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Grocery & Perishables Jimmy Vaughn [email protected] 4 Bulk Joyce DeGaetano [email protected] ◄ Kayaking on Detroit Lake p. 10 Produce Tabetha McCrimmon [email protected] When it comes to COVID-19, we’re not out of the woods yet. Luckily for those of us in the Willamette Valley, Beer & Wine 22 summer is a great time to get into the woods (and rivers Erika Perkins and lakes and…). While it’s as important now as ever to [email protected] On the Cover take precautions with our health and the health of our Fire up the grill this taco loved ones, the outdoors offers great, safer opportunities to Wellness Tuesday! 18 connect with friends and family. Kathy Biskey [email protected] In this issue of News in Natural, Miranda shares how she’s 4 Hot Food, Warm Hearts managing to put together fun, safe, and rejuvenating family Deli Jeremy and Jennifer on volunteering for our get-togethers. Miranda and our other talented LifeSource Eric Chappell houseless neighbors gourmands offer up a range of recipes for hitting the trail or [email protected] 24 firing up the grill. If you’re like me, our elote recipe might 8 #ThankYouSalem just leave you elated. Whether you’re cooking for your Mercantile · Health & Beauty Inspiring organizations helping our community in a big way! household or a socially-distanced small gathering, we’ve got Zira Michelle Brinton [email protected] some great ideas for you. 10 Social Distance Summer Plans Recipes Tips on being alone, together Marketing & Outreach Director Mains Sides & Snacks Felipe Gonzales Ask LifeSource 11 16 Browned Your collagen questions answered 15 Tofu Scramble Enjoy! [email protected] Butter Granola 15 Chilli Stuffed 12 Suncare Roundup Sweet Potatoes 19 Elotes Mailing List & Editor Sunny days are here again, Ben Martin Horst let's protect your skin! 16 Backpackers Desserts [email protected] Salmon Chowder 14 Build a Ben Martin Horst · Editor 17 Hot, Hot, Heat! S'möre-gåsbord Our saucy selections 20 Grilled from mild to spicy Chicken Tacos 24 Blueberry Shortcake with Grapefruit Curd 23 Plant-Based Burgers 22 Marinated @LifeSourceNaturalFoods Come on, grill healthy! Portobello Mushroom Drinks 2649 Commercial St SE Salem, OR 97302 · 503-361-7973 Burgers 11 Mojitos www.LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com @LifeSourceFoods 26 Pleased to Meet You! Too late to say hello, 24 Tamarind 18 The Cantarito The material contained in this newsletter is for informational purposes only. goodbye! John Lieferman BBQ Pork Ribs 22 Pineapple Margarita Always see your healthcare provider before beginning a self-treatment program. @LifeSource_Foods Hot Food

By Ben Martin Horst · Editor Photos by Jeremy Scott AsWarm the COVID-19 pandemic eats deeper into the economy,Hearts food insecurity is on the minds of many of us. But for Salem’s unsheltered community, not knowing where one’s next meal is going to come from is nothing new. LifeSource’s Jeremy Scott and his wife, Jennifer Dziubanek, have been providing meals to the unsheltered community. I sat down with them over Zoom to talk about their work and motivations, the resources available to houseless people in Salem, and the effects of COVID-19 on homelessness.

eremy is LifeSource’s “they’re not usually hot meals. food in someone’s belly assistant grocery We just wanted to reach out and hopefully helps them help manager; Jennifer is a provide a hot meal to folks who themselves,” Jeremy says. social worker in a might not otherwise get it.” “We’d sit there and hang out Jresidential care program working Jeremy and Jennifer made with them for an hour or with adolescents impacted by soups, stews, and chili in their so, put warm food in their mental health issues and their slow cooker, and began serving bellies whenever possible, families. After moving to Salem food near one of Salem’s large and just listen and recognize from Arkansas, the couple was tent camps. that they’re part of our struck by the sheer number of “At first it was completely Jenn’s community. I think that’s people they saw who didn’t have idea, but the very first time we the most important homes. After some discussion did it,” Jeremy notes, “I was like thing: they just want to be last fall, they decided to use ‘This is amazing, we cannot miss recognized. Just because the resources they had at their a Saturday.’ We had the belief that they’re unsheltered disposal: food from LifeSource if you put hot food in somebody’s doesn’t mean they’re and a conviction that, as Jennifer belly, they might make a better not a part of our says, “every human should be decision that night than they community.” treated as such and deserves a hot might have otherwise. Or they’ll “Or less than,” m e a l .” just be happier.” says Jennifer. “A lot of these great “Our physical health is greatly “Or less organizations out there that tied to our mental health,” adds than,” provide food to the unsheltered Jennifer. “The food we put in our Jeremy or the food-insecure folks bodies affects our mental health agrees. is typically stuff that can be either for the positive or the “Just sustained without having to negative.” be refrigerated,” Jennifer says, “Putting hot, organic, quality

