the Friday Feeding; VOL. 72

We made it; its Spring!  Well, at least by the calendar it’s spring but we can still channel the warmth and inspirations while the ground and our bodies slowly warm up.

Here at the store we are inspired by the coming of green.  Little bits poking its head out of the soil and green-house chlorophyll showing up with our suppliers to satisfy that spring-time craving for F R E S H.

You may have read that chlorophyll is an incredible health booster.  It IS the life blood of plants rushing into tender stocks of paleness when they first come alive.  And it is the first thing to leave the plants in the fall as they wind down into never-never land.

Taking chlorophyll as a supplement or simple eating a lot of green vegetables boosts our immune system by dumping concentrated vitamins and mineral into us and also helps cleanse our intestines to help rich the body of toxic left-overs and in turn even purify our breath.

To those of us in my generation, green vegetables had a bad wrap. We grew up with slimy, “modern“ canned things or ultra-cooked squishy masses that tasted like metal to be avoided at all costs. When I was very, very young I ate from a porcelain bowl [no doubt a gift from an endowed relative] that had an internal reservoir for containing warm water to keep that toddler food warm. I, however, removed the cap to the reservoir and stuffed my green vegetables in it then plugged it back up. The dexterity of tiny fingers.

But now, fresh, crisp and sweet green is most always available to us and we here at the store are looking forward to our own hyper-local pickings.  You will see lots of green in our special meals these days, because…its now Spring and our bodies need the delicious cleanse.

You might try a cleansing green smoothie at home.

A delicious way to start the day…

Throw into a blender and blend until smooth:

• one peeled banana (for texture and sweetness)
• a large handful of spinach. Or, if you can get some, the french love sorrel for it’s slightly tart, cleansing properties. We grow it at home for our spring smoothies.
• a one inch cube of peeled ginger root
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• a pinch of turmeric spice
• orange juice or water till the smoothie achieves your desired consistency. Some folks like it thick, some like it watery.

A new addition to the store!

Such good customers and lovers of community, Dave and Sarah Tirrell-Wysocki, wanted to gift the store with something special to commemorate this new iteration. They commissioned Canterbury resident Annette Burgess to create a stained glass window. It was a long time coming and a long time before we hung it, but for the first day of Spring it was installed!!

From all of us in Canterbury, thank you Tirrell-Wysocki family!! Thank you Annette for your talents and thank you to Ray Snow who installed it for us! Come in to see this new work of art.

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Have a great week-end,

Jane and Dave