Wholly Wholesome and parents know how important it is to teach our children about healthy living. National Healthy Kids Day is on April 17th and is the perfect time to celebrate! Go outdoors, play outside and enjoy wholicious healthy recipes with your family. Remember to have fun and try to do these things not only on National Healthy Kids Day but make it a part of your weekly activities.Wholly Wholesome’s all natural bake at home products make it quicker and easier to enjoy healthy snacks. Our Oatmeal Raisin and Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with natural and organic ingredients and are a perfect “any time” or lunch box snack. Or try Wholly Wholesome’s Bake at Home Apple Pie. Some would say it’s just like Mom’s and it has natural and organic ingredients that Mom would certainly approve of. Leave the prep time to us and the family fun time to you! Happy Healthy Kids Day!

All Natural Baking Leader Goes Gluten-Free with New Product 

Wholly Wholesome Meets Consumer Needs for Gluten-Free Baked Goods CHESTER, N.J. (February 6, 2012) – Wholly Wholesome, the leader in all-natural and organic baked goods, announces the addition of its first ever gluten-free product to its better-for-your family product line. The brand’s new pie shell is not only gluten-free, but also kosher, all natural, vegan and dairy-free. This new frozen, ready-to-bake product will be available early Summer 2012 at select all natural and grocery stores across the country. Wholly Wholesome is expanding its product offerings to provide loyal consumers with a gluten-free option that is pleasing to taste, convenient and able to stand up to the most decadent pie filling while still holding its form despite its wheat free recipe.

 “Our new pie shells hold true to our belief that one should not have to sacrifice taste for ingredients,” said Doon Wintz, President, Wholly Wholesome. “We’ve been hungry to enter the gluten-free world for a long time, but we wanted to pace ourselves and ensure we had the right product with the right standards. We are thrilled to offer a quality gluten-free, ready-to-bake product to meet the needs of our gluten-free customers.”

Check us out in the ‘Unjunk Your Junk Food” eating guide written by the creators of NaturallySavvy.com. Wholly Wholesome 9″ Bake at Home Pie Shells and Bake at Home Pies are being featured among other healthy alternatives to conventional snacks. We’ve gotten a thumbs up for being a savvy pic for taste as well as having no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or additives, made with all natural ingredients and Og trans fats.  Thank You Naturally Savvy! http://bit.ly/rO4kJN

Uncle Sam Wants You…..to share some pie recipes, bake a pie for dessert or even better, throw a pie party to celebrate. Wholly Wholesome’s 9″ Bake at Home pie shells make it easier for pie lovers across the nation to honor pie as part of our American heritage.All you need to do with Wholly Wholesome’s 9″ shells is fill, bake and enjoy eating pie during this month long celebration. Some good tips on how to make the most of this celebration:

Host a pie tasting at your home for friends to bring over their favorite recipes 

Organize a pie bake off to raise money for a charity or cause

Make a baking party by inviting friends over and having everyone bring an ingredient to create a mouth watering pie for dessert.

Plummeting temperatures and snowy days are perfect for eating this warm, wholesome and wholicious Pot Pie Recipe. Wholly Wholesome’s 9″ Pie Shells are the easy start to making this classic comfort food recipe that’s a truly natural warm delight!

Wholly Wholesome Chicken or Turkey POT PIE (for double crust 9” pie) for left over white/dark meat turkey or chicken

Ingredients (serves 6-8)

2 Wholly Wholesome 9” Organic Pie Shells (you can also use Whollly Wholesome Organic Rolled Pie dough and your own pie tin)

2 cups Cubed or pulled Roast Chicken or Turkey

¼ cup sliced cooked carrots*

½ cup cooked peas*

½ cup cubed cooked potatoes*

2 tbsp butter

1 ½ tbsp. flour

¼ tsp salt

¾ cup chicken broth

¾ cup milk

1 egg for egg wash and a splash of milk (egg wash)

*if you are not using canned vegetables, then you can cook the vegetables by boiling or microwaving for 5 minutes or until soft.

