Who says Olive Oil is best used in the kitchen?

Many Olive Oil soaps on the market are made with poor quality olive oil, the lowest grade, lowest quality oil. STONEHOUSE decided to turn the tide and use one of our best Extra Virgin Olive Oils to make our soaps and body oils—the first oil of the harvest, rich with anti-oxidants, phenols, and 100% Organic. The result is a wonderfully silky true Olive Oil soap that nourishes your skin as it cleanses. And the silkiness of the foam is ideal for shaving.

***Using Olive Oil on skin is GREAT for anti-aging!***

Pictured above are women mixing shea butter for… VIVO SHEA BUTTER SOAPS sold at provisions!

Discover the moisturizing benefits of African shea butter... “Improving the world, one shower at a time” is the motto for VIVO Natural Products.

Each bar of their soap we sell is made with 100% pure, unrefined shea butter, which is purchased from a cooperative of women farmers in West Africa.

Raw Chocolate isn’t only good for your innards…

Raw Chocolate Soap – Cacao & Cinnamon Essential Oil:

This bar is made with Gnosis cacao and cinnamon essential oil. From the moment you open the beautiful box, you will have the ultimate body and sensory experience! Raw cacao butter hydrates your skin while reducing the appearance of stretch marks, wrinkles, cellulite, and other wear & tear! Let the aroma of chocolate and cinnamon nourish and invigorate you! This bar is an intoxicating delight to indulge the senses and revive spirit.

And what other store besides provisions sells Opie’s GOAT MILK soap??

Organic, unscented, chemical-free soap that is ideal for sensitive and problem skin. Handmade with the highest amount of organic goat milk, it is a great soap to use in order to stay exfoliated and moisturized!

Our goal at provisions is to provide our customers with products that indulge your health, inside and out… Nurture your skin with provisions’ soap products and buy our soaps today! Your skin is important! It is after all, the largest organ of the body.

Let our soothing soaps spice up your life!

PLACE YOUR ORDERS TODAY!

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True to being the DEDICATED EMPLOYEE that I am to provisions… I traveled ALL the way to Seattle, WA and visited Theo Chocolate Factory to get a tour of their chocolate factory.

(It’s a tough job, I know).

Located in the lovely city of Seattle… Theo Chocolate tours are offered for the very reasonable price of $6 per person. I went in to see exactly how one of provisions best selling chocolates were made and to learn more about the process of chocolate making. After all, I consume enough of the good stuff- I should know what goes into creating my satisfying lover… CHOCOLATE!

The picture above basically explains my feelings towards chocolate….

These are cacao beans where chocolate come from. Aren’t they gorgeous?! Chocolate grows on trees, folks!

I learned SOOOO much from the tour provided by Theo at their factory from a very personable, witty, entertaining tour guide. She did a great job keeping my family entranced about what goes into making a bean-to-bar chocolate bar, which apparently is not the way all chocolate is made.

Theo uses green energy sources to power their factories!

(Side Note: My mother insists that I note that she is usually much more beautiful than this picture portrays her to be- with a HAIRNET on. Here, she is smelling cocao beans).

ACCORDING TO THEO’S WEBSITE: The meaning of Bean-to-Bar
“Theo’s small batch chocolate production is truly an art form. We take great time and care to steward our cocoa beans through the entire manufacturing process, add only the finest, sustainably produced ingredients, and are proud to offer chocolate we can guarantee is equal parts ethical and delicious!”

provisions has delicious Theo chocolate in store!

Click Here to place your orders today!

pops test tasting EVERYTHING at LEAST once… making sure its up to snuff of course….

MOTHER’S DAY

GIFT GUIDE!!

I had a customer come in today looking for local, organic honey because his wife is suffering from allergies and he wanted to buy her some honey at provisions to help her out with her stuffy, sneezy, sleepy, (she is starting to sound like one of the seven dwarfs)…. symptoms.

What a good hubby!

He is not the first one to inquire if we had locally-made honeys for sale for that very reason.

I didn’t know this until last summer… A natural  remedy for allergies is honey.

According to the article “Benefits of Honey for Allergy Relief” written by Tom Ogren, “Honey contains bits and pieces of pollen and honey, and as an immune system booster, it is quite powerful.” If someone is, for example, is experiencing an allergic reaction to clover, local honey will contain bits of clover and the honey will react as an immune booster!! In order to get these good effects of honey, take a couple of full teaspoons a day.

