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May Staff Pick & New Items

pangea kimchi

Pangea Ferments Kimchi

“Fresh, tender, and perfectly spiced, Pangaea Ferments’ Kimchi is made in Bellingham with mostly local and regional ingredients.  Hands down the best; I’ve eaten an entire jar in one day!  Vegan, too.  What’s not to love?”

—Cody Harder, Downtown Grocery

eleni's kitchen simmer sauces

Eleni's Kitchen Ethiopian Sauces

Authentic sauces make it easy to enjoy homemade Ethiopian food! Simply add lentils, meat, or veggies; simmer until done; and serve over pasta, rice, or, for an authentic touch, injera.

mild simmer sauce, hot simmer sauce, turmeric sauce

$8.25/12.4 ounces–13 ounces

oat-ly oat-milk

Oatly Barista Edition Oat Milk

Made from liquid oats, which means it isn’t overly sweet or excessively heavy, but it is fully foamable for frothy homemade lattes. Vegan. No nuts, no gluten. (Psst! Highly recommended by your newsletter editor!)

$3.99/32 fluid ounces

thai curry paste

Thai Home Sauces

Curry pastes are ideal for coconut curry, or use to stir-fry, sautée, grill, or marinade. Satay peanut sauce is ideal for dipping! Vegan and free of artificial preservatives and flavors.

red, green, yellow, and mussaman curry pastes; chili paste; satay peanut sauce

$7.49/6.5 ounces

soft baked peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip

Simple Mills Soft-Baked Gluten-Free Cookies

Made with nutrient-dense almond flour and smartly sweetened with honey and coconut sugar, each cookie has only 6 grams of sugar. We sell Simple Mills crunchy cookies, too!

chocolate chip, peanut butter

$5.25/6.2 ounces (8 cookies)

GROCERY| SALES cookies| ethiopian| kimchi| new items| oatly| staff pick| thai

Holiday Recipes: Sugar & Spice

Recipes by Robin Asbell

chocolate peanut brittle

Spice up your holiday spread with much-loved classic treats like this Chocolate Glazed Nut Brittle.

By Robin Asbell and posted by permission from welcometothetable.coop. Find recipes and articles about your food and where it comes from at welcometothetable.coop.

Chocolate Glazed Nut Brittle

A recipe of decadent brittle makes wonderful gifts, a little goes a long way! Portion and package festively for teachers, coworkers, and friends.

Makes 2 1⁄2 pounds (approx. 27 servings).
Prep time: 1 hour;
20 minutes active

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1⁄2 cup water
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1⁄3 cup light corn syrup
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1⁄2 cups roasted salted peanuts or cashews plus
    an optional 1⁄4 cup, finely chopped
  • 8 ounces dark chocolate, melted
METHOD
  1. Line a large sheet pan with a rim with parchment paper.
  2. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the sugar, water, butter and corn syrup and bring to a boil to create caramel. Cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the caramel is light brown and registers 300°F on a candy thermometer, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and carefully stir in the baking soda. The mixture will bubble. Stir in the nuts, then immediately scrape the brittle onto the prepared baking sheet. Using the back of a large spoon (oil it lightly if it sticks), spread the brittle into a thin, even layer. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  3. Spread melted chocolate over the brittle, sprinkle with the finely chopped nuts, if using, then chill. Break the brittle into large shards. Store in airtight containers for up to two weeks.

Gingerbread Cookies

Makes 48 3-inch cookies.
Prep time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1⁄2 cup molasses
  • 1 large egg
shortbread snowflake cookies

Royal Icing

  • 2 cups powdered sugar, approximately
  • 1 large pasteurized egg white or 2 1⁄2 tablespoons meringue powder
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons water, approximately
METHOD
  1. In a large bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices. Using a stand mixer or an electric beater, cream butter until soft, then add brown sugar and beat until well-mixed. Add molasses and beat, scrape down and add egg, beat again until combined. Stir in the flour mixture. Divide dough into four rectangular pieces, place between sheets of parchment and roll out 1/4" thick. Stack sheets of dough on a baking pan and chill for 3 hours.
  2. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lay sheets of dough on counter, remove top layer of parchment and use a cookie cutter to cut into shapes. Using a thin spatula, transfer cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets. Repeat process with scraps.
  3. Bake 12 minutes, switching the pans between oven racks halfway through. When cookies are puffed and look dry, remove and cool on the pan for five minutes, then move cookies to a cooling rack.
  4. Using a stand mixer or electric beater, mix powdered sugar with egg white or meringue powder. Mix in lemon juice and water, a tablespoon at a time, to reach desired consistency. Transfer icing to a piping bag with a small round tip and use to draw outlines on the cookies.

Poppy Seed Rugelach

Rugelach, a traditional Jewish treat, can also be filled with chocolate chips, walnuts, arzipan, or fruit preserves.

