Category Archives: Fresh From the Goddess LLC

Pumpkin Goodies for Fall

Posted on by

Yes! You have been asking us for pumpkin treats so here they come in time for the beginning of October. I would say for the beginning of the fall but, well, it is still uber-hot! Not feeling so fallish except early in the mornings.

We will begin with gluten free pumpkin muffins stuffed with our own goat cream cheese filling, pecan gluten free pumpkin biscotti (vegan too), and some delightful pumpkin bread(always gluten free).

Come by and mention that you heard the news on our blog and recieve 10% instant savings! I shall post pics of the goodies shortly.

Stroopwafel Cookies Gluten Free are here!!!!

Posted on by

 

We are now making SIN Cookies or Stroopwafel which are a Dutch Treat in gluten free!  These are thin waffel cookies with creamy caramel filling.  Set them on top of a hot beverage for a few seconds to warm them–or if you live in Phoenix on your dashboard for 30 seconds and you will be in tastebud heaven!  These goodies are at all of our Farmer’s Markets and at the Gluten Free Country Store.  Look for chocolate dipped, cranberry white chocolate, and other versions this fall too!

South Tempe Farmer’s Market

Posted on by

Tammie Faye wants everyone to know that our products are now available at the new South Tempe Farmer’s Market on Warner Blvd.  The market runs from 8-1:00 every Saturday.  The customers are from the local neighborhood and are friendly, knowledgeable cu, food savy folks.  Our goat cheeses, gluten free products, gluten free goat cheese dog treats, goat milk soap, and some of our farm grown produce are there for you to sample and purchase.  Tell us that Tammie sent you and enjoy a 10% discount through Thanksgiving!

Louise Baker Shares a Review on Vegan and Veggie Delights

Posted on by

Louise Baker recently contacted us about being a guest blogger at Chile Acres. She does Zen reviews. We are proud to share our little corner of the world with her. We are of course proud patrons of the Pomegranate Cafe! They feature many of our gluten free vegan items and our natural eggs from the farm and our goat cheese crumbles in their salads.

5 Great Websites for Vegans
Below is a list of 5 great websites for vegans. These websites have a wealth of information including recipes, menus, animal friendly products and dietary information. The websites below range from blogs, to restaurants and vegan grocery stores.

1. www.pomegranatecafe.com
The Pomegranate Cafe is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The cafe offers nourishing and revitalizing food and drinks that use only fresh organic ingredients. The Pomegranate Cafe is founded on the belief that taste and presentation are enhanced by using wholesome ingredients. The Pomegranate cafe is currently introducing more energizing, live foods to its menu. Dining at the Pomegranate Cafe will leave you feeling nourished and deeply satisfied.

2. www.Lovetoknowvegetarian.com
This is a vegetarian website that focuses on different types of vegetarians. The website has information on both vegetarian and vegan diets. On this website you will learn different ways to prepare tofu, important things to know about switching to a raw food diet, the advantages of a vegan diet and much more. There is also good nutritional information on this website, if you are considering becoming a vegetarian or vegan.

3. www.FoodFightGrocery.com
FoodFight!.  is an online vegan grocery store. It offers vegetarian-based imitation meats products, candy and chips. You will also find items such as vitamins, beverages, books, baked goods and even some exotic items, such as vegan caviar! They also carry a variety of teas.

4. www.fatfreevegankitchen.com
The Fat Free Vegan Kitchen’s Blog offers information on a fat free vegan lifestyle. The main focus of the site is fat free vegan recipes for everything from omelets to vegan cake recipes, including vegan chocolate cake. The site won the 2009 Vegie awards. They have a truly wonderful assortment of fat free vegan recipes which will delight your palate. You will also find archives of previous blog posts featuring many more recipe ideas and links to other vegan blogs.

5. www.ethicalplanet.com
Ethical Planet.com offers products that are both animal friendly and earth friendly. On their website, you will find an assortment of vegan items ranging from makeup to vegan cooking books. They also carry vegan shoes, vegan pet accessories and even vegan jewelry.

These are 5 great websites for vegans or aspiring vegans to explore. Each website has different products, services and knowledge to offer to its customers. In today’s world, there are many dietary options available to us. A vegan diet is healthy because it is rich in vitamins and minerals from whole grains, fruits and vegetables. A vegan diet is both environmentally and animal friendly. If the food is prepared with locally-grown organic ingredients, it also supports our local economies and reduces the carbon footprint of the food we are eating.

