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Natural Grocers Snack Foods Part One

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We start this journey with some snack foods and a couple of the beverages. Snack foods usually have the most variety out there and are often the easiest to find. Nut Chips "Sour Cream & Onion" flavored Wasabi Seaweed Snacks Teryaki Seaweed Snacks The Almond Chips Almond Chips These were lighter, and dare I say nuttier, than typical tortilla chips. They had a slight taste like Wheat Thins Chips. They are gluten-free, made from almond and rice flour, and have very little fat. The flavoring sits on top and isn't over-powering. They are a decent snack. Wasabi Seaweed Snacks SPICY!!!! I love seaweed snacks. I love seaweed in miso soup. I love seaweed wrapped around rice crackers. It's delicious in any form, in my opinion. This is spicy though, incredibly spicy. It doesn't have wasabi in it, however. The spicy wasabi flavor is made from mustard. If you have eaten seaweed snacks before, you might have eaten the ones that are separated into little pa...

Natural Grocer food

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This is going to be a multi-part series focusing on the food we found at the Natural Grocers in Norman, Oklahoma. It was an experience and we will go back for the bulk spices alone. We found foods I didn't even know you could get, like ostrich. Be prepared for a culinary adventure the next few weeks. Here's a rundown of what we're going to talk about: agave rootbeer, 3 flavors of seaweed snacks (nori), almond chips, chocolate chips, ground ostrich, 2 flavors of hazelnut milk, and oat milk. It should be an interesting trip.