There are few things in life that I love more than coming home to a package waiting for me. That is probably why I signed up for another month of Foodie Pen Pals, even after my package never made it to me last month. Even though I was slightly discouraged by that, I am so so so happy I signed on for another month because I was spoiled yet again. My foodie pen pal this month was Lisa from Feed You With a Kiss. If you want to see what I sent to my other Pen Pal, check out Megan at I Run For Wine.
Lisa is from Seattle and when she e-mailed me to ask about my preferences, I told her that I love trying new things, especially local stuff that I can’t get here in New York, and Lisa delivered!
And not only did she send me some awesomely delicious goodies, she included recipes and little notes telling me the back stories of each thing.
Not to mention that the recipe cards are absolutely gorgeous! I need to find some and start writing my recipes down, for posterity, of course.
I also had a bit of help in opening my package.
I received:
- Granola from Bakery Nouveau. This isn’t your regular bag of granola, it is sweet, perfectly crunchy and so.so.so addicting. I can’t keep my hands out of the bag. Lisa said that this is one of the best bakeries in Seattle, and after looking at their website, I know I have to visit this place if I ever make it to Seattle. Everything looks in-cred-i-ble!
- Organic Date Pieces. Although these babies don’t look all that appetizing (they looked kind of like hamster pellets to me) but they taste great! Never judge a book by its over!
- Forbidden Rice. I haven’t had a chance to try this yet, but Lisa sent me a recipe for steamed rice with herbs, which I want to make in the near future. I read the back of the package and apparently this type of rice was reserved for emperors and royalty.
- Four Sisters Evermild Sauce. It is made locally in Washington and Lisa met one of the Four Sister’s at the Farmer’s Market when buying the sauce. Pretty cool!
- Salted Caramel Sauce. I’m going to be honest here. I have been avoiding opening this little jar because I have a feeling that I will have a tough time keeping a spoon out of there. Lisa also sent a cookie recipe which uses the sauce, so I think I’ll need to make those because they sound amazing and will keep my spoon away.
Thank you again Lisa, I loved all the goodies and the personalized notes!
Now that I’ve convinced you that you need to join in on the Foodie Penpal fun, I’ll let you know what you need to do!
If you’d like to participate, fill out the New Foodie Pen Pals Sign Up Form. She will need to hear from you by August 4th as pairings will be emailed the 5th! (I still can’t believe August is here!)
That is so awesome. I’ve been considering joining Food Pen Pals.. Have you ever been to Seattle? I have a cousin in Seattle; maybe I’ll have to get him to send me some food! :b Those are really yummy sounding goodies. Enjoy!! ~ Yoli
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I am soooo happy you enjoyed your package! And I love your little helper – he is so adorable!
The recipe cards are from here; Anthropologie has a lot of great kitchen things!
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/produ…
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Oh by the way it never crossed my mind about the data pieces looking gross haha. I’m sorry! Glad you still gave them a shot, I love having them with oatmeal 🙂 I also just tried a jar of the green chile sauce myself and it is WAAAAY spicy – fair warning, as I think I mentioned they recomended stirring the jar into Mac and Cheese and yeah… maybe as a really mean practical joke…. 😛
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Date pieces aren’t the prettiest but they sure are tasty! 🙂
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Everything looks great! I think the granola looks really good! 🙂 So awesome to try foods from different places.
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omg salted caramel sauce?! yummmm
Looks like you got lots of yummy stuff! That granola sounds amazing!!!
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This is a great package! I love when recipes are sent! I’m glad that after last month you have confidence in the program again!
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wow that looks like a great package, that salted caramel sounds amazing!!
I know it does. I seriously am scared to open the jar because I may not be able to contain myself!
So many yummy goodies. My husband recently picked up the Forbidden rice to try. It’s really good.
Yay. I can't wait to try it!
I’ve seen recipes that call for dates like that!! For little cookies and stuff like that!!
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I used em in trail mix. Super yummy!
I’m glad you received a package this month! I think my mailman likes to lose my packages as well. There’s a conspiracy I tell you!
Can’t wait to see the cookie recipe with the Salted Caramel Sauce!
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