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A plant-based grocery guide for Karma Co-op Food Store
While we carry animal products, Karma Co-op has lots of options if you’re a Toronto-based vegan, vegetarian or someone looking to reduce meat and dairy in favour of a more plant-based diet. Want to know what it’s like to shop vegan at Karma? We’ve put together the below grocery guide. Essentials for a vegan or…
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Chocolate Bark, 3 Ways
Recipe and photo courtesy of Kyla Winchester. Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, December is a busy time of year. There are parties to attend, relatives and friends to visit, gifts to buy, and food to make. Fortunately, homemade chocolate bark can help with several of these things, in a fairly low-stress and delicious way.…
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Comfort me with noodles
As soon as I started to think about comfort food, the phrase “comfort me with apples” popped into my head. I remembered it as the title of a book of food writing by a former Toronto Star columnist. However, it turns out it’s also the title of a food critic’s memoir and a quote from…
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Bulk dental floss at Karma
Unlike rows of new bulk bins, or the recently installed kombucha bar, there are many other new arrivals at Karma that can easily escape our notice. One such product is silk dental floss. A brief mention of it in the Karma e-Chronicle a few months back caught my attention. Shortly thereafter, I bought a Flosspot and…
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A soul-warming parsnip-carrot-potato soup and an intention for 2019
Raise your hand if you’re craving warm, hearty, nourishing meals during this time of year. Though it’s been a mild winter so far, it’s nice to have a few easy meal options to whip up on those days when the bitter cold, howling wind, and limited daylight hours encourage taking refuge in the kitchen. The…
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Nutritional yeast
What bulk item at Karma do you think triggers the most questions of James Byrne, Karma’s bulk, meat, and cheese purchaser? I’ll give you a hint: Read the title of this article. Members are more curious about those bright yellow nutritional yeast flakes than any of the other bins and tubs of bulk products. First…
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Raw Chia Morning Cereal
Raw cereal is a good way to start the day: not heavy like toast or greasy like croissants; not too sweet like doughnuts or muffins. Chia seeds can be a delicious and nutritious component of raw cereal. When I was growing up, chia seeds were known only for growing fuzzy green “hair” on clay heads…
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Maple Miso Adzuki Beans
I rarely know what to do with adzuki beans. They’re one of the easier beans to digest, but they’re not the prettiest, say, blended into a hummus. This, however, is a quick and tasty way to add some protein to a plate of colourful veggies (prepared however you fancy). a splash of olive oil 1…
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Roasted vegetable medley
I love beets, squash, and sweet potatoes partly because of their colour, but also because at Karma I get to meet the farmers who grow them. This roasted vegetable dish is easy to make, and actually doesn’t need proper measuring—well, unless you’re the measuring type. Beets make your bowels happy as they are fibre-rich, and…
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Ask Reece: Hosting a dinner party & Keeping herbs fresh
Dear Reece, I am planning to host a dinner party, but even with a short list of friends, I will be accommodating one vegetarian, one vegan, at least one person who has celiac disease (plus some who are wheat/gluten-sensitive), and various allergies. How can I even begin to prepare a menu? I’d like to make…