CLICK HERE to check out our honey selections…

“WHERE CAN I GET ME SOME GOOD LOCALLY MADE HONEY, YOU ASK???”

Right here at provisions.

CLICK HERE to check out our selection of NY STATE honey or stop by our store!

I read on wholeliving.com that “daily exposure to a small amount of an allergen can desensitize the body, allowing you to better resist it, explains Evan Fleischmann, N.D., board member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. In this case, that allergen culprit is pollen — the very same ingredient bees use to make their honey.” We sell the raw stuff here at provisions as well.

Also a good idea…  HONEY AND PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH! Oh man, I make these for lunch here at the shop.

We even sell RAW ALMOND BUTTER!!

MMM, soo gooooood!

Let me know how the honey works out for all of you poor allergy ridden peeps

I HOPE THE HONEY HELPS!

GNOSIS CHOCOLATE IS NEW TO provisions and they make PERFECT Easter chocolate gifts without the guilty feeling of consuming chocolate because FREE OF DAIRY, REFINED SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL, SOY, PEANUT, GLUTEN, or GUNK!

RAW VEGAN TRUFFLES

What is Raw Cacao? Is Chocolate really GOOD for me?
Each bar of Gnosis Chocolate is developed & handmade by a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. Since they don’t use any dairy in my product – Gnosis Chocolate will not affect your cholesterol! The kinds of fat in chocolate are stearic acid, omega 9, and palmitic acid – all of which are known to reduce cholesterol!!! These are the same fats that are found in coconuts, nuts, avocados, etc.

Because their main interest is holistic health counseling practice, Gnosis Chocolate is 100% committed to putting a healthful product on the market – not just one without the UN-healthy ingredients. Any calories in these bar are loaded with nutrients – vitamins, minerals, and neurotransmitters… that’s why it is classified as a super-food.

They are so beautifully packaged and look festive for Easter!

Going to a relatives house who loves to cook? Bring them some OILS OR SALTS!

Whats that on your tasty omelet?  Our Black Truffle & Sea Salt! Talk about a perfect gift! It is great to use on so many different foods, it is unique, and it is good for you. Mmmmmm!

provisions was mentioned in “The Broadsheet Daily” for their participation in “Downtown Eats,” presented by the Alliance for Downtown New York.

CLICK HERE to read their article and to find out more information on the “Downtown Eats” food tour.

This time, we focused on our gluten free chocolate “Choc Alive!“ and how things that are good for you can also taste REALLY good. It is the only chocolate that we carry that does not have sugar, which is important to many of our peeps who are trying to avoid sugar, but don’t want to sacrifice the quality of taste in the process.  Choc Alive! mentions on their website that “Combining truly healthy, organic ingredients with careful, hand-crafted preparation, ChocAlive! products are ground- breaking, decadent and unparalleled in this increasingly health-conscious society.”

Here is a sampling of the ingredients used in their chocolate truffles sold here at provisions…

• Raw Organic Ecuadorian Cacao (fair trade) – our cacao beans have a deep and intense chocolate flavor sure to please any and all chocolate lovers!
• Raw Organic Coconut Butter - a melt in your mouth satisfying whole food consisting of coconut oil and coconut meat and brimming with dietary fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals.
• Raw Organic Agave Nectar – coming straight from the Mexican agave plant, this beautiful rich golden nectar adds a decadent sweetness with a low glycemic index!
• Raw Organic Dates – these luscious, sun-dried gems add fiber, sweetness, nutrients and texture “naturally!”

VARIETIES WE CARRY HERE AT provisions INCLUDE:

Pistachio, Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Crunch, Chocolate Chip Mint, Coconut, and Almond.

CLICK HERE to place an order for CHOC ALIVE! TRUFFLES.

Foodie COLIN COWIE GIVES RAVE REVIEWS TO CHOC ALIVE!

These tours are great for offering insight on the history of downtown, the oldest section of Manhattan, and recent developments that have made this area one of the most up and coming neighborhoods in the city! provisions is proud to be part of this food tour and is pleased to carry raw, vegan, gluten-free, organic that chocolate truffles that contain no refine sugars made by Choc Alive!