Love With Food December 2013

So I know I am way behind posting updates. Yesterday alone I revolved 5 boxes. I thought it would be good to post the most recently received boxes first.  I purchased Love With Food for a full year. I love that they donate a meal to the needy for every box purchased. Even if I didn't like anything in the box this subscription would be worth it for me. Also, whatever I don't eat, I can trust my boyfriend to devour :)  

It comes in a really cute box. Plastic wrapped as well.

When you opened the box you found a gift card for $35 off your first month subscription to Hello Fresh. Hello Fresh sends you all the ingredients needed to cook several meals. I thought I checked before and that this company didn't ship to Florida. It looks like they do now. Hope they send to South Florida! I will be ordering from them for sure.

First look after the Hello Fresh gift card was moved. "Winter Wonderland" is the theme for this month. 

Actual first look when the card is moved.

The information card stating what is in the box.

So the first thing is sweet potato chips which I don't think is on the card. I don't think anything is missing from box so this must be a bonus item- score! Then we have molasses cookies and a chocolate dipped Madeleine. I was excited about the molasses cookie because I first thought it was another caveman style cookie. It was not. I was immediately disappointed and decided to gobble down the Madeleine instead. It tasted amazing but I have been eating a very low sugar diet so this cookie tasted like it was 95% pure sugar...which may have been accurate. Sugar is the first ingredient listed on the back of the package.

Next we have a Lindt & Sprungli Chocolate Diamond...this will go to good use I am sure. These peppermints from St. Claire's Organics have been in several of my boxes. I was at first disappointed to see them again but then I saw the extremely low amount of sugar in them and reconsidered. There is a crispbread cracker from 34 Degrees that reminds me of a Japanese Rice Cracker and lord knows I get enough of those in my skoshbox boxes! There is an Angell Candy Bar is white chocolate, I'm not a huge fan so this will be gifted to someone. The last item in this picture is by far my favorite and it is a Marshmellow Topper, Maddy Melts. The idea of this is that it is perfectly shaped it fit inside a cup on top of a hot beverage...hot chocolate anyone?! No nutritional information on the product but maybe that's for the best! 

The last food items in the box were hot chocolate (perfect to pair with the Marshmallow topper!!) and spinach dip mix that I plan to use on New Years Eve. My only complaint is that there was only one marshmallow and hot chocolate!! I love it when companies give you things that can actually be eaten/used together. Then I don't need to do any additional work:)

And the best part of this box...

A HUGE reusable bag was folded in the bottom of the box! I love it and will use it often. I already used it yesterday to carry all of my boxes inside! 

I love my Love With Food subscription, it doesn't need to be renewed for another 5 months but I already know that I will!!!

Love With Food September 2013

Love With Food is a subscription snack box.  I looked into a lot of different food boxes and this really looked like the best out there.  All of the food is healthy, organic and I believe all of it is gluten free.  They give a lot of snacks and a good variety.  The best thing about this company is that they donate a meal to someone in need in the US for every box they sell.  If you purchase the box yearly it is only $10 a box!  You can find Love With Food here: Love With Food

 

I received my first September 2013 Love with Food box several weeks ago.  I was extremely disappointed because the first box had been completely smashed in the mail.  Food was leaking out and black mold was growing inside the box.  I got a headache when I opened the box and I immediately threw it away.  I went online and emailed Love With Food to see if there was anything they could do about replacing the box (I know it wasn't their fault the box was damaged in the mail).  I did not receive a response from them for two weeks.  When I did hear back from them they told me that they were sorry that I received a damaged box and that they would send me new one but it would take 3-5 days to arrive.  The next day I came home and found the box in my mailbox.  This seemed wrong based on the email I received but I was happy to have gotten another box.  I was correct though because last night I received the second box in the mail.  I am happy that someone received and acted on my email before the two weeks because that did seem like a long time to wait to receive a response.  I guess there was some sort of communication issue on this but either way I am really happy that I did receive a new not smushed box!   I decided to do an unboxing and post on youtube, I have never done this before but the video is below...and I plan on sharing the second box with coworkers so that they can see how great Love With Food is. 

 

 

 

Sorry for the bad lighting and bad camera angles in some shots!  I am still getting used to the camera!