Louise Baker ranks online degrees for Zen College Life. She most recently wrote about the best colleges online.

Our Debut at the Gluten Free Country Store

Posted on by

Friday June 11 we will debut at the Gluten Free Country Store in Gilbert.

This specialty store features gluten free foods only making it a safe haven for those that suffer from Celiac or allergies to wheat.  Rowie will be there all day to hand out samples and answer questions about our many products.  In addition to gluten free baked goods we offer gluten free-dairy free-egg free and items made with a variety of alternative flours and grains that are all certified gluten free ingredients.

Goat cheese and farm fresh eggs will be there too for all of our fans in the far east valley.  The store is located at:

3345 S. Val Vista Drive

Gilbert Arizona

Hope to see you there:)

Customer Appreciation

Posted on by

We have had some wonderful feedback over the years but we want to thank Mercedes this week for her compliments on our gluten free goodies.  Mercedes said,”The best biscotti, muffins and brownies I ever had!  Thank you for making something so good and affordable!”  Thanks to you Mercedes for your kind words.

A new chef, April Marshall, used our plain chevre in a recipe for her graduation project.  April said, “I wanted to thank you again for the wonderful cheese…everyone loved it!”  Congratulations to April on her graduation!

Happy New Year from the Farm

Posted on by

sheep in snow

The beautiful sheep in this picture live in the northern part of the state and as soon as roads are passable we hope to purchase one of the rams to attend to our ladies Morticia and Cousin It.  We are kind of partial to the one in the center that appears to be posing for us!  We tried to show the picture to the girls to see if they had any preference but their room mate, Dribbles the goat, ate the picture.  Guess we will just suprise them:)

 

joseph in the snow

Some of our customers asked why we didn’t attend the Farmer’s Markets the Saturday after Christmas.  Here is why! This is Joseph our grandson.  He came to visit us over the holidays from Southern Florida and wanted snow for Christmas.  We took him to Munds Park and you can see he got his wish.  We hope our customers can understand our absence.

At least 18 goats are pregnant presently and due the end of this month into Febr.  Emily, our Goddess of Sales is going to try and install a streaming web cam so everyone can watch them play.  Baby goats bounce around like popcorn and can be very entertaining.

Estrella, Princess, and Foxy will foal this spring.  They usually have multi-colored foals that are well recieved by the equestrian community.  We imprint them at birth.  This requires that we sleep with an egg timer and roll over and stare at the tv monitor every hour to check for changes in the mares.  We have a camera wired in the barn that broadcasts into the  house in our bedroom.  No one gets much sleep in March.  We hope that the birds that nested in the barn stay out of the camera this year.  It is very unsettling to see a beady eye staring back at you in the middle of the night when one of them is sitting on the camera and peering in!

Fresh From the Goddess is going great with the gluten free branch of the farm biz and has recently invented several vegan gluten free goodies and the latest flavor of biscotti–Mango and White Chocolate.  Joseph brought mangos with him from Florida for his grandma and we like to share our good fortune:)

We hope the New Year will bring peace and health to all of you and that you will stop by and see us!

We are In Whole Foods!

Posted on by

Our gluten free crackers, mini goat cheese cakes and muffins are now in the Whole Foods Stores here in Arizona!  The goat cheeses available are Mediterranean Summer, French Dreams, Just Plain Ricotta, South Western Delight, and Feta.  Look for the Fresh From the Goddess Label to find the Barn Goddess Goat Cheese and Fresh From Rowie combined ingredients in your favorite goodies in the deli case and the fresh bakery isles.  As always, we are all  natural, feature Chile Acre Eggs and Chili Peppers in all of our goodies, and use no dyes or preservatives.

Coming Soon to a Whole Foods Market Near You!!!

Posted on by

We are excited and proud to announce that Barn Goddess Cheese, Chile Acres Peppers, and Fresh From Rowie Bakery are merging products under the name of Fresh From the Goddess LLC to appear in Whole Foods in the state of Arizona soon!  Shown here are our 80% goat cheese crackers that are gluten free and all natural around a generous dolap of South Western Delight Goat Cheese.  Yup!  That is a beautiful and newly picked chili crowning the top!  Just enough heat–but not to hot!  We serve up gluten free cookies, breads, graham crackers, goat-cheesecake and more!  We cater to people with allergies, Celiac and digestive disorders.  Hey–it runs in the family and we have to eat it too–so why not make something delicious, nutritious and natural while we are at it!