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The holiday season is upon us, and for many like me, that means cooking enough food to feed an army, which means there's ALWAYS leftovers…but that's not a bad thing. We love leftovers.
Though this Christmas Day will be lowkey for my boyfriend and I, the following weekend won't be since we are having our family get together then. And that means I will spend the Friday before and the day of cooking like a mad woman. But I don't mind because I honestly love to cook for my family. It makes me feel Iike I'm taking care of them.
Anytime I cook for my family during the holidays, there are certain go to dishes they want. One of our kids' favorite holiday dishes is crustless pumpkin pie. Yes…no crust. So when I received the Tetra Pak Starter Kit in the mail and saw that it contained Pacifici Foods Organic Pumpkin Puree, I knew that I would have to use it to make a pumpkin pie.
The puree carton featured a recipe for pumpkin pie that I followed. As you can see, the mixture, once poured into the pie pan, looked just like pumpkin pie should look. And the finger taste test proved to me that it tasted just as good too!
Once the pie was done, I gave each of the kids a piece and they loved it! As did I. It had a wonderful pumpkin flavor, just as it should have.
After we tried the pumpkin puree in our pumpkin pie, we were also eager to try the Pacific Foods Jellied Cranberry Sauce.
I admit, at first I wasn't sure how I was going to react to the cranberry sauce because it came in a rectangular cardboard box and NOT a can. And yes, I foolishly thought, "How can they be the same?" But they are!
As you can see, the coloring is the same. And I can sure you the texture and taste are the same.
I also have to say, I think it comes out of the carton FAR easier than it does a can. I would DEFINITELY eat this cranberry sauce again without question.
The Tetra Pak Starter Kit comes with the following items:
Pacific Foods Organic Pumpkin Puree
Pacific Foods Organic Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Simply Stock
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The items already mentioned in this post aren't the only ones you can purchase through Pacific Foods. I was actually quite surprised to see what other kinds of items they carry, including various types of soups, chowders, bisques, mac & cheese, baked beans with pork, gravy, almond milk, hemp milk, soy milk and more! I'm definitely interested in trying all of them.
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I love the Pacific soups especially the Tomato Red Pepper.
I use the soup stock in Vegetable Beef Stew.