Food
What’s better for you: RAW or Cooked?
Much controversy seems to swirl around vegetables these days. Are they more nutritious right out of the ground or off the vine, in their pristine, raw state, or are they better cooked which may release certain enzymes that benefit the consumer in ways he knows and knows not? RAW foodies say raw is best. But…
Read MoreIt’s Easter. Go ahead and “ham” it up!
Here is some Easter Ham advice from an expert–Cliff Behrmann of Behrmann’s Meat and Processing, Albers, IL–as seen in the April 13 edition of the Wichita Eagle. ▪ Splurge if you can. When it’s time to buy a ham, the first thing most shoppers look for is a good price. It might be tempting save…
Read MoreFew things scream GreenAcres like our hot case, deli and bakery food
Where else can you find made-from-scratch organic ingredients delivered fresh out of the ground from local vendors or flash frozen at processing and trucked right to our stores the very day you come to lunch or dinner? We’re guessing “nowhere!” GreenAcres Market made a commitment 23 years ago to deliver only the best, most nutritious,…
Read MoreKeeping our vendors close
GreenAcres Market is located in three Midwestern states and now we can take advantage of local products in five cities and surrounding towns. We tend to like it that way. We get to know the farmers and growers, the manufacturers and the producers. We can barrel down the highways in between Kansas City and Wichita…
Read MoreHere’s TEA you!
We know that water is the most consumed beverage in the world. Can’t live long without it. But tea? Can tea be that popular? Surely the Brits have the market cornered on that lovely beverage sometimes sweetened with sugar, more often infused with lemon or milk. When I lived in Europe in the ‘60s and…
Read MoreFood: Faves and Fads
GreenAcres Market posts food from our stores that have delis on Pinterest every day, so we were interested in what Pinterest had to say today about food across our nation and across the country. You may find it interesting as well. From Pinterest Partners Food is our largest category on Pinterest with 15 billion Pins…
Read MoreChia: Tiny seeds that can give you a runner’s high!
It’s both educational and fun to look back on history and study the benefits of a “new” substance we happen to discover in the present decade. The all-nutritious chia seed is just such a food. You can drink it (Mama Chia drinks, for example) or sprinkle it on yogurt or stir it into almond “milk”…
Read MoreMicrogreens: Delivering a terrific punch for such a tiny seedling
It seems that every year there’s something totally new to be discovered about nutrition. This year it looks like it’s going to be all about baby veggies. When we’re talking baby, we’re not talking diminutive versions of whole vegetables. We’re talking seedlings—sprouts no older than 14 days old! Microgreens have been slowly making their…
Read MoreGuacamole: A party in a (Super) Bowl
At the start of the 21st century, Americans consumed a mere 8 million pounds of avocados during Super Bowl Sunday. But that has all changed thanks in part to the marketing efforts of Hass Avocados and our burgeoning Hispanic immigrant population. This coming Sunday, February 5, it’s predicted that people will scoop 90 million pounds…
Read MoreCan you trust the word “organic?” Know your grocer!
And what does it truly mean? The word organic can be confusing to many of us. We see the “organic” sign in many grocery stores, but can we rely on what we see? The term organic currently is used to describe sustainable agricultural methods as well as food items, body lotions, textiles, beverages and more…
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