Green product Saturdays: Kitchen Basics stocks

Kitchen Basics
Chicken, beef, veggie, turkey, seafood, ham, clam and pork stocks.
This is a stock market that won't collapse.
I love you, Kitchen Basics stock.
Dear readers, you know that I usually tell you what I think of a product, but I don't usually say, "You must by this." That changes now.
You must buy this.
If you're making your own stock, great, but the day you need a fast source, go to Kitchen Basics.
If you just said, "She thinks I make stock? Does she not realize I have a job and kids and errands and ....?" you're probably loyal to College Inn or Swanson broth. It's time to come over to the dark side.
Broth and bouillon are all well and good, but if you want the best flavor out there without chemicals and MSG, you need to be buying stock from Kitchen Basics.
If the recipe calls for broth, pour in the same amount of Kitchen Basics stock. If it calls for bouillon cubes, sub in about a cup of Kitchen Basics per bouillon cube, and reduce the added water by the same number of cups. (Bouillon is a substitute for broth or stock, so a recipe that calls for two bouillon cubes usually calls for two cups of water. Just add Kitchen Basics. Leave out the water and cubes.)
Why is this a green issue? Because you wouldn't believe the crap you're putting into your body every day. Heck, you wouldn't believe what was in the 62 cent pot pie I just ate for lunch.
When you pick up chicken broth, for instance, you can get the MSG-free version. When you do, however, you need to look closely. There will be asterisk, cross or other mark next to the MSG-free claim. This is because the maker will use hydrolyzed soy protein or yeast extract in lieu of MSG. If you're sensitive to MSG, you will have just as bad of a reaction, if not worse, to hydrolyzed soy protein and yeast extract.
If MSG makes you think you are having a hear attack, drink deeply of Kitchen Basics. There's no star next to their claim.
Its safe for the gluten-free crowd and proclaims "all natural" with the ingredient list to back it up. Did I mention I love this stuff?
If you can't have a lot of salt, you know there are no-salt versions out there. But again, they usually up the chemicals to compensate for lack of salt. Now, Kitchen Basics have salt-free versions. (I haven't tried them yet, but will report back ASAP.)
This stuff is so tasty that my husband wants to drink it out of a cup. It's that good. And there are no golden circles of oily fat like you see in broths.
It's in those square containers, not cans, and can be found with the lowlier soups and broths. Your store might only have the big chicken one. Or it might have ever size and flavor from the big chicken to the tiny seafood.
On the Kitchen Basics Web site, you can buy stock online or search for stores near you that carry a specific size and type of their stock.
This was really handy for me one night. I was cooking put two dinners of beef stew and two of beef soup. I need a TON of beef stock. My Jewel carries the 16-ounce Kitchen Basics beef stock. I found out the Meijer near me had the 32-ounce size. I picked up a ton.
Now, I'm thinking about just ordering it by the case.
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