PRODUCT: Quinoa & Whole Grain Brown Rice

Absolutely delish: a mix of quinoa and brownrice, deftly seasoned. Photo courtesy SeedsOf Change.   The Uyuni Salt Flats of southeast Bolivia, high in the Andes Mountains, are best known for salt production. But quinoa has been cultivated there by the Incas for some 5,000 years. Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wa or KEE-noo-ah, is an exceptionally nutritious…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Kiss My Cheesy Grits

[1] Enjoy cheesy grits or plain grits for breakfast, lunch or dinner (photo © Anson Mills). [2] Grits are made from both white and yellow corn (photo © Anson Mills).   If your only exposure to hot cereal is instant packages of oatmeal, you’re depriving yourself of a real treat. For us, Cream Of Wheat,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Sustainable Coffee

We were thrilled to discover Tiny Footprint coffee, an organic brand that is doubly sustainable through negative carbon emissions. We taste most things blind. So before we knew it was organic or carbon negative, we thought it was a great cup of coffee. Then, we found out how sustainable it is, first through organic agriculture…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Laurel Hill Tortilla Chips

Super Bowl Sunday is February 6. If you win this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize, you will be well prepared for a football party. Two lucky winners will each receive two bags of every flavor of Laurel Hill Tortilla Chips, including: Multigrain Nacho Cheese Olive & Caper Pumpkin Seed Sea Salt & Lime Made with all-natural…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Kamut Khorasan Wheat

Say what? KAMUT® (kah-MOOT) is the manufacturer and brand name of a Khorasan wheat that is available in the US. Khorasan is an ancient wheat, the grain of which is two times larger than modern wheat. It has a rich, nutty flavor. As produced by Kamut, it’s organic and whole grain—just as it was in…
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