I was just at Whole Foods Market today and I had the pleasure of meeting Rick and Peggy Wright of Katy, Texas. Better yet I had the pleasure of tasting their line of Texas-made salsas. I’ve had plenty of salsas in my day, but I honestly haven’t tried one that tasted so fresh out of a bottle before, that is until today. The Wrights of Texas as their salsa is called comes in two kinds, a classic red and a unique green salsa. The red salsa comes mild, medium and hot and the green has two varieties of mild and hot. I tried them all and they were fantastic. They all tasted like they were made just then. Although, I have to say the green salsa won my heart. With a unique blend of cucumber, avocado and tomatillo, the green hot salsa (habanero peppers are added) was jumping off the chip. A truly delicious; fresh garden taste with a nice hot burn afterwards.
All of their salsas are raw with no added sugars, artificial preservatives, or vinegars; they are refrigerated from the time that they make them. The Wrights don’t make any of their salsas until they’re ordered. Whole Foods Market on Lamar carry their salsas and I have to say it is worth the visit. You can also order their salsas straight off their website.
MamaCents: Making Good Green Sense
For those of you who have never heard of MamaCents before, it is the largest consignment sale of baby and children’s items in Texas. Mom’s from all over Central Texas do their green deed for spring and resell their children’s slightly used clothes which they have outgrown and buy good quality ones that fit them now. Pregnant Mom’s love MamaCents because they can pick up pretty much everything they need from strollers to clothes to toys to cribs.
What makes MamaCents so appealing is that they have volunteers that scrutinize through all the consignment submissions to insure and maintain a high standard of quality. So, when Mom’s go to shop, they don’t need to spend time inspecting the items.
As a consigner, once the sale is over, you have the choice of donating items that don’t sell or picking them up. Mamacents donates the clothes to charities like Any Baby Can who distributes them to children that need them. My wife and I consigned last year and we made $200, which is what we spent at the sale and outfitted our 4 kids.
This year they have a few new things going on. For one, they will have a separate boutique of upscale woman’s clothes in a separate section of the store. On Saturday, there will be all kinds of fun kid’s activities like music classes for the kiddos (Music Forever), Zumbatomic demos (kids zumba), book signings (Little Pearly’s Hope by Martin Fry), magic shows, the Chic Fil A Cow and Chuck E. Cheese.
The MamaCents sale is Saturday, March 3rd , 9 AM to 3PM and a 50% off sale on Sunday March 4th , 10 AM to 4 PM. Located at 12901 N I-35 Austin, TX 78753 . The Sale is being housed at the shops at Tech Ridge (in the old Linen n Things building). It’s by the Parmer and 35 exit near Toys R Us, behind Chick Fil A.