Thursday, August 13, 2020

Smude's Sunflower oil and Popcorn Review




Tom and Jenni Smudebegan began, their company in 2010 after a tough year for crops in 2007. They began searching for a drought-tolerant seed, and that's where it led, to the company known as Smude's Brand. The company is based in Drive Pierz, MN.

Those are the products I am so proudly cooking with today.



But first some information about Sunflower oil.

The color and taste varies, this is due to the seeds and their growing conditions. Different soil, and different rainfall play a additional role in how the sunflower oil looks and taste. At the bottom of the sunflower oil bottle, you may notice a waxy substance. This is a natural wax, do to the wax between the seed and shell. It's perfectly safe and fine to eat. Sunflower oil is all natural, and is unrefined. It’s a great non gmo oil, that is MN produced. You also get a high oleic count from the high amounts of oil content in the seed. Oleic provides many health benefits for heart health. The sunflower oil is a non volatile oil pressed from the seeds, and is a great oil to fry food with. Also just drizzle into many recipes.




Lunch was first, using the Smude's, infused sunflower oil, garlic peppered flavor. For this dish, I made some veggie and chicken pasta primavera. Then coated it lightly with the infused sunflower oil garlic flavor. The pasta dish came out with a nice glossy shine, and a bold fresh taste of garlic. If you are a garlic lover, this is a wonderful tasting product. It has a very refreshing  profile flavor. The color is a stunning pale amber, and the aroma is heavenly. This infused sunflower oil, would be great also as a salad dressing, or even for some bread dipping. The flavor and taste were very satisfying. And no salt or pepper was needed, the black pepper was already in the infusion.




Dinner started with a nice cabbage salad, using the Smude's, extra virgin sunflower oil, and dressing the salad. It was a light and nice flavor to the salad, and paired perfectly. The extra virgin sunflower oil added a very exquisite taste to the dish, not over powering at all. It brought forth a lovely, aromatic profile as well. A huge difference from other sunflower oils on the market. With much more healthier benefits. If there was ever a genuine sunflower oil, this would be it. Use's for it would be endless, easy to use in all recipes, as a dressing, to fry with, to bake with, it's all up to you.




With some left over chicken from lunch, I created a one pan chicken dish with the Mediterranean sunflower oil. This Smude's extra virgin cold pressed sunflower oil is infused with so many great natural ingredients, and has a little kick surprise. The ingredients of, rosemary, crushed red pepper, oregano, chili pepper, minced garlic, natural chipotle, and natural garlic oil. All of the ingredients with the oil, brought the dish to life. Really made it feel like a true Mediterranean dish, from the coasts of Spain. This sunflower oil is rich, and the spice level is in perfect harmony with all the other ingredients. It's not overbearing as far as to spicy, it’s a really enjoyable infusion. The fresh Mediterranean sunflower oil, would be great drizzled over a pizza, or as a salad dressing. However, you use it you will be a master chef in your own kitchen.




Our after dinner treat was also from Smude's, they sent over two boxes of their natural microwave popcorn. Easy to use, and all the kernels popped, it was the perfect ending to our evening. All the ingredients are natural, no preservatives, no additives, and ready for your microwave popping! The ingredients for the popcorn are natural and simple, only three ingredients, popcorn, sea salt, and Smude's sunflower oil. This is not like store brand popcorn, its light and airy when it comes out, and a nice white color, that just smells amazing from start to finish. And the taste is extraordinary.



I really enjoyed my lunch, dinner, and snack, using these great home crafted product's from Smude's. If you want more information, you can find it on their website.

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Disclaimer: Momzdailyscoops has personally reviewed the product listed above. Momzdailyscoops has not received any monetary compensation for her review. Momzdailyscoops did receive a free product to try out so Momzdailyscoops could evaluate and use it for her review. Momzdailyscoops thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ. Camera and lighting might effect appearance of product/products.



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