Theo Chocolate is issuing a voluntary recall on three-ounce sea salt 70-percent dark chocolate bars with lot code 3092529 due to an undeclared milk allergen.

Theo Chocolate 3 oz. Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate
Lot code: 3092529
Best-by date of 1/2020
Price: $3.79
UPC: 8 74492 00325 8

No affected product is currently available at Seward Co-op stores, but it may have been sold between Dec. 29, 2018, and March 29, 2019.

If you purchased this product at Seward Co-op, it will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desks.

We’re looking ahead to 2019, which will feature our first year of Community Choice SEED grant recipients. Our selection process for our 12 yearly SEED recipients is entirely staff-led, with the majority of cashiers serving on the committee. Show your support to our front-end staff by rounding up at the register throughout the year!

Here are our 2019 SEED grant recipients and the months during which they’ll receive funds. There will be one Community Choice recipient each quarter.

January: Mental Health Resources (Community Choice)
Mental Health Resources’ Seward Community Support Program (“CSP”) drop-in center on Minnehaha Avenue provides healthy snacks, meals, and health mentoring for 400 neighbors who are recovering from serious mental illness so they can thrive physically and mentally.

February: Cultural Wellness Center
The Dreamland Co-Café, a project of the Cultural Wellness Center, will create a blend of Culinary Heritage, self-love, and business incubation for African American food entrepreneurs in a cooperative and supportive environment that will allow us to reconnect, rediscover and reinvent the culinary traditions of our past.

Come sit around the “farm table” at the Seward Co-op Creamery Café and learn more about the Cultural Wellness Center 6-8 p.m. Feb. 19. Enjoy a meal designed by Creamery Café staff and inspired by this work, with ingredients sourced from Community Foods producers. Tickets are limited and may be purchased via Eventbrite.

March: Soup for You Café
Soup for You provides free, healthy, organic meals to all members of our community, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. We build community one bowl at a time.

April: Sexual Violence Center (Community Choice)
Sexual Violence Center, a nonprofit rape crisis center in Minneapolis, provides free support services to individuals impacted by sexual violence in Hennepin, Scott, and Carver counties. Funds from this program will help us build a gender-neutral bathroom in our office.

May: Appetite For Change
Appetite For Change advocates for food justice and economic development in North Minneapolis, with SEED funds supporting our Youth Training and Opportunity Program and our policy and advocacy work through Northside Fresh Coalition.

June: Urban Strategies, Inc./Green Garden Bakery (Community Choice)
Green Garden Bakery youth, supported by the nonprofit Urban Strategies, Inc., grow vegetables in their urban garden, bake them into healthy vegetable-based desserts (vegan and gluten-free), and market them using sustainable practices. We sell the desserts for “pay-what-you-want” and donate our
proceeds back into our community.

July: Isuroon
Isuroon is dedicated to building support for Somali women and girls social connectedness and self-sufficiency so that they can lead healthier, more productive lives in Minnesota and globally. SEED funding will be used in support of a culturally-specific food shelf that provides support for social connectedness, dignified service and healthy foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, to any person in need.

August: Southside Services, Inc.
Southside Services supports adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities to become increasingly active, contributing members of their community.

September: Dream of Wild Health
Dream of Wild Health is a Native American-led nonprofit farm that provides leadership programs for Native youth. Dream of Wild Health grows indigenous seeds and foods and supports Native youth in advocating for a healthy community.

October: Village Financial Cooperative
Village is establishing a loan fund to disrupt the predatory financial market; establishing a Black-led credit union, filling the void of accessible and affordable banking; and providing cooperative development for emerging co-ops in North Minneapolis.

November: Sabathani Community Center
Sabathani provides food, clothing and housing to 26,000 neighborhood residents each year in South Minneapolis. We feed the chronically poor, those on disability or chemical dependent individuals and families. Sabathani Community Center has been providing basic
needs services for nearly fifty years.

December: Open Arms of Minnesota (Community Choice)
Open Arms cooks and delivers free meals tailored to meet the nutritional needs of individuals living with life-threatening illnesses. They also serve the children and caretakers of those living with illness, free of charge.

