the Friday Feeding; VOL. 12

Happy New Year!  Maybe it has something to do with age or maybe it is because our little town holds all the values we hold dear, but we spent Christmas and New Years  r i g h t  here. We made our own light show by driving down Canterbury’s roads to see your lit landscapes, we feasted from the abundance of the store and misted up with fond friendships and memories of holidays past in our own Normal Rockwell town.

There is something to this.  At the store this week we welcomed home 5—count ‘em FIVE—folks returning from big life adventures to move back to Canterbury.

Staying local is so good.

At the core of the store’s mission statement is to be about and sell as much local goods as we possibly can.  We are representing so many local artisans and the store is filled with hyper-local and regionally local foods.  Sourcing fresh local produce in the winter, however, is a challenge.  Yes, we have Brookford Farms organic storage vegetables but greens?  We think we found the solution.

Micro greens.

You may remember Dean Carlson who started the crazy successful Get Fit New Hampshire fitness program out of Epsom and Concord. (Dave was there 4 mornings a week at 6AM). Dean sold that business a while back and is now growing tasty micro-greens out of his farmstead in Epsom; another healthy venture for he and his wife.  We have partnered with them to have a crop grown for us each week delivered fresh on Fridays. Read more about Papa Deans Greens here…

But what are micro-greens?

Micro greens are baby vegetables grown just beyond when they sprout.  And just like we human beings that are more healthy when we are little, so are vegetables. Micro-greens contain up to 40% more phytonutrients than when they are full grown plants.  These nutrients help the baby plants protect themselves from bugs and disease and when we eat them helps protect our own bodies from ill health.  They are loaded with anti-oxidant vitamins and minerals that can help lower blood pressure and help us age with less signs of wear and tear.  AND they taste good.

Use micro greens as daily shot of vitamin goodness or as a salad mix or as an accent to add flavor and boasted nutrition to any of your cooking.  We sell 4 varieties; Sunflower with a nutty crunchy taste, Pea Shoots that taste just like fresh spring peas, a Harvest Blend with red cabbage, kohlrabi and broccoli and a Spicy Blend with mustard, radish and broccoli.

Dave is using these mixes in many of his sandwiches right now.  I posted a recipe for a tart using the spicy blend a couple posts back.  Get it HERE

I made up a vitamin-shot shot smoothie for myself that was delicious.  Here is the recipe:

Put in a blender or Bullet or Vitamix:

• 1 cup loosely packed Harvest Blend micro greens
• 1 peeled carrot cut into chunks
• 1 tangerine, cut up.  Leave some or all of the peel on for a cleansing effect.  Bitter helps clean out the body.
• 3 ice cubes
• 1 cup of water
• 1 T maple syrup

Blend on high until smooth.  

The Community Art Gallery

A new show is being hung this coming Monday, January 8.  With the theme “All Things Bright and Beautiful” it promises to be a colorful feast for the eyes.  Many of your favorite local artists are returning with new work and we have some exciting new artists joining in, every one of ’em from Canterbury.  Mark your calendars to meet them with a Meet the Artists reception on Sunday, January 21, 3 to 5PM.  Beer tastings and platter snacks.

Its Friday night pizza again….

Friday night pizza, January 5. Order ahead 12” organic sour dough pizzas to take out or sit down and eat here.  $15.95. Call ahead to order and choose a pick-up time slot. 603-783-9933 

Choose:

1. Pepperoni on red sauce.
2. Vegetable choice of mushrooms, green peppers, and cherry tomatoes on red sauce
3. Fig with gorgonzola and a honey drizzle over olive oil (no garlic)
4. Cheese only on red sauce always by request
5. AND a special guest pizza; The Rue (you know who you are!) – white button mushrooms and cheese with olive oil.

CLICK HERE to see this weeks menu

Have a preferred week,

Jane and Dave