Food & Drink
Here at Nexus we take food quite seriously. Due to all the late nights and crazy rushing production days, we’re connoisseurs of the grab-andeat snack. From chocolate licorice logs to Grain Waves to Turkish Delight Chocettes, we’ve tried it. You can’t say it’s super healthy though. In vain have I scanned ingredients lists for something without piles of added sugar and saturated fat, even on allegedly healthy muesli bars. But now, via word of mouth recommendations, we have discovered the mighty One Square Meal. Sorry for the advertorial tones, but we really like them. It’s the product we would have made if we’d thought of it (bastards) - a perfectly balanced and healthy work of culinary art that apparently took 2 years to knock up. It tastes good, it’s original and NZ made to boot. If you haven’t time to do a standard healthy lunch, here’s a tricky solution.
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So, each day we need about 2000 calories and various percentages of this should be iron, carbs, protein, magnesium, etc. The concept of the One Square Meal is this – it provides exactly 33.3% of those things, thus providing a perfectly balanced food that’s easy to grab on the run. It theory it can be a meal replacement product, but is a whole lot more appetising that the usual powdery shake affair. The packet contains two individually wrapped bars, one of which is called an OSM (yup, just like the Open Student Meeting on this Wednesday but it’s tastier than greasy sausages). So you can eat one now and save the other for the evening’s history lecture. The stats - low GI, so it keeps you going, no trans-fatty acids or artificial flavourings or colours, no added preservatives or sugar (although there is manuka honey and maltodextrin), no nuts. Not fully gluten-free, but I know a gluten-intolerant fan who’s a fan nonetheless. 10 vitamins and 5 minerals.
Issue 11 22 May 2006
MATT IS WON OVER BY ONE SQUARE MEAL
One Square Meal has many high profile friends, aside from Nexus staff. Saatchi and Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts on One Square Meal - ‘It works, it tastes great, and it doesn’t cost much. It’s the next iPod.’ Weta’s Richard Taylor is pretty enthusiastic too. ‘A healthy crew is a happy crew thanks to One Square Meal. One Square Meal kick starts Weta Workshops day!’. And I’m sure hobbits would have eaten them if they’d had them too. At about $3.95 RRP each, the One Square Meal is slightly more pricey than one standard muesli bar, but they contain two good solid OSMs and will keep you going much longer. The ideal convenience food for grabbing between lectures or keeping you going through an all-nighter. You can get One Square Meal on campus at Campus Kiosk in the cowshed, and elsewhere at most dairies and petrol stations. If you’d like to try the OSM for yourself, we’ve got some samples and info to give away. Just email us (nexus@ waikato.ac.nz) with a deserving reason or a good recipe and we’ll pick some lucky winners to get a sample.