Food Find: Noosa yogurt

As I exited the Haymarket T stop one Saturday, I was offered a sample.  It was a bright cheery 4 oz cup of yogurt - Noosa, advertised as all natural ingredients, gluten free, probiotic, rBGH free, aussie culture, Colorado fresh.

Lemon was the flavor of the day.  The yogurt similar in creamy density as Greek yogurt, but pre-sweetened. With honey, according to their website.  Yum.  It was good.

Later, I had the chance to try the strawberry rhubarb as well.  That was another good flavor.

Food Find: Coconut Jam

At the airport on my way back from St. Maarten's, I picked up this coconut jam at the gift shop.  I imagined it would be a smooth spreading jam, instead, it was filled with actual coconut shreds.  Spread thinly on a fresh slice of warm toasted bread, it was like eating a coconut macaroon for breakfast!  Antilles Spice Clipper's coconut jam - a nice taste of the tropics in the midst of winter's chill.

Antilles Spice Clipper coconut jam

Sadly, however, a search online turned up no local sources for this tasty spread.

Food Find: Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars

Yasso's Peanut Butter Cup yogurt bars are SO GOOD!  But rather hard to find... 

May the odds ever be in your favor.

Food Find: Yogurt Candy

Meiji Chelsea Yogurt Scotch Candy.  Yum!

Food Find: BelVita breakfast biscuits

 BelVita Bluberry Breakfast Biscuits were surprisingly tasty.

Food Find: 180 degree bar

Crispy, Tasty, Healthy.  Yum!

180 degrees - Almond Cashew Nut & Seed Crunch Bar

Food Find: Blue Corn Tortilla Chips from Food Should Taste Good

Yum!

Food Find: Seasonal Treats

Belgian Chocolate Biscuits are delicate wafer layers enrobed in milk chocolate.  They pop up at Costco at some point during the chilly months, just in time to be picked up for Christmas gifts.

Trader Joe's Jingle Jangle tins are new to me, but likely not to the Trader Joe regulars.  They were gone from the store shelves by late December, but are so easily consumed by the handful!  Before you know it, the bottom of the tin is shines through and your tummy is full of candy coated chocolate pieces, peanut butter cups, and chocolate covered pretzels, caramel corn, and Joe Joe's cookie pieces.  Yum!

Food Find: McDonald's Fried Apple Pie

In 1992, McDonald's replaced their hot crispy yummy apple pies with a baked version, and the world grew dim...

BUT, if you should find a McDonald's that is just too small to have an oven on site, you might just be fortunate enough to be able to order one of these tasty dinosaurs of the past with the crispy shell, and the hot gooey sweet filling.  I found this one at the Corner Mall food court in Downtown Boston, where they are sold 76 cents apiece (85 cents after tax), or two for $1.25 ($1.34).

Sure, they've become slimmer over the years, but they are still a tasty treat to enjoy now and again.

Food Find: Persimmon

I've been running into this new to me fruit lately - in a basket at a home hosted afternoon tea, in a friend's kitchen, being eaten skin and all during a class...

This fruit which looks sort of like a tomato, which has no seeds, which is sweet and meaty and tasty, is the persimmon!  And it is a new fruit that Vivian likes!

Persimmon with leaves already removed for easier washing

Food Find: October Sun Plum

In Chinatown, not every item in the produce section is labeled.  Or, if it is labeled, if you can't read Chinese, you're out of luck.

Last week, my dad picked up this small greenish plum during his Chinatown run.  In Chinese, its name is literally "snake egg."  But however odd the name, we were pleased to discover that the fruit itself was really sweet and juicy.  It was such a treat, we finished the bagful in short order, and my dad went seeking it again during a special extra Chinatown trip... this time picking up THREE bags of the luscious fruit.

And this time, I made sure I snapped a picture of the fruit and found a sticker labeling it in English (yippee!) as "October Sun."  Ah, mystery solved!  Now I'll at least know what I'm looking for...

October Sun Plum