Just a few recent reviews I’d like to share with you!
Make sure you’ve entered my Giveaway!!! It ends this Monday!! 🙂
***
Amy’s Lemon Poppyseed Cake
I never imagined how SPOT ON delicious (and nutritious) Amy’s desserts could be until I tried this cake, which by the way is 99% organic. You can find it in the freezer section since Amy’s does not add any preservatives (nor MSG or trans fats) into the product.
Stats per slice (assuming 6 slices per loaf): 200 Cals, 7g fat, 0.5g saturated fat, 170mg sodium, 31g carbs, 1g fiber, 17g sugar, 2g protein
Main Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic buttermilk, filtered water, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic lemon juice, organic poppy seeds, organic lemon essential oil, sea salt, baking soda, baking powder
Tastiness: 9/10. I couldn’t resist eating this cake straight out of the freezer (though you’re meant to thaw in the fridge for 2 hours prior to serving) and it was GOOD, really good. The top of the cake is lightly glazed with cane juice that gives is a slightly sticky, indulgent, finger-licking quality. This is not a sour cake by any means, but has all the refreshing, sunny flavors of lemon paired with the exciting littlecrunch of the poppy seeds in every bite. It is definitely sweet and dessert-like in every way, except it contains only ingredients you can feel good about!
As you can see, this pound cake appears very dense in texture but unlike regular pound cake, it’s not greasy AT ALL. To serve, I just sliced up the cake and microwaved for 30 seconds, thus producing soft, warm cake. Thank you Amy’s Kitchen for a dessert I can go to when I’m not feeling like baking (or if I’m having trouble buying poppy seeds! Haha)
Amy’s Kitchen says, “We’re not saying that Amy’s cakes are “health food”, but if you are going to indulge, read the labels and enjoy knowing that our cakes are as close as you can get to home made.”
I say, “I couldn’t agree more!”
Retail Cost: ~$4.50
My Cost: Complimentary from Amy’s Kitchen
Where to Find: Freezer section of health food stores and grocery stores such as Whole Foods.
***
Miguel’s Chips
Miguel’s Products is committed to the support of sustainable farming methods that ensure great tasting foods without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides in soil that is naturally nourished.
Exotic Plantain Strips – Often referred to as “Potatoes Of The Air”, plantains are a member of the banana family. In contrast to the soft, sweet banana (which is sometimes called the dessert banana), plantains tend to be firmer and lower in sugar content.When delicately cooked, plantain take on the taste of a fine potato chip while retaining the subtle flavor of banana.
Tastiness: 9/10. Yummy!! I’ve never been a fan of plantains, but these were like crunchy, yummy, dessert chips. They are extra crunchy thanks to the thin and even coating of honey surrounding the entire chip, non-greasy on your lips, and very addicting. They are also rather sweet, but not to the point that you want to gag. I highly recommend these because they taste so good AND I consider them healthy. These are just like the ones from Trader Joe’s!
Tastiness: 6/10.These strips are very much like SUPER crunchy chips, almost too tough on my jaw. I like that they aren’t overly salty, and pair very well with a dip like hummus and salsa. Because it is so non-porous, the chips hold up extremely well to more watery condiments. On the flip-side, one may view it as a little more bland, but it’s nothing salsa can’t fix.
Organic Dippers – All Miguel’s Organic Tortilla Dippers are hand-crafted using secret combinations of certified organic ingredients in concert with our signature, fine ground organic corn masa to deliver a totally unique flavor experience. Our “Dippers” are gluten-free and, no artificial colors or preservatives have been used. Nothing gets in the way of their great taste and satisfying crunch.
Vegetable & Seed Tortilla Dippers
Tastiness: 8/10. The red chips are my favorite while the green ones are less so. The difference is that the red ones actually taste slightly sweeter while the green ones taste a little bit bitter to me (I’m guessing because of the green pepper flavoring.) Nick didn’t notice any bitterness, so it may just be that I’m super sensitive. I love the shapes of these dippers because they can get into hard to reach salsa jars, but they’re so crisp that you can’t pile on too much baggage or it snaps!
