We are continuing with the Memorial Day specials: Local Eggs for $4.50, Mama Chia Squeezes, True Italian Mini-Gnocchi and Blue Moose Pesto—all priced to sell! In addition we are preparing for reduced prices on new stuff which will be completely on the shelves and labeled by Monday, but will be popping out today as they get labeled and stocked! Promotional’s courtesy of the companies!
Good supply of supplements– New line of Pure Essence and Azuryx Gummies!
Come in and visit, check out our ‘Healthy Grocery Store’, great chips and dips, healthy pre-biotic ‘sodas’ and Teas (Teakoe and Seven Teas and Alive GT Dave’s)…and more!
Bee Healthy, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland, WY 82401 (Closed Sunday, M-F 10:00 to 5:30)
We are open Monday, Memorial Day! Stop in and pick up a cold drink, or pick from a variety of good chocolate bars, dried fruits or nuts…Queen Bee Truffles and Honey Caramels, as well as honey sticks…also a good selection of chips and dips.
We got meat–clean and hormone free, all natural and some organic… Mulay’sGerman Franks, Mulay’s and Beeler’sBrauts, whole organic SmartChickens, and Mary’sOrganic Chicken Breasts…and more. (2 chickens are in the cooler ready to cook and the rest are in the freezer.) Beeler’s Quarter Hams are marked 20% off for Monday. Farm Fresh locally raised eggs are back in stock– $4.50/dozen for Monday!
Check out the DiMartino Mini-Gnocchi from Italy and the Blue Moose Pesto for a fast and filling meal–Serve with an Organic Girl 50/50 Salad Mix…Litehouse organic dressings in the cooler section, too. The gnocchi and pesto are marked down for Monday!
Last special items are the Mama Chia Squeezes–normally $1.75 each…for Monday buy a half case of 8 for $12.50! 4 FLAVORS TO CHOOSE FROM–
Enjoy the day! Remember our Veterans and those that serve now!
Hope you all saw the Facebook post! Diane has completed her Natural Product Advisor course at Alive Academy of Natural Health in Canada– Stop in at Bee Healthy and congratulate her! She’d love to help you find just the right product to get your body lined out and working the way it should… 🙂
Produce has been ordered and will be stocked and ready Thursday, May 4th. Washington grown Asparagus, lots of amazing Heirloom oranges (while they last), last of the Cosmic Crisp apples (a Honeycrisp variety) and Japanese Sweet Potatoes... Brussels sprouts, Green Cabbage, Broccoli from the Brassica’s family…Greybull Valley Lettuce and Organic Girl Spinach and ORG Kale. Overstock of Parsley (dry some down!) and new stock of ORG Crimini Mushrooms (bulk–bag your own). And more!
Boxes this week:
Organic GirlBaby Spinach– 5 oz, Greybull ValleyBasil in the clamshell and with roots, Heirloom Oranges, 1# bag of Brussels Sprouts, Taylor Farms ORG Green Beans– 12 oz, ORG Grape Tomatoes– pint, ORG Carrots– 1#, and a Sweet Yellow Onion.– $35
Some notes on your BOX:
Eat your Green Beans as soon as possible. These are washed and ready to cook–anytime a veggie is washed it introduces moisture which can accelerate spoilage. The green beans are easy to sort and trim, easiest cooked in boiling water until tender. They can also be cooked in the cast iron skillet with some olive oil. This gives them a caramelized finish and you get the added benefit of a little iron from your skillet…include some onion, or toasted slivered almonds!
BASIL! What to do with basil? Don’t put it in the fridge–it will spoil and the leaves will turn black. You can try putting it in some water–it has roots–but the shock of being pulled from the comfort of its soil may be too much shock to overcome! Just leave it safe on the counter…
Enjoy basil completely. It is one of the most versatile herbs…Be creative: Chop and add to scrambled eggs or fried potatoes. Throw it in the blender with olive oil, then gradually add finely grated parmesan cheese…pour over cooked pasta. (We have some wonderful Mini-gnocchi from Italy at Bee Healthy–$3.52 for 500 grams– that’s over a pound!). If you are not getting through the basil quick enough, cut the branches and scatter the plants on a cookie sheet and let them naturally dry down, or speed them up at 225 degrees in the oven. (Once Basil is crunchy dry, lightly crumble into a jar and put the cap on in a day or two…)
Organic or not? We prefer organics, but sometimes we order conventional…That seems like a flip-flop, but I think it is a little bit of common sense and practicality. Wilted or spoiled ‘organics’ have very little food value to our health…but neither do produce heavily laden with chemicals. As we can’t test every piece of produce, we rely on our knowledge of farming practices, and the guidance of the EWG (Environmental Working Group) who test fruits and vegetables for chemical residue. Their findings are known as the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15.
