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We're Really Proud of ....

.. our new eSutras Organics Gourmet Spices line. Just launched today, and with astounding results! We've only got three spices right now, but they're strange, enticing and delicious. Find them - as usual - at the Dill Pickle Co-op in Logan Square, Chicago (3039 W. Fullerton Ave .). Wondering what you can do with said strange, yet enticing gourmet spices? Here's what we think: Pomegranate Peel Powder: Pomegranate Peel isn't a flavoring agent, but it is jam-packed with nutrients, which is why we suggest you use it as an herbal supplement. Add just a little bit of eSutras Organics Pomegranate Peel Powder to your morning smoothie, yogurt, cereal or to soups and stews. According to studies in nutrition, science and food science, Pomegranate Peel offers you double the amount of vitamin C and antioxidants than is found in the pulp or juice of the fruit. Fenugreek Seed: Fenugreek is a traditional Middle Eastern spice, used in traditional pickling processe...

Berberé, Panch Phoran, Quatre-Epices, Vindaloo

Can you guess what all these words have in common? No? Well, we'll just tell you because we're about to burst with excitement . All our new eSutras Organics spice blends are now available at the Dill Pickle Co-op in Logan Square, Chicago! We've got new packaging, a new look and a bunch of amazing, unusual blends that you'd be hard-pressed to find at other Chicago grocery stores. Here's a little taste of our fantastic new design: 4 oz. of eSutras Cajun Spice seasoning, traditional Bayou Goodness. Find the Dill Pickle here: View Larger Map Wondering what exactly Panch Phoran, Berberé or Vindaloo spice blends are? Check the blog in the next few weeks to find recipes and uses for some of our more exotic varieties. eSutras Organics Chinese Five-Spice Blend For now, here's a little bit about eSutras Organics Quatre-Epices Spice Blend: "Quatre-Epices" literally means "Four-Spice" in French (It's a blend made o...

The New Green Drink for St. Paddy's Day

Forget green beer, green rivers, green eggs this St. Patrick's Day. We've got a new green drink for you this holiday! Use the coupon code at the bottom of this post for 10% off eSutras Organics' Absinthe Kit and party with the green fairy this holiday (which, as you may have noticed, is already 25% off! ). Enjoy the world's notorious alcoholic spirit, made traditionally and organically! Absinthe was first popularized in 19th-century France and has been enjoyed through the years by the likes of Edgar Degas, Toulouse Lautrec, Picasso, Oscar Wilde & Ernest Hemingway. The oldest technique for making absinthe is simply to steep wormwood and other spices like star anise, anise seed, fennel, hyssop, angelica root, coriander or peppermint in an alcoholic drink like beer, wine or a neutral spirit (we're talking the serious stuff: grain alcohols like vodka). Our kit provides the ingredients to make your own traditional, steeped recipes! The kit al...

Exciting News

Dear Readers, Find us, as of yesterday, on the shelves of your local Chicago co-op, The Dill Pickle. We've got some of your favorites, including chocolates, agave nectar, teas and our amazing spice blends. Visit the Dill Pickle at 3039 W. Fullerton Ave . Find these great products and more! eSutras Organics Toasted Sesame Seed Oil - the best in the business! eSutras Organics Espresso Energy Chocolate Blend- our Vegan and Espresso chocolates.100% Vegan! eSutras Organics Defense Tea - made with astralagus, amla, hoodia, rosehip, ginger root, schizandra berry, hibiscus petal, licorice root, neem leaf, stevia leaf, ashwagandha root, goldenseal, rosemary and our special proprietary blend of spices. Fights colds and tastes delicious! Or visit the Dill Pickle's website, found here: http://dillpicklefoodcoop.org/ .

Mamas & Babes Love Organics

We know it's early, but we're getting ready for Mother's Day here at eSutras (you've got until May 9, if you were wondering and getting a little worried). We just redesigned some of our superb spa and home products and threw 'em together as a pampering package for moms and their little ones. Say hello to the Babies Love Organics Family Kit! "Forty-two days of care for forty-two years ...." According to the 6,000 year-old medical texts in Ayurveda, moms are as psycho-physiologically delicate as their newborn babes for forty-two days after childbirth. But moms have so much to do during the first months of their babe's lives that they often sacrifice their physical well-being for their child's needs. Ayurvedic tradition stresses the necessity for mutual rejuvenation - for baby and mommy alike - during this special forty-two day window, so that mama can nurture and provide for her babe and the world for the next forty-two years! Ou...

Hump Day Special +++ FEATURED

This blog is dedicated to spreading the word about the products we have at eSutras Organics - locally in Chicago, IL and around the globe through our online store. But we're also dedicated to the promotion of health foods, green living, nutrition, wellness and as importantly, those who advocate all these things like we do. Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks writes a fantastic blog, her Healthy Recipe Journal, that features natural food recipes, alternative good eats and the nutrition benefits of eating natural, organic, vegetarian, etc etc etc. Superbly well-done, 101 Cookbooks is my go-to source for many of the recipes I test our eSutras Organics foods on. Check out what Heidi has to say about Amaranth: A Few Favorite Grains . Happy, Healthy Monday - Shop online at eSutras Organics today! 

Hump Day Special +++ Super-Grain Amaranth

Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the Amaranth said to her neighbor, "How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent! No wonder you are such a universal favourite." But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, "Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time: my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die. But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting." Aesop's Fables We're starting a new feature on this blog, something I'd like to call our Hump Day Special. If you read about the Hump Day Special - a featured product we sell at eSutras Organics - on this here blog and then buy it on our website, you'll receive a 10% discount on that item! And if that isn't enticing enough, we're also providing you with all the information you need about the product right here, plus recipe ideas and other useful, nutritional tips. So without further ado, eSutras Organic's first...