We received such a response from you all when we added fruit leather a couple of months ago that we had to go searching for more. And boy did we find a great new addition! Organic Noni Fruit Leather comes from Hawaii. Not only is it sweet tasting, but it is also the ultimate first-aid kit. It can be used as a bandage, paste, cream, lotion or antibiotic rinse, and, placed in the mouth or eaten. You can use it to help sore throats and colds, toothaches and gum problems, internal parasites and stomach disorders, as well as treat a wide variety of chronic diseases.  Wow.  Sure does a body good!

Gosh, it’s been a while since our last post, but that will surely change. I’ve been inspired to start posting again. This post will be a little long winded, but I am very excited and can’t help it!

These days I have been running a lot (have a half marathon in a few weeks). Unfortunately I have a tendency to run too hard, too fast, too long, too soon, and every year I end up hurting myself. This time around I want to do it right, so I started reading all kinds of running books. I hit upon a fantastic book called Born to Run. It is a wonderful tale covering all angles of running, but I don’t want to digress. Simply put, if you like running, read this book.

So, the narrator is on a mission to meet an amazing tribe in Mexico called the Tarahumara that run happily and super humanly their entire lives! He does indeed track them down and before going out for a run they give him a drink called iskiate. I won’t be able to do this justice, so please excuse me as I borrow a paragraph for ya:

Months later, I’d learn that iskiate is otherwise known as chia fresca - “chilly chia.” It’s brewed up by dissolving chia seeds in water with a little sugar and a squirt of lime. In terms of nutritional content, a tablespoon of chia is like a smoothie made from salmon, spinach, and human growth hormone. As tiny as those seeds are, they’re superpacked with omega-3s, omega-6s, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, fiber and antioxidants. If you had to pick just one desert-island food, you couldn’t do much better than chia, at least if you were interested in building muscle, lowering cholesterol, and reducing your risk of heart disease; after a few months on the chia diet, you could probably swim home. Chia was once so treasured, the Aztecs used to deliver it to their king in homage. Aztec runners used to chomp chia seeds as they went into battle, and the Hopis fueled themselves on chia during their epic runs from Arizona to the Pacific Ocean…

He then goes on to take a swig and writes: Maybe the excitement of the hunt had something to do with it, but within minutes, I felt fantastic. Even the low throbbing headache I’d had all morning from sleeping on a frosty dirt floor the night before had vanished.

Hehe…so guess what I put in my oatmeal every morning! Good thing we literally have tons in stock. Chia seeds, we all salute you!

That’s Jonathan (our summer intern) in the middle and me on left after a running race last summer.  Jonathan’s parents surround him (his dad is one of our computer whizzes) and my dad (Kenny) is proudly supporting NutsOnline on the right!

Ok, just kidding.  We love vacation, but when it comes to our customers we never stop trying to introduce new and exciting products to tickle the palate!  Here goes, with some exciting additions (for now)!
Organic Sesame Tahini

Organic Sunflower Butter

Dark Chocolate Covered Australian Licorice

Supreme Dark Chocolate Covered Blueberries

Mint Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

Supreme Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries

Dark Chocolate Covered Kona Beans

Organic Maca Powder

Milk Chocolate Nonpareils (Rainbow)

Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Cinnamon Imperials

Drum roll please!!! Ok, so we were cooking up some nut butters over here in the nut shop and were making some progress, but things got a little messy, so we decided to instead search for a really great outside source for nut butters. We settled on a really great worker owned co-operative that makes wonderful nut butters and are proud to offer the following (so far):

Organic Peanut Butter (Crunchy, Unsalted)

Almond Butter (Roasted, Smooth)

Organic Almond Butter (Raw, Smooth)

Organic Cashew Butter (Roasted, Smooth)

Organic Peanut Butter (Smooth, Unsalted)

As you might know by now, we’ve been making a conscious effort to expand our organic offering. One driver of this stems from an environmental concern, and another driver is from a health concern. In the process of exploring a larger organic offering and through the help of customer suggestions, we’ve begun to source some interesting and exotic products, that also happened to be labeled as superfoods. There’s certainly a lot of hype around superfoods, but we’re a lot more about substance, and we will selectively offer products that seem to genuinely enhance not just your health, but also your eating experience. Starting with Oprah’s #1 superfood, Acai Powder , here’s some more of our excitingly exotic offering:

