 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
Dear Co-op Members, Vitamins were shipped. Please call if you did not receive yours. Organic garden seeds order forms should be in your bags today. Call if you did not get one. What's coming in the order? email (Tues. for Wed./Thurs. groups; Thurs. for Sat. groups): Send your name and your coordinator's name to janit@verizon.net to get on the list. Know anybody? Englewood, Green Brook, Nyack, Sparta & Staten Island pods need a few folks. We will mail your friends a brochure. New groups forming in Blairstown and Milford (near Pa.) need folks. (Bonus program on back!) Pequannock needs a coord. ($40 disc. when pod is full.) This week, we have NY ecologically grown Empire apples and organically grown: red onions Floridaeggplant, tomatoes and zucchini, California baby bok choi, broccoli, carrots, romaine lettuce, Navel oranges and parsley, Washington Bosc pears, green peppers andbutternut squash from Mexico and bananas from Ecuador. Please call ASAP with quality questions. Fruit shares are getting blueberries, the rabbiteye variety that has tiny edible seeds, Honey tangerines, a honeydew melon and Gala apples. Fruit shares are $20 each, three or more to the same pod, $17. New orders, CANCEL or confirm by Monday 9 am. Most fruit share people get a fruit share every time; please call to cancel if you do not want your fruit share. If you reported problem mangoes, you are getting kiwi or red pears. Dividing instructions are in the manila envelope sent with each delivery. Dividers, please be vigilant about quality and call us right away so we can get credit from suppliers.Please get an ok from the office if you think it best notto give out an entire case of something. Always get an ok from the office before you divide two of something if the dividing instructions don't say to divide two cases, two bags, etc. How to make a Special Order: Call the office on Monday of your order week. Pay for your special orders by giving your coordinator a check before the delivery payable to Purple Dragon. Write the item and coordinator's name on the check front. Or mail to us, with For Deposit Only on it. FEBRUARY/MARCH Specials (Please call by Monday to order; Bionaturae pasta, organic, 11 lbs. fusilli, penne OR spaghetti, white OR whole wheat, $25. Spelt pasta, organic, 10 lbs. angel hair or shells, whole grain only, $33. Capers, 2/$10. Chocolate chips, org. 10 oz. 2/$10 Carob chips, dairy free, vegan, 10 oz. 3/$12 Rapadura sugar (rec. by Sally Fallon,) 24 oz. 2/$10 Sugar, raw, org.*, 25 lbs., $30. Lima sea salt, unrefined, 7 oz. 3/$10 Cafix European grain “coffee” crystals, 7 oz. $5 Rapunzel baking yeast, 5/.28 oz., $5 Whole wheat flour, organic, 5 lbs. $5. Prunes, org. $6/1 lb. Blueberries, wild, dried, org., $9 per 1/2 lb. Green split peas, org., 5 lbs. $5. Nature’s Gate skin therapy moisturizer, 2/18 oz. reg. $16 SALE! $6 (save $10!) Stuffed grape leaves* (vegan), 4.4 lbs. $17. Great hors d’oeuvre—about 50 pieces. Organic rolled oats, 5 lbs., $5. OR steel cut, $8.25 Org. Thompson raisins, 5 lbs., $15; 1 lb., $5. NJ wildflower honey, 5 lbs., $15. Orange honey, great deal! 5 lbs., $15. Vegetarian broth powders*: Vegetable, chickenless or beefless, 1 lb. $10. Great soup bases. NEW! Organic vegetarian broth powders*: Vegetable or chickenless, 1 lb. $15. Crystallized ginger, organic, 1 lb. $7. Yum! HOT org. crystallized ginger, 1 lb. $7. Organic fruit leathers, assorted flavors, 24/$10. Pine nuts, organic,for pesto, etc.$12/lb. No peeling apple or tomato sauce with a stainless steel food mill, 3 disks, $30. Peanut butter, organic, 3 lbs./$12 smooth or crunchy, + or – salt, or + salt + sugar (sm OR new cr) Peanut butter, organic, 9 lb. tub, crunchy or smooth, no salt, $30. Yin chiao herbal remedy for colds & flu, gan mao ling for when its in your chest, 2/$10. Vegan soap bars, 2/$5; 12/$25: oatmeal-lavender-herb. Jin bu huan,herbal sleep aid, 2/$5. Dead sea bath salts, unscented, super deal! 5 lbs., $20; 10 lbs., $35; 25 lbs. $75. Evert-fresh bags, 10 small, $4; med., $5., large, $7.Veggie scrub brushes, 1 lg. /$5. Rapunzel org. oil, 25.4 oz.: safflower, 2/$20. organic olive oil, 2/25 oz., $20. Best- Purple Dragon Co-op: 289 Washington Street, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 Copyright © 2005 Janit London/ New Program: Earn $20 toward special orders when you refer a friend who joins the Co-op, and, in six months, if both of you are still in the Co-op, you each get $20 to spend on special orders. Co-op