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Come eat a tasty organic dinner & discuss food justice at an Earth Day Dinner & Film Nite next Wed eve, Apr 25th, at First Universalist Church @ 3400 Dupont Ave So, Mpls.  It’s family-friendly w/ kid activities and child care. Kids will see film about Cesar Chavez while adults watch “The Harvest”.  Starts 5.30pm, Dinner at [...]

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Feb 12-18 Sun-dried Tomato & White Bean Cassoulet. With chard, broccoli and sage. Vegan & Gluten-free. Carrot & Beet Slaw in Mint Vinaigrette. Super dose of Vit A and iron. You may be surprised that kids like this sweet fuschia-colored salad. Vegan & Gluten-free. Feb 19 – 25 Super Green Split Pea Soup. With chopped [...]

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Jan 15 – 21 1) Green Tamale Casserole. Vegan, gluten-free. You asked and you shall receive! The most popular dish of Fall 2011 is back. Presented in a foil loaf pan, this layers beans & chopped kale stewed in a tomatillo sauce with steamed corn tamale dough made from Bob’s Red Mill organic masa flour. [...]

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Lots of lean & green dishes on offer this coming month!  The Green Tamale casserole this week was very green due to tomatillos, collards & spinach mixed into the black beans. You see how you can put collards into everything? It is a super food, remember, so half a cup is more nutrient-dense than other [...]

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THIS SUNDAY Aunty Oxidant (that’s me) and the Little Locavore show ride again! I will be demo-ing healthful salads at the Kingfield Farmers Market, one of the best markets in town! Come see me at 10.30am down at 4310 Nicollet Ave, Mpls. It’s open every Sun 8:30 am -1 pm. I am planning to make — with kids’ assistance [...]

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The Delivered Dishes of the Week, Fireworks Wheatberry Salad and Firecracker Slaw, feature lots of red, white, purple and green — all colors except for blue. I’m getting beautiful fresh chard today from my friend Chris Gamm, who has an organic farm in St Francis. The diced stalks will replace celery in the Wheatberry, and [...]

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Raw zucchini linguine (link to recipe) was a hit at today’s Little Locavore shows! My wonderful volunteers really got into food preparation. We could have spent the entire half hour on that.  But, then we would not have had the chance to enjoy the Zucchini Baton Relay Race or the Aunty Oxidant & Free Radicals [...]

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Today at Little Locavores (Mpls Farmers Market), rascally free radicals (ie, adorable kids) ganged up on a poor adult, who was feeling sick and weak. Why didn’t his body’s defenses fight them off? Because he did not eat enough vegetables or fruits, and therefore had no antioxidants to boost his immune system.  Enter stage left: [...]

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This past Sunday, Little Locavore focused on fresh green (string) beans, with tastings of  green, yellow and purple, both raw and steamed. Volunteers helped me prep them by snipping off the stems with kids’ scissors. They mixed local honey from a market vendor with reduced fat cream cheese for taste-testing raw beans plain and with the spread. [I'd [...]

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Sun’s Little Locavore was a blast!  We played true/false with some little-known facts about Cucumbers and debuted the “Walk Like An Egyptian Cucumber Baton Desert Relay”. Yes, a la Steve Martin. Thanks to Locavores Zander and Everett, Paige, Cameron, and Sienna, Mags, Emily, Josie, Brook and Brin!  After running the desert relay, they showed the audience 4 kinds [...]

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