4 · News in Natural ◄ Donating food to the Union Gospel Mission in Salem because we have a house doesn’t make Mission, the ARCHES Project, and employment and many of the economic me any better than them. They just want the HOME Youth & Resource Center relief measures begin to expire, people to understand that..” (area organizations that offer services many people who have never been But this spring Jennifer and Jeremy to the unhoused community), Jeremy unsheltered will now be unsheltered. realized they had a problem. “Then and Jennifer are poised to start cooking “It’s not that they don’t have skills to we learned that it was illegal," Jeremy hot meals again, this time under the work,” she says, “or that they don’t recalls. "It had been illegal before we auspices of the ARCHES Project. want to work, but they just can’t work even started. The City of Salem had I asked how others might be able to because the coronavirus has put them made it illegal mainly based on trash. contribute. out of a job. The unsheltered population Spotlight on We’d been hanging out and trying to “Volunteering is always the number is going to increase and we’re going to collect the trash and do whatever we one thing,” Jeremy says immediately. be kicking more people out into the BOIRON could to keep it clean, even before we “There are so many needs for streets in the coming fall and winter realized that it was illegal. Once we volunteering, whether it’s at the Mission months. realized it was illegal, that was about or at ARCHES, or any of that. Money is Jeremy notes that voting for the same time—late January, early always awesome: they will always take politicians who take homelessness February—when COVID hit. With Jenn your money, and they will always take seriously and adopt a Housing First Arnicare®: We take care of it, it takes care of you. working with a vulnerable population, your packaged, quality food donations. model is one of the most important we decided let’s take some time off and Like recently, I went and gave probably steps toward housing the unsheltered Delivering high-quality Arnicare starts in a field of Arnica montana plants in the French Alps, usually in early summer. figure out how to do this correctly.” 300 pounds of food to the Mission. community. “We’re doing this wrong,” Specialized harvesters carefully handpick this mountain daisy the same way founders Jean and Henri Boiron did in the 1930s. Jeremy notes that some members Those are the easy ways.” he says. “We’ve been doing this wrong Within 48 hours, the fresh plants arrive at Boiron’s laboratory. At the lab, a passionate team of botanists, technicians, and of the unsheltered community have “I also think,” says Jennifer, “there’s for so long. We need to put more money pharmacists transforms this plant into one of today’s most relied upon homeopathic pain relievers. troubled histories with institutions, something to be said for when you see into mental health, more money into or even just the inside of buildings, so unsheltered folks…to stop and say hi rehabilitating people and actually giving Boiron continuously strives to improve its environmental stewardship by focusing on four specific areas: cultivating fair trade “it felt so good being so organic in the and connect.” them a home.” practices; minimizing environmental impact; ensuring quality ingredients; and creating responsible packaging. beginning, just doing it out of the back “Look people in the eye,” says Jeremy, “It’s an economic issue,” puts in of our car and...” “don’t ignore them, even if they’re Jennifer. “Mortgage and rents are “And meeting them where they’re at,” asking for money and you don’t have increasing, and people’s wages are not. Jennifer finishes his thought. money to give them, or don’t want to You’ve got this unbalance of people not “We really enjoyed doing it outdoors,” give them money, just say hi to them getting paid an adequate wage to where Jeremy chimes back in, “but now that’s and say, ‘I hope you’re doing well.’” they can stay in their home and eat and really not possible. And now with For those who do have houses, have basic needs met.” social distancing, mask wearing, and homelessness can seem like a distant “There are unsheltered people that everything else, it’s a whole different problem. But, Jennifer warns, the risk work full-time jobs,” adds Jeremy. w or l d .” of losing one’s home now looms large “They’re getting paid minimum wage, After reaching out and getting for more and more of us. As COVID-19 and they can’t support their families. We involved with the Union Gospel continues to impact the economy and have to pay people correctly.”

