Author: Tim Bratton

Cheese, Uncategorized

Indulge Local: Marin French Cheese

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“From our Marin French Cheese family to yours, we extend our heartiest congratulations for your 30 years of success. We’re honored to be a part of your business and applaud the goodwill you’ve built in the community, all while staying true to your roots!” – Marin French Cheese

For nearly 150 years Marin French Cheese has been operating in Marin County.

Founder Jefferson Thompson started making deliciously fresh artisan cheese using milk from his dairy cows in West Marin and shipped it ..read more

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Produce, Uncategorized

Five Easy Juice and Smoothie Recipes for January.

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We believe in starting the year healthy, which means we’re challenging you to get your greens in! We’ve teamed up with our friends at Earthbound Farms and Jazz Apples to bring you five easy juice and smoothie recipes for January.

*For juices: we recommend juicing the individual items and then combining the juice afterwards according to the recipe. This is how you’ll achieve the perfect ratios for a great tasting drink!

For smoothies: add ingredients to a blender. Secure the blender lid ..read more

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Butcher, Meat, Produce, Uncategorized

10 Recipes to Bring Back the Crockpot

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If you haven’t dug up grandma’s old crockpot yet, you’re missing out! Really though, the crockpot is this amazing cooking tool that let’s you set it and forget it. Why did it ever go out of style? Though not all of these are the complete “dump & go” recipes everyone’s been raging about, we think the little bit of extra prep work is so worth it!

1. Broccoli Beef

See recipe here.

2. Bolognese Sauce with Sweet Potato Spaghetti

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Produce

Green Juice with BroccoGreens

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With these cold mornings, most of us just want to wake up to a hot cup of coffee, but we also have to remember to stay healthy. With the stress and calories that come with the Holidays, the best way to start your morning is with an energizing green juice. We’ve recently started experimenting with BroccoBabe BroccoGreens (chopped broccoli leaves) in juice recipes and immediately fell in love. You can basically switch any juice recipes that call for leafy greens, such as ..read more

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Produce, Uncategorized

California Avocados in the Winter

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As you may have noticed—it’s a bit challenging to find California grown avocados in the Winter. The famous California Hass avocado peak season generally runs from Spring through Fall. The last time you’ve enjoyed a delicious California avocado was probably last October and other avocados just aren’t the same! Don’t worry, California avocados are back. This time of year is when the Bacon, Fuerte, Lamb Hass, Pinkerton, Reed and Zutano varieties grow. Read more about the different varieties here.

Our Produce ..read more

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Cheese, Produce, Uncategorized

Lemon Zest Beet Crostini

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A bright, healthy and zesty appetizer dish for your next party!

Ingredients:

4 Medium-sized beets (we used golden beets) 2 Baguettes sliced (1/2 inch thick) Head of roasted garlic cloves Extra-virgin olive oil 1 pack (5 oz) Chevre Honey Goat Milk Cheese 8 oz Cream cheese Grated zest of 3 lemons Salt and pepper to taste.

Directions:

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Uncategorized

Graham Cracker Toffee

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We were searching high and low for a toffee recipe that was achievable by just about any novice home cook. We found a Graham Cracker Toffee recipe by Maggie Battista and fell in love. It’s so easy, you don’t even need a candy thermometer! “It’s less toffee and more a delicious hack of graham crackers, butter, and sugar.” But don’t let that deter you, it’s still full of flavor and simply delicious. Present this at your next holiday party, and it’ll ..read more
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Bakery, Specialties

Soft & Chewy Gingerbread Men

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Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too. Come on, it’s lovely weather. For a sleigh ride together with you. Gingerbread Men are our favorite cookies to make and decorate this season. We tested out this awesome vegan recipe by Post Punk Kitchen and loved it! We made a few little changes—the  biggest one being swapping out the molasses for maple syrup, we did this simply because we figured more people have maple syrup on hand than molasses. If you’re ..read more

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Strawberry Santas

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A Strawberry Santa recipe to entertain the grandkids on Christmas morning! Give each grandkid a piping bag and let them make their own Strawberry Santas. Maybe this will keep their hands out of the cookie jar 🍪.

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Gluten Free, Specialties, Uncategorized

Gluten-free Baking Made Easy with Cup4Cup

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Our friends at Cup4Cup are helping us make your gluten-free Holiday baking a piece of cake. First time baking gluten-free? No worries tough cookie, you’ve got this! Did you know you can use Cup4Cup flour to replace all-purpose flour cup for cup (1:1) in most traditional recipes for cookies, cake, biscuits, muffins and more? Cup4Cup makes changing your favorite recipes to gluten free versions as easy as possible.

Tips & Tricks Because the holidays are really all about the cookies, Cup4Cup’s Chef Allie ..read more

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