Recommended Food -- Baby Zach's Smoked Black Bean Hummus

It's Vegan! It's allergen-free! It has no nightshades in it! It doesn't even have garbanzos in it, suggesting that "hummus" is not the right name. But you get black beans, Tahini, olive oil, cumin, garlic, fresh lemon juice and the usual water, salt and citric acid. Plus -- real apple wood smoke! No gluten added in this one, either. The product is natural, but I don't know if that means totally safe in all forms. The BBQ one they had there was not one I could try, so check the labels.

This is their "mild" black bean dip, without chilies, but it has a nice pop to it and a lot of smoke and bean flavor. I've looked a long time for a black bean dip without chilies, and this is as close as I've found. It's carried at Wheatsville, People's Pharmacy and Fresh Plus, and is coming soon to Central Market, Whole Foods and Natural Grocers. I got mine at the Saturday Lakeline Farmer's Market. Give it a try!

www.babyzachs.com

Holiday Reading!

I haven't made a pitch in a while, so thought I'd mention ebooks in passing this holiday weekend (in the USA -- everyone should celebrate their independence day! Heck, in Texas we celebrate Mexico's, too.) Ebooks are out there and ready to be read on a moment's notice!

If you are in need of new reading material and your reader is not yet filled, check out my SF novels. You can get them DRM-free over at Book View Cafe, and on Kindle branded software at Amazon.com. (That link is to the BacklistEbooks group, which will show you everything, but you have to click through to be able to buy them.) There are links to my stuff over on the side of the Live Journal, too.

We now return you to your long weekend activities. Don't melt!