Drip, drip, drip….we can almost hear the maple sap collecting in pails in sugarbushes across Vermont and our Weekly Sale from March 16th – 22nd celebrates sugaring season with a handful of ingredients well suited to a hearty maple-themed breakfast! You’ll find local, organic, dark robust maple syrup quarts from Shaker Maple Farm; organic Bartlett pears; Quaker Hill Granola; local, organic Rogers Farmstead Creamery yogurt; local coffee from Bud’s Beans; and Niman Ranch ham steaks that are just begging for a maple glaze. This recipe pulls together many of those ingredients into a Vermont breakfast spread that also doubles as a decadent dessert when you swap out the yogurt with a scoop of local ice cream!
Ever tried roasting a grapefruit? Now’s a great time to give it a try! You’ll find organic grapefruits featured in the weekly sale from January 5th – 11th and this simple recipe will help you pull it off. The warmth and spice from the ginger elevate this citrus fruit to a new level. Paired with local Cabot yogurt, which happens to be featured in the sale, plus your favorite local granola and a drizzle of honey, you’ve got a uniquely delicious new way to enjoy some healthy breakfast staples.
Drip, drip, drip….we can almost hear the maple sap beginning to collect in pails in sugarbushes across Vermont and our Weekly Sale from March 3rd – 9th celebrates the start of sugaring season with a handful of ingredients well suited to a hearty maple-themed breakfast! You’ll find local, organic, dark robust maple syrup quarts from Shaker Maple Farm; local apples from Champlain Orchards; local, organic granola from Patrick’s Artisan Bakery; local, organic Rogers Farmstead yogurt; local Brio coffee; and ham steaks that are just begging for a maple glaze. This recipe pulls together many of those ingredients into a Vermont breakfast spread that also doubles as a decadent dessert when you swap out the local yogurt with a scoop of Strafford Organic Creamery’s ice cream or Larson’s Farm & Creamery gelato.
Ever tried roasting a grapefruit? We hadn’t either, but with grapefruits featured in the weekly sale from December 30th – January 5th, it seemed like a great time to give this recipe a try. We were instantly hooked! The warmth and spice from the ginger elevate this citrus fruit to a new level. Paired with local, True North Granola and Green Mountain Creamery yogurt, both of which are featured in the sale, plus a drizzle of honey, and you’ve got a unique new way to enjoy some healthy breakfast staples.
Drip, drip, drip….we can almost hear the maple sap beginning to collect in pails in sugarbushes across Vermont and our Weekly Sale from March 4th – 10th celebrates the start of sugaring season with a handful of ingredients well suited to a hearty maple-themed breakfast! You’ll find local, organic, dark robust maple syrup quarts from Hillsboro Sugarworks; local apples from Champlain Orchards; local, organic granola from Patrick’s Artisan Bakery; local, organic Rogers Farmstead yogurt; local Paradiso Farm coffee; and ham steaks that are just begging for a maple glaze. This recipe pulls together many of those ingredients into a Vermont breakfast spread that also doubles as a decadent dessert when you swap out the local yogurt with a scoop of Strafford Organic Creamery’s ice cream or Larson’s Farm & Creamery gelato.
This simple, comforting dish makes a perfect Localvore breakfast. You can also opt to swap out the local yogurt with a scoop of Strafford Organic Creamery’s ice cream or Larson’s Farm & Creamery gelato for a decadent dessert. Many of the ingredients are featured in our weekly sale from September 17th – 23rd, so it’s a perfect time to give this recipe a try!
This simple, comforting dish makes a perfect Vermont Sugaring Season breakfast. You can also opt to swap out the yogurt with a scoop of ice cream or creme fraiche for a decadent dessert. Many of the ingredients are featured in our weekly sale from March 5th – 11th, so it’s a perfect time to give this recipe a try!
Ever tried roasting a grapefruit? We hadn’t either, but with grapefruits featured in the weekly sale from January 17th – 23rd, it seemed like a great time to give this recipe a try. We were instantly hooked! The warmth and spice from the ginger elevate this citrus fruit to a new level. Paired with your favorite granola and yogurt, plus a drizzle of honey and you’ve got a unique new way to enjoy some healthy breakfast staples.
This simple, comforting dish makes a perfect Vermont Fall breakfast. You can also opt to swap out the yogurt with a scoop of ice cream or creme fraiche for a decadent dessert. Many of the ingredients are featured in our weekly sale from September 13th – 19th during the peak of our Eat Local Challenge, so it’s a perfect time to give this recipe a try!
Nutty Steph’s is celebrating recent improvements that make their classic local product vastly more desirable for “Localvores”. The change came from a partnership with woman-owned milling company, Maine Grains, as the source for the oats used in Nutty Steph’s Vermont Granola. Simultaneously, the last two years brought major improvements to the Nutty Steph’s baking process, which allows the company to pay more for the oats while not raising the price of their Vermont Granola. “We are so proud of our granola now that we want everyone to try it.” says company founder, Jaquelyn Fernandez Rieke.
Nutty Steph’sVermont Granola had always been made with Vermont maple syrup, making it 28% local, but with the Maine Grains oats, the granola is now made with 78% local ingredients. “During our first 12 years, I struggled about trucking in oats from so far away, sometimes as far as Vancouver. It broke my heart, really, that we had no feasible source for local oats. I am soaring about the changes. To have finally found a local company, woman-owned, milling an organically grown oat is one thing, but it’s a whole other thing to afford the more expensive oat without passing on the cost to our customers. We relocated to a new bakery and can make more granola at a lower cost.”
Maine Grains mills the oats to order for Nutty Steph’s and ships them fresh because of a delicate constitution that results from their traditional milling process. Dry-rolled oats are rare in today’s marketplace because big agricultural markets necessitate they be warehoused for as much as two years before getting eaten.Nutty Steph’s baker Amanda Copeland explains the “our palettes from Maine Grain are practically alive. The consistency varies a lot from week to week as we go through a certain batch of oats. We adjust the bake according to the mood of the oats.” The reward for this tedious attention to the “living oat” is a richer texture. Plus, compared to their storage-warrior steam-rolled counterpart, the dry-rolled oats are nutritionally superior.
Localvore is a food movement started in 2005 by three women in the San Francisco Bay area seeking to promote the combustion of local foods. Wikipedia defines it as eating foods “grown in the same geographic region, in order to develop more self-reliant and resilient food networks; improve local economies; or to have an impact on the health, environment, community, or society.”
Nutty Steph’s has made impeccable granola and chocolate since 2003, selling directly to eaters, co-ops and natural & independent grocers. The company works to cultivate community togetherness and innovate the workplace-as-human-relational-field of consciousness. Their shop, located at 961C US Route 2 in Middlesex, VT is open daily with free chocolate & granola tastings. It’s part of the Middleground business community, also home to The Hive Craft Collective, Mud Pottery Studio & Gallery, and Red Hen Baking Company, making it a particularly fun place to stop and browse. Be sure to swing by on your next trip through Middlesex and, in the meantime, you can find their granola and chocolate here at the Co-op!