Dirty Dozen list includes Strawberries, Spinach, Kale and Collard Greens, Peaches, Pears, Nectarines, Apples, Grapes, Peppers, Cherries, Blueberries, and Green Beans. We will make every effort to buy organic those items on the Dirty Dozen list. However, that said, our personal knowledge of a grower and their principles will trump organic certification. We purchase our Peaches, Pears, and Nectarines in the fall direct from Fowers Orchard in Utah. Fowers Orchard, like Lloyd Craft Farms, use organic practices and in conversation with them they limit chemicals used to a last resort. Raspberries come direct from Riverton. From July through September, and into November with the stored items, we stock locally grown Lloyd Craft Farms veggies. OMRI rules allow organic growers to use chemicals. Albeit, diluted and without limitation to the amount of applications…So…USDA Organic does not mean NO chemicals. Our own growing practices (and buying practices) exceed what the government even allows! Let’s EAT Healthy 2B Healthy!…Choose Beyond Organic!
To your health… come and shop produce on Thursday, sign up to pick up boxes put together to make your veggie shopping easier, and enjoy the other healthy options in our store! Information will be posted on how to join the Lloyd Craft Farms CSA–assure a variety of fresh veggies throughout the summer, locally grown!!
Fresh produce in this week! Delivered, sorted, bagged, tagged, and ready to go at 10:00 am Thursday at Bee Healthy. Remember we have great supplements, other healthy foods, nice guilty free snacks and drinks, essential oils and diffusers, salt lamps, teas, and more!
We are into Week 16 of our Buyer’s Group which goes to the end of June! The seasonal produce production is a little delayed with still a lot of goodies coming from Mexico and the domestic markets being impacted by rains and colder than normal spring weather. We continue, with Spokane Produce’s assistance these last two weeks, to make every effort to provide you quality produce. This week the Red Bell Peppers are conventional–not my preference–but the quality of the organics were poor and Spokane made an executive decision and sent the best in the warehouse!
Boxes this week:Greybull ValleyGreenleaf Lettuce, 2 Avocados, ORG Baby Bok Choi, ORG Ginger Root, ORG Green or Red Cabbage, Broccoli Crowns, ORG Cucumber,Red Bell Pepper, ORG Rainbow Mini-Carrots, ORG Red Potatoes-2#, and the last of the Lloyd Craft FarmsOnions— $35
This week’s box is Brassica strong!– Cabbage, Broccoli, and Baby Bok Choi (a type of Chinese cabbage). The Red Potatoes seem a little out of place but are a good source of potassium and can provide a fast meal any day of the week! (Potatoes want to grow this time of year, so don’t tuck them in a dark cupboard and forget about them!) Besides stir-fry, Bok Choi can be lightly cooked with strip steaks in the cast iron skillet…Google a recipe, there are many. Cabbage is young and tender in the spring and can easily be shredded for a tasty coleslaw–just add onion and red bell pepper, use your favorite mayo. Lots of salad options in this box!
What exactly does Brassica mean? Brassica’s are a large plant family, also known as cruciferous vegetables. They encompass Broccoli, Cauliflower, Romanesco, all sorts of cabbages…Napa, Bok Choi, most Asian Greens, Brussels sprouts…radishes and turnips, and kales…In the south–Collard Greens! Brassica’s in the Rocky Mountain region do not normally like HOT weather, so they do best in the cooler springs and early falls. Spokane Produce provides Brassica’s all year round as they are popular, important for our health, and grown in a variety of places.
SO, WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH BRASSICA’S?