6 · News in Natural CENTER FOR HOPE SALEM FOR REFUGEES AND SAFETY For over 30 years, Salem for Refugees has helped #ThankYouSalem Thank you for protecting and people forced to flee their homeland. Thank you providing life-saving resources to for bringing together community members and victims and survivors of domestic resources to empower refugees to thrive in Salem. Thank you, Salem, for caring and helping each other in during what's violence, sexual assault, stalking salemforrefugees.org and human trafficking. Your crucial been an incredibly challenging year for all of us. We've all experi- work is helping educate the public about the issues surrounding enced loss, but we have good reason to keep faith in each other. victimization. TURTLE RIDGE WILDLIFE hopeandsafety.org Thank you for providing rehabilitation LifeSource is committed to our community and are proud and care for over 2,000 injured or orphaned native animals a year. LIBERTY HOUSE Your volunteers aren't just animal to work with these fine organizations that provide strength caregivers, they're growing food, Thank you for providing a safe, building, fixing, and making sure and help for our most vulnerable community members. comfortable, child-friendly we give back what we inadvertently environment for children and their took away. families facing abuse, neglect, turtleridgewildlifecenter.org trauma, or grief. Your work has SALEM HARVEST MARION POLK FOOD SHARE never been more important than Over 2 million pounds of fresh, locally- You're so much more than a food bank. Your now, when families are facing grown fruits and vegetables have made it programs have addressed the root causes multiple crises. CAUSEWAGON libertyhousecenter.org onto struggling families plates by a cheerful of hunger and have fed over 46,000 people, Thank you for donating 100% of your profits army of 2,600 volunteers. Thank you Salem including 15,000 children, every month. Thank to local organizations making a difference in our Harvest for providing direct support to you for providing nutritious food to children community (some are on this list!). By using design thousands of families and individuals over and adults to learn, work, and thrive. FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS and art you've connected and enriched the lives of the last 10 years. www.marionpolkfoodshare.org our community. www.salemharvest.org Thank you for empowering families to break the generational cycle of causewagon.com abuse. You've strengthened our THE NORTHWEST HUB families and provided our children Your amazing team has turned thousands with healthy lunches and clothing of bicycles heading to landfills into reliable for over 23 years. transportation for those in need. Thank you for www.familybuildingblocks.org inspiring our community to serve by providing a bicycle shop, reclamation, and training center for all of Salem. www.thenorthwesthub.org DearAsk LifeSource: I’ve seen collagenLifeSource listed as Types I, II, or III. What’s the difference? —Need a Collagenius

Dear Collagenius: Collagen has gotten lots of hype in recent years, and for good reason. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, and the main PRIMAL KITCHEN component of our connective tissues. Bone, tendons, Collagen Peptides ligaments, cartilage, skin, and many other tissues are Types I, III composed, primarily or in part, of collagen. Collagen is essential for keeping the body both strong and supple. Researchers categorize collagen into at least 30 types, but of those, three types are the most abundant: Mojitos • Type I: This makes up over 90% of all the collagen in the body. It is a major component of scar tissue, bone, Makes 1 Serving tendons, ligaments, dermis (skin), dentin (teeth), ANCIENT NUTRITION • 4 large mint leaves, or to and connective tissues within the muscles and along Multi Collagen Protein taste capillaries. Types I, II, III, V, and X • 2 oz white rum • Type II: This collagen forms the basis for cartilage. • 1 oz lime juice, fresh squeezed • Type III: This is often found alongside Type I, and • ½ oz simple syrup, or to is critical in wound healing, providing a supporting taste (See page 16 for the mesh in soft tissues like the liver, bone marrow, and recipe.) • Sparkling water lymphatic system. It’s also found in artery walls, Together, at a Distance • Sprig of mint and slice of intestines, and the uterus. lime for garnish. The body synthesizes its own collagen from available By Miranda Vaughn · Customer Service • Ice GARDEN OF LIFE amino acids, but requires adequate Vitamin C to do so Collagen Peptides effectively. And as we age, unfortunately, our bodies’ ability 1. Gently muddle mint leaves in Types I, III the bottom of a shaker. You to synthesize sufficient collagen declines. Supplementing Summer has arrived, we've come out of quarantine, and now we're don’t want to shred them, with collagen powders, drinking bone broth, and eating learning to navigate social distance with the ones we love. gently bruise them to release gelatin-based foods can be good ways to ensure that our the oils. bodies have enough of these essential building blocks to y partner and I used to have side dishes. We set up a large table right before guests arrived. 2. Add rum, lime juice, simple keep our organs and tissues strong and supple. dinner at his mom’s house outside and lined up hand sanitizer, We often plan to play games together, syrup, and ice to the shaker. Generally speaking, our bodies will use the components of Shake until chilled. every Monday night. That plates, food, utensils, napkins, glasses, wearing gloves and disinfecting game any dietary or supplementary collagen in order to create NORDIC NATURALS all changed with COVID-19, and it a water pitcher, and wine. This order pieces, but instead we usually just end 3. Pour over ice in a 12 oz glass. Marine Collagen M the types of collagen that they need. In some specific cases, Top with sparkling water. Type I hurt not to see his family. It took a lot of created space between food and drinks up catching up while sipping on wine or however, consuming a particular type of collagen may be planning ahead and imagining different that could otherwise be congested, and mojitos. Mocktail: Replace the rum in the specifically useful in supporting the health of the tissues scenarios, but somehow, we were able to kept us free of the need to congregate This year we gathered on July 4th at shaker with a splash of filtered in which they predominate. In a 2016 study, for example, construct a plan to make this summer’s indoors. But Miranda, you may ask, the family cabin, and it was everything (not sparkling) water. After patients with knee osteoarthritis—a disease resulting from shaking, top with lime sparkling gatherings safe and fun. We decided what if someone needs to go to the we needed to feel like a family again. We the breakdown of joint cartilage, which is composed of type water. on an outdoor barbeque, where it was bathroom? I literally sanitized my had less than 10 people, we washed our II collagen—reported significant improvement after three sunny and open for enough room bathroom ceiling to floor, making sure hands before and after handling food, Strawberry Mojito: Follow steps months of type II collagen supplementation (https://www. for social distance. My partner and to get all of the doorknobs and light 1 and 2. Muddle a strawberry in had designated cups for drinking, and ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970562/). NOW I cooked the main dish on the grill switches, switched out hand towels, and did socially-distanced group kayaking. the bottom of the glass. Add ice. Sincerely, BioCell Collagen outside, while his family brought extra even out got a new roll of toilet paper Pour in mojito mix and top with Type II sparkling water. LifeSource 10 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 11 Sunny Days Are Here Again

