The Beet
A Port Townsend Food Co-op Blog
Whether you're passionate about healthy recipes, sustainability initiatives, local giving programs, or supporting local farms, we’ve got something for you. Stay connected with the latest co-op news, learn how we’re making a difference in the community, and discover how you can get involved. Join us as we promote eco-friendly living and share the best in organic, local food."
Tips for Three Classic Summer Salads
What makes a classic summer salad shine at a backyard potluck? Follow along as we uncover the techniques that make these salads shine.
A step towards Kitchen Sustainability
Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start when it comes to taking steps toward sustainability. Follow along with Sidonie to make some small victories and great first steps to a sustainable kitchen.
A Recipe To Honor Tinker
Tinker Cavallaro passed away, and Port Townsend lost a valuable citizen. Her death feels like a former way of life packing its bags, but I think she left enough seeds to sprout decades of renewal.
Creamy Chia Frozen Treats
How to turn chia seeds from “something good for you” into something delightfully delicious…
Marinated Summer Salads
Marinated vegetables cook on the grill or in the oven, both delicious techniques, and the acids in the marinade help ‘cook’ the vegetables through a tenderizing process...
Vegetable Caviars
Chunky, flavorful, roasted vegetable spreads that are fabulous and easy to make with summer vegetables…
Blanching for Salads
Blanching makes colors pop and produces a crisp crudite bite. Should you blanche for salads? We’ve got recipes.
Cook the Rainbow — The Greek Way
If you’d like to explore Greek cuisine, whether or not you count colors, there are several ways to get involved
Spring Nettles — Tonic and Terrific
Stinging nettles are widespread, growing in moist woods, often under alders where the soil is soft, black and nitrogen rich…
How To Make An Indian Dosa
Learn how to prepare a dosa and a fresh Coconut Mint Chutney! The Food Co-op’s Community Cook begins with Vegetarian Indian recipes. Learn more…
The Magic of Soda Breads
Finnriver Farm and Grainery grows and mills a local pastry flour perfectly suited to soda bread.
Small Batch Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut requires nothing more than vegetables, salt and a container…
Warm up with Indian Curry
Spices are the heart of Indian food and are a crucial flavor builder...
Cinco de Mayo Recipes
After a while you won’t need to follow the recipes; ingredients and techniques will live in your bones, and you can cook from what you have and what’s in season.
Earth Day Brunch Menu
Nothing proclaims EARTH DAY like emerging asparagus. Heralded as a fertility symbol, and sacred to Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, asparagus is a prized vegetable.
The Ordinary-Extraordinary Egg
Egg laying squawks and shrill clucks became everyday sounds as the flock became part of our lives. I learned how to ease an egg from under a hen and many other subtle skills.
One spring day, while the chickens…
Potato Scones: Classic Recipes with New Ingredients
Irish potato scones transport me to a farmhouse kitchen, a wooden table and a pot of tae. They’re related to Irish Soda Bread…
Broccoli and Flavor Pastes
Broccoli, in my experience, likes a sauce, and doesn’t do well under or over cooked. Good recipes come from talented cooks…