Foodie Mom: Fancy Food Show Finds

Foodie Mom's Fancy Food Show Favorites

Check out these kid-friendly products and some mommy faves too.

Buddy Fruits Pure Fruit Bites

The makers of the blended fruit squeezers, as we like to call them, have come up with 100 percent gummy fruit bites. The orange, our favorite, is made of 7.2 ounces of fresh apples and 4.2 ounces of fresh orange. Flavors include Apple, Raspberry, Orange, and Pomegranate & Acai.

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A proprietary blend of fulvic acid—a derivative of plant matter—that is mined from a 70 million-year-old source is what gives this specialty H₂O its black color. Odorless and tasteless, it is high in electrolytes and antioxidants. Co-partners Chris and Albie Manzo, whose mother Caroline stars on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” and made an appearance at the show herself, hope the product is going to be the next big thing in gyms and fitness centers. Right now you can find it in select Wegmans.

Grow Your Own
Mushroom Garden

One of the coolest products I found at the show. Gourmet mushrooms are grown completely from recycled coffee grounds! You can grow up to one pound of pearl oyster mushrooms right in the box. (pictured right)

Moo Chocolate Bars

Organic milk chocolate with granola, rice crisps, corn flakes or graham cracker. Plus it has no additives or preservatives. My favorite was the Granola flavor. (pictured left)

Joray Fruit Rolls Apricot

The original pressed apricot “sheets” that were once sold by the foot and called “shoe leather.” Flavors include Apricot, Strawberry, Cherry, Grape, Sour Apple and Watermelon.

Mini Pops

Air-popped sorghum grain. Compared with run-of-the-mill popcorn, it’s lower in saturated fat and calories, higher in fiber and calcium—and no hulls to get stuck in our teeth.

Peque Oliva Just for Kids Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A low-acidic oil that is a healthier alternative to butter with more oleic acid than traditional extra virgin olive oil. The oil is produced from 100-year-old olive trees southeast of Madrid. Gianna is already drizzling it on her ‘red’ pasta (see below).

Pasta Valente All-Natural Beet Fettuccini

This hand-produced pasta from Charlottesville, Va., is fantastic. Not only is it made with beets—giving it a bright red hue—it also cooks in exactly 3 minutes! Gianna loved it.

Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Bar Banana Split and Oatmeal Raisin

Kid-friendly flavors that are packed with vitamin-rich fruit and nuts. No refined sugars or trans fats. A great addition to the snack bag! (pictured right)

Vin’Tucci

Tasting this product was one of the highlights of my epicurean journey, as was speaking to Ciro Pasciuto, the founder and creator of these flavorful wine-infused specialty cookies. Pasciuto, the founder of La Panzanella Bakery in Seattle, home to the famous croccantini crackers that he created, has moved on with his wife to form Skipping Stone Productions in Paso Robles, Calif. His latest creation: delicate wine biscuits that give a nod to Paso Robles, a highly regarded wine-producing region, as well as the comforting flavors Pasciuto grew up with in Gaeta, Italy. Free from butter, eggs or oil, the guilt-free and comforting Vin’Tucci cookies come in Spice, Honey and Anise. Perfect with a glass of wine or a warm cup of tea.