Lloyd Craft Farms Fresh Produce, Locally Grown

What a MONDAY! Produce is ordered and will be delivered Wednesday, God willing…Boxes will be ready Thursday at 10:00 a.m., God willing!

Box this WEEK: Greybull Valley Produce Garden Fresh Spring Mix, Organic Rainbow Swiss Chard, Organic Strawberries– 1 lb, Organic Mini-peeled Carrots– 1 lb, Organic Cucumber, Organic Grape Tomatoes– 1 pint, Organic Zucchini, Lloyd Craft Farms Sierra Blanca (white) Onion, Organic Garnet Yams— $35

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:

1. 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!
2. Put chard into a large bowl and add oil, vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, salt and pepper, and toss to coat the chard.
3. Add everything else and toss.
4. 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!

Group A this week! Anticipated Box Contents: Greybull Valley Butterhead Lettuce, 1# Organic Strawberries, Broccoli Crowns, Organic Celery, Organic Taylor Farms Green Beans (ready to cook!), Organic 1 pint Cherry Tomatoes, Organic 1# bag Mini-Peeled Carrots, Lloyd Craft Farms Sierra Blanca White Onion-– $35

Other news: New entrees of Kevin’s Naturals! Bee Healthy has carried the Cilantro Lime Chicken, meal for 2, serve over rice or noodles if you prefer, less than $6 a serving! NOW–we have added Thai Coconut Chicken and Teriyaki Chicken--These are top-notch and so beneficial…reasonably priced for our 16 oz serving size. We have Kevin’s in the cooler for a quick lunch, or the freezer for later in your week. (Most Kevin’s Naturals on-line are the same price OR MORE for 7oz package!)

** My daughter Liz and I had an unexpected opportunity to sample more of the Kevin’s Naturals in January while snow-bound (more like wind-bound) in Rawlins! Could not wait to get home and order the new varieties!

In the Freezer Section–More Beeler’s Pork! In addition to their Brauts, Bacon, Breakfast Links, and Breakfast Sausage, we now have Maple-flavored Breakfast Sausage!

Also, one of the best Kielbasa I’ve tried (Polish sausage- Pederson’s)– we cook ours and add Wildbrine or Bubbie’s Sauerkraut, OR slice some fresh cabbage, steam with the meats and slightly brown or caramelize—hmmmmmm

And a wide selection of Mulay’s Pork— Bratwurst, Mild Italian Sausage or Links, and their Nana’s Original Italian Sausage— no antibiotics ever, raised on small family farms, no sugar or nitrates.

In the meat’s section we have Applegate sliced Black Forest Ham and Herb Turkey for your sandwiches. Check out the Food for Life and Silver Hills sprouted wheat breads (lower gluten), Dave’s Killer breads, and Wheat Montana in stock when we make the trip to Billings (all wheat, higher gluten), Rudi’s Sourdough bread, and the Northern Bake House gluten free breads….more gluten free coming with our Friday truck…

Bilinski’s Italian Style Chicken Sausage with Peppers and Onions– no casing or antibiotics,

And Tender Belly Spicy Habanero Bacon! Meets our expectations for healthy meats!

Mary’s Free Range, Organic Chicken, air chilled, boneless/skinless Breasts–Raw and Ready to Cook! (Disappearing quickly!)

Smart Chicken Whole chickens– natural, air-chilled, no added water, grain-fed, raised without antibiotics, minimally processed, no artificial ingredients. One chicken is in the cooler ready to fix for your dinner tonight or tomorrow (10% off Monday or Tuesday) and the others are in the freezer.

Have we got the FISHES! Blue Hill Bay Smoked Seafood—Wild Alaskan Sockeye, ready to eat! Canned Wild Planet Wild Sockeye Salmon and Albacore Wild Tuna and Wild White Anchovies (in Extra Virgin Olive Oil) and Tuna Chorizo Wild Tuna with Spices in the 3 oz pouches. Other fish selections: Sustainable Seas Chunk Light Tuna, Natural Sea Chopped Wild Clams, and Crown Prince Sardines. Consider ordering your fish in a case and save 10%…a real savings with the cost of fish going up due to federal restrictions implemented the last 2 years and affecting the viability of the small boat fisheries.

Stop in and shop! Good healthy food options, supplements to help realign your health or its stresses, a wide selections of teas (bulk and bagged), dried fruits and nuts, and lots of other healthy options!

Bee Healthy, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland–M-F 10:00 am to 5:30 pm AND Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm–

Beautiful Day! But still below freezing–amazing what a little sunshine does for the spirit!

