Co-op Recipe Blog

This is a compilation of recipes submitted by Good Tern Co-op customers, members, staff, and vendors.

Additional resources from National Co-op Grocers, grocery.coop, and Nutrition for ME can be found below.

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Cooking in Season: Cauliflower & Kohlrabi

Learn how to cook in season with Cauliflower and Kohlrabi! Good Tern Member Lois Anne shares a few of her favorite ways to cook and prepare these members of the brassica family.

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Cooking In Season: Squash

Squash soup is a favorite this time of year. Good Tern Member Lois Anne shares one of her all-time favorite recipes, which was printed on page 7 of the December 3, 1990, Free Press. She is happy to share it with you here exactly as it was first published with her notes added in italics.

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Cooking In Season: Kale

Learn how to cook in season with Kale! Good Tern Member Lois Anne shares a few of her favorite ways to cook and prepare kale.

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Homemade Pesto

Good Tern member-owner, Lois Anne, shares her favorite tips, tricks, and ingredient variations for making your own delicious pesto at home.

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Pickled Fiddleheads

Tips from the UMaine Cooperative Extension for pickling fiddleheads

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Heiwa Tofu Chocolate Truffle Torte

This recipe uses locally made Heiwa Tofu as an ingredient in this tofu chocolate truffle torte.

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Tootie’s Tempeh Braised Tempeh

This recipe uses locally made Tootie’s Tempeh as an ingredient in this braised tempeh.

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Whipped Smoked Dulse Goat Cheese Recipe

This recipe uses Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Applewood Smoked Dulse as an ingredient in this Whipped Smoked Goat Cheese Recipe

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Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Seaweed Salad

A seaweed salad recipe from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables.

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Tootie’s Tempeh Reuben

This recipe uses locally made Tootie’s Tempeh as an ingredient in these vegan tempeh reubens.

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Tootie’s Tempeh Meatballs (Great Balls of Tempeh)

This recipe uses locally made Tootie’s Tempeh as an ingredient in these vegan “meatballs”. Serve however you like - on top of spaghetti or stand-alone. Yum!

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Nutrition for ME is a program of the Good Shepard Food Bank. Good Shepherd Food Bank’s Nutrition and Education Department is committed to ensuring that Mainers facing hunger have access to nutritious foods and educational resources to make the best decision for their families.

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