I’ve been munching on these tasty fruit and veggie treats for years. When I used to travel for work non-stop and knew there weren’t going to be many healthy snack choices where I was going, I would toss a container of these in my bag. The different varieties they have are endless!
Just Fruit sells salad, corn, cherries, mixed veggies, bananas, peas and soon. This is another one of my favorite on-the-go snacks because they don’t make a mess, they don’t spoil like fresh fruit and veggies do and their packed solely with what they advertise, “just fruit” (and vegetables). Some fruits and veggies are crunchy and some are squishy, but their deliciously intense taste comes from the concentration of the natural flavors during the dehydration process.
When I was trying to photograph them for the picture above, Kenya almost had a conniption fit waiting for me to finish so we could dig into them. We sat on the floor and opened the containers one by one tasting each flavor. He was so funny commenting on each one. Thank goodness for stores like Whole Foods and our local health food store which carry
these yummy yummies!

I thought Labor Day would be a perfect time to introduce a new, once-a -week post on weelicious, snacks. I’m not talking about potato chips and candy bars. Little ones need between-meal, healthy, high energy foods that help them run around and keep their bodies growing.
I want to present snacks that are easy to prepare and can just be tossed in your bag for whenever you need to jet out the door. For me, the most important part is that whatever the snacks are, they don’t turn your car into a bottomless garbage-pit.
Most of the snacks I write about aren’t “messy” or they come in travel safe containers.
Freeze-dried fruits are one of my new favorite finds. Different markets sell variations on the product, but Trader Joe’s recently introduced their own line and I think they’re AMAZING! These freeze-dried snacks contain only fruit — no sugar. The intense flavor comes from the process of freeze-drying the fruit so their natural tastes are concentrated. They come in mango, banana, rambutan and mangosteen. I mean, how often do you eat rambutan (a tropical fruit grown in Hawaii and southeast Asia)?! Ever?
I brought a few bags to a back-to-school party yesterday and the kids went crazy for them. Don’t you just love it when kids are begging for more fruit? And the best part was that I didn’t have to wash, peel or pit anything. Just unzip the bag and everyone gets to enjoy (even the parents were digging them)!