Yes, sounds awesome! In my opinion, the sugary bars are great to have as dessert, whereas the applesauce ones are a better option for a healthy snack. I hope these ones will work for you!
I'd also love to try a raw vegan diet, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work for me. Since it can be really cold in Finland during autumn, winter and spring (sometimes summers are quite chilly as well), I feel that I need my warm meals! A raw vegan diet is a really interesting one, have you ever tried to follow it or at least tastes some raw vegan dishes? I'm curious to hear. :)
My parents do a lot with their dehydrator. They may not have the freezing temps of Finland, but they do have the humidity as well which makes cold feel colder, I'm sure you know all about humidity in Finland! (Honestly, if I were to move back to Europe, I'd want to live in Finland.) So, anyway, not everything they eat is cold. You can heat in the dehydrator to 105F without damaging the nutrients/enzymes. (I don't know what that translates to in C, about 40, I guess.)
I've not tried following a vegan or even a vegetarian diet (I like to joke that I would starve to death - I am more in the paleo/primal direction myself) - but I actually found that we have many of the same concerns and ideas, just slightly different ways of achieving them. However, I have had some of their raw vegan stuff - especially their desserts. Very good!
(I have to be careful as I am intolerant to soy in any form.)
I'd actually like to incorporate some of their desserts into my diet. They are good, rich and filling without too much bad stuff.
I think for me 40 C wouldn't be warm enough, I even like to drink my tea almost boiling hot... But I really appreciate people who can follow a raw vegan diet every day of the year!
You talking about having had tried some raw vegan stuff made me think about one thing I always like to highlight, a versatile diet. People should get rid of the mindset that they can't try any vegan foods since they're not vegan, for example. I mean, how it's going to hurt anyone if you try something new and even happen to like it? Trying new foods is fun and you can find some things you really enjoy, so it's a real win-win!
I went a bit off-topic here, but I just love to talk about food and diets and eating habits, I hope you don't mind!
I totally agree that versatility in diet is so important. I've learned to like many things that I never thought I'd like - mostly because there's little I won't try. (Yes, if I get to Sweden, I thoroughly intend to try surstömming. I don't know what smelly things you Finns eat though. I do have a pot of viili in my fridge most of the time.)
I've even had (safely-prepared) raw meat and fish. It's strangely close to the raw vegan principles there...
lol on the hot tea. My ex-sister-in-law is one of those. She's Bengali. But I've been told that even fresh tea straight from the kettle goes into the microwave for a minute or two!
When I was little my sister would eat viili with sugar and cinnamon as a snack after school. I absolutely hated it, I never was a huge fan of dairy products, my mom has told me that as soon as I learnt so speak, I said that I don't want to drink milk since it tastes bad, lol.
Surstömming in Sweden can be a challenge, it isn't the most appetizing thing in the world! If you ever come to Finland during Easter, you should try Mämmi, it looks awful, some people are disgusted by it and some people absolutely love it. I think it's the same thing with surströmming in Sweden. But it's a great thing to taste everything, how could you know whether you like it or not if you don't taste it?
Yeah, sometimes our tastes and preferences are a good guide. Especially with dairy where it can easily be an allergy issue.
My mother has never really liked beetroot, but she likes the beet greens, so grew a whole bunch of beets one year. Not wanting to waste the beetroot, she put a bunch in her smoothie... Turns out, she's allergic to it! She's fine with the greens, but can't have the root.
I agree that you don't know if you don't taste though. My mother (again) loves durian. I haven't tried it, unable to get past the gym sock smell of it, but I was a lot younger then, and would love to give it a try now just to say I have.
The "Allt för Sverige" etc, programs are wonderful because usually at least once during the series, they make these guys try some of the really nasty-looking/smelling dishes of the countries. It's funny, but such a good experience for them!
Have you had snow yet? We're going through our first snowy period of the season right now. Just a generous trace on the ground now, but I like snow.
That part of "Allt för Sverige" etc. programs sound so funny, it's entertaining to see people's reactions to different nasty foods!
We had a little bit of snow last weekend, but it only lasted for one day (thank goodness), I'm not ready for winter yet. Last winter lasted for almost six months and even if it looks really beautiful outside, it becomes quite annoying at some point! How long are your winters there?
The "Alt/Allt for/för" programs are the only reality TV shows I've seen where I would love to participate! I would actually qualify for all three of them, having provable ancestors in all three countries. :-)
But I have some health issues that would make them difficult for me. (My soy intolerance would, undoubtedly, cause problems as well.)
In Wyoming, our winters are pretty much 6 months long too. Our first snows in October, last ones in April or even May. My husband doesn't like snow as much as I though he grew up here! We may (hopefully) return to my home town area - where my Scandinavian roots met US soil. I've always felt closer to my Viking heritage than any other of my lineages.