Spotlight on Pineapple Pink
You may know of bone broth as something you eat when you're sick. However, it's an incredibly nutrient-dense food that is beneficial to any diet. It can easily be mixed into most dishes: to make gravies, to cook rice, to enrich soups and stews, for making pesto... essentially anywhere you might add water, bone broth can be substituted to add flavor and nutrients. Pineapple Pink owner, Priscilla Moynihan, has made this powerful food even more nutritious and tasty by adding a variety of all-natural flavors and fibers to her products.
All of her broths are simmered for 24 hours, and include not only bones, but a variety of fruits, herbs and vegetables. They are then condensed to create a rich broth base that can be purchased as-is for home use, or used to create items like her bone broth elixirs and fruity ice pops.
Beginnings of Pineapple Pink
Pineapple Pink began around March of 2022. Priscilla has been in the food and restaurant industry for her entire career and had worked in fine dining establishments in NJ, NY and even spent two years working at the renowned restaurant, Blue Hill in St. Louis.
As a farm-to-table restaurant with its own gardens and fields, Priscilla’s time at Blue Hill taught her much about the power of plants. Although bone broth is technically a meat-based food, Priscilla does not skimp on her use of the nutritious plants and medicinal herbs she was introduced to while working there. However, it was her time at Fossil Farms, a butcher shop in Boonton, that truly fueled her love for meat and locally sourced animal-based products.
All of the bones used in Pineapple Pink broths are pasture-raised and locally sourced. In addition to Fossil Farms, she often gets bones and vegetables from WMFM’s very own Hope Cress Farms, and Goffle Farms in Wyckoff. Top O the Mountain is her all-natural source for sweetening her fruity bone broth ice pops.
“I left everything behind to follow my dream and my passion to bring a new innovative, fun, unique product to the table and into the community,” Priscilla said.
More than just a broth
To make her fruit-based bone broth ice pops, Priscilla makes a special broth base that includes fruits alongside chicken bones. She includes flavors like apple, pear, orange and lemon, as well as cinnamon and vanilla bean to create a great tasting, light and fruity base that is then condensed down more than half. She then blends a 50/50 mixture of the condensed broth and her custom, all-natural fruit purees into a delicious popsicle that has all the great benefits of bone broth with five grams of protein per serving.
One of her favorite flavors of ice pops isn’t fruity at all. Her chocolate mushroom pop is rich, creamy and loaded with the benefits of cordyceps mushrooms to offer a powerful and sustaining energy boost without the crash of caffeine.
For our furry friends, she’s created a base made especially for a dog’s needs. It includes blueberries and turmeric which are known for their anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting, cancer-fighting properties. This broth can be added to kibble or a raw food diet, or the doggie pops can be offered as a healthy treat, particularly for pups that love snacking on ice cubes.
Her elixirs take traditional bone broth recipes and offer a twist of both flavor and health benefits like immunity.
She even has something for vegans with her vegan demi glace. This product combines fourteen fruits and vegetables that are also cooked for 24 hours, then condensed by more than half to create a rich consistency that is reminiscent of gravy and can be used as such for meat-free diets.
Why Pineapple Pink
Traditionally pineapples are a symbol of hospitality and high quality. Being in the culinary industry as a chef and at times a server, that remained Priscilla’s focus with Pineapple Pink.
“I always want to provide top quality products, animals that are treated well, and products that are sourced with care,” Priscilla said.
She sees pink as a fun and inviting color, and so this translates to her way of approaching a traditionally “stuffy” or one-sided product. Pineapple Pink strives to help people think of being healthy and being health-conscious as something that should feel fun, rather than a burden.
Stop by her booth on market days to taste her delicious and nutritious bone broth ice pops, or to grab a vegan version of her condensed broth that doesn't skimp on nutrients or taste.