This week’s Boxes: Greybull Valley Spring Mix– 5 oz, Del Monte Pineapple, Broccoli Crowns, ORG Cucumbers, ORG Red Bell Pepper, ORG Roma Tomatoes, 2# bag ORG Red Creamer Potatoes, 12 oz ORG Green Beans (ready to cook), and Sierra Blanca White Onion from Lloyd Craft Farms— $35. GROUP B

New stuff in the store…in anticipation of Easter Baskets we have stocked:

—Kid’s essential oil roll-ons (Uplifting, Bedtime, Clearing, and Focus) and Bubble Bath and Fizzy Bath packets from Aura Cacia (not pictured–but a 4 pack, too), NOW Sleepy Puppy diffuser with Essential Oil Blends for Kids.

–Great line of NOW Chewable Vits, Cal, DHA, and Berrydophilus (good flavor, kids love them!).

–Small Aloha Bay USB Salt Lamps (4 different designs) and planet and pyramid full sized, too!

–For the sweet tooth: Chocolove bars, Stretch Island fruit leather, Pamela gluten-free Cookies (Chocolate Chip and Lemon), Trail Mixes and Bagged Nuts, Panda Licorice, Gimme Seaweed in sea salt or lime, Queen Bee Gardens Honey Caramels (a dozen flavors!).

—Colored Pencils (and some journals and coloring books for the older kids), Reflective Stickers…

—Gary the Snail candle from Queen Bee and Rainbow Sphere candle from Aloha Bay, Melts for the joy of scented candles without the flame.

–Polished stones and rocks from Rock Paradise, bags and polished Spheres.

Come and check out the expanded Aura Cacia Aromatherapy Bath Packets in all kinds of scents for all ages! A nice soak is warming and good for the spirit this time of year! Bee Healthy, M-F 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 635 Big Horn Avenue, WORLAND–

Prices honored Saturday through Wednesday– March 4 – 8

FRESH FRUITS/VEGETABLES—-OVERSTOCKED!  (PRICED TO MOVE!)

Mandarin Peelz tangerines

(great before you go to bed snack)—     $4.75/ 3#

Green Giant Brussels Sprouts—    $3.75

Greybull Valley Green Leaf Lettuce

(with the root for freshness!)—    $3.25

ORG Red Bell Peppers

(sweet and amazing!)—    $3.25 each

ORG Cucumbers

(good size and firm)—   $1.99 OR 2/$3.50

ORG Zucchini —   $1.75 OR 2/$3.00

Thursday is fresh produce day and pick up for the Buyer’s Group. This week’s box contents are listed below….as well as some comments and suggestions!

BOX CONTENTS:

Greybull Valley Produce Spring Mix (mixed lettuces, cut up, 5 oz), Heirloom Oranges, Brussels Sprouts– 12 oz, ORG Sweet Pepper Pouch– 1#, ORG Roma Tomatoes– 1#, ORG Cucumber, ORG Zucchini– 1#, ORG Rainbow Carrots– 2#, and a white Sierra Blanca onion from Lloyd Craft Farms...$35

Let’s talk about the value of organics— We think the value of organically raised vegetables is high, but freshness and quality are always entered into the equation, as well as cost. In our experience organic usually tastes better, costs are reasonable on most items compared to conventionally grown, having lower levels of chemicals in our food is important for our overall health, and how we use the food is a consideration.

For example, I may buy conventional lemons, but if you are juicing them in your Vitamix–peel and all–I’d want you to have organic! I would love to supply you with organic Brussels Sprouts, but not for $5.00 more! Conventional green cabbage is cheaper, but we think the new harvest in organic has one of the best flavors! Greybull Valley and Lloyd Craft Farms are not certified ORGANIC with the USDA, but we know the farmers as they are local and the produce is locally grown. They freely talk of what their growing and harvesting practices are, and heavy chemicals are not one of them! (We use Environmental Work Group’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists for help in making a judgement.)

Come in and shop! We are produce, healthy groceries, rock and stone jewely (as well as Artisan made earrings from Janice Jordan in Hyattville), locally made notecards from Jodi, a tea corner, bagged powders and herbs, and a broad wall of supplements…not to mention the Aloha Bay Salt Lamps and incense and candles! Monday-Friday, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday,10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland, WY.