According to the National Institutes of Health-– Brassica’s prevent oxidative stress, induce detoxification enzymes, stimulate immune system, decrease the risk of cancers, inhibit malignant transformation and carcinogenic mutations, as well as, reduce proliferation of cancer cells. Brassica’s are a good source of dietary fibre and have something that no other fruits or vegetables contain, namely glucosinolates, which not only provide protection against cancer but are also able to kill the cancerous cells. Brassicas contain high levels of vitamin C, A, E, K, as well as folate, calcium, iron, potassium and phosphorus.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TO INCLUDE IN OUR DIET! Stop in and pick up your box or shop our fresh produce, and other great healthy choices for healthy living! Bee Healthy, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland….
Eat fresh, eat healthy…Greens (lettuce, spinach, kale, cilantro), broccoli and Romanesco, Rainbow carrots and cliptop carrots, celery, fennel bulbs and Crimini button mushrooms (bulk—buy a handful or a pound), and red beets. Roma tomatoes and a couple pints of heirloom cherry and pear tomatoes, and Grape tomatoes.Cosmic Crisp apples and heirloom oranges, lemons, garlic and onions, yams and Japanese sweet potatoes. New box of Red Potatoes. Fresh Rosemary (an ounce or two), pound of jalapeño peppers for Poppers! Large selection of dried fruits and nuts, such as ORG Medjool dates, ORG Walnuts and Brazil Nuts.
Thursday Special Boxes, Group A:Greybull Valley Greenleaf lettuce,Avocado, Apple and Oranges, Baby Bok Choi and Ginger root, 8 oz Snap Peas, 12 oz Mini-Rainbow carrots, Green Onions, and Zucchini—Stir Fry recipe with basic instructions.
Lots of other great stuff at Bee Healthy! Foods of all kinds, Tea corner with Coffee options, Herbal powders and supplements, Bryant Honey and Queen Bee candies and candles, Essential Oils and diffusers, Aloha Bay Salt Lamps and candles/melts, and Artisan made jewelry from Janice Jordan of Hyattville.
Just got a call from Spokane Produce and they are down a truck– We’ll have the Special Boxes for Group B ready for Pick Up at 10:00 am Friday morning, instead of Thursday.
Box this week:Greybull Valley Garden Fresh Salad Mix, Heirloom Oranges and ORG Cosmic Crisp Apples, Romanesco (green geometric cauliflower type), ORG Celery, ORG Cucumber (if quality cuts it this week), ORG Orange Bell Pepper, ORG Rainbow Carrots, ORG Red Onion, ORG Japanese Sweet Potatoes— $35
Sweet Potatoes are an easy meal–cut into chunks and bake in a covered dish in the oven, or fry like potatoes in the cast iron skillet. They are not in the potato family (Nightshade) but actually a member of the bindweed or morning glory family…that makes sense when you see the above ground vine. The Japanese variety, Murasaki, are purple skinned and a light yellow flesh. They are not as sweet as the Garnet yams we sell at Bee Healthy, and if overcooked can be dry. (Yam is a nickname for sweet potatoes.)
Cosmic Crisp is a registered trademark, a variety from the Honeycrisp and Enterprise Apples. The large, juicy apple has a remarkably firm and crisp texture. The other fruit this week is the Heirloom orange– the real deal from the past…they make good juice.
Romanesco are fun and eye appealing! Flavor is similar to the cauliflower, but with its own tweaking…steaming is easy, but they can be sliced and roasted as well. They are dense by nature and hold their shape for many types of preparations.
Easter Hams in stock! BEELER’S Iowa Heritage Duroc Pork, All Natural, No Hormones, Uncured, No Nitrates or Nitrites except for that naturally occurring in Sea Salt and Celery Powder, No Antibiotics, No Casein or Gluten Feed, Vegetarian Fed, No Gestation Crates…Humanely treated…Does that check all the boxes? (LOL)
Do not be disappointed when you step in to Bee Healthy Thursday for your box of veggies and fruit and the box is just a dull and drab cardboard brown…the excitement (and RED) is INSIDE! All but the salad mix and some of the carrots are ‘red’…read on….
Box contents this week:
Greybull ValleyGarden Fresh Salad Mix, 2 ORG Red Pears, ORG Red Cabbage, bundle of ORG Red Chard, ORG Red Radishes, ORG Red Bell Pepper, ORG Roma Tomato, ORG Rainbow Carrots– 2#, ORG Red Beet, Red Onion, ORG Red Potatoes– 2#– $35
…make sense? The RED this week is primarily the color of the veggies: Red and purple! In nature, these colors attract pollinators and help the plant to survive or protect itself. In people, veggies and fruits high in red, purple, and blue colors contain what is known as anthocyanin…a flavanoid, polyphenol, phytochemical in our food that are powerful antioxidants that can promote antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anti-obesity effects, as well as the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)…From National Institute of Health, a government agency. (Anthocyanins also provide neuroprotection–protect nerve cells!)
