Certified Organics
November Organics
When I walk the produce department this time of year I am still delighted and amazed when I look at the different colors, shapes, and textures of the Melissa’s winter squash display. It almost feels like I opened an ancient treasure chest to find a cache of multi-colored jewels.
Cooking with the Kids
Spiced Apple Squash Cups
Here’s something fun for the kids to make that has dessert qualities in a delicious side dish recipe utilizing some of the fall season’s most popular fresh items, apples and hard squash. This recipe uses Acorn Squash because when cut in half it, makes two fairly uniform "cups".
Ethnic Sensations
Pan Seared Ginger Miso Alaskan Black Cod with Cucumber and Daikon Sesame Seed Salad
Black Cod, also known as Sablefish, is the new "it" fish. This rapidly rising star makes its appearance at the acclaimed BLT restaurants in their fish dish extraordinaire-- Black Cod Marinated with Acacia Honey, while the signature dish, Alaskan Black Cod with Ginger Lime Sauce, put Lemon Grass restaurant on the map.
Guest Chef
Guest Chef Michael Cruz
This month’s Guest Chef, Michael Cruz of The Home Depot Center near Los Angeles, contributes a seasonal salad recipe that should come with a warning about the explosion of flavors this dish contains!
To Your Health
Tis the Season for Squash
As the holiday season approaches, people naturally begin to think more and more about food. We see article after article, advertisement after advertisement, talking about the joy of the feast, from preparation to decoration to serving.
