s fantastic. It adds another layer of crunchiness and the cranberries add a really nice sweet element. The only problem now is trying not to eat the whole batch in one sitting…

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Drool.

I’ve also made Crunchy Apple Pie Parfaits using the Flax Plus Pumpkin Granola Flax.

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This too was delicious. If you love the flavour of apple pie but don’t want to mess around with pastry, or want a fast (healthy) alternative this is a recipe you must try! I let my yogurt sit out for a while so it was warm and I think it would be amazing if the granola was a little warm as well. But I’m one of those “warm” apple crisp people 😉

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There are so many recipes right on the Nature’s Path recipe that I still want to try – I know I’ll be busy when I’m on vacation over the holidays! Some of the recipes I’m still hoping to make are Love Crunch Almond Bon-Bons, Gingerbread Love Crunch Brittle and Coconut Cranberry Macaroons.

The Giveaway:

The good news is that Nature’s Path wants to send one of you a box of goodies so you can try some of their recipes too!

2014 270 Blogger Holiday Giveaway NOV14 1

This prize is valued at $50 (please note, winner may not receive the exact products shown above).

Giveaway is open to residents of Canada and the US and will end at 11:59pm EST on Thursday, December 18th, 2014.

Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.  Good luck!!

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Disclosure: Nature’s Path provided me with a selection of products free of charge in order to facilitate this post and giveaway. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Comments

  2. Linda says

    I think I would really like to try Love Crunch Delux Trail Mix. Where can you buy the Natures Path cereals?

  10. KymberlyFunFit says

    Well, the recipe I want to try is the one someone else makes for me with Nature’s Path products. Yeah, that would be ideal as I love to eat, but don’t actually like baking or cooking that much. Even more, I’d love to win this Fiiiiiiine package!

  24. tanyab79 says

    Chocolate Acai Mousse Cups
    is the recipe I would love to try….anything chocoloate grabs my attention.

  34. Jamaica | rarax3.com says

    Cheescake bars!!! Yum.

    I’m hosting an on-going giveaway link up and would appreciate your support. You can add the giveaway to the list and easily delete it when it’s over. You can add your giveaway here: bit.ly/GiveawayLinkUp

    Thanks in advance! I appreciate it tons ^_^!

    <3 Jamaica

  36. Tava says

    Pumpkin Skillet Cornbread – I didn’t know such a thing existed – how is this not an automatic thanksgiving tradition!!

  51. Mippy/Sabrina says

    Oooh yuum the Chocolate Acai Mousse Cups recipe looks delicious. If my store carries all of these ingredients that is what recipe I would make first! 🙂