How's Our Maple Coming Along?

The sizes that we'll be offering are:


Half gallon ($38) we need 3 more, new order to fill
One gallon ($70)  we need 1
8oz ($6.75) we need 4

Ways to use maple syrup, to sweeten lemonade,on sweet potatoes,  pancakes, waffles, biscuits, corn bread, honey baked ham, when sauteing turkey, to flavor desserts and the list goes on.

Cucumbers in Sour Cream

Recipe from Cynthia

Cucumbers in Sour Cream

3/4 cup sour cream
2 tablesppoons finely chopped green onion
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground dill seed
pepper to taste
2 medium cucumbers, sliced
paprika

Mix ingredients well together;  chill and serve.  Serves 4.

from Super Salads by Flo Price

My notes:

Yogurt may be substituted for sour cream, but due to the tartness you will not need vinegar, so check before adding. 

You may change the spices as your family likes.  We do not care for dill, but like a lot of pepper. 

You may substitute red wine or cider vinegar for a slightly different taste. 

It really is best chilled, as the flavors meld.

Where Have We Been?

Hi Guys,


My oh goodness me. As you all know we haven't been anywhere just super super busy, we branched out and created a second blog for the new non-profit about our little gardening project.....check it out

Garden Up Date

Okay I know this is gonna sound strange but every year in my garden I usually let one seed that survived the heat of the compost pile blossom into a plant. Well this year I kinda got carried away and I allowed 3 plants to grow. Two of the plants are tomatoes, and the other one is either a watermelon or a squash. I'm leaning towards the watermelon. Both of the mystery plants look like a beefsteak tomatoes, but I've only had the pleasure of tasting one. One thing I do know for sure is that there are TONS of tomatoes and bunches of watermelons. The watermelon vine is so productive that it's making my sweet potatoes put up a real fight for space.

My garlic bulbs are doing fine. I won't be planting the Chinese green bean again. It is a cool looking 18-21" burgundy bean with a nice mile flavor but it's attracted a lot of bad bugs.

Yellow bell peppers are looking fabulous. Southern green beans, black eyed peas are doing okay.
There growing slowly.

Sweet potatoes plants look wonderful, and my sesame seed flowers are beautiful.

On a not so yummy note some animal stole my very first peach off the tree yesterday, my guess is it was a bird. The peaches are the right size, a beautiful color but they're still very much hard as rocks, good luck with that peach Mr. Bird.

All of this is of course done without chemicals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please Visit Our New Web Page

Check out our new place @ Healthyhabitscoop.org

Delicious Zuchinni Bread

Hey Guys do you still have zucchini? If you do I would like to share one of my favorite recipes with you for zucchini bread

Set oven to 325

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 cup of butter (I use coconut oil)
1 cup organic sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups of grated raw zucchini
3 cups sifted flour
1 tea salt
1 tea baking soda
2-1/2 table spoons cinnamon
1/4 tea baking powder
1/2 cup of chopped nuts

Beat eggs until they're foamy, add oil, sugar & vanilla and mix well and stir in grated zucchini. Mix flour with salt baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
Add to egg mixture and blend well. Fold in nuts and pour into greased loaf bans and bake for an hour and ten minutes. This recipe makes two loaves of bread. We generally eat one and freeze the other.

What Will be in our Yummy Bags 03-09-11

Veggie Shares:

Spinach
Beets
Green Peppers
Green Beans
Lemons
Apples
Strawberries
Baby Carrots
Radishes


Fruit Share:

Blueberries
Apples
Grape Tomatoes
Pears

What can I do with this parsley? How about ........

.....delicious Tabbouli Salad

• 1 bunch of fresh parsley finely chopped
• 4 green onions finely chopped
• 2 large tomatoes finely chopped
• 1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  
• 1 peeled finely diced cucumber
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup bulgur
• 1 cup water , boiled
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground green pepper (or black)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 pinch of sugar to taste

Mix all the ingredients together and allow to sit in a covered bowl for a few hours in the refrigerator or over night for best results.

Meat Orders Are Now Open :-)

Hello Coop Family,

Meat orders are now open and due by Friday, September 24
Next meat pick-up is on Wednesday, October 6, at the home of Adrienne Danke
Please go to:
healthyhabbits.webs.com/meatorders
to place your order.
t's easy! Select the quantity next to each product you would like to order. Click on the "submit" button at the bottom of the page. Once you submit your order, we will receive it by email.