Classifieds: Does anyone know of a good quality, reasonably priced place to get pictures framed? (973) 429-0391 janit New book, "All About Motherhood: A Mom for All Seasons and Other Essays" by co-op member Kathryn E. Livingston, available now at www.iuniverse.com (click on Bookstore). Perfect Mother's Day or any day gift for moms! $10.95, softbound. Help Wanted: Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop, 46 E. Palisade Ave. Englewood (201) 569-3322 Email: scoopshop@aol.com Att: Wayne and Gregg Help! Moving to small apartment and must find new home for friendly indoor-outdoor tuxedo cat. Cat has shots & health ins.! & I will help pay his maintenance! Kim (201) 993-4275 2005 Delivery Schedule, Thursdays, Feb. 24; Mar. 10 & 24; April 7 & 21; May 5 & 19; June 2, 16 & 30; July 14 & 28; Aug. 11; closed 21-27; Sept. 1, 15 & 29; Oct. 13 (our apologies for this; we think the weather will allow people who cannot pick up on Yom Kippur to pick up the following day; please call if you have an insoluble issue) & 27; Nov.10 & 22 (Tues.); Dec. 8 & 22. FEBRUARY organic coffee specials (shade tree grown, kosher): Brown Sugar,Bolivian coffee in a Full City roast with Ethiopian in a French roast: a magic love potion with caffeine; a strong cocoa finish, medium body and very flavorful; $40 (reg. $45); OR Brown Sugar decaf, 5 lbs., $45, (reg. $50.) Whole bean or ground, roasted when ordered. 12 oz. foil packages (last a year:) Catskill Mtn. blend (French & Full City roast,) Zanzibar (dark roast,) or Cup o' Joe (Amer. roast), 1/$8; 3/$21; Rip van Winkle decaf or Go Nuts Hazelnut, 1/$9; $3/24. (All avail. in 5 lbs. for $45/$50) Natural Pest Solutions: Moths in your kitchen? Pheremone traps for meal moths, in-cabinet, 2/$9 ea., 6/$25; last 16 weeks; live mouse traps, $5. Special Order Organic/Eco Produce Items (Prices this week): We can special order almost anything — call! almonds, $10/lb. or 2/$18; apples, ecologically grown, 20 lbs., $25; 38 lbs., $40; apricots, dried Turkish, 1 lb., $5; avocadoes, 6, Hass, $10; carrots, 25 lbs., $20.;sweetened tart driedcherries, not org., 1 lb., $10., cashews, not org., 1 lb., $7; driedcranberries with sugar, $8/lb.; dates, Medjool, $7/lb.; coconut date rolls, $4/lb. or 2/$7; non-fertile eggs, 5 dz., large, $18.; figs, calmyrna, 1 lb., $6., garlic, 1 lb., $6; 2 lbs., $10; ginger, 1 lb., $8; raisins, Thompson, 5 lbs., $15., 1 lb., $4; onions, 3# yellow, $5.; maple syrup, dark, 1 qt. (plastic,) $15 ea.; pecans, not org., 1 lb., $6, 2/$11; pine nuts, $12/lb., potatoes, 5 lbs., $5; prunes, 1 lb., $6; raisins, 1 lb., $5; 5 lbs., $15; short grain brown rice, 5 lbs. $6.25.; fancy rice blends, 1 lb., $3.; walnuts, 1 lb., $8 or 2/$15. Non-produce items: baby food grinders-$12; portable; puree regular food for baby; Bac Out stain & odor eliminator, 2/16 oz. bottles, $10; Evert-fresh bags, 10 bags, small, $4; med., $5., large, $8; chopsticks, bamboo, 10 prs., $2; purple & pink floral, lacquered, 12 prs.; $15; stainless steel food mill, 3 disks, applesauce, etc. $30 (no peeling!,) organic cotton grocery bags, Purple Dragon logo, $15 each or 2/$25. 15 bags-$11 each; 30+, $10 each, (two pairs, one to drop off and one to carry veggies home;) cobalt blue glass mugs with etched PD logo, 12 oz., $15; Miracle pulp-ejecting juicers, 1. plastic, $100 (reg. $125,); 2. fancier model takes blender attachment, $150 (reg. $175;) 3. stainless, $300 (reg. $325.); coir bristle veggie brushes quickly clean carrots and potatoes instead of peeling, $5; Aqua Belle water filters, (www.geocities.com/aqua bellemfg,) highest quality, $90; replacement cartridges last two years, $35 (compare this to other systems!) fluoride-removing, $125; cartridges, $60; shower filters, (for soft, chlorine-free water,) $50; wood care polish, natural scent, 8 oz., $7.50. RECIPES! Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ PurpleDragonCo-op for recipes, help with challenging veggies and chat. Thanks to Wendy Kelly, Teaneck pod. Bok Choi Stir
Fry Saute onion, zucchini and cut up meat or tofu in olive oil in a large skillet until browned. Add 2 cups of water and bok choi stems. Add 2 TBS. soy sauce, 1 TBS. honey, 2 cloves pressed garlic and ½ tsp. grated fresh (or dry) ginger. Stir. Add bok choi leaves. Cover. When just tender, adjust seasoning and serve. If needed, add more water while cooking to make enough sauce to flavor your rice. Garnish with a small handful of raw cashew pieces.
|
Newsletter Archives:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