*The veggie in the box that is highest in anthocyanin is Red Cabbage, double duty for our health…anthocyanin rich and a Brassica (superfood family of broccoli, cauliflower, AND cabbage. Kale is a Brassica, too.). From Eatthe80.com: Red cabbage is one of those with a great dose of Vitamin C, making it an antioxidant-rich, immune booster. In comparison to green cabbage, red cabbage contains 10x more vitamins, cancer-fighting flavonoids, and a winning amount of antioxidants which improve eye, teeth, bone, & immune health.
*Red Beets contains betalains, which are as powerful of health food as those with anthocyanins. Red Beets and Swiss Chard are in the same family with Spinach. From Grocery.coop: In fact, chard is basically a beet that has been bred to have fat, juicy stems and big leaves instead of channeling most of its energy into big roots. Some ancient Sicilians who loved beet greens are credited with creating the plant.
*Swiss Chard contains chlorophyll, lycopene and β-carotene. (Carotene is high in orange carrots, red carrots are high in anthocyanin.) From Medical News Today:Chard contains 3 times the recommended daily intake of vitamin K and 44 percent of the recommended amount of vitamin A. This vegetable can help to combat cancer, reduce blood pressure, and enhance performance in sports. (Vitamin A from foods is superior to Vitamin A supplements!)…Check out last week’s post for more information on how to prepare Swiss Chard–cooked or as a salad!
Aside from the focus on anthocyanins in this post… Remember we have the regular veggies and fruits in store with the addition this week of ORG Cosmic Crisp Apples ($3.50/#), ORG Bok Choi, ORG Fennel bulbs (3), ORG Oyster Mushrooms (6), and Washington state grown ORG Asparagus (11 bundles)– Come check out FRESH Produce THURSDAY @ BeeHealthy, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland–
Box Folks: Remember 10% off Bee Healthy purchases with your BOX!
Rainbow Chard is not one plant with rainbow colored leaves, but different varieties of Swiss chard with the leaves sorted and bundled. Swiss chard is an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin K and a good source of vitamin C and magnesium. Swiss chard also contains the antioxidants beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. (Lutein and zeaxanthin are often in eye supplements.) 100 grams of chard will give you 3 times the amount of vitamin K you need per day. You’ll get more than 20% of your daily doses of vitamins C and A.
Swiss chard may be more nutritious when cooked. You can saute it alone or add it to stews, salads, stir-fries, frittatas, pastas, and more. Consider this fast and easy way to include cooked chard as a side-dish: cut off the stems and cover the leaves with water in a saucepan on the stovetop–cook until tender, drain, and cut into squares to serve individually with a little vinegar.
Below is a recipe for a Swiss Chard salad. You can use your cucumber from the box, and pick up the other ingredients at Bee Healthy: Red beets, dried cranberries and shelled raw sunflower seeds. For the dressing you’ll need olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and maple syrup. (Bee Healthy has a true maple syrup– no additional sweeteners, or high fructose, just organic maple syrup from Maple Valley Cooperative in Wisconsin. Dark & Robust, US Grade A.— $15.83/pint)
4a. SWISS CHARD SALAD
(Recipe by Hilah cooking at hilahcooking.com)
Serves 4
Swiss chard can easily be ribbon cut and added to any salad, but the beauty of this recipe is the chard is softened by letting it sit for 15-20 minutes–this breaks down the tougher fibers in the leaves. Excellent flavor–recipe is a keeper to make over and over.
Ingredients:
3 cups chopped Swiss Chard
4 t. olive oil
2 t. red wine vinegar or cider vinegar
2 t. Lemon juice
2 t. maple syrup
Salt and pepper, a couple of shakes each
1 c. diced cucumber
1 small beet, sliced thinly and slices cut into quarters (raw)
½ c. golden raisins or dried cranberries
¼ c. toasted sunflower seeds
Directions:
Cut the stems out of the chard and put them back in the refrigerator for making hot dog stir-fry later. Stack the chard leaves and roll them into a tight cylinder. Cut the cylinder into ¼” slices, giving you long chard ribbons. That’s called a chiffonade!