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12 · News in Natural Tofu Scramble By Miranda Vaughn | Makes 1 Serving Fuel the • 4oz tofu (¼ of a 16 oz package) • 2 ½ Tbsp green onion, chopped Adventure! • 2 Tbsp shredded cheese • ½ tsp Nearly Normal’s Savory Tofu Spice Mix Partake in our Camp • 2 Tbsp It’s The Famous! Salsa • Oil (for frying) collection of • Salt and pepper (to taste) 1. Using a fork, mash the tofu until it tasty camping resembles scrambled eggs. Season with salt and pepper. favorites. 2. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. When hot, add green onions and let them sweat, about one minute. Add the tofu and Nearly Normal’s Spice Mix to the pan and stir together. 3. Continue cooking, stirring only s'möre-gåsbord we used every two minutes or so, until the tofu reaches your preferred level of dryness (we cook for a total of Celebrate summer and satisfy your 1 Dandies 5 Chocolove sweet tooth at the same time! Vegan Marshmallows Ethical Ruby Chocolate around 6 minutes). Stir in shredded Grab a graham cracker and pile on Cuisine cheese. Once the cheese has melted, 2 Green & Black's 6 Endangered Species remove from heat and top with roasted marshmallows, organic and Organic White Chocolate Fair Trade Milk Chocolate fair trade chocolate, organic fruits salsa. and berries, and a tasty organic nut 3 Endangered Species 7 Organic Fruit butter! Fair Trade Dark Chocolate with Kiwis, Blackberries, Raspberries, Almonds Strawberries 4 Santa Cruz Organic 8 Cadia Chili Stuffed Sweet Potatoes Light Roast Smooth Peanut Butter Organic Graham Crackers By Luna Tully | Makes 4 Servings

• 4 medium orange sweet potatoes (a.k.a. yams) 1 • 1 medium onion (medium dice) • 3-4 large garlic cloves, sliced • 1 Tbsp olive oil • 15 oz kidney beans 4 • 6 oz tomato paste • 1/2 can of beer (preferably stout) • 1 Tbsp chili powder • 1/2 Tbsp cumin • 1/2 tsp salt 7 • Toppings: Remaining diced onions, green onions, vegan sour cream, 5 avocado, cilantro, Violife Vegan Feta 1. Pierce sweet potatoes all over with a knife. 2 Wrap sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and place in a campfire pit for 30 minutes, 6 8 turning occasionally. Alternatively, bake in a 400°F oven for 60 minutes, or until soft. 2. While that’s going, throw 3/4 of the onions 3 in a pot with olive oil. Stir in garlic and wait until they both begin to soften. Add beans, beer (or broth if desired), tomato paste, and spices; mix well. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes. 3. When sweet potatoes are cooked through, remove from the fire and open the foil. Slice down the middle. Fill with chili and any other desired toppings.