Come sit around the “farm table” at the Seward Co-op Creamery Café and learn more about the Cultural Wellness Center, our February SEED recipient.

The Cultural Wellness Center is working on a new project that will create a blend of culinary heritage, self-love, and business incubation for African American food entrepreneurs.

Their new café space will be a cooperative and supportive environment focused on reconnecting, rediscovering and reinventing the culinary traditions of our past.

Enjoy a meal designed by Creamery Café staff and inspired by this work, with ingredients sourced from Community Foods producers.

Three-course dinner: $40

Non-alcoholic beverage pairing: additional $7

Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for purchase.

Click here to purchase tickets now.

The Seward-made Hot Link sausage captures flavors of the growing season—with Anaheim, serrano and padrón peppers from Sin Fronteras Farm & Food in Stillwater, Minnesota, and pork from Peterson Craftsman Meats in Osceola, Wisconsin. Both are local Community Foods producers.

Harness fresh, local pepper taste this winter by using the Hot Link as a chili starter. Below is one of our employee’s takes on super-spicy, super-tasty chili that gets its zing from the Hot Link. The Hot Link is available now at the Meat counter.

Hot Link Chili with Seward-Made Sausage

Ingredients
7-8 large tomatoes, halved and roasted
1 large red onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
Hot peppers, minced, to taste (jalapeños work)
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. unsweetened chocolate
1 bottle beer (substitution: 1 1/2-2 cups stock)
1 Tbsp. cumin
6 Tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. coriander
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
Ancho chili paste (details below)
32 oz. beef stock
2 or 3 slices bacon, chopped
1 ½ – 2 pounds ground meat (1 lb. lean ground beef and 1/2 lb. Seward-made Hot Link, which is what makes this recipe HOT!)
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans (or substitute pinto)

Optional toppings: lime juice, sour cream, green onions, cilantro and/or shredded cheddar cheese

Method
Render the bacon, remove from pan. Brown the meat, remove from pan. Soak three dried ancho peppers for up to 30 minutes, remove their seeds and ribs, then puree with olive oil as needed to make a paste. Roast tomatoes by placing cut side down on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Drizzle with olive oil and salt, cook in 400-degree oven for about 15 minutes. Sauté onion, garlic and peppers of your choice to create the base of the chili, at least 10 minutes. Combine all ingredients listed above, except for meat and beans, and let this broth simmer for about an hour.

Then, add the browned meat, cooked bacon and beans. Add additional chili powder and chocolate, to taste. Cook for two more hours on low. Finish with lime juice. Garnish with sour cream, green onions, cilantro and/or shredded cheddar cheese.

This winter, we’re featuring classes on food-mood connection, soap making, fermenting vegetables and more. Seward Co-op owners save $5 on registration.

Click the links below to register.

Intro to Soap Making
Jan. 16, 6-8 p.m., Franklin store
Learn soap making from one of Seward Co-op’s most popular soap vendors! In this demonstration class, students will be shown soap making using the cold process method. Each student receives an instruction manual and takes home five bars of soap ($25 retail).
John Hanson, Seward Soap
$30/$25 co-op owners

Nourish 101: Beef Stroganoff
Jan. 22, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Friendship store
Nourish 101 classes feature basic scratch-cooking techniques and recipes that feed a family of four for under $10 ($15 with meat). We’ll make beef stroganoff, a simple and classic comfort food.
Jessica Toliver, Jess Delicious
$5; Receive a $5 gift card at the class!