Put chard into a large bowl and add oil, vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, salt and pepper, and toss to coat the chard.
Add everything else and toss.
Let it sit 15-30 minutes to get the chard leaves softened. Eat it and be the healthiest person you know.
EAT HEALTHY to BE HEALTHY– BEE HEALTHY, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland, WY. 82401. M-F 10:00 am to 5:30 pm; SAT 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Produce and Meats, Teas and CBD’s, Supplements and Personal Care items, Gifts and Essential Oils, good healthy snacks and drinks! Stop in and check it out!
Dakota 100% Grass Fed Natural Beef–uncured Corned Beef Brisket. As we prefer at Bee Healthy, the meat has no added hormones, no antibiotics, is gluten free, no MSG, no nitrites or nitrates. 3 in stock and ready for Friday’s St Patrick’s Day meal– We stock Organic Cabbage, too! (Directions for cooking: Preheat oven to 225 degrees, rinse meat and place in a deep baking pan. Add seasoning packet and cold water to cover meat to 1-2 inches. Cover pan tightly and cook for 12 hours.)
Wikipedia helped me to understand corned beef’s significance in history and our American culture. A little aside– When my daughter was going to school in Chicago I went to visit one week in March…in Chicago they color the river running through the middle of the city GREEN for St Paddy’s Day!
Below is information gleaned from Wikipedia:
“Saint Patrick’s Day
In the United States, consumption of corned beef is often associated with Saint Patrick’s Day.[19] Corned beef is not an Irish national dish, and the connection with Saint Patrick’s Day specifically originates as part of Irish-American culture, and is often part of their celebrations in North America.[20]
Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish immigrants in the late 19th century.[21]Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage. A similar dish is the New England boiled dinner, consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which is popular in New England and another similar dish, Jiggs dinner, is popular in parts of Atlantic Canada.
Corned beef, or salt beef in some of the Commonwealth of Nations, is salt-curedbrisket of beef.[1] The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called “corns” of salt. Sometimes, sugar and spices are added to corned beef recipes. Corned beef is featured as an ingredient in many cuisines. ”
STOP IN AT BEE HEALTHY FOR YOUR MEATS AND OTHER WONDERFUL, HEALTY GOODIES! 10:00 to 5:30 Monday-Friday, 10:00 to 5:00 Saturday, 635 Big Horn Ave– WORLAND!
Dakota 100% Grass Fed Natural Beef–uncured Corned Beef Brisket. As we prefer at Bee Healthy, the meat has no added hormones, no antibiotics, is gluten free, no MSG, no nitrites or nitrates. 3 in stock and ready for Friday’s St Patrick’s Day meal– We stock Organic Cabbage, too! (Directions for cooking: Preheat oven to 225 degrees, rinse meat and place in a deep baking pan. Add seasoning packet and cold water to cover meat to 1-2 inches. Cover pan tightly and cook for 12 hours.)
Wikipedia helped me to understand corned beef’s significance in history and our American culture. A little aside– When my daughter was going to school in Chicago I went to visit one week in March…in Chicago they color the river running through the middle of the city GREEN for St Paddy’s Day!
Below is information gleaned from Wikipedia:
“Saint Patrick’s Day
In the United States, consumption of corned beef is often associated with Saint Patrick’s Day.[19] Corned beef is not an Irish national dish, and the connection with Saint Patrick’s Day specifically originates as part of Irish-American culture, and is often part of their celebrations in North America.[20]
Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish immigrants in the late 19th century.[21]Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage. A similar dish is the New England boiled dinner, consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which is popular in New England and another similar dish, Jiggs dinner, is popular in parts of Atlantic Canada.
Corned beef, or salt beef in some of the Commonwealth of Nations, is salt-curedbrisket of beef.[1] The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called “corns” of salt. Sometimes, sugar and spices are added to corned beef recipes. Corned beef is featured as an ingredient in many cuisines. ”
STOP IN AT BEE HEALTHY FOR YOUR MEATS AND OTHER WONDERFUL, HEALTY GOODIES! 10:00 to 5:30 Monday-Friday, 10:00 to 5:00 Saturday, 635 Big Horn Ave– WORLAND!
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