• food,  Gift Guide,  New York,  San Diego,  WorldWide

    Native Vanilla Embodies The Richness And Goodness of Pure Vanilla to Make Your Holiday Recipes Pop with Flavor

    It is literally only one month away to Christmas! Do you have ideas for this holiday’s recipes? Baking is something we do all the time during this happy season. Instead of gifting some normal candies you get from the grocery store next door. Let’s gift the top quality vanilla, and make the best holiday desserts together with your family!

    Native Vanilla embodies the richness and goodness of pure vanilla to make your holiday recipes pop with flavor. It’s ethically sourced extract grade rare Tahitian vanilla beans have a sweet floral aroma with fruity undertones. And their journey to your doorstep couldn’t be more inspiring.

    Young and old love the taste of vanilla and you’ll enjoy experimenting with all it’s naturally-grown goodness in your favorite recipes (and maybe come up with a few new ones, too!). Use Native Vanilla products to add vanilla to your egg nog, or make a cranberry vanilla bean cake, a vegan hummingbird cake, or vanilla ice cream custard. Yum!

    There’s no substitute for good-quality vanilla. Knowing what you’re buying and where it comes from makes all the difference.

    Check out these gourmet essentials for your pantry, all sustainable and fair priced and create a foodie delight!

    Impressive Gift for anyone who enjoys baking.

    DIY Vanilla Extract Kit

    Price: $39.75

    10 premium gourmet bourbon vanilla beans with an imported glass bottle from Italy. Easy to make homemade extract, just split the beans lengthwise and fill the bottle with your alcohol of choice, vodka is recommended. Seal tightly and store in a cool, dark place for 4-6 months. Use as called for in baking recipes.

    • Contains 10 Extract Vanilla Beans
    • Exquisite 375 ml clear glass bottle imported from Italy.
    • Bottle sealed with round wooden cork stopper.
    • Includes artistic custom label that you can write your name and bottled date on.
    • Comes with recipe and instructions.

    Vanilla Bean Powder

    Native Vanilla’s raw vanilla bean powder is rich and delicious — a perfect and quick alternative to vanilla extract or paste. Get the smooth vanilla flavor you love without the added alcohol. Vanilla powder can make any recipe, beverage, smoothie or dessert, flavorful and delectable. It also makes a great addition to your bulletproof coffee. This antioxidant-rich superfood is a great option for keto, paleo, vegan, and Whole30 lifestyles.

    This vanilla powder is ground from the entire bean, which means you may notice the product will not completely dissolve. This is because Native Vanilla uses no artificial fillers, sugars, alcohols or additives — just pure, freshly ground vanilla beans.

    Product features:

    • 100% Pure Ground Vanilla Beans- no sugar, additives, fillers or bleaching
    • 1/2 tsp of vanilla powder = 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • Use for cooking, desserts, beverages and ice cream. Great for Keto, Paleo and Whole30 diets.
    • Rich in taste and smell; strong vanilla aroma. High quality and freshly ground before packaging.
    • Ethically sourced and grown by Papua New Guinea (PNG) micro-farmer cooperative.

    Vanilla Beans

    The fruit, pod or bean as discussed above, dried and cured to release the true depth of vanilla flavour. Cut open the bean and scrape out the seeds.

    Product features:

    • Hand-selected with the finest curing process
    • Vacuum sealed for freshness
    • Use for baking, making vanilla extract, and powders
    • Perfect for cooking, desserts, beverages, and ice cream.
    • Rich in taste and smell; strong, full vanilla flavor
    • Enjoy the sweet floral aroma, with flavors of fruit
    • Ethically sourced and grown by a micro-farmer cooperative
    • Tahitensis vanilla is rarer than the Madagascar variety and is infinitely more versatile

    Organic Vanilla Bean Sugar – Made with Real Vanilla Beans

    • 100% PURE VANILLA SUGAR – Made with organic cane sugar and infused with pure vanilla bean powder.
    • STRONG NATURAL FLAVOR – The proprietary process produces a rich flavored vanilla that preserves the 300 flavor compounds derived from vanilla making it the perfect ingredient for cookies, cakes, yogurt, oatmeal, custards and sauces.

    • ETHICALLY SOURCED – Native Vanilla assists hundreds of micro farmers in Papua New Guinea with Fair Trade assistance, and maintains a commitment to growing practices that are environmentally friendly.
    • 100% VEGAN and GLUTEN FREE – This antioxidant rich superfood is the perfect option for gluten free and vegan lifestyles and has no artificial fillers or additives.
    • EASY TO STORE – Store the sugar in a tightly sealed airtight container, and leave at room temperature in a dark place.

    About Native Vanilla:

    Native Vanilla brings organically farmed, sustainably sourced top-quality vanilla to your home. Ethically sourced and grown by a Papua New Guinea micro-farmer cooperative, the company is committed to providing Tahitensis vanilla products including vanilla extract, vanilla bean powder, and vanilla beans. Quality for the consumer, a fair price for the farmer. Follow them on Instagram @native_vanilla and learn more about their inspiring journey here.

