Whole Foods...my dream come true!

Yesterday I had a brief but brilliant meeting with Whole Foods. We have 2 stores in Nashville and I am getting in both. YEA!!!

I have been working on this project for about 2 years, developing a product that meets their strict guidelines. Now, I have 3 chocolates that are perfect for Whole Foods. My Bella Bark Caramel Pecan, Bella Bark Cherry Almond and my new Smoked.(see photos) I for one am very glad Whole Foods puts the products they buy through such rigorous testing. This means that as a consumer, you can be sure you are buying and eating clean (a term they use for something that is all natural or organic).

And here's another cool thing...they love buying local. Well I am local and I am ready! Now I am just waiting on that 1st order.

Mackenzie

Homemade Butter

Happy New Year and all that!
We were closed for the holidays and I took this time off to play in the kitchen. I made...HOMEMADE BUTTER! Very easy. Then, I found some really cute glass dishes...round with little glass knobs on the lid...filled it with the homemade butter and gifted folks I knew would appreciate it. I also included a special loaf of homemade bread.

Here is what you do...

4 cups heavy cream
2 tsp grey sea salt (any coarse sea salt will do)

That's it!
Put in a standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Mix on med. speed for about 10 minutes or until the cream separates into little clumps.
Pour through a strainer and discard milky water. Dump the clumps into a bowl and pour ice water over pressing out more milky water with a spatula. Strain again and repeat twice. When milky water is clear...you have butter!
Smooth it into cute dishes of your choice. Now for some hot homeade biscuits. Yum.

Mackenzie