14 · News in Natural ByBrowned Catherine Dwelley Butter Granola Makes about 6-8 Servings mild medium hot • 2 cups rolled oats • 1 cup slivered almonds We sampled a selection of our • 1 tsp cinnamon • ¼ tsp kosher salt tasty sauces and rated them from • ¼ cup butter Hot Hot mild to spicy. Find a new favorite! • ¼ cup honey Sauce • 2 tsp vanilla • ½ cup chocolate chips or raisins

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2. In a medium bowl, mix together oats, almonds, Pickapeppa is dark and Green, nutty, and spicy Our hottest sauce! cinnamon, and kosher salt. This sauce has all the sweet, tomatoey and Smokey tomato, and with a little bit of a Well balanced, with Yellowbird’s Habanero 3. In a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium flavor and texture tangy—with excellent a touch of jalapeno vinegar finish. Ground great lingering heat. Condiment starts of a top notch hot umami flavor. Not your heat. We loved the pumpkin, flax, and chia This sauce is a little off sweet with carrot heat. Stir constantly, allowing butter to foam, then sauce or salsa with standard hot sauce, versatility of this seeds give a unique sweet with a touch of and tangerine, and brown. 5-8 minutes. Remove from heat when butter no discernible heat. this one is similar to a simple, flavorful sauce! flavor and excellent vinegar and mustard becomes immediately has a nutty, amazingly delicious scent and little Sweet ripe tomatoes classic worcestershire A tasty addition body. Surprisingly to set it apart. Great (but not insanely) brown bits. and tangy limes, with sauce with a peppery to tomato soup great all-arounder, with fried food, spicy. Have a glass 4. Stir honey and vanilla into butter. Mix into oats until a touch of cumin. kick, all without the with grilled cheese no tomatoes needed! chicken wings, and for of water handy, and Fabulous on scrambled anchovies. Try it in the sandwiches, pasta Plays well with fried extra spicy tacos. enjoy it on a slice of thoroughly coated. eggs or tofu, mac and best Bloody Mary you sauce, mixed with food, or try it on cheese pizza, grilled 5. Spread onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for cheese, fish sticks, and ever had, on a quality ketchup for a killer grilled fish tacos with chicken or fish tacos, about 45 minutes or until golden brown, stirring yes, tacos. aged steak, rich meaty meatloaf glaze, and in fruit salsa, chicken, or anything that wants every 10 minutes or so. (Granola will crisp up as it fish such as tuna or your favorite breakfast or in a tomato and an extra kick. Staff swordfish, clam dip, burrito or hash. cucumber salad. favorite! cools.) Allow to cool completely, then mix in the gravys, marinades, chocolate chips or raisins. Transfer to an airtight and sauces, and in container. our tasty Portobello Mushroom Burger.

Backpacker Salmon Chowder By Ben Martin Horst Serves 2-4, depending on how many miles you've traveled

• ¼ cup (1 stick) butter, divided • 1 medium onion • 4 cups (32 fl. oz.) water • ¾ cup powdered coconut milk (such as Native Forest) • 3.5-4 oz dehydrated mashed potatoes (1 box of Edward & Sons Organic Mashed Potatoes) • 5 oz package smoked salmon (or substitute canned salmon or clams) • ½ tsp smoked paprika • Small bunch of parsley • Salt and pepper

1. Dice the onion. In a deep pot, sauté the onion in about ¾ stick of butter. 2. When the onion is soft and translucent, add the water to the pot and bring to a simmer. Add the powdered coconut milk and stir rapidly to dissolve. When the milk has reconstituted and any lumps have dissolved, slowly pour in the dehydrated mashed potatoes, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Continue to simmer until the chowder reaches your desired thickness. 3. Flake the salmon into the chowder and remove from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. 4. To serve, pour chowder into individual bowls. Sprinkle each with paprika, a pat of butter, and chopped parsley, to taste.

