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In my never ending quest for snacks with fewer calories and more protein, I was very happy to discover The Good Bean, a Berkeley based company that makes roasted garbanzo bean snacks. Our introduction came from a free sample pack that appeared at our door right about the time Todd arrived home from work on [...]
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Today’s cookie is a twist on an old favorite. I took a cranberry white chip cookie, reduced the sugar, played around with the leavening amounts, then added a packet of pomegranate flavored Better Oats to change the flavor and texture. If you haven’t spotted it on the cereal aisle yet, Better Oats is a new [...]
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Given the fact that I’ll be packing Fuzz’s lunch every day for the next 9 month (or better yet, Fuzz will be packing it!) , I happily accepted a free sample of LesserEvil snacks. You may recognize the name from their kettle corn. It’s been available for a while, but now they are making a [...]
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Sorry I don’t have a homemade cookie today. The fact is I’ve been craving sugar wafers all week and finally broke down and bought a pack. It was difficult. I kept asking myself why I was spending money on packaged junk when there were a million recipes to try. Well, number one I can’t make [...]
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I like to keep it sweet here on Cookie Madness, so when Rice Select offered to let me review their rice, I said “Yes, on one condition. It has to be in rice pudding.” Okay, that’s not exactly how it went down. Really, I was offered some free rice and since we eat a …
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It’s safe to say coconut oil is my new favorite baking product. It won’t replace the flavor of butter, but I love how coconut oil makes pie crusts flakey, gives cookies crispy edges, and adds a dense, soft, moist quality to quick breads. And wouldn’t it be nice if its purported health benefits …
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Last week The Foof Queens asked if I’d like to try a product they invented to help people wrap and style packages — a gadget that dispenses slide and tie sleeves of “GiftGloss”. “Foof” is what you add to gifts to make them eye-catching, and of course it’s how Betty and her friends got their [...]
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Last week a spokesperson for Cardelle LLC asked if I’d like to try their new sweetener, Fibrelle. Since I usually bake with sugar and detect the aftertaste in almost every artificial sweetener, I was tempted to say no. What changed my mind was the fact that this sweetener has loads of fiber and helps to [...]
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