Amazing

This Amazing Grass review is a long time comin’! The company sent me some samples to check out a few weeks ago.  They were generous enough to send me a large sampling of their products so I wanted to try each to give a thorough review.

• Amazing Meal
• Superfood
• Energy Bars
• Kidz Superfood
• Wheat Grass

For those of you who don’t already know, Amazing Grass makes nutritional supplements and energy bars made with organic grasses, fruits, and vegetables.

I am not a particular fan of nutritional supplements because, ideally, we would be getting all of our necessary nutrients from the (good, whole, and unprocessed!) food we eat.  Realistically, this is not the case. And health-wise, Amazing Grass is not a terrible alternative.

I started my Amazing Grass adventure with smoothies.  I tried two: one with a packet of Chocolate Infusion and one with a packet of Pomegranate Mango Infusion.

• Banana
• Handful frozen spinach
• Handful frozen peaches
• Almond Milk
• 1 packet Amazing Meal

Honestly, I was not a fan of these two flavors.  They were really intense.  The chocolate was chalky and the pomegranate mango was sicky-sweet for my liking. It felt like they were trying too hard to cover up all the healthy stuff in the powder.  But I say, if I’m going to eat wheat grass, I would just like to eat wheat grass. I know what vegetables are and I’m not afraid of them in my smoothies!

So I tried the original flavor of Amazing Meal and it was delicious.

“It tastes green,” remarked The Boyfriend, and he is correct. These are healthy smoothies. But I like green. And I like being healthy.  Conclusion? Thumbs down, flavored Amazing Meal.  Thumbs up, original Amazing Meal.

In theory you can mix Amazing Meal and Superfood packets in any beverage.  I’m not so sure.  I tried a packet of the berry flavored Kidz Superfood in some seltzer.  Not a fan. I think the key to enjoying these healthy packets is to mix them WELL in whatever you are drinking.  I think I’ll stick to blended smoothies from now on.

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, check out the vitamins in these bad boys.  You can’t deny you’re doing good things for yourself by drinking these:

I moved on to the energy and protein bars: Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar, Chocolate Whole Food Energy Bar, Berry Whole Food Energy Bar, and Whole Food Energy Bar.

As a disclaimer I will say that I do not normally like bars.  I would rather just eat real food, frankly.  An apple and a cheesestick work just as well as an on-the-go snack.  I do eat Larabars, however, mostly because the ingredients list contains about five things.

The list on the Amazing Grass bars is MUCH longer.  But it is filled with yummy, good-for-you foods.

These bars are great.  The Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is fantastic.  It’s a green, chocolate-coated bar with a consistency that is similar to a Larabar — full of dried fruit and nuts.  The Boyfriend and I split one.

“This tastes healthy,” remarked The Boyfriend.  He is a man of few words when he is eating.  But he added: “I would buy this.”

I liked all of the bars, in truth, but the Chocolate Peanut Butter was my favorite.  I didn’t feel overly full from eating them, nor did I get a sugar high or the feeling of a lead ball in my stomach like you can from processed nutrition bars.  Definitely a good choice when looking for a healthy bar.

The verdict? There is nothing bad about Amazing Grass products.  Prepare yourself for the “healthy” taste, but also know that you’re enjoying a product chock-full of healthy stuff.