Local Food Businesses offering Muffin Mix near Santa Anna, Texas 76878 (6)

Like any other thing that mothers do for their children, starting this business comes from motherly love. The owner of Greenbelt Goods simply wants her kids to eat veggies. The struggle is real, I know. Any parent will agree - making children eat vegetables is a real, everyday challenge. Because all they want to eat are sweets and carbs, so voila! Combine veggies and a kid's favorite snack: muffins. Greenbelt Goods, located in Austin, Texas, makes different flavors of easy-to-make muffin mix. And judging by the play on words (Choc-Kale-Lot and Sweet Carro-Line), I'd say this makes it more fun and interesting for kids. If the creative names help make the children more interested in eating vegetable-infused muffins, it's a win!

Naturally Curly Cook makes extremely homemade foods that are simple and natural. They are most known for the “quiche and kolache” that they sell at the Good Local Markets and Farmer’s Market. They make and shape all of the crusts by hand, and makes their bread dough from scratch. The quiche and pies are uniquely deep dish, and not like the other pies you will find anywhere else in Dallas. This extremely homemade dining is not only fun for curious eaters to explore, but also smart for your body. You know exactly what is in every bite- and you know that it is good! Naturally Curly Cook also do boutique catering, designing custom menus, sourcing ingredients as locally as possible, and making every element in their own kitchen.

Naturally Yummally, which is located in Bryan, Texas, makes baked goodies and individual mug-size organic baking mixes. They make Fudgey Samoa Brownie, Fudgey Texas Sheet Cake (mini and family size), Caramel Cinnamon Roll (single roll and family roll), Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie, Blueberry Kolache, Yummally Yeast Rolls, Yummally Granola, Yummaly Loaf Bread, Carrot Cake Bites, and Blueberry & Coconut Bites. Naturally Yummally has an e-commerce website that you can use if you want to order online. Or you can order ahead and set up a pick-up date in any of the following locations. They are at The Local Artisan's Market every Tuesday, at the South Brazos County Farmer's Market every Friday, at the Brenham First Friday's Farmer & Artisan Market every first Friday of the month, and the Jewett Flea Market every second Saturday of the month.

The name alone evokes high, positive, contagious energy, and it is exciting! Kelle B Jammin' is a smart play on words, perfect for the business of selling delicious jams. Kelle B Jammin’ makes and sells small-batch, artisanal, gourmet jams. But don't be fooled by the name. They also sell snacks and pickles, rubs, spices, sauces, as well as mixes and kits. This small, local business is located in Lubbock, Texas. Just as sweet is the other project by Kelle B Jammin' - Kelle B Kids Cookery Camp, where kids are taught basic cooking skills. That is an important skill and who knows, maybe someday one of the kids here start their own jam business, just like Kelle B Jammin’!      

Admit it: while we all want that slow, cooking experience like the ones we see on TV or on YouTube wherein we just take our sweet time, many of us usually find ourselves looking for ways to cook something fast. That is where The Gourmet Cupboard hopes to help. The Gourmet Cupboard, which is located in Sour Lake, Texas, makes quick and easy gourmet mixes made of dry ingredients. Meals and soups, bread and desserts, salads and side dishes, it is good to know that there is a faster way to make delicious and healthy food so that we have time for other important things too.