For Questions:
Please Contact Adrienne Danke...281-493-0203 or thedankes@yahoo.com

What will be in our yummy bags 9-22

Regular Share:
Cucumbers
Sweet Potatoes
Apples
Red Pears
Spaghetti Squash
Curly Parsley
Garlic
Roma Tomatoes
Yellow Onions
*oranges
*fresh local pears

Fruit Shares:
Red Grapes
Lemons
Oranges
Nectarines

Extras:
Eggs
Garlic

Regina's Secret Ingredient Smoothie Recipe

2 Scoops of *Secret Ingredient* Vanilla or Chocolate Protein
Shake (*20 vitamins and minerals)
1 Scoop of *Secret Ingredient* Go Fiber Booster
1 Tablespoon of Honey
½ Cup Lowfat Vanilla Yogurt
1 Cup Milk (Lowfat, Almond, Soy, or 2%) or 1 Cup Apple
Juice
1 Cup Ice (optional)
1 -2 Cups Fruit of Your Choice (Banana, Apple, Grapes,
Blueberries, Mango or Cantaloupe, etc.) - can be mixed
*************************************************
Put all ingredients into a blender. Blend thoroughly.
ENJOY!

If you would like to know the secret ingredient that makes Regina smoothie so yummy please contact her directly, but shhhhh you'll have to keep it a secret

Regina
2Newsomes@gmail.com

Yummy Bags 4 June 30th

Regular Shares
Red Leaf Lettuce
Red Onion
Cabbage
Radishes
Broccoli
Grapefruit
Cantaloupe
Lemons
Fuji Apples

Fruit Shares
D'anjou Pears
Gala Apple
Red Grapes
Juicing Oranges

What Will Be in Our Yummy Bags...6/2

What We Hope Will Be In Our Yummy Bags!


Regular Share:
Sweet Potatoes
lots of Peaches
Grapes
Cauliflower
Yellow Onions
Roma Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Zucchini

Fruit Share:
Kiwi
Juicing oranges
Blueberries
Green Apples

A Few Dinner Ideals

-diced leeks, potato & broccoli soup, with grilled cheese and ice tea

-saute' bell peppers, potatoes, broccoli and leeks, next to a thick slice of pan fried turkey, with a
lite turkey gravy, and a glass of of ice tea

-spinach salad, with cucumbers, strawberries, and pecans, with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing,
next to a tuna fish sandwich, with a glass of water

What Will Be in Our Yummy Bags...5/12

Regular Share:
cucumber
broccoli
spinach
green peppers
red potato
red delicious apples
juice oranges
pears
Local Leeks




Fruit:
mango
strawberry
oranges
gala apples

Something Special.....Yummy Bread!

Hello Coop Family,

I'm excited to let you know that Jinks, will be offering her breading making classes once again for only $5 pp. The class will be on April 30, 2010 from 11-1 pm.

She plans on teaching "The art of making whole grain bread--milling, mixing/kneading, & baking." You can also expect to assemble and eat a pizza as well as preparing cinnamon rolls.

Seats will fill up super fast so please RSVP soon!

For more information please contact Jinks @ ljgreenstreet@gmail.com

You can also visit her web page @ YummyBreadKneads.blogspot.com

Next Delivery Date

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to remind you that our next pick up date will be on May 12, 2010

What Will Be in Our Yummy Bags...Hopefully

Carrots
Kale
Apples
Avocado
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Radish
Strawberries
Cilantro
Red Onions


Fruit Shares
Oranges
Apples
Pineapples
Lemons

Extras For Sale:
Juicing Oranges

Something Yummy From Kate

Hello CoOp Family,

If your like me you often look at your eggplant and wonder just what to do with it, well wonder no more. Today we were blessed with a recipe that sounds really wonderful from Kate. So without further ado.

"Last night I used the eggplant and the applewood smoked salt to make a delicious dish".

"I sliced the eggplant into long, fairly thin vertical slices. Then I whisked together about a 1/2 cup of olive oil, 3 cloves of crushed garlic and 4 or 5 pinches of applewood smoked salt. I used a basting brush to baste both sides of each slice before I laid them in the baking dish. Baked at 375 until they looked done- golden and soft (I did flip them once.) That was it! Smokey, delicious eggplant!"

Thanks So Much Kate!!!

Get Your Gardening Gloves Ready!