This recipe for Maple Cranberry Almond Scones makes for a great Saturday morning breakfast! Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup oil 1/3 cup maple syrup (plus more for glaze) 1/4 cup cold water 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract 1/2 cup dried organic cranberries 1/4 cup sliced roasted organic almonds Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Make a well in the middle and add oil, maple syrup, water, vanilla and almond extracts. Stir until just blended (about 30 seconds). Fold in cranberries and almonds. Drop by large spoonfuls onto cookie sheet sprayed with oil (shape with hands). Bake for about...
Allgood Provisions now supplies the Boise Co-op with certified organic, earth-friendly snack foods.
Since 1973 the Boise Co-op has come to be relied upon to provide its customers with a thorough assortment of eclectic items and products from both local and international vendors. With a permanent eye on ecological impact, environmentally friendly and healthy alternatives, the Boise Co-op allows customers to shop with conscious.
Last August, the UK proposed introducing a ‘fat tax’ to combat the increase in obesity. Researchers at Oxford University and Nottingham University claimed that a 17.5% VAT on unhealthy food could save up to 3,200 lives a year. Besides encouraging consumers to purchase healthier foods the tax could be used to subsidize the cost of more expensive, healthy foods. More recently the Chalmers University in Sweden found that putting a tax on meat would result in reduced consumption. A tax of €60/ton of CO2-equivalent would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from European agriculture by 7% and would also reduce beef consumption by 15%. The study also found that if the land made available by decreasing meat and dairy production was used...
Allgood Provisions is pleased to announce that Vallergas Market in beautiful Napa, California now carries our line of organic snack foods. Stop by and grab some organic Almonds roasted with sea salt before you tour one of the many beautiful vineyards in the area. For more than 60 years, Vallerga's Market has built its reputation as "Naturally the Best," providing ripe produce, choice meats, fresh seafood, and a variety of gourmet products. You might think we would be content to rest on those laurels. But we know it’s not 1947 anymore. Vallerga's Market is one of the most contemporary markets in Napa, focusing on the time-saving needs of today's customers and families. We also feature the best organic produce...
The staff of Allgood Provisions was recently recommended an excellent book that we would would like to share with our loyal customers. Go Green Get Lean: Trim Your Waistline with the Ultimate Low-Carbon Footprint Diet was a great read that provided us with a large amount of insight into how consumers can choose healthier choices for both body and planet. Below is brief description of the book, you can also click on the links to learn more, check it out! "Over the past 20 years, America has been steadily marching toward obesity through a diet that is more drenched in fossil fuel than any nutrient. Not only have our eating habits turned us into an increasingly unhealthy society, but the...
