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I like to think of myself as the Paula Deen of blogging, except without all the controversy. I don’t really do healthy. I believe you can eat what you want in moderation. I usually pass the organic section right up. I mean, I have been eating from the “other” fruits and veggies section for 39 years and I am still alive, right? So when I had an opportunity to review organic products from Shiloh Farms I didn’t immediately jump on it. Was it something I wanted to try? Did I want to direct my readers to a product I may not necessarily believe in? Was it going to change me into an organic eater? See, reviewing products isn’t as fun as everyone thinks it is, lol.
After a lot of thought and looking over their website I decided to give it a try, just to see what organic really is and how much different it was from the “other” products. But first I needed to school myself in organic eating and what protocols were required to be called an organic product. After some research I found this site HERE and it explained a lot. After doing some research I decided I was ready to try a couple of the products that were sent to me. I received:
- Dry Garbanzo Beans
- Dry Kidney Beans
- Walnuts
- Cranberries
- Tri-Color Quinoa ( look for a brand new recipe using this soon!)
- Cocoa Powder
- Coconut Flour
- Coconut Sugar
- Almond Flour ( another great recipe using this coming soon!)
- Red Quinoa
- Brown Flax Seeds
- Sesame Seeds
I decided to use the Walnuts and Cranberries first because they are really familiar to me. I make spice cake a lot and wanted to do an upside down cake with it. So I thought it was a perfect way to incorporate the walnuts and cranberries. There wasn’t much difference in taste, I will admit. But for some reason it felt good to eat because I was putting something good in my body that was free of all those “unnecessary” things. I was even more excited to find out that they worked perfectly in the cake, it was yummy!
About Shiloh Farms:
In 1942 a group of like-minded people gathered on a farm in Western New York and founded the Shiloh Community. Their common goal was to live and work together in health and harmony. To help support themselves and sustain their lifestyle they created a bakery and became known for their hearty, healthy all-natural products. Organic certification had not yet been invented. This was the beginning of SHILOH FARMS®.
[box type=info]Right now you can receive 25% off your order by using the code SUMMER. This code is good until September 10th 2013! [/box]
You can win your own Shiloh Farms Organic gift set (ARV-$40.00)! Just follow the rafflecopter below! The prize package includes:
- Shiloh Farms Organic Red Quinoa
- Shiloh Farms GF Coconut Sugar
- Shiloh Farms Organic Garbanzo Beans
- Shiloh Farms Organic Flax Seeds
- Shiloh Farms Organic Dried Cranberries
- Shiloh Farms GF Almond Flour
US Only, please. Please note The Rebel Foodie is not responsible for prize fulfillment. Once a winner is picked Shiloh Farms and it’s PR Firm are respsonsible for prize shipments.
Ingredients
- 1 box of Spice Cake Mix ( your choice, I used Duncan Hines)
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup of Shiloh Farms Organic cranberries
- 1 cup of Shiloh Farms Organic walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. If you want plump cranberries soak them in water for 2 to 3 hours, then drain. Reserve your juice if you like.
- Mix your cake mix according to the directions on the box.
- Spray your pan with cooking spray or bakers joy.
- Melt your butter and our into prepared pan, making sure to coat the bottom evenly.
- Sprinkly your brown sugar over your butter and using the back of a spoon push it down to form a crust.
- Sprinkle your walnuts on top.
- Sprinkle your cranberries.
- Pour your cake mix over top.
- Bake for 42 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.
yum yum…can’t wait to try this one…:-)
Thank you so very much….I am so excited to try these products
Thank you so very much…received my prize today!