Jan 4, 2018
Winter is the perfect season for hot chocolate, warming and energizing – simply delicious – and made for sharing. And we can take it to the next level with NibMor, a healthful, certified organic, gourmet drinking chocolate experience! Check out the ninety-five percent Organic Six-Spice, and the Traditional Drinking Chocolate.
NibMor says, “We make the ideal cup, rich in flavenols that help maintain healthy blood flow and cardiovascular health. Our chocolate makes your heart beat”.
What a graceful meeting between true heart health and chocolaty indulgence!
Jan 4, 2018
Vinegar is a familiar kitchen cupboard product that has been recently dusted off by the organic food revolution and promoted in its raw form. Unfiltered, raw cider vinegar is more than simply the ingredient that powers vinaigrette or goes with salt onto chips. Its probiotic qualities, like yogurt’s dramatically diversify the applications of this natural super-food.
Vermont Village are veteran manufacturers and recommend it for skin care as well as medicine and straight-up thirst quenching. Try Vermont Village Organic Raw Unfiltered Vinegar.
Apple Cider Smoothie
Healthy and delicious, this smoothie is a wonderful treat and a great detox beverage!
- 1 cup of apple cider
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 date
- 1 apple
- 1/2 inch fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, or according to taste
- 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder, optional
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup, optional
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Add all the ingredients to your blender and mix until smooth and creamy.
Jan 4, 2018
A lot of health-conscious tea drinkers have been branching out, sampling from the bounteous variety of herbal teas, steeped in tradition, valued for their restorative, soothing qualities.
A good way to start your herbal tea journey is with Yogi Teas, inspired by Yogi Bhajan in India in 1969, focusing on the complex flavor and the inherent health benefits of time-tested ingredients.
This month, we’re featuring over twenty enticing varieties of Yogi Organic teas, like Egyptian Licorice Mint and Roasted Dandelion Detox.
Jan 4, 2018
As you probably know, all-organic, gluten-free, environmentally healthy foods have recently exploded into the mainstream, resulting in a better-informed and better-fed population!
Introducing Purely Elizabeth Cereals. The folks at Purely Elizabeth know that good health begins with good eats, loaded with the proper nutrients, and free of artificial preservatives, pesticides and the like. When you eat better, you feel better, it’s that simple.
This month we’re featuring Purely Elizabeth Organic Apple Cinnamon Pecan, Cranberry Pumpkin Seed, and Original Oatmeal. These Superfood Oatmeals are made with a blend of chia, hemp, quinoa, flax and amaranth. These ingredients combine with organic gluten-free oats for a truly unique texture and a hearty, satisfying taste.
Jan 4, 2018
Mont Blanc is a famous French dessert made from puréed, sweetened chestnuts. The chestnut purée is piled on top of meringue rounds that are topped with whipped cream. The dessert was named Mont Blanc (white mountain) because it resembles the highest snow-capped mountain in the Alps.
In the US, winter is the time for chestnuts, 3,781 metric tons of which were imported in 2011 to the tune of twelve million dollars. Chestnuts have been eaten for millennia and are clearly still going strong.
Enter Blanchard and Blanchard, the organic food company bringing you their 100% organic roasted, peeled whole chestnuts with no artificial colours or preservatives. Unlike other nuts, chestnuts have a high starch and water content but low protein and fat levels. They’re a versatile and flavourful – perfect for keeping in the pantry year-round.
Blanchard and Blanchard Chestnuts can be eaten as they are, as a snack, or pureed to use in either sweet or savoury dishes.
Sweet Chestnut Cream
Sweet Chestnut cream is excellent on toast, pancakes, or with ice cream or yogurt. It is also used for frosting, cake fillings, and mousse.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 pounds peeled, roasted chestnuts
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped to firm peaks
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, over medium-high heat, simmer chestnuts with milk until soft, about 10 minutes. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water and bring to a simmer until the sugar dissolves.
Drain chestnuts and puree in a food processor with sugar syrup until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl and chill in the refrigerator until cool, 30 minutes. When cooled, stir in the vanilla, and fold in the whipped cream. Transfer to a bowl and chill before serving.
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