New Pi Eats

Make it Local

30 Jul 2011 1 Comment

by New Pi Eats in Brunch, Snacks Tags: #eatlocal, blueberries, breakfast, Eat Local, Kalona SuperNatural, liquid breakfast, mint, peaches, smoothie, yogurt

So you want to enjoy the best of summer? Try something refreshing, healthy, and LOCAL. Monday kicks off our Eat Local Week at the Co-op, August 1-7. Stop in either store to make an Eat Local promise, and be entered to win New Pi gift certificates. Why the heck not, eh?

I mentioned in my last post that we define local as produced in Iowa or within 250 miles, which includes parts of the surrounding states. This time of year, with these kinds of options, eating local’s just the way to go.

Coming up in the August eCatalyst, out in email/our website on the first, Genie’s made a great list of local meal suggestions from dawn till dusk (including this recipe I’m providing here). Shop close, shop environmentally friendly, and shop tasty. Local’s where it’s at.

I’m big on preserving summer’s bounty for winter (I might have just bought a new chest freezer…), and my favorite way to do that is freezing, because it’s so easy and quick. The last couple summers my family’s gone blueberry picking together and then frozen bags and bags of the tasty things. And the Missouri peaches from the Co-op are so good I might need to make some freezer preserves this year. Man, this is a tasty time of year.

Here’s one for the first thing out of bed in the morning:

Local Smoothie

1 c. Kalona SuperNatural yogurt

1 c. local blueberries

1 1/2 c. ripe Missouri peach slices

a couple mint leaves

local honey, if desired

Whiz it all up in a blender or with a stick blender, taste and alter as you see fit, and enjoy! What a great morning or afternoon pick-me-up.