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Tropicana has a new orange juice beverage that is sweetened with stevia. Check out Trop50 at the Tropicana website. It contains 42% orange juice (not from concentrate). This reduces the sugar content to 10 g per 8 fl. oz. (regular Tropicana orange juice has 22 g). This may be a good way to reduce your (or your family's) sugar and calorie intake without giving up orange juice completely.

One of my recent products at Zazzle.com. This image is also available on a postcard and a mousepad.

With a large garden, several fruit trees, and numerous fruit bushes, I like to think of my backyard as a small farm. I hope to produce plenty of food for the family, and someday I may have enough to sell at a Farmer's Market. But ... how can I sell at a Farmer's Market unless I'm a farmer? Well, that's what I am. I'm a backyard farmer!

If you have a small farm in your backyard, let people know with this shirt! It is available in a variety of colors and styles, including men's and women's styles.

I'm thrilled! When I was at Lakewinds in Chanhassen today, I saw that they have all four flavors of Zevia on the shelf! (Well, they were apparently sold out of the Ginger Root Beer, but they had a spot for it.) If you are in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and are interested in trying Zevia, you can now buy it locally.

Zevia is "The Natural Alternative to Diet Soda". It uses stevia, which currently can only be sold as a dietary supplement in the US (although that may change in the near future). All four flavors (Cola, Twist (lemon lime), Orange, and Ginger Root Beer) are all natural. Zevia contains no sugar or artificial sweeteners. Best of all, it tastes great, especially the Ginger Root Beer.

UPDATE: The Zevia blog has information about this, along with quotes from two emails I sent them!

Go to www.sharesenseo.com and take the survey. You may qualify for a free Senseo® Coffee Pod System. (You have to pay $15 S&H.) According to the website, you will receive a Senseo® Coffee Pod System, a bag of coffee pods, a coffee pod canister, five $20-off coupons for the Senseo® Coffee Machine (to give to your friends and family), and a coupon for $1 off any Sara Lee frozen dessert.

I suspect they are doing this for two reasons:

1. Increase the number of coffee pod buyers
2. Sell more through word-of-mouth advertising (that's what the $20 coupons are for)

If you've been wanting to try a coffee pod system, this may be a good way to go.

Since I posted about Rice Cream a while ago, I thought I should pass this allergy alert along:

Special Allergy Alert Notice
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
August 23, 2006

Good Karma Food Technologies, Inc. is recalling Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Mudd Pie, Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Mint Chocolate Chip, and Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, all lot codes, due to undeclared milk.

The products were distributed in natural foods retail and mass market retail grocery stores nationwide, and may be identified as follows:

“Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Mudd Pie” comes in a pint, blue package with dark brown lid band and a banner that reads “Mudd Pie,” with a UPC Code of 2946270102, and “Best If Used By” date of July 27, 2007, or earlier.

“Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Mint Chocolate Chip” comes in a blue package with green lid band and a banner that reads “Mint Chocolate Chip,” with a UPC Code of 2946270106, and “Best If Used By” date of July 27, 2007, or earlier.

“Good Karma Organic Rice Cream Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge” comes in a blue package with a light brown lid band and a banner that reads “Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge,” with a UPC Code of 2946270105, and “Best If Used By” date of July 27, 2007, or earlier.

Consumers may return these products to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at (800) 550-6731.

This alert is from the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. You can sign up on their website to receive these alerts by email.

Update: More information can be found at the FDA website. According to this site, the milk proteins are in the chocolate chips.

If you would like a dairy-free, soy-free, and gluten-free ice cream alternative, try Rice Cream from Good Karma Foods. All of their products are certified organic, and they have several flavors in pint containers as well as chocolate and strawberry in 4-oz. "Sundae Cups." They also have chocolate-covered bars with either chocolate or vanilla Rice Cream. Check the frozen food section of your local natural food store or co-op. I found it at Lakewinds in Chanhassen, MN.

We have tried several flavors, and we like them all!!!

If you can tolerate goat's milk but not cow's milk, you may want to try LaLoo's Goat Milk Ice Cream. I tried some last night. It is very good, but the flavor is a little different than cow's milk ice cream (there is a noticable flavor similar to goat cheese). If you are on the west coast, check the store locator to find a local store. If you are in Minnesota, Lakewinds now carries it at their Minnetonka store.

We just tried a new veggie burger from Sunshine Burgers. Unlike most veggie burgers available in stores, these are soy-free and dairy-free. They also are gluten-free, and have no tree nuts or peanuts in the original and southwest flavors (the two that we tried). According to the website, they also have a barbecue burger which includes walnuts, but this was not available at the store.

The burgers are made using sunflower seeds, brown rice, carrots, herbs, and salt. The barbecue and southwest flavors have additional ingredients, including beans, but still have the same sunflower seed and brown rice base. All of the burgers are certified organic. Check the frozen food section of your local natural food store.

We all liked the flavor of these burgers, including our 3-year-old daughter! Although we do eat meat, we enjoy having something different for a change, and it is nice to find a vegan product such as this that does not use soy.