My First Graze Box

Graze Nibble Box:
Lemon and Poppy Cake/Afternoon Infusion
The British Barbecue
Florentine
Garden of England

After months of seeing blog posts and television adverts, I decided to cave and jump on the Graze bandwagon. I've heard so many good things about Graze and I couldn't bare the temptation anymore so I hopped onto the internet and created an account. Its really simple to join... All you do is create an account and choose which kind of box you would like to receive. I went for the Nibble Box, which is one of the healthier boxes on offer, which offers the lower calorie snacks and treats. When you sign up you get your first box free, which is a big bonus! They ask for your card details because obviously your boxes will continue, but you can cancel any time. I'm going to keep it going for a few weeks to see what my other boxes are like, then decide whether to cancel.

In your Graze box you get four little punnets of whatever snack they have sent you. Its a good idea to go through all the snacks on offer and cross off which you don't like, that way you won't get anything you're not keen on in your boxes. I was under the impression you could choose what you wanted each week, but I quite like the idea of getting a surprise. You get a handy little booklet with some coupons to hand to friends and family so they can get a free box too, which is such a good idea. The booklet also includes all the nutritional information and the use by dates for each of your snacks too, which again is super handy.

I've just this minute had my first try of my box and it was so yummy! I tried The British Barbecue first, which is a mix of mini basil baguettes, rosemary crostini, smoked almonds and a mixture of seeds. It was actually really filling and the perfect size for a healthy little snack. At the minute I'm so big on healthy eating so this is the perfect box for me, but I can change to any of the other boxes whenever I want. I'm a massive Graze fan already and this is only my first week! I'll keep you updated on how I get on with my other boxes.

Have you tried Graze before? What is your favourite snack?

My code for your free box is: N4NYP5YD.

The Easiest Cookies, Ever!

This is literally the best thing I have come across in a LONG time, I think I got a little too excited about the whole thing really. Anyway, I know this is a bit of a different post to my usual ones but I've decided I'm going to try and add some varied content to littlegoldstars. My friend told me that you could buy cookie dough in a tube agers ago from Sainsburys but because I never ever go in, I just haven't had the chance to try it. Cookies/cookie dough is my absolute favourite and an absolute weakness. I saw this in Tesco a few weeks ago and was so excited that you could buy cookie dough! I think it is usually about £3.50 ish but it happened to be on offer for £1.50 so I jumped at the chance.

I started off eating little bits straight from the tub (its amazing) until deciding that I should actually try and cook them. I'm not a baker or a cook and I rarely step foot in the kitchen, but honestly these were the easiest thing to do and they tasted amazing. All you do is take out the cookie dough and warm it in your hands until its a little softer, or I guess you could pop it in the microwave for a few seconds. You then tear off little pieces and mould them into balls, place on a baking tray and pop in the oven. Simple! On the instructions it says to leave them for 12-15 minutes I think, but obviously if you want them a bit chewy you leave them in a little longer.

My dad got involved while I was trialing this and has the idea of literally cutting slices from the actual chunk of cookie dough. These were obviously bigger than my correctly done balls of dough and consequently multiplied in size while cooking. We ended up with normal sized cookies and giant ones, but to be honest it didn't matter because they were both amazing. They also do ginger bread and chocolate brownie packs too so I'll definitely be trying those soon!