Treat Yourself to Wellness

The festive season often inspires a mindset shift in us. For most of the year, we prioritise routine, making sustainable progress, and saving for a rainy day, anticipated holiday, or lifestyle upgrade.

However, this jolly time almost calls for spontaneity, indulgence, and the fulfilment of an unending social appetite. While once-in-a-lifetime memories are often cemented during this special time with the ones we love, not being mindful of our wellness can spoil the fun.

Before the festivities are in full swing and you’ve left your email autoresponder happily on until the new year, try to realign your festive mentality with moderation in mind. Consider, firstly, that you can enjoy some holiday treats, but that you can follow them with a nutrient-dense snack so that you are still meeting your nutritional needs.

This moderation mindset can also manifest in coupling undeniable treats with delicious whole foods. For example, chocolate with strawberries, cheesecake with yoghurt, or buttery crackers with lean meats.

The festive period is also a wonderful time to dust off your oven gloves, find recipes for healthier takes on traditional sweets, and get to experimenting by adding a sprinkle of your favourite superfoods, swapping out sugars for natural sweeteners, and adding healthier alternatives to your creations.

You can also start new festive traditions by adding a couple of these delectable treats to your shopping list, your family’s Christmas stockings, and your emergency snack fund, as they will definitely put your wellness first…

SWEET, SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE

Crazy for Cocoa

Organic, dairy-free, cane sugar-free and delicious, Honest chocolates offer any chocoholic guaranteed guilt-free blissfulness. They’re also vegan, handmade in South Africa, and come in a variety of flavours to cater to different tastes. The 54% Dark Chocolate Mylk Salted Almonds and the Dark Chocolate Mylk Toasted Coconut are sublime!

Honey, Honey, How You Thrill Me

Vegetarian, Halaal, and free from refined sugar, dairy, gluten, preservatives, colourants, and flavourings - Uju gummies are the perfect treat for the entire family. They’re brimming with goodness, stemming from the locally sourced honey which acts as the primary ingredient in these sweets. They come in different flavours, including Almond and Rose Geranium, and have a unique texture which sits between Turkish Delights and traditional gummy sweets.

Change Your Crisps

Commercial potato chips have a grip on many of us - light, crunchy and salty…the whole family-sized packet often disappears before we know it! Luckily, the Wellness brand offers savoury savants a superfood crisp alternative with our kale chips. Nutrient-packed, these ‘chips’ will fill you up and help you sate your cravings with their delicious tangy, zesty, and spicy flavours. 

Balls of Bliss

Feel amped and ready for anything after each bite when you try Nibble Me’s energy balls, free from flour, dairy, processed sugar, gluten, preservatives, and artificial flavour enhancers (or artificial sweeteners). Wholesome and filled with hand-made goodness, these spheres satiate sweet cravings with the variety of flavour options - including Insanely Fudgey Chocolate and Cashew Chia Energy.

Teatime Treats

Give your weekend cuppa a tune-up by ditching the over-processed biscuits and trying chickpea cookies filled with nourishment. Happy Earth People’s cookies are vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, high fibre, and delicious. Dunkable, snackable and guilt-free, these cookies are sure to inspire joyful outbursts. Hooray!