Cleansing Basics
By: Carrie Johanningmeier, Wellness Assistant Our bodies are amazingly well designed to keep us healthy. They have their own natural cleansing system. When in balance, naturally occurring metabolic wastes from air, food and water are successfully removed from the body through organs such as our lungs, colon, liver, kidneys and skin. This could be carbon dioxide from the lungs, bile […]
Reflections on the Wisconsin Cheese Trail
By: Beth Rotto, Cheese and Chill Buyer Recently I was aboard a bus with cheese buyers from other co-ops in Minnesota and Iowa as guests of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Classic Provisions, one of our cheese distributors from Plymouth, Minnesota. Twenty-two of us traveled to creameries and farms in southern and central Wisconsin, including Nordic Creamery, Widmer’s Cheese Cellars […]
Ratatouille
Ratatouille By: Betsy Peirce, Produce Manager One of my favorite dishes to prepare once all the bounty of the season starts piling up is Ratatouille. The history of the recipe for Ratatouille is said to be from France originally, though the ingredients and style of preparation has some historians wondering if it actually originated from […]
Flexible Late Summer Recipes
Flexible Late Summer Recipes By: Beith Rotto, Cheese and Chill Buyer Let me get right to some recipes you’ll want to use for some wonderful, easy meals featuring fresh veggies, grains, and a little cheese. Once familiar with these recipes, they can all be made in less than 1/2 hour. They are quite flexible as […]
Chia Freezer Jam in 20 minutes
Chia Freezer Jam in 20 minutes By: Carl Haakenstad, Bulk Buyer Many of you are now familiar with the nutritional powerhouse that is the chia seed. In case you are not, let me give you a quick introduction. Chia seeds are native to southern Mexico and Guatemala and archaeological records show that these small but […]