Seasonal and Featured Foods

Seasonal And Featured Foods

Welcome to the Seasonal and Featured Foods page. Browse posts and find featured and seasonal recipes on this page.

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For the next few months (thru the end of July) there will be Fresh Tomatoes available to USDA-TEFAP sites (as well as a few others). See below for some tips on storage of the tomatoes and the shelf life. We offer these to help Partners plan their orders as well as gain some knowledge on storing this desirable yet fragile produce item. OFB may give more tips as the season (and warehouse temps) progress!

Oregon Food Bank is currently offering a sparkling beverage product (product ref C-03840) which may not be appropriate for all sites. This is a sparkling beverage that is NON-ALCOHOLIC but is marketed and branded as an alcohol alternative. Please consider your clientele before ordering this product.

November 20, 2023

Canned Salmon: Acceptable Defects

Laura KushnerFeatured Foods

Rust on some Salmon Cans distributed by Oregon Food Bank

September 29, 2023

Spindrift Flavored Sparkling Water!

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

For Metro agencies, under product ref# 30230 Bev, Flavored Water Sm/Med Pk Case, we have cases of Spindrift flavored sparkling water! The case pictured is mint green tea, but we have other flavors as well. All under this same product ref# and distributed as cases become available. Each case comes with 3 boxes that are filled with (8) 12 Fl.Oz cans. Both the cans and the size of the case are pictured below.

August 24, 2023

Oatley Chocolate Flavored Oat Milk!

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

For Metro agencies, under product ref# 10417 you'll find chocolate oat milk from Oatley! Each case comes with 6 of the milk cartons pictured below. Perfectly delicious on its own, this chocolate oat milk can be used as the base for a delicious dairy-free milkshake.

August 17, 2023

New Seasons Creamy Diablo Salad Dressing

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

Product ref# 10340- Condiment, Salad Dressing/Sauces, Ref Lg/Bulk PK is a product that is available only for meal sites. Pictured below is the case it comes in and the individual containers within the case. It can only be ordered by meal sites because the individual containers do not have the ingredients labeled on them, while the case they come in does.

August 17, 2023

Mezete Gourmet Hummus Snack Packs!

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

For Metro agencies, we have cases of Mezete Hummus dip with breadsticks under product ref# 10005. Each case comes with 6 of the packs pictured below. This is a vegan snack made from all natural tahini and chickpeas.

July 27, 2023

Product 11084 Fresh Veg, Zucchini

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

We received a load of zucchini from California today. The zucchini itself is very high quality -- firm, well sized and gorgeous green color.

Due to fluctuating temps from field to packing shed to truck and summer heat in general there is some slight…

July 18, 2023

Corn Nuts Variety Pack!

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

For Metro partners, under product ref# 03280 you'll find cases of Corn Nuts. Each case comes with 12 trays as pictured below. Each tray contains 3 packs each of Original, Ranch, BBQ, and Chile Picante flavors for a total of 12 packs of Corn Nuts per tray.

June 26, 2023

Shaka Tea

Christina WrightFeatured Foods

For Metro partner agencies, under product ref#08410, you'll find 12pack cases of Passion Orange Guava flavored zero sugar tea. Each case comes with 12 of the glass containers pictured below. Shaka Tea is brewed with an herb only found in Hawaii called mamaki and is caffeine-free.

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Recipes & Ideas

Check out these resources for recipe ideas and more info on specific food items!

Food Hero 

Good and Cheap - free downloadable cookbook!

USDA Recipe Library 


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