Welcome to Kimchi Nirvana: Kimchi Stew

The recipe comes together particularly easily using leftover shredded chicken, or leave out the meat (but not the flavorful marinade ingredients) for a vegetarian main dish.

Feeling Sick? Chicken Soup is the Best Medicine

bowl of super immune-boosting chicken soup

Your grandmother was right! Gather the ingredients for this homemade chicken soup before reaching for that over-the-counter cold medicine.

Local Vendor Profile: BIJA is K’UL

chocolate bar packaging alongside chunks of chocolate and coconut meat on a wooden platter

Frequent visitors to the chocolate aisle may have noticed a change recently. BIJA has changed their name to K’UL and revamped their packaging. The same great chocolate with the same important mission!

Quinoa Corn Chowder

This quinoa corn chowder is a great way to use up leftover roasted chicken and cooked quinoa! Use homemade chicken or vegetable stock for best results. The raw cashew butter gives the chowder a creaminess without dairy.

Local Vendor Profile: Pangea Ferments

five jars of pangea ferments products are displayed on the counter along with some fresh cabbage that is the base used in its fermented products

Pangea Ferments handcrafts savory fermented sauerkrauts and kimchi that will add zing to any meal—breakfast to dinner—using mainly organic ingredients sourced from Whatcom and Skagit counties.

Local Vendor Profile: Jack Mountain Meats

The company’s tag line—Pure • Local • Honest—reflects its philosophy to use simple recipes, source local ingredients whenever possible, and never use fillers, msg, or gluten.

It’s Not Thanksgiving Without Pie

This Thanksgiving, leave the baking to us. The Co-op bakers make the tastiest pumpkin pies in town, along with insanely delicious caramel apple pies and pecan pies.

Savory Stuffed Pumpkin

stuffing a pumpkin with pumpkin stuffing

This recipe has become a favorite of Co-op staff and shoppers. With a few tweaks it could easily be vegetarian or vegan. Give it a try this autumn!

Pumpkin Snackles

small rounded pumpkin snackle cookies with orange hue of pumpkin and visible oats and raisins on a white board

These vegan Pumpkin Snackles are the perfect seasonal treat for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or as a wholesome snack any day! Easy gluten-free option too.

Local Vendor Profile: K’UL Chocolate

packaged of toasted coconut chocolate bar from k'ul chocolate on a wooden board with pieces of the chocolate bar and a bowl of coconut

BIJA has changed its name to K’UL Chocolate, updated its packaging to be more sustainabile and user-friendly, and opened a new bean-to-bar chocolate factory in Bellingham.