A Perfect Bowl of Soba
Jan. 24, 6-8 p.m., Franklin store
Have you made Japanese Dashi stock before? Let’s learn to make dashi stock from scratch and cook soba to make a delicious bowl of Soba noodles with Kakiage tempura and mushrooms. This tried and tested recipe is from Tanpopo Noodle Shop, a Japanese restaurant that was once located in Lowertown St. Paul. You will be able to recreate flavors from Tanpopo after this class.
Koshiki Yonemura and Benjamin Smith, Tanpopo Studio
$35/$30 co-op owners

The Skinny on Fat
Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m., Friendship store
We get a lot of mixed messages about fat: “fat makes you fat,” “eat fat to lose fat,” “saturated fat gives you heart attacks,” “saturated fat is the key to hormonal balance.” No wonder everyone is confused about fat! Culinary nutritionists Jenny Breen and Jesse Haas are teaming up to tackle this controversial topic. Join us for a conversation about the nutritional myths and truths surrounding fat in our diets. We’ll also prepare and enjoy recipes featuring cooking oils, nuts and seeds, and other fat-rich foods to help participants put this information into action. Bring a notebook…and your appetite!
Jenny Breen and Jesse Haas
$30/$25 co-op owners

Gyoza: Japanese Dumplings
Jan. 31, 6-8 p.m., Franklin store
At this class we will share the skill of delicious and savory dumpling making: mixing, rolling and shaping the dough; stuffing the filling, and preparing the homemade ponzu sauce. Locally sourced ground pork is mingled together with Napa cabbage, garlic chives and ginger to make the flavorful fillings. Then these beautifully shaped dumpling are pan fried to perfection.
Koshiki Yonemura, Tanpopo Studio
$35/$30 co-op owners

Nourish 101: Chicken Noodle Soup
Feb. 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Friendship store
Nourish 101 classes feature basic scratch-cooking techniques and recipes that feed a family of four for under $10 ($15 with meat). We’ll make a cozy pot of chicken noodle soup.
Jessica Toliver, Jess Delicious
$5; Receive a $5 gift card at the class!

Food as Medicine: Your Food and Mood Connection
Feb. 12, 6-8:30 p.m., Franklin stor
You are what you eat. Learn about foods that impact your anxiety, depression, stress, and inflammation as well as principles for healthier eating using a lecture format. Take control of your health and be able to make food choices to help balance your mood. In this class, you will describe how food affects your mental health, understand how to eat foods to balance your mood, identify your own food rules, and gain understanding about how stress and inflammation affect your body.
Monica Peterson, LICSW
$25/20 co-op owners

Blending Herbal Teas
Feb. 14, 6-8 p.m., Franklin store
In this workshop participants will meet 15 everyday tea herbs that are useful for a variety of nourishing and system-supporting functions. We will delve into the characteristics of these herbs, where they work in the body, how to blend them with other herbs, and how to prepare an herbal tea. You will take home some tea! This workshop is open to participants of all income levels: to make alternative arrangements with the instructor, please email arogosheske@seward.coop.
Monarda Thrasher, Tea for the People, LLC
$15/$12 co-op owners

Intro to Soap Making
Feb. 20, 6-8 p.m., Friendship store
Learn soap making from one of Seward Co-op’s most popular soap vendors! In this demonstration class, students will be shown soap making using the cold process method. Each student receives an instruction manual and takes home five bars of soap ($25 retail).
John Hanson, Seward Soap
$30/$25 co-op owners

Nourish 101: Fermenting Veggies with Pickle Witch
Feb. 28, 6-8 p.m., Friendship store
Nourish 101 classes feature basic scratch-cooking techniques and recipes that feed a family of four for under $10. Learn the basics of fermenting in a hands on workshop that will teach you to turn almost any vegetable into a nutritious, delicious, fermented pickle. Bring your own container to take your ferment home!
L. Kling, Pickle Witch
$5; Receive a $5 gift card at the class!

Important Class Information
Please preregister for all classes (including free classes) online. For assistance with registration, please visit Customer Service. Walk-ins are welcome as space allows, but Seward Co-op may cancel classes if there are fewer than three preregistered attendees. In this case, participants will be notified and given a full refund. Payment must be made at time of registration. To ensure a refund, cancellations must be made 48 hours before the class date.

New Fee for Nourish Classes
New in 2019, Nourish classes have a $5 registration fee, with participants receiving a $5 gift card at the class. Scholarships are available by contacting arogosheske@seward.coop. We hope this change will make classes accessible to the largest number of people in our community by reducing no-shows at our free classes.

Check out Classes & Events Calendar to see everything we have in store this winter.