Recipe: Super Balls

We’re back on track with a recipe from our legendary archival cookbook, Feeding Ourselves: a Community Cookbook. Everyone loves a little treat that comes with surprise benefits. How about a boost of energy, and added ease of digestion? Let’s make Super Balls. Ingredients 1/2 cup honey …

Meet Our Board: Orly, Vice President

Our Board is the functionary body that makes executive decisions about the future of our co-operative, tracks the progress of the store through our General Manager, and is democratically-elected by our membership every year. Let’s learn more about the awesome people that comprise our Board. …

Recipe: Lucky Red Bean & Rice Soup with Collards

Okay, yes, we did get this recipe from the National Co-op Grocers (of which we’re a member!). Not from the Community Cookbook. But crikey, it’s good. If you’re not a bean soaker, that’s fine, use about two cans of kidney beans. Every bean dish is …

Meet Our Board: Elizabeth, Board President

Our Board is the functionary body that makes executive decisions about the future of our co-operative, tracks the progress of the store through our General Manager, and is democratically-elected by our membership every year. Let’s learn more about the awesome people that comprise our Board. …

Recipe: Carob Snacking Cake

Adapted from a recipe for ‘Carob Cake or Cupcakes’ from Ivy Gerber (sourced from the archive TPSS Co-op Cookbook, ‘Feeding Ourselves: a Community Cookbook’) with the intention of making a light cake for the afternoon that won’t weigh you down AND will help you digest. …

Recipe: Chana Masala

A fantastic meal option that is simple, filling and affordable — a great meat to rely on during the holidays for leftovers, or to stabilize a hectic day with something warm. Ingredients 1 ½ cups long-grain brown rice 3 tablespoons coconut oil or ghee 1 …

Recipe: A Good Minestrone (Fall Soup Basics)

A soup using whatever is around, plus tomatoes. The noodles add the thickness; the vegetables, fragrance. Sing a bit of ‘O Sole Mio’ and the soup is ready. Ingredients 2-4 cloves garlic, minced 1 large onion, chopped 3 tbs olive oil 6 fresh tomatoes cut …

Pro-Pollinator: Leave the Leaves

This is the seventh in a series of articles written by Climate Action Coffee that seek to engage readers in the importance of pollinators and native plants. Today’s article focuses on creating a winter habitat for invertebrates. Leave the Leaves Now is the time to …