Aren’t you just craving some
fresh veggies after all this seasonal indulgence? January makes me want to stir
fry onions and carrots. What a great way to use up that New Year’s cabbage. If
you’ve ever thought “If I just had that (fill in the blank)” tool or food to
kick start your healthy eating, consider these goodies:
Could someone pick up some
of those maroon and yellow carrots for me? I want my cutting board experience
to be just like the photo on the Gardinnovations Culinary Cutting Board box. When was the
last time cutting veggies excited you? Hopefully it was last summer when your
Southeast Texas garden came to harvest. Your home-growns deserve this sustainable
Acacia wood board with knife sharpening stones built into both sides. I also
want the fresh rosemary for the built-in mortar and pestle. Just grind your
peppercorns, salts, etc. in the corner of the board. A recessed compartment is
where you can scrape your fancily-cut veggies until you have enough for the
next step. You may just want to keep cutting on this board. Here’s to healthy eating
in 2023. www.mygardinnovations.com
Raise your hand if you’ve ever drizzled vinegar over your ice cream. I
can’t actually see you, but I’m sure some Culinary Thrill Seekers have drizzled
something like thick, sweet Ponti Balsamic Vinegar of Modena over
premium vanilla bean ice cream for an elevated treat. Or at least heard of doing
it. Decades ago I learned balsamic vinegar was part of dowries and started
paying attention. Ponti has a line including truffle and cherry varieties that
is perhaps even more fancy than is commonly found. I’ve spent a week drizzling
it over fruits, vegetables and breads and will soon work my way into roasted meats
and more. Their site guides readers to the medical and Biblical references of
vinegar and explains how to look out for maturity, must and density. Even knowing
something about balsamic, I was not prepared for the unleashing of sensatory
pleasure from these bottles. Resolution? Play with vinegar. www.ponti.com
Bamnut anyone? – A Noodbox has
brightened my life. Quick-cooking noodle cakes that are full of flavor and
healthy stuff have arrived from WhatIF Foods to color my world. Charcoal, green
and orange noodles have notes of mushroom pepper, sesame garlic and cheeky
curry. Barista and Everyday are milk varieties that come through. REplenish, REstore
and REconnect is what they're up to, in a Planet Positive kind of
way. I can’t say enough good things about the noodles from the “nood box.” Regenerative
crops of Bambara groundnuts get the credit. https://whatif-foods.com/
Darragh Doiron is a Port Arthur
area foodie with a January birthday. Do you know how tough that makes
resolution season? darraghcastillo@icloud.com
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