RECIPE: How To Make Kale Chips In The Microwave

“I am so sick of kale,” our friend Bonnie exclaimed, as we sat down to a restaurant lunch. We have nothing against a kale salad, but we were trended-out by the kale Caesar salad as a menu item. We wanted the original Caesar salad: We wanted romaine! The one thing we agreed upon was kale…
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TREND: Sriracha, The New “It” Flavor

Each year, we notice a hot new food trend. Often it’s a new flavor, blasting through everything from salad dressing to popcorn. Notable past flavor explosions like chipotle, jalapeño, and wasabi introduced new kinds of heat to the American palate. The current “it” flavor seems to be sriracha.     WHAT IS SRIRACHA? Sriracha, pronounced…
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FOOD FUN: Popchip Snacks

Make Guacpops with guacamole. Photo courtesy PopChips.   A boat-shaped chip demands filling. So Popchips* created two snacks using its popular air-popped chips: Guacamo Popper Ingredients Per Chip 1 Salt & Pepper Popchip 1 dollop of spicy guacamole Red and green jalapeño slices   Nachopop Ingredients Per Chip 1 Barbeque Popchip Spicy beef Grated cheese…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Flavored Chips For Super Bowl Sunday

As you stroll down the snacks aisle of the supermarket, instead of grabbing the same old chips, treat your crowd to something special. For more than a decade, chips have been exploding in flavor. Although most supermarkets give shelf space to the three or so biggest sellers, bagel chips, bean chips, pita chips, potato chips,…
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SUPER BOWL: Garrett Popcorn

For Super Bowl munching, how about some Spicy CheeseCorn? The limited edition flavor from Garrett Popcorn is a welcome gift: a yummy blend of cayenne pepper and chili powder mixed with freshly melted Cheddar cheese corn. Combine with a cold beer, and you may not care who wins or loses. Send Spicy CheeseCorn as a…
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