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After all these years, we’re still screaming for ice cream
Ice cream may have its roots in China, going as far back as 200 B.C. when the Chinese mixed rice and milk and froze it in snow. But in America, the first official account of what remains today the best-tasting concoction on the planet, ice cream came to the New World from a letter written…
Read MoreNever on a Monday–meat, that is!
GreenAcres-Bradley Fair has started a new lunch and dinner program on Mondays. It’s called “Meatless Monday,” and our cooks who eat vegan or vegetarian themselves are coming up with the menus. We started this morning with BBQ Jackfruit, Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower, Creamy Coconut Kale, Mashed Potatoes and Mushroom Gravy and a delightful Veggie Casserole that…
Read MoreA marriage made in bee heaven
“For millions of years, bees and flowers have worked together to create countless naturally healthy and flavorful honey combinations.” So says an opening line on the Wedderspoon Manuka Honey website. At GreenAcres, we like what that image congers up: Bees working feverishly to gather the nectar from the rare and beautiful flora of Manuka trees…
Read MoreLet’s ask the expert!
The expert in this case in Market Team member, Danna, who has worked at GreenAcres for eight years, works checkout, bulk among myriad other jobs, and just knows what products customers ask for. Since weâre concentrating on multi vitamins today, we went looking for Danna. So which ones do customers clamor for? âThatâs easy,â says…
Read MoreA word from Mick about how the summer harvest rolls
Beginning in June, the first harvests of the summer start coming to market from the Southern states—Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas. That’s when the stone fruits, like peaches, plums, avacados and apricots are at their best and ripe for the picking. Right now, because of better weather conditions, GreenAcres has California peaches and stone fruit that…
Read MoreChameleon Coffee—get a buzz-on as big as Texas!
Cold brew, say the coffee experts on the Chameleon Coffee webpage, “refers to the process of preparing the coffee, not the temperature of the final product.” I must admit, I thought cold brew meant iced coffee, which I drink regularly. I thought coffee baristas just made up a batch early in the morning and put…
Read MoreEasy, tasty springtime eating!
With all the beautiful, ripe fruit and vegetables beginning to come into Green Acres, it starts some of us thinking of easy, breezy springtime entertaining. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, caveman, gluten free or grain-convinced, you’ll love these recipes that are spotlighted in the recent Garden of Life magazine called, Extraordinary Health. Just looking at…
Read MoreGimme’ some of that cold and sweet stuff!
Each year, when the spring weather starts to warm up, thereâs a familiar ditty heard âround the world: âIce cream, ice cream, we all scream for ice cream!â Itâs just plain American to indulge in the traditional ice cold, creamy-sweet concoction once summer is in full swing. Kids like it in waffle cones; adults, in…
Read MoreWhat’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 MoreThe Curcumin/Turmeric Connection: Giving pain and inflammation the one-two punch
Our customers at GreenAcres Market have heard a lot about Curcumin and its pain-arresting properties. Curcumin can stop joint pain and headache pain, often instantly, but it can do so much more. Terry Lemerond, a supplement founder, formulator and blogger who writes a health column called Terry Naturally, is a big believer in his Curcumin-based…
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