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Our produce buyer, Carolyn, adapted this recipe to use when NC apples are in season. It’s a delicious and healthy way to eat more apples. Ingredients: 4 pounds apples (try a mixture of different varieties!) 3/4 c. water 2 tsp. lemon juice 1 Tbsp. butter 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp. ground allspice 1/8 tsp….
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Broccoli season is here! It arrives each year as the weather is warming up. While we love broccoli casseroles and soups, May sunshine calls for a fresh broccoli salad.
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This recipe comes from our Food House kitchen. You can find the baked leeks periodically on our hot bars.
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Our demo team makes this recipe in March. It’s the perfect warm treat in the last cold, rainy days of winter.
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‘Tis the season for winter squash and winter greens! Turn both of these
beautiful and delicious fall offerings into a terrific dish with just a few easy steps.
Squash and kale are dressed in a sweet and tangy combination of maple syrup,
lime, and spices in this dish that is sure to please even your most discriminating
eater.
This holiday stuffing uses Weaver Street Market’s yeasted cornbread, which we only bake during the holidays.
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Our Produce Merchandiser, Carolyn Twesten, created this recipe to use local fall greens.
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Chef Glenn Lozuke adapted this recipe from one he used at the Magnolia Grill in Durham, NC. Glenn made it using local shrimp like the ones we sell quick-frozen in the freezer case, and served it alongside NC Catch at the Co-op Fair on September 10. He’d had it pickling for about a week. Marinade…
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The tomatillo, a.k.a. the Mexican husk tomato, looks like a small green tomato. Like tomatoes, it is a nightshade, but it’s flavor is tart. Most people associate tomatillos with salsa verde. Emily Buehler, our Website Coordinator, shares this easy way to cook tomatillos if you’d like to try them outside salsa. Now is the perfect…
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This salad is a surprising combination of warm, cool, sweet, sour and spicy. Quick sautéed spicy
chorizo tossed with cucumbers that have been left resting in a sweet and sour marinate. A perfect
blend of flavors sure to please!