I love throwing together easy summer salads that add flavor to any meal. This one combines some of my favorite ingredients with a hint of sweetness from the fair trade mango and spice from the cayenne pepper. I like to serve this as a side dish for tacos made with grilled flank steak or Latin…
For the last entry in our spotlight on Domestic Fair Trade, we would love to share a recipe with you, utilizing DFT lentils, available at your local grocery co-op. When I made this lentil salad for the World Fair Trade Day Crawl after party, it was a huge hit. Made with Frontier Co-op lentils and…
For someone who loves to cook and loves veggies, I have been extra excited over the last year as I keep seeing new fair trade certified veggies pop up at local natural grocery stores and coops. From fair trade bananas to mangos, pineapples, peppers and now eggplant, I just can’t help putting them all in…
For anyone who is a chocolate lover, there is usually only one thing that could possibly make that chocolate dessert even better…peanut butter! Since the age of, oh I cannot even remember how young I was, this recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars was a staple at every family party. I could always count on…
I love cooking and baking, I just wish I had more time to do it! For me, it is a great way to connect with the food I will be eating, have lots of fun in the process, and then of course, taste something yummy (most of the time-kitchen mishaps have been known to happen…