These parfaits are perfect for breakfast, or even a delicious dessert. To assemble parfaits, layer a clear, tall glass with your favorite P6 yogurt (mixed with honey if preferred), honey-sweetened lemon curd, and honey granola.

Honey-sweetened Lemon Curd

4 Tbsp. unsalted Rochdale butter, cut into small pieces

cup Beez Kneez honey

4 large Schultz egg yolks

2 large Schultz eggs

cup fresh lemon juice (about 6–8 lemons)

1 Tbsp. finely grated lemon zest

In a medium bowl, cream butter and honey until fluffy. Beat in eggs slowly. Pour in the lemon juice and pour mixture into medium-sized, saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until mixture has thickened and becomes jelly-like, about 5–7 minutes. Make sure to pull the pan off the stove before it gets to a rolling boil. It’s done when the curd sticks to the back of the spoon. Immediately remove from heat and stir in lemon zest. Cool and store in the refrigerator.

Honey Granola

2 cups Whole Grain Milling rolled oats

½ cup Equal Exchange nuts, chopped

¼ cup Bergin Fruit & Nut Co. sunflower seeds

3 Tbsp. Beez Kneez honey

2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted

½ tsp. vanilla extract 1 large pinch sea salt

Preheat oven to 300º F. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and use your hands to mix well and toss to coat. Spread mixture in a thin layer on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, until lightly toasted. Cool before serving or storing.

How to Make Natural Egg-Dyes

Ingredients:

Any number of hollowed white eggs
One pot per color of dye
1 Tbsp. white vinegar per cup of strained dye liquid (optional)
Bowls or egg cartons for drying dyed eggs
Paper towels

Don’t be too precious about this process. It’s meant to be fun for you and your kids, so proportions aren’t exact and don’t need to be.

1. Hallow…desired amount of white eggs

Start by gently washing the eggs with soap and water. Take a pin and delicately push it into one end of the egg making a whole about the size of an eraser. Stick the pin in the hole and wiggle it around to break the yolk. Next, make a pin size hole on the opposite end. Finally, empty the contents of the egg into a bowl and reserve in the refrigerator for up to two days. We like to use the egg innards in this two-ingredient pancake recipe.

2. Shop …for the veggies and other items that you’ll use for creating your dyes.

Some of these items can be gathered over the days running up to your egg-dying extravaganza.

• Red cabbage (blue, almost-indigo dye)
• Red onion skins (lavender or red)
• Yellow onion skins (orange or gold)
• Ground or cut turmeric (yellow)
• Red Zinger tea bags (lavender)
• Beets (pink; more of a brownish red the longer you leave eggs in this dye)

Err on the side of more veggie matter rather than less when creating your dyes.

You can use juices and beverages for dying, too.

• Grape juice
• Cooking wine or old red wine
• Leftover coffee
• Juice from pickled beets

Rule of thumb: If you’d freak out upon spilling a certain liquid on a white shirt, then it’s going to make a decent dye. These ingredients may be mixed in any combination for some great effect, too. We encourage you to experiment and see what you come up with!

3. Chop …your veggies and prepare your dyes.

We found that chopping fine, but not too fine, worked best. We used roughly 4 cups veggie matter for 4–6 cups water. Drop the veggies into the water and bring to a boil, turn heat down to low and simmer, covered, for 15–30 minutes. The dye is ready when it reaches a hue a few shades darker than you want for your egg. Finish by adding white vinegar right after simmering.

4. Pop …your eggs in the dye.

Strain the veggie matter out and set your hollowed eggs in the dye for several hours (or even over night). This will result in clean, crisp colors. After removing eggs from the dye, try draping wet onion skins over the eggs for an hour or two to take advantage of the onion skins’ cool patterns. Red cabbage would work as well.

You can experiment also with different amounts of vinegar, too. More vinegar will leave a thick film on the eggs that you can leave on and let dry, making them look gnarly and wonderful. Or you can rub the film away with a paper towel to find interesting patterns beneath, as the veggies and vinegar will soak into different parts of the egg. Dry your eggs in bowls or eggs cartons over night.

In past years, the Twin Cities Area Food Co-ops have participated in the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign, a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches that provides funds, food and educational materials to more than 300 food shelves across the state. Last year the Minnesota food co-ops that participated together raised a total of 126,489.19 lbs./dollars for food shelves across the state, making it the third most successful corporate campaign in the state!

