If you missed out on our amazing January promo, no need to worry as we can still help you reach your 2010 health and fitness goals. Please reach out and contact us at info@themovementdallas.com for more details on holistic personal training and how we can help take you to the next level!
We have been out to all our farms this week picking up wonderful things like turnips, mustard greens, arugula, and much more! We bundled up because its been freezing but hopefully everyone will enjoy all of the hard work. In the coming month we hope to see more chard, beets, cabbage, and anything else we can get our hands on that is organic, local, and yummy.
New locations- Addison is a go for Jan 2, 2009 so all of you up north grab your friends and family to jump on board in getting local organic goods. West Plano has been put on pause for the time being because our studio opening there has had a hick up. Please stay tuned for more information on both of those places.
Dec 12 Pick Up – Here are some of the amazing things in this bin: Beets, Avocados, Pink Lady Apples, Rio Star Texas Grapefruit, Turnips, Arugula, Mustard Greens, Celery, Baby Carrots, Romaine, and much much more. The flavor and taste of local produce is like none other. We hope you enjoy how easy it is to get the best when you’re a part of The Movement Co-op.
Bin Problem – We really need some help with people returning bins. This helps everyone out. So if you have any extra bins at your house for whatever reason please stop by and give us a visit. We promise not to hurt you!
The rains have finally calmed down, and the sun has started to shine. The farmers are happy and the fall harvest has started. Over the next several months you’ll see more root veggies and different types of greens. We work as a cooperative so please put comments on the blog and let us know what you’d like to see more of. If we have enough people respond we’ll do our best to make it happen!
Holiday Pick-Ups
Because we will have 2 co-op pick-ups on major holiday weekends, we know a lot of people will be gone. So we are allowing co-op member the option to SKIP these dates and these dates only: Saturday, Nov 28 & Saturday, Dec 26, 2009. In order to miss these pick-ups and not have to pay you MUST email us at organic@themovementdallas.com and let us know you will miss that week. You will then be back on the list for the following share.
We’re Growing – New Locations
After much anticipation, we’re excited to announce 2 new locations for The Movement Studio and Organic Co-op: Addison and West Plano! We have grown quickly, and folks up north are dying to get involved. So we are now enrolling Co-op members for the two new locations. If you’re interested in switching, or have friends or family in Addison or West Plano who might be interested, email us at organic@themovementdallas.com. Stay tuned and we will let you know the locations of our new studios. We’ll also need more volunteers to make those locations a success, so let us know if you’d like to volunteer!
Its that time of the year when all the wonderful root veggies are in season. An organic beet speaks for itself in flavor. This simple recipe can be eaten hot or cold. Feel free to add your own variations to take it to the next level.
Ingredients
1 big beet or several small beets with greens cut off
3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinaigrette
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper to taste
Get a pot of water to a boil and don’t forget to salt. Cook for 20-25 min or when you can pierce the beet with a fork. It will not get super soft like a potato. So know it will be kinda hard still. Then slice real thin into a bowl. If you have a mandolin this is when you break it out. Combine next 4 ingredients to make dressing and pour over beets. Eat hot or some love it cold.
Spaghetti squash has gotten more and more popular and is a wonderful alternative to pasta. Doesn’t take long to cook so if you were wondering what to do with those yellow guys that came in the produce share then here is a simple way to use your favorite marinara and dynamite Italian Chicken Sausage that you can order here.
Ingredients
2 whole spaghetti squash
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 cups marinara sauce (make your own or get some at Whole Foods)
1 lb Italian Chicken Sausage (brown in a pan and add to sauce)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Split the squashes in half and scrape out seeds. Line an oven tray with aluminum foil. Season the spaghetti squash with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place flesh side down and roast for 30 to 40 minutes until fully cooked. You’ll know its done because when you scrape it with a fork the strands start to come off. While it cools cook your chicken sausage and sauce. Then after the squash is cool then scrape all the insides into a bowl. It will look like pasta. Add sauce on top and sprinkle with raw parm!
Here’s a great way to use your Swiss Chard from the October 31st co-op share!
Swiss Chard with Raisins and Bacon
1/2 large onion, sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick (1 cup)
2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 pounds Swiss chard, center ribs discarded and leaves coarsely chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup water
2-3 strips chopped bacon (from the co-op)
Chop bacon and cook in pan until crispy.
In separate pan, cook onion with 1/4 teaspoon salt in 2 tablespoons oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over medium heat, stirring, until softened. Sprinkle with paprika and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add chard in batches, stirring frequently, until wilted, then add raisins and water. Cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until chard is tender, about 7 minutes. Season with salt.
Add cooked bacon to the chard mixture and toss together to serve.
Due to rainy weather- Recess! class scheduled for Tuesday October 27th will be canceled!
Come play with us this Saturday October 31 at 8am… See you there!
The Movement Dallas
5210 McKinney Ave, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75205
214.521.9200
info@themovementdallas.com
Saturday the 24th
We will only have ONE class at 8
SEE YA AT 8am!
Due to rainy weather- Recess! class scheduled for Tuesday October 13th will be canceled!
Come play with us this Saturday October 17 at 8am or 11am… See you there!
The Movement Dallas
5210 McKinney Ave, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75205
214.521.9200
info@themovementdallas.com
Rain, rain, and more rain. It’s vital to a thriving farm, but too much of anything is not good. The past couple of weeks have hit local farmers hard, and we will see a lack of local produce this week. We are working on putting together enough okra, pears, arugula, and maybe thyme this week. A quick note on pears – some of them are hard and have not fully ripened. They will soften up, so be patient. But if you can’t wait, they are marvelous sautéed slowly in a pan with butter – your next breakfast treat!
Everything is either under water or so muddy that the farmers can’t get to them. There is a slight chance for radishes and broccoli this week but it might be the Oct 31st pick-up until we see those. We got excited about tomatoes, but the cloudy days have really put a halt to getting anything from the plants.
We have had a lot of folks respond and say they don’t know what to do with certain items. First, check this website often for new recipes. If you still have a question, we encourage you to post it on our website or email us. There is probably someone else out there with the same question, and we can help everyone out.
The Movement Organic Co-op Incentive of the Month – We encourage everyone to share how wonderful the Organic Co-op is with friends and family. So for this Saturday, Oct 17th if you bring someone with you who has never been to the Co-op we will give you a free jar of local raw honey. If that person signs up on Sat then we will give you a free full pound of honey! It’s our way of saying “Thank You!” This Organic Co-op only works because of all of you.
