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WHAT?  Mind boggling. That was my first reaction because all along I thought these peanuts came from Japan. It would fully explain the name Japanese nuts, or Japanese coated peanuts or even cracker nuts.  However, the origin of these delicious, deep fried coated peanuts is from Mexico.  It is a ...

From just Nuts, to Nuts & Such (Raw & Baked Nuts vs Savoury Nuts) and now, Classics vs Gourmet Nuts, we will never stop improving our website to allow for better navigating and easy ordering of snacks.  This is important as we prepare to add more snacks range and variety to our online ...

Almond milk has been trending for these few years as people start to be conscious of their health and recognise the benefits that almonds can bring. With high proteins, healthy fats, antioxidants properties and cancer fighting wonders, it is not just suitable for lactose intolerant people. It cou...

In this fight against diabetes, it's high time we take a look at the substitutes of sugar and determine which we should change no. We can never get rid of sugar completely, think about our ice cream, soft drinks, coffee, desserts, chocolates and Honey Creamy Macadamia. We are just flooded with sw...

Following PM Lee's comments about diabetes being on the rise in Singapore, we thought it would be appropriate to come up with this post. He listed a few examples on how to prevent diabetes, which is especially relevant for people with such family history. They include cutting down on sugar (soft ...

After talking about how to grow cashew, almonds and pistachio nuts, it is time to go into macadamia nuts that are well known for their sweet, creamy and rich flavours. Macadamia trees fruits only after 5 years and only grow in warm, tropical conditions that has high humidity and rainfall. That is...

How many of you are happy snackers like us?  If you nod in understanding, fellow snackers, you would have known to combine tortilla chips with salsa dip. It's a wonderful way to snack but yet not many know about it.  Plain tortilla chips are good enough. It gives the crispy texture together w...

This question has been buzzing around the forums and internet so I would want to answer this question once and for all. After all, these old school snacks are so tasty and give us such fond memories that we would want to stock up our kitchen, parties and office pantry with them.  Brick and mortar...

MSG has a negative image to it. People associate it with headaches, back pains, asthma and even brain damage. I have a friend who claims he can detect amount of MSG whenever he eats it due to the headaches that occur right after! People have varying sensitivity to it but is it really that unhealt...

I am lucky to have a good supply of lactation during my post partum days and people kept asking me what my diet was to maintain the supply. These are some of the proven food that will aid in breast milk production: 1) Salmon Sashimi time! Most pregnant mums would avoid raw food but during confin...

Shop and eat and shop and eat. That's basically what you do when you go Bangkok and staying near a metro station would makes travelling around convenient. For food, I did some research on the must-try list and here are my reviews:   1) Nara Thai I have tried Nara Thai and it's not spectacular bu...

Our plan has always been to bring delicious, rare snacks to everyone in Singapore. However, because we started with raw nuts, dried fruits and seeds, many people thought we are only into healthy snacks. We can't deny it is the trend nowadays to have subscription boxes in the form of healthy snack...