First..ENJOY THE WEATHER! Pregnant robins everywhere over here at The Gardens. Can't wait to share our aviary with you...put in a pond and THOUSANDS of birds fall in love with you! Real nice except they wake you up at 5:00 AM EVERY summer day!
New products....ready for all this? # 5 OG mangos, # 5 blueberries, Another great line of og raw Kim chi, og raw sauerkraut - new brand, og chick pea spice blend from Aurora (GREAT on chick peas! Dinner is done in minutes!), GF Schar shortbread cookies, new flavors of Larabar, Triphala from Ancient India, ZuZu's OG GF Lasagna in the freezer!, many flavors of og polenta, Dessert Essence Pumpkin hand cream, Mrs. Meyers counter sprays and shower cleaner, Yummy Earth candies - pomegranate, root beer, peppermint, lemon, all great! Tree of Life og Garden Blend (frozen peas, corn , carrots, broccoli, and red peppers ), og frozen cranberries, og cream of mushroom soup, og powdered Cacao, and six flavors of Raw Revolution (should be here Friday! Karen's FAVORITE IN THE WORLD snack!) og Egg plants (only 1.35!) Fennel bulbs (GREAT on salads), and 6 gallon buckets for your food storage! and OG TOMATO PASTE! ( not new, but I ordered several dozen because we were out!)
Spiral Vegetable Slicers in! If you ordered one you have until Monday to pick your's up or we will pen it to the rest of the shoppers. THESE ARE GREAT! We ordered three cases, and two more are on the way!
NEW SATURDAY HOURS: We will now open at 8:30 am!!! Starting THIS Saturday! (thanks to Megan who said she will get up early.....)
ZUZU'S New Menu up and FLYING HIGH! I have never made so many nut milks in my life!!! The MaMa Mia has been quite the hit followed by the Uptown Marinara.....come enjoy!
FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS: We now have the 6 gallon buckets (they hold almost 50 pounds of grain) and Mylar bags. The buckets are 8.25 and the lids are 1.25. Mylar bags are .75 each and the oxygen packets are .25 each (sold in bags of 35 for 8.75). To seal the Mylar bags you will need a sealer. We have one here you may use on the property, just call to set up a time. Thanks for your patience while we got these items in! See attached newsletter for amounts of grains etc. that fit into each container.
Support your local Natural Grocer Today! ( Or this weekend....:-))
Have a TERRIFIC week!
Karen
Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
WOW what a fun few days! Our family (and two teenage guests) took off yesterday to spend the day at the museum and we even went out to eat! That was interesting....not much GF out there anywhere.....nevertheless we had a BALL! Four of the kids dressed up like pirates, and did they get the looks. They sure had fun in the sea area. Perhaps a bit too much fun speaking like pirates and scaring the kids. Finally Eric broke out with Dr. Suess One Fish Two Fish in pirate slang in time to send laughter everywhere!
CREATING PROBIOTICS and FERMENTATION CLASS! TONIGHT 6:30 PM! Our presenter, Donna, is a fermentation fiend. She loves traditional kimchis and krauts with exotic flavors. She mixes it with salads and eat it as snacks. Do you know all the health benefits of fermented foods?
In Chef Donna's own words...." Lactic-acid fermentation involves creating conditions in which naturally occurring organisms thrive and proliferate. By eating a variety of live fermented foods, you promote diverse microbial cultures in your body that aid digestion and boost your immune system. Fermented foods are a good source of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. In this class, you will learn simple techniques to ferment foods at home like raw cabbage kraut and pickles without vinegar and how to use cultures like kefir [pronounced kuh-feer]! My personal favorite is the champagne-like coconut water kefir -- great for making healthy alcohol-free cocktails! Plus, learn to incorporate it into great tasting dishes." Sure to be a great class, and entertaining.....as always! Please COME!
SPECIALS: Red Leaf Lettuce $1.75, Green Leaf Lettuce $1.99, Fresh bunches of Parsley or Cilantro just $ .99
NEW ITEMS: Fennel bulbs with greens!.Napa cabbage, Yummy Earth Peppermint drops and lemon drops, Mrs. Meyers Geranium scent laundry detergent ( the others are great too!), Farmers Creamery Buttermilk, spelt berries, natural baking cups and cheese cloth, frozen cranberries, and a bunch more on the truck today and tomorrow! ( gosh, just so busy I can't remember what in the world I all ordered!)
