Veggie Bits

Power Up in the AM

Nature's Path introduces Organic Optimum Power Breakfast cereal, which includes flax, soy, kamut, and blueberries. Each serving contains 8g protein, 10g fiber, and all the B12 and folic acid an adult needs for the day. It's as robust a flavor as Grape Nuts cereal, but slightly sweetened with cane juice.

Look for this cereal in your local natural foods store, or write to Nature's Path Foods, Inc., 2220 Nature's Path Way, Blaine, WA 98230. You can also visit their website at <www.naturespath.com>.

Soup from Scratch

Kettle Cuisine, Inc. carries a flavorful, vegan, preservative-free, heat-and-serve, already-in-the-bowl line of soups made from scratch. Available flavors include Potato and Leek, White Bean and Escarole, Lentil, and Carrot Ginger, and they also make a vegetarian chili.

You can find these soups in your local natural foods store or check out their website at <www.kettlecuisine.com>.

Maximize Your Pasta Night

Whole grains are always a healthy choice, so for your family's next pasta night, consider a whole wheat pasta. Hodgson Mill offers whole wheat varieties of spaghetti, lasagna, spinach spaghetti, spirals, and fettucine.

Pick up a box of this outstanding pasta at your local natural foods store, or visit Hodgson Mill's website at <www.hodgsonmill.com>.

More Vegan Snacks

Sun Flour Baking Company makes vegan, wheat-free, gluten-free, non-GMO, organic cookies that have no hydrogenated oils and are sweetened with cane juice. Available flavors are chocolate chip, peanut butter, lemon, banana nut, mocha java, raspberry truffle, German chocolate, lemon coconut, and cinnamon twist. These amazing cookies can be purchased in bulk or by the cookie.

For more information, please contact Sun Flour Baking Company at 2464 Marconi Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95821. You can also visit <www.sunflourbaking.com>.