To be clear, you can drink OR eat Fun Foods!
With winter here, this timely PureWow article shares a hot chocolate taste test to help you find the best mix to make at home – and you can make it as thick as you like…!
Fun Food is more than fun, it is having a moment, officially.
In this continuing Time of Corona, the financial analysts are pointing out eating trends and market response. Fun Food has attention & pressures! This great Yahoo Finance article comprehensively outlines the Covid-19 “stay-at-home eating impacts” that are expected to continue into the foreseeable future.
Bottomline –
I love KD. KD is easy and tasty and fun.
I love Mac & Cheese (or Cheez) and order it A LOT – side dish, waffles, main dish with additions i.e. Lobster, see below!
And while I am not a big fancy cheese eater, I appreciate that cheese deserves proper handling and this great Thrillist article has a ton of information on cheese including how to avoid Cheese Crime.
Fun! Tasty! Good with coffee OR tea! And the ginger makes them kinda good for you…!
I’ve always loved ginger cookies – whether they are crunchy or chewy. My current favourite can be bought at Willow Bakery Cafe! To quote the smiling baker when I praised his cookies & proclaimed them the best –
” I know ”
Buy just 1 cookie or a pre-packed 6 – I recommend the 6 – and see if you agree with me & the baker!
Are bananas a “Fun Food” ? Is any fruit…?
It is crystal clear that banana bread is, especially if it has chocolate chips & walnuts & granola. A different post will focus on killer banana bread! But what about a good old banana?
Without getting philosophical, the “Food” part is clear but what defines “Fun”? I already think Fun can be healthy so the nutritional angle is not a defining characteristic. And never forget a banana has its own packaging.
I’m deciding that the definition of “Fun Food” is subjective and floating – it is not black & white but lives in the grey.
SO, no matter how YOU decide to define “Fun Food”, bananas are amazing & fun and as this handy article from One Green Planet sets out, a banana is ALWAYS a good thing to eat.
Any time of the day or night, potato salad is appropriate – it improves everything and anything on your plate, or all by itself.
“There is only one good salad – potato salad!”
Said no one but we all think it…
And it is a Fun Food which is something I can’t say for other salads… Except for Caesar perhaps, with lots of croutons & lemon & no one being skimpy with the dressing…
Potato Salad can be cold, warm or hot; it can be mayonnaise based OR sour creme & mayo based OR oil based OR oil & vinegar based. Perhaps I am missing something…
And some people add celery & carrot (mehhh), mustard (many types & yeah), pesto (!), relish and/or pickles (hmmm), onion (fine if mild), radish (colourful) and hard boiled or devilled eggs (extra work but good). I know I am missing something…
AND it can be veggie or vegan based on what you want. The ultimate in flexibility!
Potato chips are high on the list of favourite Fun Foods, VERY high. No debate.
AND also a delivery mechanism for other Fun Foods – a range of dips from the straight forward chip dip to hummus to tapenade to guacamole to …!
AND an international Fun Food in many flavours. Many many many many flavours.
Maybe I am getting jaded but the more flavours I try, the more I love simple plain potato chips. My past horizontal taste testing was focused on new & exciting flavours from all over the world – recent fave is mayo flavoured chips from Panama! However my new focus is PLAIN, kettle cooked vs. ripple vs. “regular”. Miss Vickie’s is my go to brand that I will now have to break away from…
Interestingly enough, Miss Vickie’s has side stepped the word “plain” by calling my current favourite Original Recipe. And Miss Vickie’s also offers wine pairings for 13 of their 14 flavours which is also very clever marketing! And do keep your eyes open for their Party size bags.
Fun Food has a role in Wellness Wednesday at work. Take this very healthy Kilimanjaro trail mix – most if not all food groups are covered when you mix a variety of unsalted nuts, dried fruit and dark chocolate! Great fuel for brain power and to generate ideas to deal with whatever is ahead.
“Mark my words… it will be a cluster.”
Person who wants to remain anonymous and picks out cashews!
This is the best of the best when it comes to chocolate covered licorice – which is not everyone’s “cup of tea” BUT it is a unique flavor that must not be missed if the opportunity arises. Lakrids is from Denmark and can be found – but only rarely.
As a Plan B, Iceland has many versions of chocolate covered licorice if you get desperate. And I am keeping my eyes open for a North American brand. You too will agree it is a Fun Food.
Once in a while tasty IS healthy, it happens. And it can even be Veggie OR Vegan which is an extra bonus!
Poke is fun & very popular for a reason – there may be a debate over Fun Food status but try it and agree.
And, depending upon your combination, this Fun Food can be healthy AND tasty AND veggie or vegan. My Current favourite spot is Pokerritos – brave the line ups!!
Whenever you decide to give it a try, do go with a knowledgable friend the first time to see how it can be done.
Whitney's Fun Food Suggestions! 