Grad School Fuel

Since I lashed out towards Travelocity last night, I thought I'd focus on a good business tonight. As mentioned countless times on this blog, I'm currently in grad school. This requires that two nights a week I drive an hour out of town for class. Sometimes I have time between work and class to exercise. Other times I have to leave straight from work for class. Either way, I don't have time to come home and cook a prepared, healthy meal for my drive to school.

Enter Wild Basil Foods.

Specific details about the company can be found at their website linked above. The company offers a line of all natural snacks.

I first heard about Wild Basil Foods last year when Kelsey attended one of our neighborhood's "girls' night" events. Laura, the founder of Wild Basil Foods, brought some food samples to the party. Kelsey came home from the party and mentioned the food she'd tried and told me I'd like them. At the time, I was eating the occasional "power bar" for a meal. I didn't like resorting to a power bar because God knows what's in them. They literally tasted like chalk.

Chalk gives you power. That's why teachers are so great.

Truthfully, I meant to check out the website right away but completely forgot. Then I ran into Laura at our neighborhood Christmas party and asked her more questions about the snacks. Transition to a few weeks later when Kelsey and I went gluten-free right as I was about to start grad school, and I needed something fast, with no gluten, I could eat on the way to, from, and during school.

To that end, Wild Basil Foods has been a godsend. They offer several different bars. I've tried the five gluten free bars. All of them were good, but I'm particularly fond of the Lemon and the Super Chocolate.

I know most of Wild Basil's products are technically snacks and not meals, but when accompanied with fruit and/or almonds, they make a satisfying meal. At any rate, I think I'll be happier with myself than all the people who stop and pick up McDonalds on the way to every class!

If you're interested in trying some natural snacks (they'd be great for road trips), try Wild Basil Foods.