Thaw Wholly Wholesome Pie shells in refrigerator overnight or for 30 minutes out of the freezer

Preheat oven to 425˚f

►THE MIXTURE

Combine Chicken, carrots, peas and potatoes

►A SIMPLE SAUCE

Combine Butter, flour, salt, chicken broth and milk in sauce pan and COOK over medium flame AND STIR FOR 1 MIN or until it thickens

► COMBINE THE SAUCE WITH THE MIXTURE

►FILL AND BAKE

Pour filling into shell, brush edge of pie shell with beaten egg and milk (egg wash)

1. Take second shell out of pan and invert over pie filling, press edges together to seal (or use a Wholly Wholesome rolled pie dough for the top crust.
2. Brush top crust with beaten egg and milk (egg wash)
3. Cut a few slits in the top shell to allow steam to escape.
4. Place pie on a baking sheet (foil underneath optional)
5. Bake for 35-45 minutes on lower rack at 425˚f or until crust is golden brown.

Whether citrusy, creamy, flaky or nutty, slice by slice the familiarity of pie makes people happy especially during the holidays.  Cultures through history have dabbled in the art or pie making. Romans, Greeks, English and French all have made their mark in history with unique recipes. Wholly Wholesome has also left a legacy of “just like homemade” baked goods that are made with natural basic ingredients and are a convenient solution to whipping up desserts and meals with minimal time and effort. Whether a baking novice or pro, mold, fill, bake and slice….the choice is yours! Leave the basics to us and the compliments to the chef this holiday season.

  Start planning your holiday meal by finding these delicious baked goods in the retail freezer case:

• 9” Certified Organic Homestyle Bake At Home Pie Shells- Traditional, Wheat & Spelt  
• 6” Certified Organic Flaky Traditional Bake At Home Pie Shells
• 9” Certified Organic Traditional Bake At Home Rolled Pie Dough
• Natural Selection of Quick & Easy Bake At Home Dairy Free Pumpkin and Fruit Pies- Apple, Cherry & Blueberry

Wholly Wholesome’s NEW  and Improved Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie. Our Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie Just got Better….Just in Time for the Holidays. No Need to Ever Sacrifice Taste!

Natural Products Expo West 2011- We asked and Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie tasters told. See one taster’s response .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_eiDKZhkHE&feature=youtu.be

Need an easy but delicious dessert to sweeten your holiday season? Try this Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie recipe. With our Organic 9″ Pie Shells, preparation is a snap!

Ingredients:

8 oz.  cream cheese softened

2 cups pumpkin puree

14 oz. sweetened condensed milk

3 eggs

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 9″ Wholly Wholesome Organic Pie Shell

Directions:

1-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2-Mix cream cheese and condensed milk together until smooth.

3-Stir in the pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and eggs.  Mix until well combined.

4-Pour batter into pie shell.

5-Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean.

6-Serve warm.

Enjoy!

Check it out! In a segment on NBC New York, Lynda Baquero and BehindtheBurner.com‘s Divya Gugnani featured our Organic Pie Shells as a delicious time-saver for baking your homemade pies and quiches.

Watch the video here–not just because we’re featured in it–we think you’ll enjoy the rest of Divya’s great suggestions for space- and time-saving baking gadgets. And be sure to check out BehindtheBurner.com’s Wholly Wholesome Organic Pie Shell Giveaway!

Did you know?

Did you know our Organic Pie Shells have also received notable kudos from these great publications:

• Good Housekeeping Magazine — For their November 2009 issue, Good Housekeeping Magazine tested a variety of frozen, pre-rolled refrigerated and dry mix varieties of pie shells and crusts. We are tickled pink to say that our Wholly Wholesome™ Organic Traditional 9″ Pie Shell came out on top with First Prize! Good Housekeeping says our pie shell tastes “just like Grandma’s.”
• Real Simple Magazine — Real Simple Magazine’s November 2008 Thanksgiving Shortcuts Road Test named our Organic 9″ Pie Shell as best pie crust, calling our pie shell “amazing―it’s super flaky and soft, with a hint of butter.” All of the products in Real Simple Magazine’s Thanksgiving Shortcuts Road Test were also featured on CBS The Early Show–watch the video here.