Order has been placed for our fresh produce…time will tell whether it is Thursday or Friday! We are into Week 8, Group B for the Buyer’s Group. You will get a text if pick up is delayed a day. 🙂 And don’t forget about 10% off all items in Bee Healthy the day you pick up your Box–

BOXES THIS WEEK: Greybull Valley Green Leaf Lettuce, 3# bag of Mandarin Peelz, ORG Cucumber and ORG Green Bell Pepper, Brussels Sprouts, ORG 2# bag of Rainbow Carrots, ORG Clove of Garlic, ORG Red Onion, and ORG 5# bag of Yukon Potatoes— $35

Last week a lovely person popped into our store. After spending some time taking in the surroundings she said, “I love your grocery store!” Hmmmm…I didn’t really think of Bee Healthy as a ‘grocery’ store, but she was right! We are groceries with fresh produce, refrigerated sauerkraut, sprouted wheat breads (and a gluten-free line), pork brauts and sausages as well as fresh local ground beef, chickpea hummus and almond hummus, nuts and dried fruits, dill pickles with no preservatives and great crunch, sea salts and Himalayan pink, canned fish and frozen smoked salmon – ready to eat! We encourage folks to read ingredients–we do!

Maybe next week someone will come in and say, “I love your gift shop!”, or “I love your tea shop”, or “I love your natural pharmacy”…Bee Healthy is so much more! Come and Visit!– Monday through Friday, 10:00 to 5:30, and Saturday, 10:00 to 5:00.

Snow is absolutely beautiful…stay away wind… 🙂 We have ordered the produce for this week, Thursday Buyer’s Group A, Week 7–

Boxes this week:

Greybull Valley Greenleaf Lettuce, 3# bag Mandarin Peelz, ORG Green Cabbage, ORG Italian Parsley, ORG Red Bell Peppers, ORG Grape Tomatoes, ORG Cucumber, ORG Carrots, ORG Red Onion or Lloyd Craft Farms Sierra Blanca White Onion, and ORG Garnet Yams– $35

Ideas for the cabbage? Perfect Cabbage Burgers weather! Make it easier by purchasing frozen roll dough and letting it thaw overnight. Cook hamburger and chopped onion, with salt and pepper, and add the thinly sliced cabbage. Cover and cook while you prepare the dough. I put 2 thawed rolls together and roll them out in a nice circle. Fill with a generous spoonful of the slightly cooled filling, pinch or tuck and roll to make your cabbage burger. Place in preheated oven (350 degrees or thereabouts) on a greased cookie sheet, and cook until browned. (Roughly 20 minutes…) Add more nutrition by including grated carrot and/or a little chopped celery or bunch of parsley. We serve hot with a slathering of butter and a salad on the side. YUMMY!

Salad fixings?– Greenleaf lettuce, bell pepper, grape tomatoes, cucumber, grated carrots, red onion…You can always pick up a baby spinach at Bee Healthy to fill out your tossed salad. My favorite dressing is balsamic vinegar and a little olive oil, with dried cranberries and slivered almonds (or sunflower seeds…) for a topping. One of our favorite fresh salads is grape tomatoes cut into quarters, halves, or sliced, and mingled with sliced or chunked cucumbers, thinly chopped red onion, and a little vinegar and oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Warning! Do not let your parsley get tucked away in the fridge and forgotten! Parsley and celery are nutrient dense and have good cleansing and healing properties– If you are not sure how to use it fresh, or don’t want to risk wasting it, then dry it. Spread on a cookie sheet and leave on the counter for a few days, turning the fronds to help them dry evenly. If you want to speed it up, place in warm oven (225 degrees to 325 degrees) and let it dry. Once dry, remove the leaves into a jar by sliding the stem through your fingers. I’d leave the jar open for a day to assure their is no moisture to cause molding.

To your GOOD Health– enjoy simple foods! Bee Healthy to be happy– Monday through Friday, 10:00 to 5:30; Saturday 10:00 to 5:00. We stock produced all the time–best selection on Thursday, with the Box pick ups. Interested in getting a box weekly or twice a month? Sign up at Bee Healthy, 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland– Stay warm!!

We are into our Box Program with Weekly Fresh Veggies! This week, 2 of our members had family emergencies and have asked that we sell their boxes– So here is the schpeel!:

Fresh Produce, All ORGANIC (except for the Lloyd Craft Farms onion which is organically grown but not certified)–

Organic Girl Baby Spinach (5oz tub), ORG Fuji Apples, ORG Green Bell Pepper, ORG Snap Peas (8oz), ORG Zucchini (2), ORG Grape Tomatoes (pint), ORG Celery (YUMMY!), ORG Green Onions, Sierra Blanca White Onion, and ORG Baby Potatoes (1.5#)– $35 AND 10% of any purchases at Bee Healthy with the purchase of the box!

Call 347-2766 to reserve, or stop in to pick it up! 635 Big Horn Ave, Worland….

PS– We have other fresh produce, lots of supplements and healthy groceries, too! Valentine goodies, too!