hollywoodtrans.comIf your New Year’s resolution includes making wiser (and healthier) food choices, Coombs Family Farms has a few sweet tips for you. A great way to rid your diet of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), artificial sweeteners, and chemical additives is to switch to the wonderful world of natural sweeteners.…
Maple Sugar Makes Your Favorite Holiday Recipes Even Better
It’s so important to fully stock your kitchen as the holiday season approaches. At any given moment, you’ll need to whip up some holiday treats. This year, why not mix it up? Instead of using traditional white granulated sugar, look to something that raises the bar a bit. What is…
Maple Holiday Treat and Gift Basket Ideas
Forget the fruitcake this holiday season – it’s time to give your friends and family delicious gifts they’ll really enjoy. And what do people love year-round, especially during the holidays? Maple, of course! This mouth-watering ingredient is perfect for all sorts of gifts for everyone on your list. We’ve provided…
Holidays Are Better with Maple Syrup!
There is always that one night, poised on the tipping point between summer and fall, when you need that blanket. In that subtle shift, our minds transition from thoughts of beaches and watermelon slices to downhill skiing and steamy mugs of hot chocolate. We begin to get butterflies in our…
Allergy-Free Maple Candy is a Perfect Treat!
Childhood treats have always been a favorite reminder of our younger years. Whether it’s ice cream, cookies, cake, or pie, we all remember our “go-to” sweet tooth favorites. However, today’s world is filled with “off-limits” allergen foods and parents are faced with an entirely new set of decisions and challenges…
The Crunchy “Summer of Granola” or … How to “Unleash Your Inner Hippie”
Jody Nagel’s business story begins in 1969, in the “summer of granola.” Her mother Samantha (formerly known as Florence before a 1960s-inspired name change) whipped up her first batch of granola. Over time, the batches evolved with new ingredients and new techniques, raising the bar of deliciousness each and every…
How Maple Sugar and Texas Earth Help Build Healthy Soil
As consumers, we have become increasingly more health-conscious and more aware of our foods. We look for organic labels, try to avoid chemicals and additives that we can’t pronounce, and buy local if and when we can. However, we don’t always connect the dots between healthy foods and healthy soil.…
Thirsty For a Real Maple Liqueur?
If you’ve ever wished for a beverage that tastes like pure maple syrup fresh from the farm, we’ve got some good news for you! These days, consumers are asking for maple as a healthy and natural alternative sweetener in almost everything from juices to yogurt and cereal to bacon. Now,…
How Mother Nature Fooled the Bears
Legend has it that many years ago, too many to be counted, Mother Nature taught a few people how to make a hole in a maple tree in the early spring and harvest the liquid inside. Back then, the liquid gold that flowed from the trees wasn't sap – it…
How Pure Maple Syrup Helps Grow Healthy Kids
What we eat as children shapes much of what we eat as adults. This is why it's so important to develop healthy-eating habits early on. Just as importantly, it's essential that children understand just what real food tastes like. This early appreciation of pure and natural foods is not only…
