It’s New Years Eve! 
What are your plans for the evening? Whether you are hosting or attending a get-together or relaxing at home, here’s a healthy (and easy) appetizer to help you ring in the new year!
This simple-to-assemble appetizer features the winning combination of creamy goat cheese, tart apples, rich nuts and tangy ginger.
Makes 24 pieces
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup Chavrie Goat Cheese (NuVal score: 20)
- 2 Granny Smith apples n(NuVal score: 96), cored and cut into 24 slices
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped Wonderful Pistachios Roasted & Saltede (NuVal score: 41)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped candied ginger
Directions:
Spread 1/2 teaspoon goat cheese onto the end of each apple slice and then arrange on a platter. Sprinkle cheese end with pistachios and candied ginger; serve. If not serving right away, to avoid browning, toss apples with a splash of lemon juice before assembly.
Trading Up Downtown Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s Puffins giveaway! Here’s your winner: 6!
Honey bunches of oats-29.
Congrats, Ann! Please email me at thaupert@nuval.com with your full name and mailing address to claim your prize.
Recipe and photo from Whole Foods
There’s been a lot of talk about Barbara’s Bakery Puffins on Trading Up Downtown this week, so I decided to host a giveaway! You can win three boxes:
- Peanut Butter Puffins (NuVal score: 24)
- Cinnamon Puffins (NuVal score: 29)
- Winner’s choice
To enter: Leave a comment on this post about your favorite type of cereal WITH its NuVal score. Earn an extra entry if you tweet about this giveaway. (Just make sure to leave a comment on this post with your tweet in it.) I’ll pick a winner tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
Did you know that Barbara’s Bakery now has a whole ‘family’ of Puffins cereals? Who knew!? They now offer 7 different varities!
- Puffins Multigrain
- Puffins Honey Rice
- Puffins Original
- Puffins Peanut Butter
- Puffins Cinnamon
- Puffin Puffs, Fruit Medley
- Puffin Puffs, Crunchy Cocoa
As you can imagine, seven different kinds of Puffins made choosing a box a little difficult for me. Initially, I selected the flavors that sounded most delicious and somewhat healthy (peanut butter, cinnamon, original, and multigrain). But, then I had to compare the nutrition fact to see which was the more nutritious option. Of course, this was time-consuming and awkward, especially since I was doing it at Whole Foods on a Sunday morning just before an impending snow storm. I was totally THAT person!
Imagine if I had the NuVal system on-hand in the cereal aisle to help me make an informed decision. It would have taken me no time to pick a box of Puffins!
Eventually, I decided on Peanut Butter (NuVal score: 24). My favorite! NuVal hasn’t scored all of the Puffin varities yet, but, if you’re curious, the cinnamon flavor scores a 29 on the NuVal scale.
Am I the only one who struggles to find delicious and nutritious options in the cereal aisle of the grocery store?
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