Trader Joe's Freeze Dried Fruit

I wanted to write about Trader Joe's freeze dried mango, but couldn't find a good picture. I decided to do it myself. I set up a little shot on the table upstairs and the baby came over and helped herself.

Here are the shots in sequence.




The freeze dried fruit at Trader Joe's is amazing. It is just fruit and it is so sweet. As I was coming home with my bags of groceries I ran into Leroy my UPS guy. I made him try some and he said "It's like the marshmallows in Lucky Charms."

He's not wrong.

Best Apple, go to the farmers market now, and wait for it to open

The headline says alot.

I was at Gods Love We Deliver shooting the cover for this years holiday catalog and Susan Oher the head of the volunteer department foisted this apple on me. She only had one and offered it to me like 3 times. I was the best apple I have had in years.

What kind of apple was it?

A Macoun.

A Macoun apple giving a very Maxim Magazine moment, note the dew, focus behind the subject and it was shot at night? Very saucy. This is the "wet t-shirt on the knees in the surf at sunset" shot of the produce world.

I grew up on a farm upstate. We had a couple of apple trees. We lived down the road from an orchard. I was in 4H with a girl who's family ran an orchard. I know from apples, and this one is amazing.

It is like a Macintosh, but crisper and juicer. It is best suited to the northeast and is in season in October and November. It is a popular road stand and pick your own apple.

I am getting a bunch and then any Rosh Hashanah things I am going to I am bringing them as a hostess gift with a great jaw of raw honey.

I love these, and I totally forgot about them.

I was in the health food store yesterday and I saw these and remembered that I LOVE the pumpkin seeds. The are made by Go Raw. They are raw pumpkin seeds that are sprouted, dried and salted. There is something about them that makes them addictive. They are the most simple things but the flavor is complex. Oh, and they are supposed to be good for you. The are "live" so I guess all the enzymes are in tact, or whatever all this raw and live stuff is about. The healthiness aside, they taste great and are easy to carry around.

Enjoy!

PS The sesame seeds are good to but nowhere near the pumpkin.