The holidays are notorious for stuffing us full of meat, carbs, refined sugars, and alcohol. Now that they are past, consider increasing your intake of healthy fruits and vegetables for your post-holiday detoxification! Here are some top contenders for tasty, healthy additions (or increases) to your diet.
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Collard and Cabbage Slaw with Asian Dressing
This recipe comes from our Produce Merchandiser, Carolyn Twesten. She adapted it from a recipe in The Complete Vegetarian Kitchen by Lorna Sass. It’s shown with brown rice and pan-fried tempeh.
Continue ReadingStay Healthy with Ener-C
Just in time for the cold, boxes of Ener-C vitamin drink mix are on sale. Each box contains 30 packets of powder in a natural fruit flavor for a daily burst of nutrients. The ingredients are all natural and non-GMO. Ener-C boosts your energy with B vitamins and potassium, not caffeine. B vitamins support your…
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Fruity & Fluffy Almond Pancakes
Pancakes full of protein – not white flour? Yes! These fluffy pancakes taste as great as they look. Make them even better by topping them with fresh fruit and pure maple syrup.
Continue ReadingSimple Tempeh Reuben
A Duo of Holiday Fondues
‘Tis the Season for a Duo of Fondues! Fondue is the perfect (and quickest) recipe to make for your holiday gathering. So make your holiday sweet (and savory) with these great recipes.
Continue ReadingHope for the Holidays: Stocking Stuffers
It’s Christmas crunch time! If you need some last minute stocking stuffers, check out these items in our Hope for the Holidays campaign. In addition to bringing joy on Christmas morning, with each that you purchase, we’ll make a donation to promote access to healthy food in our community. Surprise your loved one with a…
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New Year’s Wine Case Sale
Co-op to Co-op: Cabot Creamery
As part of our initiative to participate in direct co-op to co-op trade, we’ve partnered with the Cabot Creamery in Vermont to source high quality dairy products at reduced prices. Buying directly from Cabot, without middlemen, saves money for both the buyer and seller, enabling more profit to go to the producers while keeping more…
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Co-op to Co-op Trade
By Peg Todloski, Specialty Department Merchandiser We have been growing our co-op to co-op trade model over the last few years. This means buying directly from co-ops: We’ve purchased from some co-ops (such as Frontier Cooperative Herbs, Equal Exchange, Organic Valley and Once Again Nut Butters) since our very beginning in 1988, and have added…
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