Things I'm Loving, September

I have a love for new food finds.  If something has "new!" or "limited edition" on it, you can be sure it's going to find it's way into my shopping cart.  I also like to tell everyone about the new fun food that I find. 

1.  Gerbs

Image: Gerbs Pumpkin Seeds Co.

Gerbs are basically pepitas.  Pepitas are the inside "meat" of the pumpkin seed.  I came across these beauties a few night ago while aimlessly wandering around my Whole Foods trying to decide on what to eat for dinner.  I'm a sucker for anything salty and if you add in crunchy?  I'm sold!  I've only tired the "Touch of Sea Salt" variety, but all the others sound very tempting too!  A+ for me too, as they are produced in Rhode Island and are dry roasted and kept as simple as possible!  Very vanilla!

They would be a great addition to any salad, sprinkled on top of a warm creamy pumpkin soup or my preferred method, by the fistful.

2.  Haagen-Dazs(c) - Caramel Apple Pie Ice Cream



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I may have just drooled a little when I uploaded this image.  I'm not a huge "sweets person", but I usually have to at least try every "new" and "limited edition" flavor from Haagen-Dazs or Ben and Jerry's.  I also gravitate towards more vanilla (shocking!) based flavors, rather than chocolate.  This I had to have.  I actually squealed a little when I found it in the freezer at the store.

It takes a cinnamon apple ice cream base and swirled in thick buttery caramel and punctuates this combination with chunks of crisp apple and flaky pie crust.  The taste is unbelievably fall without the hassle of peeling, coring and slicing a few pounds of apples.

3.  Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts


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Full disclosure:  I haven't had these yet, but I LOVE the idea.  I have seen them though at Target, but I couldn't bring myself to buy the double box.  If it was a single box you can bet they would have been hitting the bottom of my basket, but 12 just seemed unmanageable. My friend and extreme pumpkin aficionado has purchased these and if she can restrain herself to save me one, I will hopefully be able to try them.
4.  Kettle Brand - Zesty Ranch Flavor




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 My name is Kate, I'm Vanilla and I'm a chip-aholic.  Kettle Brand chips are my favorite brand.  For a chip-aholic to narrow it down to one brand?  That's something!  When this flavor appeared on the small wire shelved that house a meager selection of chips at the basement coffee cart, I was overjoyed and a little scared.  How would I ever be able to resist the chip temptation at lunch if there are ranch flavored chips?  Zesty Ranch at that!  I have been doing an adequate job so far, but I can find myself dreaming of the deep crunch potato-ey ridges sprinkled with a seasoning that proves to be cool and zesty in the same bite.  I love Kettle Brand for their sturdy build and extra crispy bite to each and every chip.  They stand up perfectly to (what else?) Ranch dip!

It was hard to narrow down my choices today, but it had to be done!  Someone, who shall remain nameless (DAUM) said I can be a little wordy.  I will be on the look out for anything new to share with everyone!

Trust me!  These are all winners.  Well I will vouch for all but the Pop-Tart, but I can't imagine I would spit it out in disgust. 

Enjoy and happy new product hunting!