Fit Fab Kitchen: Healthy meal boxes delivery in KL

I’ve been toying around with recipes and weekly meal prep for some time. I first started about 3 months back to prep for 2 pax (me and another girlfriend) and it went on to become 5 pax and subsequently a business.
The thing about any business is; there’s bound to be competitors.
I have known of a few that provide lunch boxes delivery; but in the recent months, the number has TRIPLED.

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Protrim Plus REVIEW: HIGH FIBRE Chia Apple Cinnamon Bar

As you might have realized by now, I’m quite an expert in protein, snack and energy bars.
I had literally spent RM1K buying granolas, protein bars, energy bars from the countries that I’ve travelled to and I’ve been diligently eating one to two bars a day.

Previous reviews:
Boundless Nutrition Perfect Cookie (Chocolate Chip flavour) REVIEW
Quest Bar – Apple Pie Flavour
Quest Bar – Banana Nut Muffin Flavour 
Lenny & Larry’s Fit Protein Brownie – Chocolate Raspberry Review
Review – Luna Bar : Blueberry Bliss
Review – The Bar Counter Australia – REVIEW: Carrot, Apricot, Amaranth & Yogurt bar
Review – Nature’s Way: SlimRight Double Choc Mocha Protein Bar

I have ate more than those reviewed above and these pictures of those bars are still in draft as I haven’t blogged about the recent ones as yet.
However I’m fast forwarding to write about this one as it is by far the worst I’ve tasted.

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Nature’s Way: SlimRight Double Choc Mocha Protein Bar

In continuation of my crazy protein bar/snack/energy bar eating spree, this Nature’s Way, SlimRight Bar – Mocha with Chia Seeds was a bar that I grabbed as a 10pm snack.
It was a rainy evening and I was still hungry even after my usual 5 meals/day portions. That’s not a usual thing to happen, and while I wasn’t sure why I had such a particularly good appetite that day, I do know that I’m NOT going to eat any carb-laden food since it was already 10pm!

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The Bar Counter Australia – REVIEW: Carrot, Apricot, Amaranth & Yogurt bar

Ok I’m back with my energy bars/protein bars reviews! 🙂
Apologies for the hiatus. Oh by the way, have you read my previous reviews? 🙂

Previous reviews:
Boundless Nutrition Perfect Cookie (Chocolate Chip flavour) REVIEW
Quest Bar – Apple Pie Flavour
Quest Bar – Banana Nut Muffin Flavour 
Lenny & Larry’s Fit Protein Brownie – Chocolate Raspberry Review
Review – Luna Bar : Blueberry Bliss

That was all bought in Singapore. A dozen Quest Bars and another 14 bars of mixed brands to write about and I’m totally backlogged!

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Malay Mail – the Laureus World Sports Awards 2014

I have never heard of the Laureus til a good friend John (who’s an absolutely sports fiend) told me about it.
Even then I wasn’t particularly interested though I’m quite a sports person myself. The Laureus was more like an event, not so much about playing a sport and my interest in sports has always been about participant and doing; not so much as a spectator.

But I mentioned about it to my editor, and she got excited for a lifestyle angle to the story (since the Malay Mail sports desk is already sending a rep) and asked if I could secure a pass for myself.
Leveraging on the vast pool of contacts I’ve got, I said I’ll try and I did.

To cut a long story short, I got media passes for myself and Joanna; a skilled photographer for the job. Joanna fancies Benedict Cumberbatch very much, which so explains the amount of photographs of Cumberbatch from the event. LOL!

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Life Juice Co @ 1 Utama – cold pressed juice in Malaysia

What makes cold pressed juice unique?
In convention blending and juicing fresh fruits and vegetables are being cut and ground by fast-spinning blades. This process adds some heat and exposes ingredients to air; two things that cut down the percentage of essential nutrients that make their way into your glass.
This “rough” action also destroys many of the vitamins, enzymes, proteins, and minerals that we want from our juice.

Here’s what you need to know:
Traditional juicers/ centrifugal models – juicers/blenders.
Masticating juicer – cold pressed juicers.

Now that you got a general idea of the different models, let me explain a bit more about cold pressed goodness. 😀

Masticating juicers extract juice by a slow and careful process of hydraulically extracting fruit and vegetable juice (pressing and grinding fruits and vegetables without adding heat, hence the term “cold-pressed”) and this process exerts just enough pressure to extract the juice.

Cold press juicing is so precise with its process of extraction that there is minimal air and heat so very little oxidation occurs.
This means you can enjoy your cold pressed juice up to 3 days after extraction, all the while preserving its vitamins, enzymes, trace minerals and overall nutrients up to five times more than any other juicer.

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Review – Luna Bar : Blueberry Bliss

This Luna Bar is one of the tastiest snack bar I’ve had. Well, anything at this point would taste better than a Quest Bar.
I’m not saying I don’t like Quest Bars, but Quest Bars are SO SERIOUS..so nutritionally dense and so … CHEWY.

But the Luna Bar isn’t a bar I would call ‘healthy’ no matter what they claim. It even said “whole nutrition bar for women” and while I concurred on how tasty it is and that a vast majority of women would love it since it’s all fruity, sweet and coated with yogurt, I’m not that forgiving of the sweetness level.

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Lenny & Larry’s Fit Protein Brownie – Chocolate Raspberry Review

As you know I got home from my recent Singapore trip with a stash of protein bars and cookies and whatever else.
This is a little experiment that I’m doing; testing out these protein snacks to see if they actually work (ie most claim to keep you full) and if they actually taste as good as advertised.

After 3 Quest bars I’m more or less inclined to conclude that Quest Bars are chewy bricks (they are really dense & sticky) and some more delicious than others.
I still have 9 bars more to go so I’m taking it slow.

Previous reviews:
Boundless Nutrition Perfect Cookie (Chocolate Chip flavour) REVIEW
Quest Bar – Apple Pie Flavour 
Quest Bar – Banana Nut Muffin Flavour 

Luna Bar and Clif Bars are nice but they are loaded with sugar, almost as much as the amount of protein they claim to stuff within each bar.

The Lenny & Larry’s Fit Protein Brownie is fudgy, soft and moist.
The bits of raspberry added a nice fruity sweetness to the overall chocolate taste.

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