COMING SOON TO A HEALTH FOOD STORE NEAR YOU! well, at least it's coming to Nature's Garden......Weekly Produce Specials! I am working with our produce supplier to provide specials each week so we can pass them on to you! Look for a flyer coming your way in the very near future! Now, the real question...anyone want to work on creating a flyer? Please tell me how I get into all these things......it's this unceasing mind of mine......
NEW CLASS SCHEDULE: Many of you have asked for me to repeat classes. Please let me know which ones so I can work them into the next few months. The new schedule is coming out in the next week or so.
NEW CAFE MENU is now being printed. I have attached a few new pictures of our additions to the menu so you can have a few cravings here and there..... and as always, everything is all organic!
NOTE: As luck has it, the wonderful Gluten Free and Organic pancake mix we make has a set back...the OG millet flour is not being shipped currently by any of our suppliers! So, we have a different one on it's way, and will most likely be taking a road trip across country to go pick it up! That or we will just purchase a new mill and grind our own darn OG millet flour!
Spring has sprung, and that means our weddings are starting. YEAH! In my other life, I am a weekend wedding coordinator. Hard to believe after the past many months of exciting health issues! PLEASE check our website for our wedding schedule. We appreciate you shopping before, in-between and after weddings. We try hard to keep the property quiet during all of our weddings here at The Gardens so we appreciate you not coming within the 15 minutes before a wedding and then the 40 minutes the wedding is being performed. PARKING will always be open for you in front of the store, so come on up the driveway. There will be hundreds of people here all dressed up, but don't let them intimidate you! They all know we are an operating store.
NOTE: IF we have an outdoor ceremony and you come during that time we may ask you to come back when it is over. We simply do not want traffic during our outdoor weddings.
ZUZU'S CAFÉ WILL CLOSE DURING WEDDINGS to the outside public. Only wedding guests will be served from 1pm - 5 pm Friday and Saturdays when there are weddings. (you are still welcome to come 10:30 until 1:00PM on wedding days.) 5 - 9PM we will be open as usual and serve you all, so plan on that. We have not scheduled any receptions here, and will no longer do so. YEAH! Those drove me nuts! If there are no 1:30 and 3:30 weddings we will remain open as regular until our lunch rush dies down
QUESTION: Would you like us to open earlier on Saturdays?
Attachments: What is Gluten Free Anyways? and How to Make Kefir and Kraut
Have a TERRIFIC week!
Somehow I believe I will be emailing again.....soon....
To your FANTASTIC health!
Karen
Eating livin food and livin life to the fullest!
CREATING PROBIOTICS and FERMENTATION CLASS! TONIGHT 6:30 PM! Our presenter, Donna, is a fermentation fiend. She loves traditional kimchis and krauts with exotic flavors. She mixes it with salads and eat it as snacks. Do you know all the health benefits of fermented foods?
In Chef Donna's own words...." Lactic-acid fermentation involves creating conditions in which naturally occurring organisms thrive and proliferate. By eating a variety of live fermented foods, you promote diverse microbial cultures in your body that aid digestion and boost your immune system. Fermented foods are a good source of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. In this class, you will learn simple techniques to ferment foods at home like raw cabbage kraut and pickles without vinegar and how to use cultures like kefir [pronounced kuh-feer]! My personal favorite is the champagne-like coconut water kefir -- great for making healthy alcohol-free cocktails! Plus, learn to incorporate it into great tasting dishes." Sure to be a great class, and entertaining.....as always! Please COME!
SPECIALS: Red Leaf Lettuce $1.75, Green Leaf Lettuce $1.99, Fresh bunches of Parsley or Cilantro just $ .99
NEW ITEMS: Fennel bulbs with greens!.Napa cabbage, Yummy Earth Peppermint drops and lemon drops, Mrs. Meyers Geranium scent laundry detergent ( the others are great too!), Farmers Creamery Buttermilk, spelt berries, natural baking cups and cheese cloth, frozen cranberries, and a bunch more on the truck today and tomorrow! ( gosh, just so busy I can't remember what in the world I all ordered!)
COMING SOON TO A HEALTH FOOD STORE NEAR YOU! well, at least it's coming to Nature's Garden......Weekly Produce Specials! I am working with our produce supplier to provide specials each week so we can pass them on to you! Look for a flyer coming your way in the very near future! Now, the real question...anyone want to work on creating a flyer? Please tell me how I get into all these things......it's this unceasing mind of mine......
NEW CLASS SCHEDULE: Many of you have asked for me to repeat classes. Please let me know which ones so I can work them into the next few months. The new schedule is coming out in the next week or so.
