Sometimes life gives you lemons.
This time, I got peanut butter from my daughter and
raisins from volunteering at a run. Lots of raisins!
I've recently discovered dry oats as a quick breakfast
pancake option mixed with egg and banana. This time I rolled them around in the
PB and raisin largess. Health nuts call these protein balls. They were like
coffee break snacks and breakfast treats to me.
To those three
basic ingredients, play with adding:
·
Cocoa powder
- Vanilla
- Chia seeds
- Tiny
chocolate chips
- Cinnamon
- Coconut
flakes
- Chopped
nuts
- PUMPKIN ALERT: Sprinkle your pumpkin spice powder all over these goodies and munch away virtually guilt free.
Pecans to confess over - Damn Man Snacks had me at Mexican Cocoa Peanuts, but that’s in another package. I’ve sweet-crunched through the bold pleasure of Bluegrass Bourbon Pecans. They’re suggested as a tailgate offering. You can bring them but don’t think about hiding them because they’re in a round tin and the nuts rattle around and make noise. Just get a bunch first before pass it around. $29 at Walmart.com
I confess, I love the round tins a certain famous
fruitcake comes in, but I’d rather have a tin packed with these pecans.
Righteous
Felon - Jerky doesn’t have
to be funny. It doesn’t even have to be good if you are truly eating in in
survival mode on a trailhead. But fortunately, there are some guys who can hook
you up to top-notch, creatively flavored
jerky with a funny bone. Righteous Felon Craft Jerky is getting big for its
britches. By this I mean cheeky, in all the good ways. Eyebrow-raising puns and
packaging frame a soft side of just-good jerky and sticks that taste distinctly
delicious.
Try these on for
size:
Beef Jerky in
Bootleggin’ B.B.Q; Seoul Survivor that’s Korean inspired; and Maryland Monroe,
with a beefy blonde with a beauty mark on the packaging.
Lemon Pepper with
citrus and basil is an option on a stick along with: Street Taco (with
pineapple); O.G. Hickory; Fiery Habanero; and Honey Heist.
There are more and
they’re all fun. Read their manifesto at www.righteousfelon.com, but let me leave you with this. A beefy
heavyweight with gloves and a championship belt is on the package labeled
Teriyaki Balboa. Stay Righteous.
Darragh Doiron is a Port Arthur area foodie who
loves to hear from readers, via panews@panews.com
