Back in 2009, during San Francisco’s underground food renaissance, Rana Lehmer–Chang transformed her mother’s traditional kombucha recipe to include high–quality white, green, and black teas blended with fragrant flowers, and the company now known as House Kombucha was born.
Rich in fiber and Omega–3’s, flax seed has been renowned for its myriad of health benefits since ancient times. In fact, the early Greeks and Romans snacked on a handful or two of flaxseeds. Add flaxseed meal to your hot or cold cereal, pancakes, and waffles for a robust nutty flavor, and save the raw whole seeds for when you want to add a little crunch. Try using ground flax seed instead of eggs in baking and cooking. Simply add 1 tablespoon ground flax seed with 3 tablespoons warm water, let sit until a gel forms and use for 1 egg in recipe (pancakes, quick breads).
Been experimenting with milk alternatives lately? Consider hemp! Lightly sweetened with brown rice syrup, Pacific All–Natural Hemp Milk (in original and vanilla flavors), is a smooth and creamy addition to your coffee, cereal, or even your favorite recipe.
When Colleen Sundlie and her family lived overseas, she discovered a luscious, earthy, sticky–sweet delight known as date syrup which soon became a staple in her home. Once stateside, Colleen (today she’s known as “The Date Lady”) now brings Date Lady pure Date Syrup to our shelves for your enjoyment.
A truly versatile sweetener with hundreds of uses, Eden Organic Barley Malt Syrup makes everything sweeter, from baked beans to pancakes to roasted sweet potatoes to your favorite spice cake.
Red palm oil is culinary oil with a mild carrot–like taste. Its rich, buttery flavor makes for excellent medium–heat sautéing and is a terrific addition to soups, rice, stews, popcorn, sauces and fish. Nutiva’s Organic Red Palm Oil comes from small organic family farms in Ecuador ...
Do your gut good with GoodBelly Straight Shot and GoodBelly + (in blueberry acai flavor) probiotic shot drinks. GoodBelly Straight shot is a gently flavored dairy–free oatmilk with 20 billion live and active probiotic cultures per serving with no sugar added.
Pole and troll tuna fishing is rated the best tuna catch method by organizations such as Greenpeace and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program, and Wild Planet sources its tuna only from pole and troll catch fisheries.
What is it about sipping your favorite beverage from a Ball canning jar? Local family–owned company Discarded Designs has modernized this little bit of nostalgia with their Eco-Tumbler canning jar turned eco–friendly (and very cool) glass drinking jar.
One taste of Ziggy Marley’s Hemp Rules hempseeds, and you’ll understand why Ziggy rules!