NEW CAFE MENU is now being printed. I have attached a few new pictures of our additions to the menu so you can have a few cravings here and there..... and as always, everything is all organic!
NOTE: As luck has it, the wonderful Gluten Free and Organic pancake mix we make has a set back...the OG millet flour is not being shipped currently by any of our suppliers! So, we have a different one on it's way, and will most likely be taking a road trip across country to go pick it up! That or we will just purchase a new mill and grind our own darn OG millet flour!
Spring has sprung, and that means our weddings are starting. YEAH! In my other life, I am a weekend wedding coordinator. Hard to believe after the past many months of exciting health issues! PLEASE check our website for our wedding schedule. We appreciate you shopping before, in-between and after weddings. We try hard to keep the property quiet during all of our weddings here at The Gardens so we appreciate you not coming within the 15 minutes before a wedding and then the 40 minutes the wedding is being performed. PARKING will always be open for you in front of the store, so come on up the driveway. There will be hundreds of people here all dressed up, but don't let them intimidate you! They all know we are an operating store.
NOTE: IF we have an outdoor ceremony and you come during that time we may ask you to come back when it is over. We simply do not want traffic during our outdoor weddings.
ZUZU'S CAFÉ WILL CLOSE DURING WEDDINGS to the outside public. Only wedding guests will be served from 1pm - 5 pm Friday and Saturdays when there are weddings. (you are still welcome to come 10:30 until 1:00PM on wedding days.) 5 - 9PM we will be open as usual and serve you all, so plan on that. We have not scheduled any receptions here, and will no longer do so. YEAH! Those drove me nuts! If there are no 1:30 and 3:30 weddings we will remain open as regular until our lunch rush dies down
QUESTION: Would you like us to open earlier on Saturdays?
Attachments: What is Gluten Free Anyways? and How to Make Kefir and Kraut
Have a TERRIFIC week!
Somehow I believe I will be emailing again.....soon....
To your FANTASTIC health!
Karen
Eating livin food and livin life to the fullest!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Yes, you read that right! We now carry an ORGANIC GLUTEN FREE pancake and waffle mix that anyone would LOVE! Even if you are gluten free or NOT!
But....I couldn't find one anywhere in the country so I MADE IT MYSELF!
There you have it, Organic Millet Flour (light and fluffy), Organic Oat Flour (great smoothing flour) , Organic Brown Rice Flour (Sweet!!), Organic Turbinado Sugar, Aluminum Free Baking Powder and Aluminum Free Baking Soda!
PERFECT LIGHT FLUFFY WAFFLES!!!! Gosh, I do love capitol letters and exclamation points don't I.....
We used up all of the millet flour just trying to get the recipes down (should have seen the piles of almosts, we made...) so we have a dozen bags of mix for sale and more coming next week!
TYPO on the Bulk Food Order: Spelt Berries ARE Organic. I simply forgot the OG.
STEER: Very Tasty Steer looking for a good home (in the freezer)! We have hundreds of pounds of meat to sell, so if you want to skip the middle man (me) and get in on the GREAT deal from Rudy, email me ASAP! Butcher fee is .38 a pound and meat is now 1.80 lb. YOU CAN"T BEAT THIS!
Check our the new Meat section in our freezers! We added shelving in the freezer and cooler so we could put even more products in there for you! ZUZU"s has it's own section now, and will be selling the Pizzas, Lasagnas, Met Opera Pasta, Vegi Burgers and Blackout Burgers to go! And Desserts too! Isn't this fun!?
NEW ITEMS: Fish Sauce and Curry Paste for Asian Cuisine, Bragg Raw Olive Oil, New OG Raviolis in the freezer, Raw Bars - Hazelnut and chocolate and spirulina and cashew (Both FANTASTIC), Natural Black Olives, and as always, I am sure I forgot some.....
OH MY! Did you know on television today some lady on a TV ad (ya gotta really believe those...) said that "80% of all women STILL do not get enough Calcium!?" What in the world has the dairy INDUSTRY been selling the last few decades!? They have been selling pasteurized death milk to millions with the promise of no-calcium deficiencies. Whatever....I simply started spouting off and no one heard me except my bird...who I am sure agreed with me (he doesn't drink milk either...) So DON"T believe or worry ladies, if you eat your greens and produce you are getting all the calcium you need. In Countries where there is NO DAIRY, besides being healthier, the people have NO SIGNS of osteoporosis. Calcium is a mineral and comes from the ground. That is where the cows gets it from! Cows don't suck other cows for their whole life to get calcium, they EAT THEIR GREENS! Think about it.....