16 · News in Natural Vegan Elotes Makes 4 Servings Raw, Vegan Sour Cream • 2 large cloves of • 1 cup raw cashews garlic, minced (soaked 8 hours or • 1 Tbsp cilantro, overnight and drained) finely minced • ¼-½ cup water • 1 Tbsp fresh squeezed • 1/4 tsp salt lime juice (about • 1 tsp apple cider half a lime) Taco vinegar • 1/4 tsp salt • 1 tsp lemon juice • 1/2 cup Violife Corn feta, crumbled • 4 ears of corn, shucked • 1 lime, cut into Tuesday • 1/3 cup soy-free wedges for serving. What's on the Menu? Vegenaise Grilled Chicken Tacos 1. Blend together ingredients for vegan sour cream. Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) A blender works, but a food processor is better. Citrusy Cantarito Cocktails or Mocktails Start with 1/4 cup of water, adding more as needed to get a sour cream consistency. 2. Preheat grill or broiler to about 400-450°F (medium high to high). Cook corn, turning often, until done, about 10 minutes. 3. In a medium bowl, mix together Vegenaise, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and salt, and 1/3 cup cashew sour cream. 4. Place corn in a bowl, spooning on the sour cream-Vegenaise mixture to coat all sides. Move to a plate. Sprinkle with extra cheese and serve with lime wedges. Cantarito Elotes Makes 2 servings Makes 4-6 Servings • 4-6 ears fresh corn, shucked • 1 grapefruit, juiced (about 6 oz) • ¼ mayonnaise • 2 oranges, juiced (about 4 oz) • ¼ cup sour cream • 2 limes, juiced (about 2 oz) • 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice • 2 oz simple syrup, or to taste • 4 cloves garlic, minced (See page 16 for the recipe.) • ½ cup queso cotija (or • 4 oz tequila blanco feta), crumbled • Sparkling water • 2 Tbsp chili powder • Ice • ¼ cup cilantro, chopped 1. Pour juices, simple syrup, and • 1 lime, cut into wedges tequila (if using) into a shaker 1. Preheat grill or broiler to about 400- with ice. Shake until chilled. 450°F (medium high-high). Cook corn, 2. Divide between 4 12 oz glasses turning often until done, about 10 with ice. Top with sparkling minutes. water. 2. In a medium bowl, mix together sour cream, mayo, lime juice, and garlic. Mocktail: Omit tequila. Top with sparkling water or grapefruit soda. 3. Place corn in bowl, spooning on mayo mixture to coat all sides. Move Sparkler: Omit tequila. Top with to a plate. Sprinkle with cheese, chili sparkling wine. powder, and cilantro to taste. Serve with lime wedges.

18 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 19 Grilled Chicken Tacos Makes 8 Tacos

• 1 lb boneless (or to taste) chicken thighs • ¼ tsp red pepper (about 4-5 thighs) flakes (or to taste) • 1 lime, juiced (about • ¼ cup cotija cheese 3-4 Tbsp juice) • ¼ cup red or sweet • ¼ cup fresh onion, chopped pineapple, minced • ¼ cup cilantro, (or pineapple juice) snipped • 2 Tbsp olive oil • Salsa verde • 3 cloves garlic, minced • Corn tortillas, • 2 tsp chili powder warmed • ½ tsp smoked paprika • ½ tsp onion powder • ½ tsp sea salt • ¼ tsp black pepper • ¼ tsp cayenne

1. Pound chicken to an even ½-inch thickness. Place in a bowl or plastic zipper bag. 2. In a small bowl, whisk together lime, pineapple, olive oil, garlic, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, salt, pepper, cayenne, and pepper flakes. Pour over chicken and toss to coat. Refrigerate covered or sealed if using a zipper bag, at least 2 hours or overnight. 3. Heat grill to medium high, or about 400°F. If broiling, set to high heat and preheat for at least 10 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade, shake off any excess. 4. Grill or broil chicken about 6-7 minutes per side, or until internal temperature reaches 165°F. Allow to rest 10 minutes before chopping. 5. Divide meat between 8 corn tortillas. Serve with cheese, onion, cilantro, and salsa.

