Mushrooms are like great vessels, they hold wondrous ingredients and also simple ones that you may never think of. I have stuffed them before with meats and herbs and cheeses, but last night I baked eggs in them. Holy Snickerdoodles, they were AWESOME!!! Using portabella mushrooms which were the perfect catcher’s mitt for my eggs, which can hold two eggs, was also mighty filling.
This is a perfect meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Continue reading
In 2001 consumers around the world were outraged to discover that child labor and slavery, trafficking, and other abuses existed on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast, a country that produces nearly half the world’s cocoa. An avalanche of negative publicity and consumer demands for answers and solutions soon followed. The documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate tells some of the story to reform the chocolate industry (one of the Three Cs of corrupt business – Chocolate, Coffee, and Cotton) according to the principles of Fair Trade.
There’s a controversy brewing in the Fair Trade movement, currently. The Fair Trade certifier Transfair USA has recently moved to lower standards and expand the Fair Trade system to include plantations – which will create unfair competition against the small farmer co-operatives that are the foundation and integrity of Fair Trade. Equal Exchange, the Fair Trade Federation, and other cooperatives and groups associated with Fair Trade are calling this move a betrayal and trying to spread the word to help re-claim the authentic Fair Trade system that everybody has been working so hard to build.
Please join us in signing this public statement, and please choose authentic, farm-centered fair trade.
The winter has set in. We all need a green energy boost. But not everyone is a fan of the taste of green. For those hesitant to indulge in the green smoothie, try Barlean’s new Greens Chocolate Silk. Loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, this green blend tastes like chocolate milk and delivers some serious nutrition. Just blend with milk or water for a delicious and refreshing energy boost.
Designed to help support the immune system and a healthy diet, Barlean’s Greens is a proprietary blend of organic barley leaf, oat leaf and wheat leaf combined with barley juice, wheat juice and oat juice powders, spirulina, organic flaxmeal, rice bran, chlorella, sea vegetables, spinach, parsley, astragalus, schizandra, acerola cherry, rosemary powder, green tea extract, curcumin extract, stevia and full-spectrum digestive enzymes.
Stop by our Health and Beauty Aids department to try for yourself!
What does this have to do with music, you ask? Not much… But you could win tix for two to see Rosie Ledet and her Zydeco Playboys, with a fine dinner at the Conway Muse before the music starts, on Saturday January 27.
Just be the first to tell us: (jodie(at) skagitfoodcoop.com) which bodacious fruit Erin is hosting in her apron…
The two small boys on the label of Little Boy Blue cheese are the sons of Stephen Hueffed and Amy Turnbull. Inspired by their sons, the couple purchased Willapa Hills Farm as a wholesome place to raise a family. The farm is nestled in the lowland pastures and lush hills of Doty, WA, on the banks of the Chehalis River. Three family generations are now rearing dairy sheep and making farmstead cheese. Continue reading
This Friday, we receive our first delivery of Uprising Seeds for the season! We find it very exciting this time of year, when everything is steeped in damp and sleeping, to begin to plan our spring gardens and order seeds. This is Uprising’s sixth season offering open-pollinated and heirloom seeds. Uprising Seeds is a network of growers from around the pacific Northwest who offer a selection of veggie, flower, and herb varieties well suited to our particular soils and climate. Continue reading
My New Favorite Grain!! Farro!!
The snow is gone for now but the cold remains. Being snowed in for a few days, and making do with the stuff I had in my pantry, I made myself a soup that I will now add to my arsenal of recipes.
This is not a fancy soup but it has all the makings that are nourishing and warming. I used garbanzo beans, but you could substitute others beans you have your cupboard. Continue reading
A few days before the new year- when my journey of going sugar-free would begin- I had a glorious massage, was feeling very “in my body” as a result, and began to flirt with the idea of starting my resolution early. If nothing else those two days would allow me to honestly say “I’ve been sugar-less since last year.”
As I considered this further, I decided on a different plan. I would indulge in any food whim I might have while employing a deep and gentle curiosity about the what and the why and the how of any particular craving. Did I mention that I work at the Co-op? Home to so many morsels of yum, it’s hard for any staff member to make it through the day without being offered some bit of ambrosia. Even harder to be surrounded by anything you could possibly want to eat and resist.
And for a few more days I didn’t resist. Continue reading
Bumblebars! – $1.49. Gluten-free, high protein, nut & seed snack naturally sweetened with honey and cinnamon. Choose from Original, Cashew, Almond, Hazelnut, Lemon, or Chocolate. 1.4-1.6 oz. Reg. $1.95.
Flax 4 Life Muffins – $5.69. Moist, delicious, gluten-free muffins made with fresh ground flax seed. Fiber, omegas, and lignans for your good health. 4 pack. Reg. $6.59.
Organic Valley Milk 4-pack – $3.99. Great for brown bag lunches because there is no refrigeration required. Chocolate or Strawberry. 4 pack, 8 oz. Reg. $6.09.
Organic Basmati Rice – $1.89 lb. Fragrant, high fiber, and naturally gluten-free. Brown or White Basmati. Reg. $2.79-3.15 lb.
Columbia Gorge Organic Juices – $2.99. Carrot Beet Celery, Carrot Leafy Greens, Super C, and more! 16 oz. Reg. $3.69.
Ralph’s Greenhouse Organic Juicing Carrots – $7.99 for 10 lb, $10.99 for 15 lb, $15.99 for 25 lb. Super Sweet Nantes Carrots grown just a few miles west of the Co-op.
Organic Valencia Oranges – $1.19 lb. Very, very juicy and sweet. We’re impressed!
