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.
Spring Cleaning, Greens and a no knead, gluten free sourdough
My inner Spring cleaning happens while at the sink with soapy hands, hanging up a pot, or grabbing the milk bottle from the fridge. In all these unspectacular, yet contemplative moments of just being, I come to terms with realities and the necessities of change.
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...
Blanching for Salads
Blanching makes colors pop and produces a crisp crudite bite. Should you blanche for salads? We’ve got recipes.
Spring Greens
Some spring greens are cultivated, like spinach, endive, radicchio and Asian greens like tatsoi and mizuna. Others grow wild, including dandelion greens, nettles, fiddlehead ferns, chickweed and purslane
Salad Greens!
In ancient times, Greeks and Romans ate lettuce for a good night's sleep and made love potions using arugula and lettuce…