Makes 24 cookies.
Prep time: 6 hours (includes chilling);
1 hour active

plate of rugelach
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1⁄2 sticks butter, room temperature
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1⁄2 cup sugar
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 1⁄2 cup poppy seeds
  • 1⁄4 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons raisins, chopped
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon zest
METHOD
  1. Cream butter and cream cheese together until fluffy. Add flour, sugar, salt and beat to combine. Form 2 disks, wrap in plastic wrap; chill 4 hours.
  2. In a coffee grinder, grind poppy seeds coarsely then heat in a pan with milk, honey, raisins, and zest. Stir over medium-low until thickened, approx. 20 minutes, then cool completely.
  3. Preheat oven to 325ºF and line two sheet pans with parchment. Roll out dough to make two 12" rounds about 1⁄8" thick, then spread each with half the filling. Use a pizza cutter to cut each round in 12 wedges. Roll up each piece from the wide end, bend in tips to make a crescent. Place on pan, chill 1 hour.
  4. Bake for 40 minutes, switching the pans between oven racks halfway through.
  5. When done, cool cookies on pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks.
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Entertaining? The Co-op makes it easy!

The Co-op is here to make entertaining a breeze! Every department in our stores is stocked with carefully selected items to make your gathering special: bakery, deli, specialty cheese, wine and spirits, produce, meat, and grocery.

Choose from a wide variety of made from scratch, delicious sweets and savories for your next gathering.

From the Co-op Bakery

The Co-op bakery has you covered with all types of goodies from custom cakes to cookie trays.

christmas-themed custom cake with sugar-coated cranberries and clementines
chocolate cake with sprinkles stars zoomed in
christmas cupcakes marshmallow snowman winter decorations

From the Co-op Deli

The Co-op deli-to-go offers trays and entrees to keep your guests fed and happy. Veggie, fruit, cheese, meats, kabobs, sandwiches ... choose your tray! Or, order an entree of your choice that is ready to heat and eat: spinach lasagna, veggie and bean enchilada, chicken enchilada, or vegetable frittata (recommend serving cold). Or you can simply stop by the deli service case or specialty cheese case and choose from our ample selection!

vegetable platter with pita ranch dressing tomatoes broccoli carrots bell peppers cucumbers
community food co-op deli worker clerk

Do It Yourself

Choose from our large array of scratch-made dips and spreads, cheese, charcuterie, olives, crackers, and other goodies to create a finger-food panoply that your guests will love. Need advice on pairings? Just ask our cheese buyers or deli counter staff. We're happy to help! Consider adding a bottle of wine or spirits!

charcuterie salami cheese ale French bread
romesco dip and artichoke parmesan dip with bread and carrots
charcuterie salami and cheese slices and brie

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Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked Goods

by Laura Steiger, Outreach Team

Boys and Girls Club eating green apples eating breakfast cookies

A percentage of every purchase of an Erin Baker’s™ product is donated to the “Help Feed 1 Million Kids Program” that provided 100,000 breakfasts to kids at Boys & Girls Clubs in Washington in 2015. Below, Erin visits kids at the Bellingham club.

We’ve all been there, rushing out the door to work, school, an appointment, or to catch the bus while neglecting breakfast in our haste. In 1994 Erin Baker purchased her first Kitchen Aid mixer and, inspired by her mother’s wholesome baking, set her sights on creating a solution to this common situation—a healthy, grab-n-go breakfast treat.

a healthy, grab-n-go breakfast treat

Erin set up shop in a rented 4-H kitchen, and from those humble beginnings her business has grown to become an impressive local success story. Erin Baker’s™ Oatmeal Raisin Homestyle Granola was featured in Oprah magazine, the bakery was profiled in an episode of Unwrapped on the Food Network, and when flying Delta Air Lines you can nosh on an Erin Baker’s™ Breakfast Cookie included in the airline’s in-flight snacks.

Erin Bakers Breakfast Cookie oatmeal raisin with coffee blueberries and strawberry
From the Cookie Maker

Toast your favorite flavor of breakfast cookie for a delicious toasty treat.

Of course, the Co-op was way ahead of any of those highfalutin accolades—we’ve been fans since the beginning, and you can still buy the full assortment of breakfast cookies and granola (also in bulk) in our stores.

Beyond the delicious, whole-grain treats Erin Baker’s™Wholesome Baked Goods makes in its Ohio Street bakery in Bellingham, there are plenty of other reasons to love this local business—1 million of them in fact.

After learning that many children were arriving at the Whatcom County chapter of the Boys and Girls Club without eating breakfast, Erin established the “Help Feed 1 Million Kids Program.” In 2015, the business delivered more than 8,300 Breakfast Cookie Minis, in colorful kid-friendly packaging, to Boys and Girls Clubs across Washington state and to Homeport Learning Center in Bellingham—that’s 100,000 breakfasts for hungry kids!

But Erin didn’t stop there. Her company also partners with the Mt. Baker Ski Area to provide a free Erin Baker’s™Breakfast Cookie or cup of Homestyle Granola and milk to kids of all ages in Mt. Baker Ski Area’s Winter Ride Program. In addition, 100 percent of the proceeds of all Erin Baker’s™ Wholesome Baked Goods sold at the ski area benefit the children of the Winter Ride Program, providing scholarships and gear to kids who otherwise might miss out.

Just like Erin Baker’s™, the Co-op is passionate about giving back to our local community and increasing access to healthy food for everyone. Next time you’re in the Co-op, stock up on some Erin Baker’s™ Wholesome Baked Goods to help ease your morning rush, and know that with every purchase you are supporting a local business that in turn supports local kids.

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kimchi stew

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.

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Local Vendor Profile: Tortillas Con Madre

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