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Missing The Market? Here’s Primeridge Pure Cream Cheese

This time of year, it’s easy to get nostalgic for the warm summer months. The sun, the beach, the market . . . those were the days. Well, your friends at Better Bulk have brought a little piece of the market to you, to keep you going in the middle of winter.

Welcome market-favorite Primeridge Pure Cream Cheese to our fridges!

Why Primeridge?:

• Small, family farm, where they handmake their cheeses in small batches
• No hormones, antibiotics, additives, or preservatives
• Cows are treated with respect; each has a name and is considered part of the family
• Cows pasture-graze from spring-late fall, and are predominantly grass fed
• No GMOs
• In transition to organic certification

In short, you can feel good about feeding Primeridge cream cheese to your family. We’ll be bringing in three flavors to start:

• Original Grey Rush
• Grey Rush Herb Blend
• Grey Rush Hot Chili Pepper

If you find you’re missing a little summer in your life, come by and check out these cheeses. The happy cows thank you, and so will your family.

Get Your Thrive On With Vega!

Meet the newest product line to grace the shelves of Better Bulk: Vega!

Vega is a line of plant-based protein and nutritional products designed by Canadian-born Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier:

I formulated Vega using the highest quality, least processed, plant-based superfoods available. Armed with Vega, you will no longer need to compromise between whole food goodness and fast food convenience. To me, Vega is a way of life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Vega is a favorite of athletes and health-food enthusiasts alike, as well as those who just enjoy good tasting food.

Vega One: This all-in-one supplement powder has 50% of your vitamin and mineral needs, 15g of protein, 6g of fiber, and Omega 3s, greens, antioxidants, and probiotics.

This is a great option for on-the-go meals and snacks, a fantastic smoothie boost, and a great add-in for picky kids. They won’t have a clue they’re eating their greens! I’m drinking the French Vanilla right now, and it tastes like vanilla cookie batter. SO good. There’s even a “natural” flavored one that you can hide in anything! We have it in tubs, or single serve packets for travel convenience.

All the vitamins and minerals that Vega uses are the kind most easily absorbed by the human body – I was impressed. No easy task, let me tell you.

Whole Food Energy Bars: “Raw and enzymatically-active complete protein, fibre, Essential Fatty Acids, sprouts, and phytonutrients” Delicious, sustained energy, and easily portable. Chocolate, Berry or Natural flavor.

Vega Energizing Smoothie: 2 servings of veggies, protein, fibre, and Omega 3s. Who doesn’t love a smoothie? Again, super impressed with the ingredients list.

Savi Seeds: These are a little more exotic, but a fantastic product. The seeds of the Sacha Inchi plant have the highest concentration of plant-based Omega 3s (17 times more than salmon) and 9 grams of protein. They come in Natural or Karamelized, or chocolate covered! Chocolate almonds, eat your heart out!

I was especially impressed by their sustainable growing practices: the crops are helping return previously deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest to their natural state, and Vega works in partnership with the Peruvian farmers who harvest the crops.

*NEW* March 14: Vega Sport Protein Bar, and the NEW Vega One Bar

We’ve managed to bring in our Vega products at a great price, with some fantastic introductory specials. Come by and check it out!

Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Not a clever title, I know, but so descriptive.

A while back, I was trying to make cookies from Elana’s Pantry. She has lots of wonderful gluten-free, paleo, nut-free, etc. recipes. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me at the time, her almond flour recipes only work with a specific type of almond flour, not just the ground almonds we carry.

After a few runny batches, I decided to take matters into my own hands. After polling the Facebook page for baking tips, and chatting up a couple of baking-savvy customers in store, I set to experimenting. A few rock hard, charred batches later, I came up with a cookie that “tastes like it’s made with white flour and white sugar . . . but it isn’t”. They are gluten-free, vegan-friendly,  paleo-friendly, and taste bud-friendly. Let me know how they work for you!

Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Blanched Ground Almonds/Almond Flour

3 tbsp Bob’s Red Mill Coconut Flour

1/4 cup Dutchman’s Gold Honey OR Wholesome Sweeteners Raw Agave Nectar

1/4 cup Maison Orphee Coconut Oil

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Fine Atlantic Sea Salt

1 1/2 tsp Simply Organic Vanilla Extract

1/2 cup Camino Dark Chocolate Chips

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl, combine wet ingredients. You may want to heat your coconut oil a little to soften it. Add wet ingredients into dry and mix thoroughly. Form dough into one inch balls, and press onto an If You Care Parchment Paper lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes.

Makes approx. 1 dozen cookies

The cookies will seem a little liquid-y when they first come out, but they will solidify as they cool. You’ll know they’re done when they start to brown a little around the edges. Don’t worry – they still stay chewy and delicious after cooling. No hockey puck cookies here!

My favorite part about this recipe: no eggs means you can safely eat the cookie in its dough form! Not that I’ve done that . . .

*recipe originally published on  Fearless Nutrition

In With The New (Moon Kitchen)

Do you like cookies?

I’m not sure if anyone, if they searched their deepest, truest soul could answer in the negative.

Meet my favorite cookie-makers: New Moon Kitchen!

From newmoonkitchen.com

This Toronto-based company has been making delicious, health-conscious cookies since 1997, and now they are coming to Better Bulk!

We are bringing in three flavors to start:

Chocolate Chip - oat-y, chocolate-y goodness

Goldies – the chewiest, most delicious oatmeal cookie in existence

Momints – chocolate mint. Enough said. These might be my favorite.

*UPDATE* We just added the gluten-free Mackies to the family. Delicious Chocolate Coconut made with rice flour

All of their cookies are made with organic spelt flour, which is easier to digest than your standard wheat, and has a lower glycemic index. They use no dairy and no eggs, so the cookies are vegan, cholesterol-free, and safe for those with egg or lactose allergies. They are also safe for those with nut allergies: New Moon Kitchen is a nut- and peanut-free environment. No preservatives make them a great choice to give to your kids, or enjoy yourself! These cookies also contain 15-20% of your daily iron intake in just 2 cookies. Who says cookies can’t stave off anemia?

If you want to know more about this fantastic product, check out their website here, or stop by Better Bulk and try them for yourself!

Holiday Hours

For those of you who missed the sign in the window, and don’t have Facebook, and don’t have Twitter . . . You’re on your own if you don’t have a computer

A Holiday Thought . . .

This holiday season, we’d like to give a little bit back to Mother Earth. As a holiday present, please help us by bringing your own reusable bags, so we can cut down on the amount of trash we send out into the world. Who knows? There may just be a candy cane in it for you . . .