Now, I sure hope I did not tick off any of you who enjoy dairy! We enjoy butter, raw cheese once in a while and of course organic ice cream. We do not consume it as more than 2% of our diet, and organic milk is much better than conventional. Please forgive me if you were offended! I sure cannot scare off our customers!
THANKS for the great turn out last weekend for shopping and for Tuesdays class. We LOVE meeting and learning from all you wonderful people.
RAW FOOD CLASS THIS NEXT TUESDAY: Please join us for a terrific, tasty, entertaining, and educational class next Tuesday at 6:30 PM. We have raw foodists coming from Milwaukee as well to share their recipes and stories of healing. THIS is a class you do not want to miss. This is our lifestyle, and it is the best we have ever felt!
That about wraps up this edition of....well I never named these emails so, this just wraps it up!
COMING NEXT WEEK: Two Moms in The Raw (raw food guys, that's it) Raw Living Granola and Raw Crackers! GREAT STUFF!
Come shop and EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!
Mom said so.
Karen
Eatin' Live, Livin' Life!
But....I couldn't find one anywhere in the country so I MADE IT MYSELF!
There you have it, Organic Millet Flour (light and fluffy), Organic Oat Flour (great smoothing flour) , Organic Brown Rice Flour (Sweet!!), Organic Turbinado Sugar, Aluminum Free Baking Powder and Aluminum Free Baking Soda!
PERFECT LIGHT FLUFFY WAFFLES!!!! Gosh, I do love capitol letters and exclamation points don't I.....
We used up all of the millet flour just trying to get the recipes down (should have seen the piles of almosts, we made...) so we have a dozen bags of mix for sale and more coming next week!
TYPO on the Bulk Food Order: Spelt Berries ARE Organic. I simply forgot the OG.
STEER: Very Tasty Steer looking for a good home (in the freezer)! We have hundreds of pounds of meat to sell, so if you want to skip the middle man (me) and get in on the GREAT deal from Rudy, email me ASAP! Butcher fee is .38 a pound and meat is now 1.80 lb. YOU CAN"T BEAT THIS!
Check our the new Meat section in our freezers! We added shelving in the freezer and cooler so we could put even more products in there for you! ZUZU"s has it's own section now, and will be selling the Pizzas, Lasagnas, Met Opera Pasta, Vegi Burgers and Blackout Burgers to go! And Desserts too! Isn't this fun!?
NEW ITEMS: Fish Sauce and Curry Paste for Asian Cuisine, Bragg Raw Olive Oil, New OG Raviolis in the freezer, Raw Bars - Hazelnut and chocolate and spirulina and cashew (Both FANTASTIC), Natural Black Olives, and as always, I am sure I forgot some.....
OH MY! Did you know on television today some lady on a TV ad (ya gotta really believe those...) said that "80% of all women STILL do not get enough Calcium!?" What in the world has the dairy INDUSTRY been selling the last few decades!? They have been selling pasteurized death milk to millions with the promise of no-calcium deficiencies. Whatever....I simply started spouting off and no one heard me except my bird...who I am sure agreed with me (he doesn't drink milk either...) So DON"T believe or worry ladies, if you eat your greens and produce you are getting all the calcium you need. In Countries where there is NO DAIRY, besides being healthier, the people have NO SIGNS of osteoporosis. Calcium is a mineral and comes from the ground. That is where the cows gets it from! Cows don't suck other cows for their whole life to get calcium, they EAT THEIR GREENS! Think about it.....
Now, I sure hope I did not tick off any of you who enjoy dairy! We enjoy butter, raw cheese once in a while and of course organic ice cream. We do not consume it as more than 2% of our diet, and organic milk is much better than conventional. Please forgive me if you were offended! I sure cannot scare off our customers!
THANKS for the great turn out last weekend for shopping and for Tuesdays class. We LOVE meeting and learning from all you wonderful people.
RAW FOOD CLASS THIS NEXT TUESDAY: Please join us for a terrific, tasty, entertaining, and educational class next Tuesday at 6:30 PM. We have raw foodists coming from Milwaukee as well to share their recipes and stories of healing. THIS is a class you do not want to miss. This is our lifestyle, and it is the best we have ever felt!
That about wraps up this edition of....well I never named these emails so, this just wraps it up!
COMING NEXT WEEK: Two Moms in The Raw (raw food guys, that's it) Raw Living Granola and Raw Crackers! GREAT STUFF!
Come shop and EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!
Mom said so.
Karen
Eatin' Live, Livin' Life!
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