THE NIBBLE BLOG: Products, Recipes & Trends In Specialty Foods


Also visit our main website, TheNibble.com.

PRODUCT: Amy’s Organic Beans

July 13, 2009 at 7:01 am · Filed under Kosher Nibbles, Rice-Beans-Grains-Seeds, Vegan

July 13th is Franks & Beans Day. Thank goodness for Amy’s—we can celebrate with quality baked beans. Amy’s Organic Vegetarian Baked Beans are the best canned beans we’ve had: rich, hearty beans that aren’t drowning in the cloying sweetness that other brands succumb to.

(What is it with manufacturers who sweeten every savory food, so that meat and vegetables smack of sugar? Isn’t that what dessert is for? Do Americans really want everything to taste sweet, or want to ingest all that extra weight-gain and diabetes-inducing sugar?)

Also delicious are Amy’s Organic Traditional Refried Beans (pinto beans), Organic Refried Beans with Green Chiles and Organic Refried Black Beans—all of which go perfectly well with franks and other foods, and should’t be reserved for Mexican dishes. That being said, the quality of Amy’s refried beans is superior to most Mexican restaurants. All of the products are vegan, gluten free and cholesterol free, with a MSRP of $2.79 for a 15.4-ounce can. Just heat and serve! The products are certified kosher by Ner Tamid K.

 amys-baked-beans-230

When we don’t have time to make our own baked beans, we’re happy to eat Amy’s.

Comments off

NEW PRODUCT: Travel Chocolate, Organic & Fair Trade

July 13, 2009 at 7:00 am · Filed under Chocolate, Fair Trade

open-bar-230
Travel Chocolate, 70% cacao, is a rewarding bittersweet chocolate experience.		 Fans of organic and Fair Trade products have a new chocolate to try: Travel Chocolate, currently made in 70% cacao bars. The mission of Fair Trade is to have a positive societal impact, focusing on improving farmers’ working and living conditions by paying them fair wages for their products, keeping them from exposure to harmful pesticides, eradicating child labor, providing education to farmers and their families, and farming sustainably (read more about Fair Trade). Travel Chocolate makes regular donations to the Children’s Rescue Mission, which helps the residents of Teupasenti, a poor rural village in the mountainous region of south east Honduras.

So how’s the chocolate? Bittersweet, earthy with dried nuances (see our Flavors & Aromas of Chocolate chart). It’s not a sumptuous chocolate (not flowing with extra cocoa butter), but will please lovers of masculine-style bittersweet chocolate. And, it will please everyone who believes in the dual noble causes of Fair Trade and organic farming.

A 3.5-ounce bar (100g) is $6.50, .71 ounce (20g) bar is $2.75 at TravelChocolate.com. Gift packages are available.

See more of our favorite organic/Fair Trade certified chocolate:

Comments off

TIP OF THE DAY: Adult Soda

July 13, 2009 at 6:59 am · Filed under Beverages, Entertaining, Tip Of The Day

When you’re entertaining friends, you look for the best cheeses, breads and desserts…so why serve average cola and ginger ale? Bottles of “adult sodas” from boutique manufacturers like Fizzy Lizzy, GuS, Izze and Steaz may cost a bit more than mass-marketed fizz, but they’re many times more exciting. Made with all-natural flavors and either pure cane sugar or organic cane juice instead of high fructose corn syrup, they also use far less sugar (read: lower calories and carbs, more elegant flavor). Treat your friends and yourself to these gourmet sodas—so delish, they’re paired with main courses at some of America’s finest restaurants!

Comments off

PRODUCT: Sweet & Saucy Fudge & Caramel Sauces

July 12, 2009 at 7:36 am · Filed under Desserts, Gluten-Free

If you’re doing your share to celebrate National Ice Cream month, you need some appropriate toppings. Sweet & Saucy makes 20 different buttery caramel and rich chocolate sauces, handcrafted in small batches using quality ingredients. There’s a flavor for everyone:

  • Caramel Sauce: Original, Aunt Emily’s Cranberry Caramel, Butterscotch Caramel, Chardonnay Caramel, Cinnamon Caramel, Coffee Caramel, Frank’s Whiskey Caramel, Rum Caramel; seasonally, spiced Autumn Harvest Caramel.
  • Fudge Sauce: Original, Amaretto Fudge, Cabernet Fudge, Espresso Fudge, Mint Fudge, Macadamia White Fudge, Orange Liqueur Fudge, Peanut Butter Fudge, RazzBerry Fudge; seasonal, White Chocolate Peppermint, White Chocolate Strawberry Fudge.

The line is certified gluten free.

If you’re feeling saucy, also check out our Top Pick Of The Week chocolate and caramel sauces from:

 amaretto-fudge-ps-230

From Cabernet Fudge to Orange Liqueur
Fudge to Peanut Butter Fudge, you can have
it your way at Sweet & Saucy.

Comments off

Lavender Iced Tea Recipe

July 12, 2009 at 6:59 am · Filed under Beverages, Coffee & Tea, Tip Of The Day

There’s nothing more elegant than a glass of lavender iced tea.

  • Add a 1/2 cup of culinary lavender (grown without pesticides) to 2-3 quarts of brewed tea.
  • When the tea cools, strain out the lavender. (If you have one or two large spice infusion balls, use them to hold the lavender buds and you won’t need to strain.)

    •  
    Lavender tea is delicious hot as well.

  • If you’re making a single cup of hot tea, add a half teaspoon of buds to the cup (if you use a tea bag, you can use a tea infuser spoon or other tea strainer to strain the buds; if you use loose tea, just toss them in).
  • We love lavender with black tea, but it’s equally delicious with green and white teas.

    •  
    Visit our Tea Section for more tea ideas.

    		  Lavender Iced Tea
    This lavender iced tea recipe from Napiers adds lemon balm (photo © Napiers).
  • Learning to brew tea is an art and a science. Find out how to make the perfect cup of tea.
  • Read about the history of tea.

    •   

    Comments off

    The Nibble Webzine Of Food Adventures
    RSS
    Follow by Email
    Facebook
    fb-share-icon
    Twitter
    Tweet


    © Copyright 2005-2026 Lifestyle Direct, Inc. All rights reserved. All images are copyrighted to their respective owners.