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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Recipe: Anita’s Chili Sans Carne

Fun for the whole family, this is a wonderful dish to transition from summer to fall with. If you're soaking dried kidney beans ahead of time (overnight), so be it. If you're using canned kidney beans, so be it. Tonight, ...
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Pro-Pollinator: Butterflies and Their Host Plants

Attracting Butterflies with Native Host Plants This is the sixth 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 planting native host ...
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From Our GM: Why Did We Do This?

I have 3 different weather apps on my phone. When you’re running a temporary grocery store out of a tent, there’s rarely a moment of the day you’re not thinking about weather. Is it going to be windy today? Heat ...
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Recipe: Carrot Loaf (or Muffins)

I originally made this as a loaf with Einkorn flour and I found the texture to be very wonderful, but the light density (read: indescribable) of lower-gluten content flours is often surprising to those who are not super familiar with ...
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From Our GM: People First at the Co-op

TPSS Member-Owners, If you don’t start your morning with half a dozen grocery industry trade emails, it’s possible you missed a story back in April about Amazon removing the Just Walk Out technology from their Whole Foods and Amazon Go ...
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Recipe: Garden Vegetable Greek Salad

This salad is very refreshing and versatile. It's a great brunch side dish. It goes especially well with quiche and eggplant dishes. Stuff salad into warm whole wheat pita bread for a terrific sandwich. Ingredients Salad Veggies 1 cucumber, peeled ...
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