December 6: Maria Rae
We are addicted to Maria Rae’s chips and salsa! This is not some corporate, processed food product with a made up person on the label. In fact Maria Rae (aka Mary) can be spotted most Tuesdays sitting in our shop knitting.
Maria Rae’s was originally a restaurant in Enid. So many locals were asking for her salsa after the restaurant closed, that Mary started her own salsa company. She would occasionally treat us with her chips and salsa during Tuesday knitting. It quickly turned into an addiction, and we love it so much that we started selling her products in our shop.
Her family of salsas include the original salsa in three levels of heat (one, two and three), along with peach salsa, avocado salsa verde, and black bean & corn salsa. Level 2 is my favorite, Jeannie is a peach salsa gal. And her chips…I’ve never had anything quite like them. They are SO good.
Mary’s seasoning packets are the bomb as well. Holey Guacamole + fresh avocados makes incredible guacamole. Red Hills Seasoning + sour cream + salsa makes a fabulous dip. Spunky Spuds + potatoes + olive oil makes tasty oven roasted potatoes. So easy!
Mary also has tons of great recipes using her salsas and seasonings. If you’ve been to any of our parties and events lately, you may have noticed several of these on the menu. What a great (and easy) way to spice up your next soirĂ©e!
If you’ve been in lately, you may have noticed that I am shrinking. When I was younger, I was always the skinniest kid in the bunch, and teased and picked on as a result. Life happens, and somewhere along the way I started expanding. I wasn’t terribly worried about it. After spending much of my life being pressured to sit still and eat, I wasn’t about to reverse course.
I am a pragmatic person, and peering into my aging future I didn’t want to wind up diabetic if I could avoid it. So I decided to seriously curb my Pepsi drinking. I love Pepsi, and drank it morning, noon, and night.
So if you are wondering how I’ve lost nearly 35 pounds since June, I’ve replaced Pepsi with far less enjoyable beverages (water, tea, ick), and eat Maria Rae’s chips and salsa for lunch most days. I call it my no-Pepsi/Maria Rae’s diet. You really should give it a try.
I do still enjoy an occasional Pepsi. If you hear me saying I need to “hit the hooch”, I haven’t taken up day drinking. That just means I REALLY need a Pepsi.
Enough about me, I have prizes for you today.
Three lucky readers will win a:
- jar of salsa
- bag of chips
- packet of seasoning
Simply state in the comments which flavor of salsa and seasoning you’d like to win. You have until midnight tonight! Sorry, drawing is over!
Bernadette Ray
06.12.2018 at 06:22I love Maria Rae’s peach salsa. We’re big fans of Maria Rae…. my son worked for Mary when he was a student in college!!
Amanda Shirley
06.12.2018 at 08:22I’d love the avocado salsa verde and the holey guacamole seasoning. Congratulations on the weight loss!
Tammie Hulsey
06.12.2018 at 08:31I would love to try Level 2 and the Holey Guacamole!
Mary B
06.12.2018 at 08:38Mmm, salsa verde & Dip This
Jennifer Walker
06.12.2018 at 08:39I love Black Bean and Corn salsas!! And Spunky Spuds sounds yummy!!
Stevie
06.12.2018 at 09:24Congratulations on losing weight! I’d like to try the level 2 salsa and the dip seasoning!
Tammy Adamson
06.12.2018 at 09:34Oooooooo my family loves hot sauce and chips! Peach Salsa and Spunky Spuds!
Jennifer D
06.12.2018 at 09:43Ava ado Salsa Verde is my favorite! But then I love Mary and all of her products!!!
Ellen
06.12.2018 at 09:44Sounds yummy…congrats on the weight loss!
Jenny E.
06.12.2018 at 09:45Peach salsa and dip this!seasoning
Marilee Camerer
06.12.2018 at 10:22Black Bean and Corn!
Holey Guacamole!
Can’t wait to try these foods!
Judy
06.12.2018 at 10:41Yes, the chips and salsa are the bomb! The spice cake is wonderful too, you would never believe it has salsa. So my choices are black bean and corn and holy guacamole.
Sarah Steele
06.12.2018 at 11:00Level 1 and Holey Guacamole sounds wonderful! Love your diet idea.
Kathy Plummer
06.12.2018 at 11:34Black bean & corn
red Hills Seasoning
knorthup
07.12.2018 at 08:40Congratulations! You’ve won Maria Rae’s chips, salsa, and seasoning. Please pick up your prize before 1/31/19 or it will be put back in the prize hopper.
Cari Deen
06.12.2018 at 11:39I love the black bean and corn salsa and the Holey Guacamole seasoning!
knorthup
07.12.2018 at 08:39Congratulations! You’ve won Maria Rae’s chips, salsa, and seasoning. Please pick up your prize before 1/31/19 or it will be put back in the prize hopper.
Shawndalynn
06.12.2018 at 12:03I am craving a chance to try to Peach salsa!
I guess Spunky Spuds sounds interesting.
Jenna
06.12.2018 at 12:24Level 2 and Spunky Spuds. Yum!
Jennifer Smallwood
06.12.2018 at 13:17I could live off chips and salsa. Avocado salsa verde and red hills seasoning please.
Courtney Wilson
06.12.2018 at 14:58Level 2 & Red Hills Seasoning.
Patricia Riden
06.12.2018 at 15:44I need to come get this stuff on a regular basis! I would like the original salsa at Level 2, and the Red Hills seasoning packet
Betty Schlotthauer
06.12.2018 at 17:02I request Level 3 Salsa & Holey Guacamole seasoning!
Renee
06.12.2018 at 17:08I’d love to try the peach salsa, and holey guacamole seasoning. I’ve been having problems finding Newman’s mango-peach salsa, so need to try something new.
Cheri Watson
06.12.2018 at 17:49Level 2 and holy guacamole
Linda W.
06.12.2018 at 19:00Hmmm, I’m intrigued. I’m also a wuss. 🙂 So I’d like to try level 1 salsa and “Spuds with a Kick.”
knorthup
07.12.2018 at 08:39Congratulations! You’ve won Maria Rae’s chips, salsa, and seasoning. Please pick up your prize before 1/31/19 or it will be put back in the prize hopper.
Linda W.
07.12.2018 at 20:42Hot diggity, I’m gonna make me an Ultimate Spice Cake! 🙂 Thanks, Keely!
Elise Nalley
06.12.2018 at 20:08Mmmm. The avocado salsa verde and the red hills seasoning sound delicious!
Sarah Bailey
06.12.2018 at 21:41We are an avocado lovin’ family so I’d choose the Holy Guacamole and the Avocado Salsa Verde flavors.
Melissa
06.12.2018 at 22:53I would say Spunky Spuds and level 1 salsa, since I am intrigued by the spice cake recipe…