Everything Dippers
Tastiness: 7/10. I like that these dippers are also perfectly salted and nobody went overboard with the salt shaker – a big problem with a lot of chips these days. There are only a handful of other seasonings so you truly get the natural flavors of corn and seeds in each bite! Not an especially special flavor, but decent at the very least.
Three Pepper Dippers
Tastiness: 8/10. If you like black pepper, you’ll like these. These dippers have 3 kinds of peppers infused into the chip – red bell pepper, green, and of course black pepper. You definitely taste a little bit of sweetness from the red peppers, but for the most part, the spicy black pepper packs a nice big, bold punch. I can take a lot of spiciness, but this one gets overwhelming if you’re not a fan of heat.
Retail Cost: TBA.
My Cost: Complimentary from Miguel’s Products
girl you did NOT find the Amy’s cakes! I have been in pursuit of those since I knew they existed. Where did you find them? Please don’t tell me whole foods 😦 I seriously need to move to some place where there’s a WFs!
Cake in freezer section??? Sounds very interesting! I never seen that 😀 and probably I’ll be like you, eat it directly out of the freezer! (btw, have u tried those cookie doughs? I ate it once and absolutely love it!)
pound cake always sounds a guilty pleasure to me, but seems this one is really light! I am kinda addicted to poppy seed and i have a big pack sitting in my pantry , he he, little crunchy is my favorite food texture!
Girl, again, love this review!!!
About 3-4 days ago I posted a bag of the Vegetable & Seed Tortilla Dippers on my blog!!!!!! I randomly found them ON SALE FOR $1.99 at the regular (not WF) groc store. I gave them to Skylar. She kept picking out the red ones. Funny, even a 2 yr old knows that the reds are apparently better than the greens. That explains it! Thank you!!!! LOL Not really my “thing” so I didnt even try them.
I love the looks of the plantain chips tho. That’s my thing!
Ok that Amy’s Lemon Poppyseed Cake looks amazingly delicious!
I did not know AMy’s did desserts too! Cool!
You should try Trader Joes’ roasted Plantain chips…THOSE are freaking good…
I’ve been intrigued by the Amy’s cakes- their products are all so ridiculously good. Does the cake come pre-cut or do you have to thaw the whole thing at once?
I never even knew Amy’s made desserts–but I should have guessed! 🙂 Lemon poppyseed it definitely one of my favorite flavor combos. This cake would fit the bill!
That Amys cake loooks so good.
I love most of Amy’s stuff, and the cake sounds fantastic! A quick and easy way to get a semi-healthy baked good 🙂
I tried plantain from TJ’s a while back, and I remember liking them. I wonder why I don’t get them anymore???
I agree that most chips are too salty, so those dippers sound perfect to me!
Hi Ellie! The cakes actually come in one big chunk and you’d have to slice it up yourself. It’s not completely rock solid when it’s frozen, so you could cut into it while it’s technically “frozen”. I actually eat it that way although heating the slices up is probably the normal way to do it! hahaha 🙂
I had no idea there were Amy’s “cakes!” It looks incredible!! I love poppyseed baked goods!
❤ jess
xoxo
All those products look delicious! I’ve never heard of Miguel’s!
I’ll have to find those three pepper dippers – yum!
I could gobble all of those up (yes, even after Thanksgiving!). The poppy seed cake looks especially delicious!
WHAT?????? Amy’s makes cakes?!?!!?!? Love this woman and all of her wonderful creations. Have you seen any other flavors or just the Poppyseed? I am dying to try this now.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Michelle! 😉
poppyseed muffins are my favorite so i have to find these cakes. i had no idea amy’s made cake! thanks for the delish reviews!
gosh that looks really good!! thanks for letting us know where to get them 🙂
Mmmmm, Amy can do no wrong 😉
The poundcake is calling my name!
I’ve never tried plantain chips before, but perhaps I should?
I’ve seen those Amy’s Cakes, but wasn’t sure if they were worth it! Who was I kidding? Amy’s doesnt let you down! 😉