2/22 Shares, & Sprouts recipe

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Feb 19, 2014, 4:32:14 PM2/19/14
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What a week!  Crazy all day snowstorms, to sunny 40 degree days today.   We hope that you are out enjoying this sunshine.  ;)

Shares for the week include some amazing portabella mushrooms.  Have you ever made stuffed mushrooms?  While you can stuff them with virtually any combination of rice, beans, lentils, cornmeal, cheese, spices, veggies, (and even leftovers...)  here's a good recipe outline:

Order your shares at www.ediblealchemyfoods.com/order, or mobilly at eae.ecwid.com.  Cheese is back in stock, eggs, yogurt, and great prices on organic beans, grains, legumes, and organic almonds.

In this issue, check out the following updates:
:: Share Contents for 2/22
:: Upcoming Playshops
:: Pickled & Preserved Underground Dinner 2/28
:: Volunteer for Chiditarod March 1!
:: One Earth Film Festival : sustainable food & agriculture films & more!
:: Easy Sprouts Recipe

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Produce Share Contents 
1 lb parsnips from Genesis Growers, St. Anne, IL
1 lb red beets from Genesis Growers, St. Anne, IL
1 square pea sprouts from Urban Canopy, Chicago
1 lb norland red potatoes from Nichol's Farm, Marengo, IL
1 lb portabella mushrooms from River Valley Ranch, WI
1 head bok choy from CA 
1.25# perfect circle greenhouse tomatoes from Perfect Circle, Iowa
1 bunch cilantro from CA
.6 lb garlic from CA 

Fruit Share Contents 
1.5# honeycrisp apples from Ellis Family Farms, Benton Harbor, MI
2# fair trade bananas from Peru
2/3 lb Mandarin Quat from CA

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:::Upcoming Playshops & Events:::

Some of you expressed interest our other kimchi classes, underground dinners, & body care classes. Here's the full list!  Visit ediblealchemyfoods.com/playshops to register and to read more info.  A whole bunch of new dates have been added - come and get your learn on!

//Edible Alchemy Underground Dinners\\
Pickled & Preserved 2.28.14  7:30 pm
$50 5-course meal with drink pairings
$35 5-course meal

Upcoming dates: Friday, March 18  &  Friday, April 18

//Creative Kimchi\\  with Andrea Mattson $30
Saturday March 8 2-4pm
Monday april 21 6-8pm
Thursday may 1 6-8pm
Saturday may 3 2-4pm

//Asparagus Pickle Party\\
Saturday May 24 1-3pm
Thursday May 29 6-8pm
Sunday June 1  1-3pm

//Strawberry Jam Session\\
Sunday June 8   10am-12:30pm
Friday June 13 6-8:30pm
Saturday June 14 1pm-3:30pm

//Spring Organic Bodycare\\
Sunday April 13 1-3pm
Sunday May 4, 12-2:30pm
Friday May 9 6-8:30pm
Thursday May 15 6-8:30pm

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Pickled & Preserved 2/28  
Edible Alchemy Underground Dinner 

We've been stocking our pantry all year long with jars and jars of summer harvest goodness, and are going to break out the best of them for you!  We'll integrate our famous preserves, pickles, sauces, ferments, vinegars, herbed liquors, hot sauces, and dried fruits into scrumptious bites for your palate.

Join us. Friday February 28, 2013
@ Eco Collective: 2042 W 21st Street (Not place!)
dinner at 7:30pm
$50 for 5-course dinner with drink pairings
$35 only the 5-course dinner
RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1baLoGw

//Menu:
Specialty Canapés (jams + goat cheese + crackers + dehydrated flax + MORE!!!)
Sauerkraut + Kimchi + Vinegar + Honey + Sourdough Bread with Miso Soup
Pasta + Pickled Mushrooms + Whipped Garlic + 3 Types of Sauces + Local Butter 
French Croissant + Creme Fraiche + Orange Saffron Marmalade + Candied Orange 

//Drinks: 
Kombucha Mocktail
Warm Sake Cocktail
Peartini
Ginger Beer - brewed fresh for you!

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Volunteer with Chiditarod Sat March 1!