20 · News in Natural Marinated Portobello Mushroom Burger MeatlessQuick and easy burgers Eats Makes 2 servings Mushroom Burgers • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper (optional) straight from the garden! • 2 portobello mushroom caps Caramelized Onions • 2 Tbsp Pickapeppa sauce • 3 Tbsp butter, coconut • 1 Tbsp coconut aminos oil, or vegan butter HILARY’S • 1 Tbsp olive oil • 1 large yellow onion, World’s Best · 2g protein • 1 Tbsp golden balsamic vinegar thinly sliced Made with whole grain millet, sweet • 3 cloves garlic, smashed and minced • Burger buns and toppings potatoes, and leafy greens. This burger is • ⅛ tsp black pepper not only tasty, but filling too! It is also free from 12 of the most common allergens, 1. In a shallow baking dish or medium bowl, stir together Pickapeppa including gluten, egg, and soy. sauce, aminos, olive oil, vinegar, garlic, and pepper. Add mushroom caps and toss to coat. Allow mushrooms to marinade 30 minutes to an hour, turning Make it a meal: Chop up the cooked patty occasionally. and toss with your favorite pasta salad. 2. While mushrooms are marinating, melt butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Add onions. Cook and stir frequently until the onion caramelizes, about 30 minutes. Drain on paper towels or a clean, lint-free kitchen towel. Pineapple DR. PRAEGER’S Set aside. Mushroom Risotto · 2g protein 3. Heat your grill or skillet to medium high heat. Cook mushrooms 4-6 Margarita This certified vegan burger is made with minutes each side until done. Build your burger with caramelized onions and six kinds of veggies, plus mushrooms, your favorite toppings. Makes 2 servings arborio rice, and truffle oil for a unique Simple Syrup experience. • 1 cup organic granulated cane sugar Make it a meal: Cooked and chopped • 1 cup filtered water patties make great toppers for your Cocktail favorite green salad or grain bowl. • 4 limes, juiced (4 oz) • 2 oz fresh pineapple juice SUNSHINE BURGERS • 4 oz tequila blanco South West · 9g protein • 2 oz orange liqueur • Simple syrup, to taste Try this burger for zesty southwest flavor! • Ice Made with black beans, cilantro, and a hint of jalapeño. Simple Syrup 1. In a small saucepan, stir together Make it a meal: Top with guac and serve sugar and water over medium it up with a side of smoky chipotle sweet high heat. potato fries. 2. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to medium low. Simmer 12 BEYOND MEAT minutes, or until syrup is slightly thickened. Remove from heat. The Beyond Burger · 20g protein This amazingly meaty burger is made 3. Allow to cool, store in a sealed container in the fridge until ready wholly from plants! Made with pea and to use. mung bean protein. Free of gluten and Cocktail soy! 1. Pour juices, simple syrup, and Make it a meal: Dress this burger up tequila (if using) into a shaker with your favorite fixins, or crumble into with ice. Shake until chilled. a tasty casserole or pasta sauce. 2. Divide between 2 (12 oz) glasses with ice. Mocktail: Replace tequila and orange liqueur with 6 oz lime sparkling water and a squeeze of orange.

22 · News in Natural Blueberry Shortcake Tamarind with Grapefruit Curd BBQ Pork Ribs

