A Survival Meal that Actually Tastes Good! ©

 

 

The perfect survival meal in a bar, on the left, a Blueberries and Yogurt Meal Bar, and on the right a Chocolate Brownie Meal Bar, by Amway BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars, photograph by the Author.

Author’s Note – Due to inclement weather, this week’s previously scheduled article on making “Turnep-bread, a 17th Century Recipe ©” has been postponed until next week.  Happy American Thanksgiving Day!  Don’t forget to stay comfortably cold when you are out in the winter (for more on comfortably cold, go HERE) , photograph by the Author.

 

Recently I picked up a book called Sports Afield Outdoor Skills, at a thrift store.  It was edited by Frank S. Golad, and was published in 1991, and on page 20 was the following, “A well-stocked survival kit can mean the difference between an uncomfortable situation and a life - threatening one.  Now, the Amway Corporation has come up with an important addition to your survival kit: Nutrilite snack bars...”.

 

Wow!  What a blast from the past!  My wife Katie and I started a business in 1991, using the Amway marketing system and products, and I remember the Nutrilite™ snack bars well.  In 1991, there were six flavors of the 2.5 ounce (71 gram) meal replacement bars, Peanut Butter, Raisin & Honey, Cocoa Almond, Maple & Fruit, and Apple Cinnamon; my favorite was the Cocoa Almond flavor and Katie’s was the Peanut Butter.  Each bar was divided into two squares and were foil wrapped together.  We called them food bars.  The two squares of the meal bar contained 100% of the required daily allowance of vitamins and 300 calories, and they tasted good, which in a survival bar is a plus, since unfortunately, many of these taste like chocolate covered styrofoam!

 

Chocolate brownie flavored BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars.

Like a lot of good things, the original Nutrilite™ meal replacement bars no longer exist, but they have been replaced by BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars, instead!

 

On the left a Blueberries and Yogurt Meal Bar, and on the right a Chocolate Brownie Meal Bar, photograph by the Author.

BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars are foil wrapped bars that are 1.8 ounces (50 grams) and now come in eight delicious flavors, Cinnamon Swirl, Caramel Peanut Butter, Cookies & Cream, Savory Almond & Seeds, Blueberries & Yogurt, Caramel Cookie Dough, Mixed Berry, and Chocolate Brownie.  Each bar has 180 calories, 15 grams of protein and is packed with vitamins and minerals.  Each box of Meal Bars contains 14 bars, and they all taste great.  My favorite is still the Chocolate Brownie bar.

 

Nutrition facts for BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars, photograph by the Author.

So, as Frank S. Golad wrote thirty plus years ago, in Sports Afield Outdoor Skills, add a couple of BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars to your survival kit or your pocket before you head out into the wilderness.  They are the perfect survival meal in a bar, and they taste great!

 

A minimum item survival kit with two BodyKey by Nutrilite™ Meal Bars added to it, photograph by the Author.

If you are interested in adding Meal Bars to your survival kit, contact your local independent Amway distributor, or click HERE.

 

Don’t forget to come back next week, when we return to our regularly scheduled article and read “Turnep-bread, a 17^th Century Recipe©”, where we will talk about recreating an old bread recipe, that poor people use to use to stretch scarce flour.  And again, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving Day!

 

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That is all for now, and as always, until next time, Happy Trails!

 

Sources

 

Golad, Frank S.; Sports Afield Outdoor Skills, [Hearst Books, New York, 1991