  • food,  Los Angeles,  San Diego,  WorldWide

    Bring farm-to-table goodness with Native Vanilla

    This season, bring farm-to-table goodness to your holiday baking and enjoy the sweet taste and smell of quality vanilla. Or consider adding vanilla essentials to a gift basket for family and friends as an impressive gift for those who enjoy baking.

    Native Vanilla embodies the richness and goodness of pure vanilla to make your recipes pop with flavor. It’s ethically sourced extract grade rare Tahitian vanilla beans have a sweet floral aroma with fruity undertones. And their journey to your doorstep couldn’t be more inspiring.

    The backstory to this wonderful company is just as sweet as its products. The seeds of NativeVanilla grew when it’s founder, Dan Edmiston, made his way back to the Papua New Guinea town where he had spent part of his childhood. Seeing the town’s need for economic survival, he committed to starting a company that harvested the beauty of vanilla while sharing the profits with the local micro-farm community.  Thus, quality for the consumer and a fair price for the farmer. As Dan likes to say, “To meet a need is to find true meaning.”

    What Native Vanilla Treat Will You Make, or Give, This Holiday Season?

    Holiday Cranberry Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe

    This cranberry vanilla bean cake will be the talk of the holiday party! Yeah, it’s that good. It is soft, flavorful, and has just a little bit of tart. Each bite will make you want to have more. Are you ready to make this cranberry cake?

     Prep Time: 20-minutes                       Cook Time: 45-minutes

    Ingredients:

    CRANBERRY FILLING

    • 12 oz fresh cranberries, picked over
    • 2 tablespoons of orange juice
    • 2 teaspoons finely shredded orange zest
    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

    CAKE

    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • 6 egg whites, lightly beaten
    • Native Vanilla Bean, split
    • 2 ¼ cups of cake flour
    • 1 ¾ cups sugar
    • 3/4 cup of butter, softened
    • 4 tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp salt

    FROSTING

    • 16-ounce cream cheese, softened
    • ¾ cup butter, softened
    • 1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon zest
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
    • Sugared cranberries

    Check out the full Holiday Cranberry Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

    Eggnog Recipe

    What are the holidays without an eggnog recipe? This recipe is quick and easy – 8 ingredients and only 15 minutes to make.

    Prep Time: 5 minutes                   Cook Time: 10 minutes

    Ingredients (makes 12 servings)

    • 6 large egg yolks
    • 5/8 cup granulated white sugar
    • 4 cups of milk
    • ½ tsp cinnamon
    • 2 Native Vanilla beans *(see instructions for cutting and scraping seeds below)
    • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
    • 1 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream
    • ½ cup of rum (if giving to children or those who don’t drink leave this out)

    Check out the full Eggnog Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

    Vanilla Bean Beer Recipe

    Ever wanted to brew your own beer? It’s the perfect time of year to do it. Here is a great recipe using Native Vanilla Beans.

    Ingredients

    Check out the full Vanilla Bean Beer Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

    Vanilla is one of the world’s favourite spices. With its unique taste and wonderful aroma, vanilla has the power to transform any dish into the ultimate foodie delight. But you know that already, don’t you? You’re probably here because there are still some things about vanilla that you’re unsure of. Well then, you’ve come to the right place. At Native Vanilla, they are endlessly fascinated about all things vanilla, and passionate about sharing their expert knowledge on this remarkable plant.

    TAHITIAN GOURMET VANILLA BEANS – GRADE A

    Product features:

    • Grade A Vanilla Beans – hand selected with finest curing process, vacuum sealed for freshness
    • These high-quality vanilla pods are 6-8 inches long, plump, oily, black/dark brown, 30-35% moist
    • Perfect for cooking, desserts, beverages and ice cream. Rich in taste and smell; strong, full vanilla flavor.
    • Ethically sourced and grown by micro-farmer cooperative.
    • Tahitensis vanilla is rarer than the Madagascar variety and is infinitely more versatile.

    TAHITIAN EXTRACT VANILLA BEANS – GRADE B

    Product features:

    • Grade B Vanilla Beans – hand selected with finest curing process, vacuum sealed for freshness
    • These extract vanilla pods are 4-6 inches long, black/dark brown, 15-20% moist and weigh .05-.10 oz
    • Use for baking, making vanilla extract and powders. Enjoy sweet floral aroma, with flavors of fruit
    • Ethically sourced and grown by micro-farmer cooperative.
    • Tahitensis vanilla is rarer than the Madagascar variety and is infinitely more versatile.

    About Native Vanilla:

    Native Vanilla brings organically farmed, sustainably sourced top-quality vanilla to your home. Ethically sourced and grown by a Papua New Guinea micro-farmer cooperative, the company is committed to providing Tahitensis vanilla products including vanilla extract, vanilla bean powder, and vanilla beans. Quality for the consumer, a fair price for the farmer. Follow them on Instagram @native_vanilla and learn more about their inspiring journey here.