Holiday Cooking & Baking, Beverages and On-The-Go Snacks! ~ The Review Stew

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We have you covered today on all your cooking, baking, beverages and on-the-go snacks this holiday season! Check out all my favorites below:

COOKING + BAKING

Explore Cuisine Pulse and Bean Pastas

Take the guilt out of your favorite pasta meals with Explore Cuisine! Explore Cuisine integrates beans, peas, lentils, and rice to provide you with nourishing meals which are easy, quick, colorful, and simply delicious!

All Explore Cuisine products are vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO and jam packed with nutrients. ($4.99 at www.explorecuisine.com and retailers nationwide)

Field Roast Vegan Frozen Snack Line

·Miniature Corn Dogs : Our award-winning Miniature Corn Dogs harken back to county fairs, amusement parks and summertime fun. We begin with our Field Roast Frankfurters, dunk them in a traditional sweet cornbread batter and crisp them to perfection.

Fruffalo Wings: Spicy and piquant, daring and bold, crispy and saucy…dare to behold! Our #1 selling Field Roast Smoked Apple Sage Sausage cut on the bias, lightly battered, fried to perfection. Finish in your own sauté pan, crisp them up, add our spicy FRuffalo sauce and FRvoila!

Sunflower Katsu Cutlet: An all American classic country-style breaded steak turns Japanese and merges with a traditional Katsu style cutlet. A sliced steak of Original Lentil Sage Field Roast battered and breaded with our own special recipe of seasonings, bread crumbs and sunflower seeds.

Field Roast Chao Creamery – Vegan Mac n’ Cha

Creamy Mac n’ Chao: It was only a matter of time before we became inspired to craft a rich, flavorful sauce using our Creamy Original Chao Slices. A homestyle classic and perfect combination of creaminess, texture and umami. Simply made, simply satisfying.

Chili Mac n’ Chao: A southern favorite with zesty chili made with Field Roast brand FieldBurger and pinto beans simmered in a creamy sauce made from Tomato Cayenne Chao Slices. Simply made, spicy good!

KRUPS Grind and Spice

($19.99; Available @ Walmart)

Quickly grind your favorite coffee beans with the iconic KRUPS F203 coffee grinder.

Product features:

· Two-in-one compact and powerful blade grinder grinds coffee perfectly, and can tackle dry spices, fresh herbs, or nuts for your most adventurous seasoning creation.

· Powerful motor grinds beans from coarse to fine in seconds

· Large grinding capacity yields up to 12 cups of coffee

· Stainless steel power blade for ideal performance

· Versatile unit grinds all kinds of dry spices

· Lid activated safety switch

· Oval blade shape for uniform, even grinding

· Designed for easy pouring and handling

Coconut Protein Powder

NEW from Carrington Farms, Organic Coconut Protein Blend is made with only 3 organic ingredients. It's the perfect way to add plant-based protein to your diet and to your favorite holiday cookies for added nutrition. MSRP: $16.99 www.CarringtonFarms.com

BEVERAGES

AquaBall

AquaBall's naturally flavored water is THE zero-sugar, zero-calorie, zero-preservative children's beverage perfect for regulating the kids’s sugar intake this holiday season WITHOUT jeopardizing taste. Available in four flavors – Berry Frost, Fruit Punch, Grape, and Strawberry Lemonade – AquaBall features fan favorite characters from Disney’s Frozen, Disney Princesses, Marvel’s Avengers and Disney Classic Characters. The bottle alone will bring a smile to any kid's face! www.aquaballdrink.com

Sparkling Ice

An excellent soda alternative, Sparkling Ice is slightly carbonated with B-Vitamins, Vitamin D and antioxidants. This light and refreshing beverage contains Zero Calories, Zero Carbs, is Gluten Free, and Sodium Free.

Pick a flavor from the 20+ different delicious options including a line of Teas, Lemonades and 8oz Slim Cans, to enjoy in your favorite cocktails or as a refreshing snack. ($1.19-$1.29/bottle, available in retailers nationwide)

Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beers & Ales

The newest craft beverage collection to come from BCGA, Brooklyn Crafted brings seven bold ginger flavors into the mix due to popular demand. Made with 100% real ginger, the 12 oz. bottle flavor profiles include Extra Spicy Ginger Beer, Sugar Free Ginger Beer and Sugar Free Ginger Ale. The 7 oz. mini bottle flavor profiles include Traditional, Earl Gray, Lemon & Lime and Mango.

ON-THE-GO SNACKS

Munk Pack Oatmeal Fruit Squeezes

This ready-to-eat oatmeal, packed with grains and fruit bites, is perfect for a quick breakfast or snack on the go! Available in five delicious flavors, including Apple Quinoa Cinnamon, Maple Pear Quinoa, and more, they are gluten-free, non GMO, vegan and high in fiber.

Munk Pack Protein Cookies

With 18G of plant-protein and 6G of fiber per cookie, Munk Pack Protein Cookies are a delicious, on-the-go protein bar alternative. In flavors like Double Dark Chocolate, Coconut White Chip Macadamia, Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Raisin Spice, these vegan and gluten free cookies are soft baked and filled with fiber.

Welch's Fruit Rolls

The NEW Welch’s Fruit Rolls deliver the same quality consumers love in Welch's Fruit Snacks, in a new, irresistibly fun format. Featuring fruit as its first ingredient, the Fruit Rolls are gluten free and available in three mouthwatering flavors: Berry, Tropical Punch, and White Grape Strawberry. (6ct box with 0.75oz roll / $2.99)

Go Organically Fruit Snacks

Go Organically fruit snacks are tasty, on-the-go, USDA-certified organic fruit snack made with real fruit. Even better, these fruit snacks are gluten-free, contain 100% DV Vitamin C, GMO Free and contain no preservatives, offering families a delicious and authentic snack. Available in three delicious flavors, including: Fruit Medley, Mixed Berry and Tropical. (8-Count Boxes with 0.8oz. Pouches / $3.99)