Locally Grown - Availability for October 1st, 2013

Hey Local Food Lovers,

There is a real elegance to a well made meal with simple ingredients. I’m eating for dinner some perfect little zephyr squashes from Shade Creek Farm with mushrooms (oh how I miss Orchard Valley Farm oyster mushrooms don’t you), sweet potato greens sauteed with just a tad chicken bouillon flavor, and tofu (that’s my wife looking out for our protein) then the whole thing over rice. Oh, I must admit there’s a pretty good beer on the side. So simple. Chopsticks and little bowls of course. I know I’m a bit lucky to eat this way so often (mixing of the cultures is so a perk of modern life). But for those who don’t eat with chopsticks, I feel like I’ve described very similar simple meals, but from a slightly different season, and with a more American twang. Cornbread rather than rice, and roasted beats with a cilantro lime sour cream sauce, with beet greens sauteed with garlic. Oh wait, and the cornbread was actually cheddar mini muffins with two different kinds of corn. That was really YUMMY! Oh heck since I made this whole meal before and posted all the photos and recipes I’ll just give you a link to go see if it looks and sounds good. And the good news is we actually have cornmeal for sale right now. Beets? Coming soon?

Should be pinned right to the top
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I just had an idea. If you’re enjoying cooking Locally Grown food and have a camera of some kind (and we know that you do) send us a picture of any meal you cook, via e-mail or best to post it on our FACEBOOK (and bonus points if you include a recipe), and we’ll give you $1.00 off your next purchase. Wow, we just made this whole idea up right here and NOW this minute.

You heard right, a 1 BUCK awesome local food COUPON in exchange for a photo of your meal. On average there’s about 60 of you who buy from Locally Grown each week, so if all 60 of you post in the next lets say 4 weeks, we’d be happy to pump some bucks of love back at you. Cause we do love that you buy local food from US, and this may just be the best coupon idea ever! Don’t forget these little steps 1) Cook a meal, 2) Take a pick, 3) Post or e-mail your pic, 4) Then come to pickup (easy to forget that part, oh and first you should order food to pickup of course), 5) Get your food, 6) And remind us, "Hey I posted an awesome food pic and you guys have a COUPON thingy-o!. Then we’ll say Great. You cook good! Maybe I could invite myself over for dinner some time. We don’t come up with great ideas often around here, but this seems kind of great.

Don’t forget to cook folks. Just like you can’t forget to pick okra (even if it’s like 5 days late), and water the plants. It’s dry out there folks.

Ok, two items to plug before signing off.

AMY’S FLAN. It’s under Ethnic/Specialties, which was kind of the them for this e-mail right.

MELONS, WINTER MELON. This is one that folks really need to learn how to cook. I’ll let my wife post a photo and recipe. Here that Ching-Yu, I’m calling you out to earn your BUCK COUPON.

Seriously folks, don’t be shy, MAN or WOMAN UP and fly your LOCAL FOOD FLAG high and strong. Cook something good, don’t forget to mail a picture (post it FB better), get a coupon, participate, enjoy, share.

EAT WELL,

Justin, Chuck, Teri and Andrew

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