This year campaign’s collaborative efforts include food co-ops throughout the state of Minnesota. This means that co-ops across the state will be running similar campaigns for their communities, and the food drive will make an even bigger impact on Minnesotans!

All donations made at any of Seward Co-op’s locations will go to this month’s SEED recipient: the Brian Coyle Food Shelf. Brian Coyle Community Center’s Basic Needs program offers a choice model food shelf, healthy cultural cooking classes, free produce giveaways, monthly senior NAPS food program, and is working toward expanding its community garden on site. Funding will support the purchase of fresh produce, dairy, whole grains and culturally-specific foods for the food shelf.

Maytag Dairy Farms is expanding its voluntary recall of Maytag blue cheese wedges, wheels and crumbles because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Between Nov. 24, 2015 and Feb. 28, 2016 Seward Co-op may have sold products with lot numbers affected by this recall at both the Franklin and Friendship stores. See list below.

If you purchased any of the above products at Seward Co-op between Nov. 24, 2015 and Feb. 28, 2016, recalled products will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desk. Questions may be directed to Seward Co-op’s Franklin store at 612.338.2465 or Friendship store at 612.230.5595.

Jack and the Green Sprouts is issuing a voluntary recall of its Alfalfa Sprouts and Alfalfa Onion Sprouts out of caution due to illness that is unofficially linked to the sprouts. All tests done for contamination have come back negative. There are no known contaminations. Between Feb. 1, 2016 and Feb. 25, 2016, Seward Co-op sold products affected by this recall at both the Franklin and Friendship stores.

Jack and the Green Sprouts Alfalfa Sprouts – 5 oz. ($1.49/ea.)
UPC: 76324719891

Jack and the Green Sprouts Alfalfa Onion Sprouts – 5 oz. ($1.49/ea.)
UPC: 76324719594

If you purchased the above product at Seward Co-op between Feb. 1, 2016 and Feb. 25, 2016, recalled products will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desk. Questions may be directed to Seward Co-op’s Franklin store at 612.338.2465 or Friendship store at 612.230.5595.

Jack and the Green Sprouts is issuing a voluntary recall of its Alfalfa seeds out of caution due to illness that is unofficially linked to the seeds. All tests done for contamination have come back negative. There are no known contaminations. Between Nov. 27 2015-Feb 25 2016, Seward Co-op sold product affected by this recall at both the Franklin and Friendship stores.

Jack and the Green Sprouts Alfalfa Seeds – bulk item ($17.49/lb.)
PLU: 2604

If you purchased the above product at Seward Co-op between Nov. 27 2015-Feb 25 2016, recalled products will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desk. Questions may be directed to Seward Co-op’s Franklin store at 612.338.2465 or Friendship store at 612.230.5595.

Seward Co-op is issuing a voluntarily recall of its Chicken Italian Sausage Links because they have the potential to contain bone fragment. Between Feb. 3, 2016 and Feb. 24, 2016, Seward Co-op sold the product affected by this recall at both the Franklin and Friendship stores.

Seward Co-op Chicken Italian Sausage ($8.99/lb.)
Links, approximately 1/3 pound per piece
UPC: 00207316xxxxx

If you purchased any of the above products at Seward Co-op between Feb. 3, 2016 and Feb. 24, 2016, recalled products will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desk. Questions may be directed to Seward Co-op’s Franklin store at 612.338.2465 or Friendship store at 612.230.5595.

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Garden of Life LLC is voluntarily withdrawing a Garden of Life RAW MEAL protein powders because they have the potential to contain Salmonella Virchow. Between Sept. 1, 2015, and Jan. 30,2016, Seward Co-op may have sold products with lot numbers affected by this recall at both the Franklin and Friendship stores. See list below.

If you purchased any of the above products at Seward Co-op between Sept. 1, 2015 and Jan. 30, 2016, please return them to either the Franklin or Friendship store customer service desk for a full refund. Various products were offered at a sale price in the time frame that the recall is covering. If you bought the product at a sale price, the Customer Service desk will be able to identify the sale price for the refund. The products that remain on the shelf are lot numbers unaffected by the recall. Questions may be directed to Garden of Life at 1-866-465-0051, Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST. Any additional updates can be found at www.seward.coop/posts/productrecalls .