PROBAR® has issued a voluntary recall on select Meal® bar flavors in 3 oz. packages due to the possible presence of undeclared milk and soy allergens. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk or soy may run the risk of a serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume the affected products. No other PROBAR® products are affected.

PROBAR Meal bar: Chocolate Coconut, Size: 3 oz.
UPC: 853152100346
EXP APR 19 2020, EXP MAY 03 2020
LOTS #s 29109, 29123
$3.19

PROBAR Meal bar: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, Size: 3 oz.
UPC: 853152100322
EXP APR 29 2020, EXP MAY 06 2020
LOT #s 29119, 29126
$3.19

PROBAR MEAL bar: Original Trail Mix, Size: 3 oz.
UPC: 853152100018
EXP APR 29 2020
LOT #29119
$3.19

PROBAR Meal bar: Wholeberry Blast, Size: 3 oz.
UPC: 853152100025
EXP MAY 01 2020
LOT #29121
$3.19

PROBAR Meal bar: Superfood Slam, Size: 3 oz.
UPC: 853152100070
EXP MAY 02 2020
LOT #29122
$3.19

The affected product may have been on Seward Co-op shelves between April 11 and July 11, 2019. There is currently no affected product at either Seward Co-op location. If you purchased this product at Seward Co-op, it will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desks.

Everyone is welcome to Seward Co-op’s first ever Community Dinner on Thursday, July 25, hosted by the Franklin and Friendship stores.

Join us 4-7 p.m. for a $4 wholesome, picnic-style dinner (vegan and made without gluten), live music and activities. Learn about the upcoming Seward Co-op Board of Directors election. Sample from Community Foods vendors and enter a raffle to win Seward Co-op gift cards. We’ll have drinks and desserts available for purchase, too.

The $4 Community Dinner will include three vegan and made-without-gluten salads. We’ll have special deals on drinks and desserts, too! The $4 meal includes:

•Tomato Cucumber Salad
•Kale Sweet Potato Salad
•Summer Vegetable and Chickpeas Salad with Pesto

We’ll have add-ons— like drinks and $1 cookies—in addition to hot bar items like meat.

Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors will be at the event to answer all of your board-related questions. The board is currently seeking candidates for the 2019 board election. Click here to learn more about the board election and how you can apply to be a candidate on our website. To apply, attendance is required at a board meeting this summer July 30 or Aug. 27.

Visit Seward Co-op’s Facebook page to reply to the event and follow us on social to stay in the loop. See you at the co-op!

Franklin store:
2823 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406

Friendship store:
317 E. 38th St., Minneapolis, MN 55409

*while supplies last, seating may be limited

Nourish // East African Cooking from Seward Co-op on Vimeo.

Shegitu Kebede filled her house with the smells of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. She hoped her children would fall in love with cooking. “You’re passing a tradition,” said Shegitu, a former community activist, restaurant owner, and longtime Seward Co-op shopper and class instructor. She moved to Minneapolis in the 1990s as a refugee from Ethiopia and raised her family in the Seward neighborhood. “The Franklin co-op was our everyday store. Now my daughter is a grownup and she works here.”

Shegitu’s recipes have been a pillar of Seward Co-op’s Nourish program for years. Shoppers will often find them on the recipe racks in stores. Shegitu and her daughter, Seward Co-op employee Asnat Ghebremedhin, are working together to reach more Seward Co-op shoppers with tips on eating well on every budget. “I always say that as long as you eat, and we all do eat, why don’t you feed yourself a good meal that you’ll be so proud to prepare?” Shegitu said.

The mother-daughter team is offering Nourish cooking lessons through an online video series. Nourish is a Seward Co-op program offering a needs-based discount, food and wellness staples at a low price every day, recipes, and classes. Shegitu and Asnat cook beef tibs, as well as gomen (greens) and keysir (beets and potatoes) using Nourish recipes— meals that can feed four for $15 or less. The dishes can be eaten on their own or served with injera, rice or pita. Seward Co-op offers injera every day at the Franklin store and on Fridays at the Friendship store.

“All of the dishes are a really good introduction to Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine,” Asnat said. “Beef tibs is a staple. We’d go to the co-op and get our fresh meat and our fresh vegetables and make this dish for us. It’s just an everyday meal.”

Food for Fuel
Shegitu said people eat food for a purpose in East Africa. Ingredients like garlic and ginger do more than add flavor. They’re a way to support your body. Shegitu adds flax to her food and drinks—4 tablespoons a day—to promote hair, skin, joint and digestive health. First, she roasts the raw flax seeds in a pan. Then “when I have a meal, I just grind it and use about two tablespoons over a meal or over my latte. I just throw it in my coffee and drink it.”

Watch Videos
Follow Seward Co-op on YouTube and Vimeo for videos with Shegitu and Asnat as they prepare Nourish recipes that Shegitu developed.

Sign Up for Nourish Classes
Learn basic from-scratch cooking tips and enjoy a meal at our Nourish classes. Healthy East African Cooking is sold out, but a waiting list is open. Register for Nourish 101: Tempeh Tacos here. Learn more about the Nourish program, which includes a recipes, needs-based discounts, and a staples list, here.