We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
In January 2012 we highlighted Jenkins Hell Fire Pepper Jelly. The company has since added three new flavors – Fiery Figs, Passion Fire, and Guava Brava. … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
La Terra Fina which produces a line of refrigerated dips and quiches has expanded its quiche lineup with a traditional Quiche Lorraine. Like the other quiches in the line, Quiche Lorraine is made with egg whites, not whole eggs, plus bacon and Swiss cheese. A 4.5 ounce servings which equals one-fifth of the quiche has 320 calories, 19 grams of fat (8 grams are saturated fat), 30 milligrams of cholesterol, and 550 milligrams of sodium… … Read More
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e love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
We can’t remember ever opening multiple jars of mustard and tasting them. But, that is exactly what we did recently and the results were enjoyable, tasteful and sometimes surprising. Beaverton Foods, Inc. is a third generation, family owned, condiment company. We tried mustards from their Inglehoffer and Beaver brands… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Sometimes what is old can be brand new again. Uncle Sam cereal, first produced in 1908, looks like a product recently developed to meet current nutrition trends. Made from red winter wheatberries (whole wheat kernels) that are rolled, toasted and flatten and mixed with omega-3-rich flaxseeds, plus a little salt and barley malt (no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives). The cereal is rich in healthy fat and fiber and contains only a trace of sugar.
It is crunchy and holds up well in milk and works as a topping on yogurt or as an added crunch in soup or a salad.
Company legend has it that the founder Lafayette Coltrin was told by his doctor to add flaxseed to his diet. He enjoyed it mixed with whole wheat flakes that he ate for breakfast. He decided to market the combination and Uncle Sam was born. Until recently a profile of a top-hated man adorned the box, which was supposed to be Coltrin who resembled the mythical Uncle Sam, hence the name… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Jerky is traditionally made from lean meat, trimmed of fat, cut into strips and dried to prevent spoilage. Most varieties are dry and chewy. Perky Jerky is much more moist.
Company legend has it that the founders of the company, after a hard night of partying on energy drink-cocktails, headed out to go skiing the next morning. They grabbed some leftover jerky that had been drenched in spilled energy drink. To their amazement the jerky tasted the same but was less chewy and had taken on some of the boost from the energy drink. And, so Perky Jerky was born… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
This is truly a quirky product from Betty Lou’s and we had our doubts when we received the sample. But, we were pleasantly surprised because this product works and is actually an interesting substitute for regular peanut butter… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Sans Sucre (which means “sugar free” in French) produces a line of baking mixes sweetened with Stevia, a natural, no calorie plant, native to Paraguay that has been used as sweetener and flavor enhancer for centuries. Stevia sweetener is new to the US market and it is appearing in a wider array of foods. The mixes also contain sorbitol, a sugar substitute found in many sugar free and sugar reduced foods… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Jayone Foods offers a wide selection of Korean products. We recently tried two.
Sea’s Gift is an excellent seaweed snack made from jarae-kim seaweed harvested in the west and southwest regions of South Korea. Though neither of us are seaweed lovers, we were pleasantly surprised at the crunchy taste. All come in 5 gram, single-serve packages… … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
These products are really outstanding. We had the pleasure of sampling Bella Sun Luci sun dried tomatoes packaged in 3.5-ounce bags at a recent food expo and thought the product was very good. The company then sent us samples of jarred sun dried tomatoes in extra virgin olive oil and they are mind-blowing delicious… … Read More
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According to a new statistics from the UN Food and Argiculture Organization, roughly one-third of the world’s food supply is lost or wasted. At a time when land, water and energy resources needed to feed a global population of 6.9 billion are increasingly limited, this loss is staggering. In developed countries, like the US, food … Read More
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