when ec doesn't cook

Sometimes life doesn't give you time to spend in the kitchen. Since I don't do fast food, I tend to live off food in bar form when I can't cook. In no particular order, my top five rectangular food choices:

1. Greens+ Chocolate Energy Bar


Ok, so maybe this list is in a particular order -- Greens+ is far and away my favorite of the bar form food group. It's organic, made with gmo-free soy and no sugar, and features a nutrient-rich green superfood blend. Plus, it's coated in chocolate. So really, you can't get better than that.


2. Cliff Nectar Bar


Each Nectar Bar has only five ingredients. Five. That's amazing. Plus they're organic, also made with no sugar, and also taste like chocolate.


3. Lara Bar


Yay raw food! Lara bars are made with 100% raw ingredients, like dates and cherries and almonds. The ingredient lists are even shorter than the Nectar Bars'. Cherry pie is the best, no contest.


4. Organic Food Bar - Vegan


It's exactly that -- an organic vegan food bar. Not as tasty at some of the others, but it's made with quinoa sprouts and flax seed, so it's ridiculously good for you. The vegan bar is also gluten, soy, and peanut free, so it'll work for people with food allergies.


5. thinkOrganic


This bar wins on graphic design alone. Unlike a lot of the other raw organic food bars, the think line of bars has slick packaging that will totally match your Lulu gear. They're also dairy, soy, sugar, and gluten-free.