Organic Acai Powder

Gooseberries

Organic Cacao Nibs

Organic Cacao Powder

Organic Purple Corn Kernels

Organic Wild Jungle Peanuts

Largueta Almonds

Raw Marcona Almonds

Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds (Sugar Free)

Yippee! Yeah, I know, I’m totally lame getting so excited for Organic Peanuts, but we’ve been hunting these down for a while. We’ve been buying peanuts directly from down South for literally 79 years, but have had no luck sourcing organic…that is, until NOW!!! From saving Jericho on CBS to feeding Devils’ fans at the new Prudential Center in New Jersey, we don’t mess around when it comes to peanuts. So, we couldn’t just start with 1 type of organic peanut. No way! Here are 6 types of organic peanuts, with more on the way!!!

Organic Dry Roasted Peanuts (Salted, No Shell)

Organic Dry Roasted Peanuts (Unsalted, No Shell)

Organic Raw Peanuts (In Shell)

Organic Raw Peanuts (No Shell)

Organic Roasted Peanuts (In Shell)

Organic Roasted Peanuts (Salted, In Shell)

Argh, I’ve been lax with informing you about new products here. Fortunately we did create a section on our site that lists all of our new products as they are added. Here’s another 20 or so of new products, ranging from Mediterranean Pine Nuts, the connoisseur chef’s delight, to Chocolate Covered Brownie Dough, well the tummy’s delight! Ok, here goes:

Chili Mango

Chocolate Coverered Brownie Dough

Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough

Chocolate Covered Cake Batter

Rosemary

Glazed Lemon Peel

Diced Apricots

Dried Blackberries

Diced Figs

Parsley

Julienne Tomatoes

Thyme

Raw Mixed Nuts

Raw Redskin Peanuts

Raw Spanish Peanuts

Organic Pineapple

Organic Kamut

Organic Spelt

Raw Pine Nuts (In Shell)

Hemp Seeds

Mediterranean Pine Nuts

Organic Pitted Dates

Organic Mixed Nuts (Raw, No Shell)

Organic Dark Chocolate Chips

Organic Sesame Seeds (Natural, Unhulled)

Organic Golden Flax Seed

Organic Poppy Seed

Organic Amaranth

Organic Granola

Organic Calimyrna Figs

I pity the poor chap that needs to take all of these photos and get them onto the site. Wait, that’s me. Doh! Ok, we’re not messing around here. You had tons of suggestions a couple of months ago. Watch what you ask for!!! We’ll hit you up with 32 new products, ranging from chia seeds, to cinnamon bears, to almond flour, to paprika. And this is just the tip of the nutty iceberg. We are awaiting organic certification for a bunch of stuff already in our facility, and then there’s more traveling our way from around the country and world. Just wait. Ok, getting on with it, in no particular order:

Chia Seeds

Dry Roasted Edamame

Raw Pumpkin Seeds (In Shell)

Sesame Seeds (Hulled)

Almond Flour

Marzipan

French Burnt Peanuts

Salt Water Taffy

Cherry Sours

Fruit Slices

Black Licorice Dollars

Cinnamon Bears

Barley

Buckwheat

Whole Allspice

Ground Allspice

Anise Seed

Caraway Seeds

Dill Weed

Fenugreek Seeds

Juniper Berries

Yellow Mustard Seed

Spearmint

Granulated Garlic

Granulated Onion

Oregano

Paprika

Ground Cumin

Bay Leaves (Laurel Leaves)

Basil

Ground Cinnamon

Ground Coriander

Our roasted cashews are fantastic and us nuts can’t help from snacking on them. My dad is the worst culprit in this department. We decided to spice things up though and start dry roasting cashews as well. Uhoh! What’s that dad? I can’t hear you with your mouth full of our new dry roasted cashews. Check ‘em out, both salted and unsalted.