Chiditarod is an amazing way that this fun family gets to give back to the
Greater Chicago in a very very important way... to help feed the hungry! Read more at chiditarod.org.  Chiditarod 9 is still in need of some awesome volunteers for Saturday March 1st.  The day is fun, the day is EPIC, the day is filled with silliness and philanthropy.

There are several different ways to volunteer:
helping EA serve breakfast to the hungry masses
helping rock out the starting line
helping at a checkpoint.

Time commitments vary, but really you'll want to have fun with us all day
long from morning till night.  if you are interested in any of these, or don't care and just want to help,  please email lizcam...@gmail.com

For breakfast volunteering: http://bit.ly/1aAhMSM

MUSH!

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One Earth Film Festival! March 7-9

We would like to invite you to attend and participate in post-film group dialogue for (mostly FREE!) screenings of a number of sustainable food and agriculture films at the upcoming 3rd annual One Earth Film Festival. As someone passionate about the emergence and growth of alternative food systems, we thought some of the following films (and the post-film discussions we have organized) would appeal to you and potentially your friends, family, network, and community constituents.


Some of the sustainable food/agriculture films in this year's program include:


NOTE! Seating is limited - registration strongly advised!

Besides the above, there are about 2 dozen other film screenings -- some related to this topic area -- as well as in other topic areas -- that are also rich and inspiring, and almost all are free. We invite you to attend as many as interest you -- and to spread the word about the above film event, as well as the One Earth Film Festival overall. To see the complete schedule of films, including a handful of dynamic pre-screening events beginning in mid-February -- please visit oneearthfilmfest.org.

Here is some information about the One Earth Film Festival:
3rd Annual One Earth Film Festival:  30 inspiring films, one dynamic weekend!
March 7-9, 2014, at more than 2 dozen locations in Chicago and near-West suburbs. The Midwest’s premier environmental film festival drew over 2,000 viewers last year, is produced by Green Community Connections, and features 30 films on topics such as food, water, waste, conservation, energy, and activism. Come explore, whether you are already committed to environmental action or just learning about sustainability. Enjoy post-film discussions and activities with topic experts to glean additional insights and get practical advice for taking next steps. Transformative films include “GMO OMG,” “Blackfish,” “More Than Honey,” “Harmony,” and more.  Plus, engaging children’s films. One Earth Film Festival films are almost all FREE, and promise something meaningful for everyone — adults, teens, families and children. Sponsors and volunteers also sought!  Visit oneearthfilmfest.org.  Follow on Twitter: @OneEarthFF. Like on Facebook: facebook.com/oneearthfilmfest.
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Easy Sprouts!

Sprouting is a great source of nutrition- and an easy, cheap, protein and B-vitamin source for vegetarian diets.  As seeds and beans sprout, they begin replication of proteins and nutrients to grow their plant bodies.  Eating sprouts gives us humans a huge nutrient boost, not to mention, they’re raw, crisp, and delicious.

BEANS or SEEDS: any beans will do, but lentils, mung beans, or other small beans will go fastest.  Broccoli, kale, leek, wheatgrass, barley or other sprouting seeds are also possible with this method.

SPROUTING JAR:  Find a 24 ounce or larger glass jar with a wide-ish mouth.   Ball Mason jars work really well:  cut a piece of screen to fit the inside metal canning ring, but not pop through.  You can also fit this with a small amount of cheesecloth.  If the jar doesn’t have a ring, stretch cheesecloth or a tightly woven cloth (no terry cloth) over the mouth with a rubber band or large twist tie.

SOAK!  Dry beans and seeds will expand by 3x-4x once soaked & sprouted.  Start with ¼- ½  c of dry beans in a glass jar.  (you can increase if you wish!) Cover with 4x amount of water & soak for 12-24 hours.  Drain through the cloth or mesh. 

RINSE!  Cover beans with water, swish around, and let drain. Repeat this every 12-24 hours, depending on temperature (hot weather calls for more rinsing, while cold weather less).  Rinsing helps to re-moisten the growing babes, as well as remove bacteria that start to decay the beans.

DRAIN: After rinsing, store your jar upside down in a bowl, at an angle, so that excess water can drain off.  Sprouts sitting in water will begin to rot.

EAT!:  Once you see small tails poke out of the seeds, you can begin to eat your sprouts.  Continue rinsing and draining, as the sprouts will continue to grow- and remain edible even as the 2 large true leave


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