Our Stick Of The Week! is Cory Dickman and Shannon Levinson. This mother and daughter team are in the NOW as the founders of Chi Licious Foods, a family-owned and operated food company dedicated to the creation and production of truly delicious healthy snacks that promote well-being and are safe for many restricted diets.
Cory Dickman
Cory and Shannon are a mother and a daughter with much in common. Not only do they both have business and marketing education and experience, but they also have each launched and operated successful businesses in the past while raising a family.
Shannon Levinson
"We both also live with many food sensitivities, including gluten and dairy intolerance. Forced to pay attention to not only the nutritional panel on foods, but more importantly their ingredients, we were appalled to learn the amount of processing, sugar and preservatives that go into most pre-packaged foods."
By combining their natural cooking talents and their passion for pure whole foods that maximize nutrition without processing, preservatives or empty calories, Cory and Shannon developed recipes. Initially, it was for their own consumption, but they were so good, their business minds couldn’t leave it at that.
Tell us about your NOW (Noodle On the Wall)
Chi Licious Foods is a family-owned and operated food company specializing in the creation of truly delicious, healthy, unprocessed treats, sweetened ONLY with naturally low-glycemic coconut sap nectar and lovingly handcrafted with the finest raw, organic, vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, non-GMO and nutrient rich whole food and superfood ingredients known to boost energy and promote well-being.
Chi Licious Foods is a family-owned and operated food company specializing in the creation of truly delicious, healthy, unprocessed treats, sweetened ONLY with naturally low-glycemic coconut sap nectar and lovingly handcrafted with the finest raw, organic, vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, non-GMO and nutrient rich whole food and superfood ingredients known to boost energy and promote well-being.
Sowing Seeds, Fig
SOWING SEEDS, FIG
A beautiful mosaic of seeds and fruit,
alive with enzymatic energy.
This is a raw food product. New
flavors to be released soon.
Is your NOW simmering, al dente or fully cooked and why?
Al dente is when pasta is perfectly ready to eat. Though new to the marketplace, our introductory line of healthy vegan snacks are already selling in Colorado grocery stores and are available for purchase everywhere through our website www.chiliciousfoods.com.
What recipes can you give other Creative Moms Taking On The Creative?
Raising a business is very similar to raising a child. A new (baby) business takes as much love, care and attention as does a baby child. You are at its beck and call. It will not be ignored. It will exhaust you. The good news is that, like children, the business gradually grows up into a lovely self-sufficient, fully cooked entity that makes you proud.
What motivated you to throw your noodle?
Our recipes. When we realized how good our original snacks were, and how
much other people enjoyed them, we felt compelled to share them with the world. Besides, neither of us can pass up a good business opportunity.
Al dente is when pasta is perfectly ready to eat. Though new to the marketplace, our introductory line of healthy vegan snacks are already selling in Colorado grocery stores and are available for purchase everywhere through our website www.chiliciousfoods.com.
What recipes can you give other Creative Moms Taking On The Creative?
Raising a business is very similar to raising a child. A new (baby) business takes as much love, care and attention as does a baby child. You are at its beck and call. It will not be ignored. It will exhaust you. The good news is that, like children, the business gradually grows up into a lovely self-sufficient, fully cooked entity that makes you proud.
What motivated you to throw your noodle?
Our recipes. When we realized how good our original snacks were, and how
much other people enjoyed them, we felt compelled to share them with the world. Besides, neither of us can pass up a good business opportunity.
French Vanilla, Graham Cracker and Brownie Chi Licious Coconut Candy
COCONUT CANDY
A healthy snack so sweet and crunchy we had to call it candy.
Serve as a topping for yogurt or your favorite dessert.
Coconut Candy is available in three flavors
Brownie, French Toast and Graham Cracker
A healthy snack so sweet and crunchy we had to call it candy.
Serve as a topping for yogurt or your favorite dessert.
Coconut Candy is available in three flavors
Brownie, French Toast and Graham Cracker
What inspires you as a Mom and as a creative person?
This goes back to the metaphor about raising children and companies. As a
Mom, we want to raise great adults who are successful, happy, strong, confident, responsible and caring. We want the same things for Chi Licious.
How do you juggle Mamahood and your NOW?
It’s hard being pulled in multiple directions every day, but, as we know, the well being of the children always comes first. One of the greatest benefits of having your own company is that if your kid is sick, you don’t have to ask permission to stay home. You can actually build your work schedule around their schedules. Beyond that, give up the notion of emptying your in-box. It won’t happen, so don’t stress about it. Between children and a business, the house may be messier than you’d like. Be OK with that.
What is your ultimate pasta dish?
Seeing our healthy snacks on store shelves everywhere and knowing we are
contributing to the good health and eating pleasure of anyone feeling deprived because of a restricted diet.
This goes back to the metaphor about raising children and companies. As a
Mom, we want to raise great adults who are successful, happy, strong, confident, responsible and caring. We want the same things for Chi Licious.
How do you juggle Mamahood and your NOW?
It’s hard being pulled in multiple directions every day, but, as we know, the well being of the children always comes first. One of the greatest benefits of having your own company is that if your kid is sick, you don’t have to ask permission to stay home. You can actually build your work schedule around their schedules. Beyond that, give up the notion of emptying your in-box. It won’t happen, so don’t stress about it. Between children and a business, the house may be messier than you’d like. Be OK with that.
What is your ultimate pasta dish?
Seeing our healthy snacks on store shelves everywhere and knowing we are
contributing to the good health and eating pleasure of anyone feeling deprived because of a restricted diet.
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