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Savvy Shopper Archive => 7.23.01 Savvy Shopper

The Co-op's Savvy Shopper offers recipes, nutrition tips, and food information tidbits based on the money-saving specials offered each week. Here are some ideas and suggestions about how to use the items on special this week.


Stone Fruits

Super-fast Fruit Crisp

Peppers!

Soy Nut Crunchies


Stone Fruits
  Stone fruits, with their large seed surrounded by a hard coat, are called "drupes" and are a member of the rose family. Peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarines are all stone fruits.


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Super-fast Fruit Crisp

Serves 6

2 cups sliced nectarines, peaches, plums

1 Tbs. brown sugar

1-1/2 Tbs. flour

1 cup low-fat granola

2 Tbs. light butter, melted


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine fruit, sugar, and flour in a 2-qt. baking dish. In a separate bowl, combine granola and melted butter. Spread topping evenly over fruit. Bake 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt.

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Peppers!

Serves 4

Packed with vitamin C, try this colorful bell pepper saute. Easy and quick, they are delicious served room temperature with crusty bread, and mozzarella cheese. The vinegar-sugar combination is a popular one in Southern Italy.

3 Tbs. olive oil

2 yellow bell peppers, cut into strips

2 red bell peppers, cut into strips

2 Tbs. red wine vinegar

1 Tbs. sugar

1 tsp. dried oregano

Coarse salt, to taste


Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add peppers, cover, and cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add vinegar, sugar, oregano, and salt. Stir and cook another 5 minutes. Peppers should still have some crunch to them. Serve at room temperature.

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Soy Nut Crunchies

Have you tried these yet? With or without salt, dry roasted soy nuts are great as a snack, in a salad, on a casserole, or as a topping for ice cream. Enjoy their satisfying peanut-like taste, and get the benefits of soy in your healthy diet. One 1/4 cup serving of soy nut crunchies delivers a powerful dose of health-protective isoflavones, fiber, and soy protein!

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