Makes 12 Shortcakes Makes 2 lbs • 2 lbs Lonely Lane Farms Shortcakes Grapefruit Curd • Whipped cream pasture raised pork ribs • 2 cups unbleached • 1 cup heavy whipping • 1 cup honey • 1 tsp black pepper white flour, plus more cream • 2 eggs • 1 tsp sea salt for kneading • 2 tsp granulated cane • 2 Tbsp butter • 1 tsp red pepper flakes • ¼ cup granulated sugar • 1 large grapefruit, • 1/2 tsp garlic granules cane sugar zest and juice • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1 Tbsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp onion powder Blueberries Whipped cream • 1 tsp salt • 1/2 tsp cayenne • ¾ tsp cream of tartar • 2 pints fresh • 1 cup heavy whipping • 1/2 cup tamarind paste • ¾ cup cold butter, blueberries cream • 1/2 cup honey cut into cubes • 2 Tbsp granulated • 2 tsp granulated cane • 1 Tbsp hot sauce (we • ¾ cup whole milk cane sugar sugar used Secret Aardvark) • ¼ cup buttermilk • 1 Tbsp lemon juice • 1 tsp vanilla extract 1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a large Shortcakes baking sheet with aluminum foil. 1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment or a silicone 2. In a small bowl, mix black pepper, sea salt, mat. red pepper flakes, garlic granules, onion 2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cane sugar, baking powder, salt, and cream powder, and cayenne. Set aside. of tartar. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or fork until mixture forms coarse crumbs. It will look similar in texture to wet sand. 3. Peel the silver skin—the thin membrane— 3. Make a small well in the center, and pour in milk and buttermilk. Toss with a fork off the boney side of the ribs. Pat dry, and until milk is incorporated. Gently knead 5 or 6 times until a soft dough forms. Add rub ribs with the spice mixture. a little more flour if it is too wet. 4. Scoop out ½ cups of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Gently pat them to 4. Place ribs meaty side up on baking sheet. ½-inch thick. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack Cover with more foil (or use a large roasting pan with a cover). Bake 1 hour Grapefruit Curd and 30 minutes. 5. Juice grapefruit. Set aside 1 Tbsp grapefruit juice for the blueberries. 6. In a small non-reactive pot (avoid copper, aluminum, and cast iron, unless it is 5. In a small saucepan over medium heat, enameled) combine honey, eggs, butter, and grapefruit zest. Cook over medium mix tamarind, honey, and hot sauce until heat, whisking constantly, until ingredients are smooth. About 4 minutes. smooth. 7. Whisk in grapefruit juice (except the small amount reserved for blueberries). 6. Heat grill to medium low. Finish ribs on Continue cooking over medium heat, whisking constantly until mixture just begins the grill, brushing with tamarind sauce to bubble and thicken slightly. It should coat the back of a spoon. 8. Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly. Curd will thicken as it cools. Refrigerate and turning every 5 minutes or so, for leftovers in an airtight glass jar. about 20-30 minutes. Blueberries 7. Remove from heat and allow to rest 10 9. Wash and sort berries. Set aside 2 cups. minutes before slicing and serving. 10. In a small saucepan, bring remaining berries, sugar, and reserved grapefruit juice to a simmer. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, mashing some of the fruit with the back of the spoon. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Stir in reserved fruit. Whipped Cream 11. Chill a metal bowl and beaters for the whipped cream. 12. Once the bowl is chilled, beat together whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla extract until peaks form, about 3 to 5 minutes. Chill until ready to serve. Put it Together 13. Top with berries, grapefruit curd, whipped cream or ice cream, and another shortcake (If desired!) Enjoy! dog, Baxter. During the summer they JL: Garth Brooks in the front row in the JS: What three traits define you? go camping and floating as often as 5th grade. possible. John says that even when not JL: Caring, loyal, and honest. camping, any 30 minutes of free time JS: What three ideas would you use to he spends in his back yard. describe LifeSource? JS: What would you like to most tell yourself now when you were 13? The two things John will miss most JL: Loving, community-based, and about working at LifeSource is our giving. JL: Enjoy school…Live it up! community and his work family. JS: If you won the lottery, what would JS: What would you do for a career if With a heavy heart, I put John in the you do with the money? you weren’t working at LifeSource? hot seat and asked him a few questions. Here are his answers: JL: I would buy property to build a JL: I would be a schoolteacher. ◄ Above: Baxter family commune so that all of my Jeremy Scott: What do you think is family and friends could live around JS: If you could switch jobs with the most important trend that you see me. anyone at LifeSource who would it be? happening in the world today? Pleased to Meet You JS: If you could be any fictional JL: No one…I really enjoyed my role JOHN John Lieferman: People showing character, who would you choose? here and wouldn’t have changed it. up and really showing their voice, especially today. JL: Superman. JS: What advice would you give to LIEFERMAN recent new hires? JS: What is one thing that you could JS: You already are! What chore do you By Jeremy Scott · Grocery not live without? hate the most? JL: Remember to smile and be honest to customers. Give them your honest JL: The support of my friends and JL: Laundry opinion when they ask for advice. family. n my short two years at LifeSource and he works in this building!” Bend at the age of 22. After Whole JS: If you could meet anyone living or JS: What is your favorite guilty Natural Foods, a few people and Foods bought Wild Oats, John decided JS: Where is the best place you have dead, who would it be? pleasure? things truly stood out to me. The While John doesn’t own the store, it was a little too corporate for him, so ever traveled to and why? Ifirst is our recently-retired leader and he’s certainly been LifeSource’s face he took a management position with JL: Princess Diana, because of her JL: Ice cream! founder, Alex Beamer. The second to many of our customers. It saddens Sunriver Grocery. Later, when John JL: I love Maui. I try to travel to Maui compassion for everyone. is the quality of food we sell to our me to say that after almost 10 years of moved to Salem, LifeSource Natural every year on my birthday. It’s the community and the dedication we put working at LifeSource, John is moving Foods was a natural fit for him. pure beauty and the weather is always into trying to make our community to be closer to family in Spokane. It is nice. healthier, mentally and physically. The an understatement to say John will be When John first started working at third would have to be John Lieferman. dearly missed by both co-workers and LifeSource, everyone was trained in all JS: If you had to eat one meal everyday When I was first hired at LifeSource customers and we wish him the best in of our different departments except for for the rest of your life, what would it as a front-end checker, John was my his new journey. the deli so he was able to work all over be? trainer. I knew immediately that he had the store. Over time, John realized he a wonderful soul and I looked forward John announced he would be moving really enjoyed working in the front end JL: Tacos to getting to know him better. I didn’t the same morning that we had our as a cashier because he loved being able know his history with LifeSource interview. I have to admit the news to communicate with the customers JS: What is your favorite food that we but he immediately made me feel made me tear up a little. and have a finger on the pulse of what’s sell here at LifeSource? comfortable. I’ll never forget when, in going on in the community. He later my first month at LifeSource, a young So here’s a little more about John. became a PIC (Person in Charge) and JL: The brownies that our deli makes, child came up to me and asked, “Do recently became our maintenance especially the mint chocolate brownies. you know where the owner of the store John is originally from Corvallis, manager. is?” I told them that his office was in where he took his first job at age 14 as a JS: What was the first concert you went another building across the street. The busboy. John’s first experience working John’s favorite place to be is the to? child replied, “No, this is John’s store in natural foods was at Wild Oats in outdoors with his partner and their

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