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On Resolutions

It’s that time again. By tomorrow afternoon, if we’re awake, we’ll all be wondering how to burn off the Holiday indulgences, which will seem a little less justified. But this season has been about celebrating what remains: family, friends, food and warmth. And if we might suggest the first of your “get healthy” resolutions: look forward. You can’t un-eat all those tortillas, green chile stew, posole, turkey and cookies, and why would you want to? They were delicious!

On the eve of the new decade, we’re bearing some good news: we’ve compressed all those healthy New Years resolutions into a handbook. The great news? It’s one page long. But don’t let the brevity fool you; it’s chock full of useful tips, achievable goals, and healthy enticements. It’s in the centerfold of our January newsletter – and right here.

Click the image below to grab a screen-PDF. Consider it a little belated Holiday gift, to show a little love.

Getting Fresh with the Pilgrims

Hey Gorgeous Green Bean,

Let’s face it–the Puritans who settled the Plymouth Plantation in New England were a pretty bland group–in flavorless contrast to their Florentine contemporaries. So who do you think prepared the better food? The Italians, silly! So infuse your Thanksgiving feast with a little amore and ix-nay on that puritanical judgment, duty, & quiet uffering-say*. Revel in your full basket of fresh, rich ingredients from your local Co-op and indulge in treats you usually don’t have time for. The Co-op researches extensively, so you can be assured you’re always buying the best available quality, local & organic, and produced by nice, passionate people like yourself. Check out these specials:

Coon Ridge Organic Goat Cheese

You don’t have to go to the Mediterranean to dine on good chevre! Organic Coon Ridge Goat Cheese is local & delish! My favorite flavor is, of course, Italian Herb. Goat cheese makes a tasty addition to your Antipasto, and if you really want to go nuts you can add it to pastries!

Martinelli's Sparkling Cider

Aroma Fresca Herbs are Certified Organic grown right here in Albuquerque. You could add fresh sage to stuffing mix, chives to potatoes, and thyme to everything on the menu!

Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider makes you feel festive without getting you trashed. Guzzle it by the bottle (or by the glass) without feeling guilty or embarrassing yourself!

Too busy fighting the Reformation to cook this year? Head over to the Co-op Deli; they have beautifully prepared holiday dishes ready to go!

Baci e abbracci,

Nora

Your Narrator goes choppity-chop

*That’s a little Pig Latin for your shopping list.

Coupons!

Hey Co-opers!

We wanna let you in on some extra savings we’ve engineered this holiday season. We’re running coupons in the Alibi and Local IQ, on kob.com and couponbug.com, and in those stalwart Valpaks delivered right to your mailbox! I know, but wait, there’s more. When you combine these coupons with the savings you’re already entitled to with our weekly member specials, the deals get kinda irresistible. Clip, save and save!

The Alibi ad in question

Getting Fresh with Radical Pre-Holiday Self-Love

Good News, Sweet Potato!

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving are a great time to join me in avoiding your holiday preparations altogether! I’m not saying boycott Thanksgiving, I’m just saying give yourself a little love before the storm! Besides, you’ll probably be more efficient if you do everything at the very last minute anyway! I’m hosting my entire family this year but do you see me stressing out? Panicking at the thought of all the little mouths to feed? Succumbing to the outrageous culinary expectations I force on myself? Visualizing the inevitable heated debates between my anarchist brother-in-law and my republican Uncle? HECK NO! I’m spending this week in the meadows of earthly delights. And so should you, solider, your adrenal system could use a serious holiday!

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  Yogi Tea

  Gulp Yogi Tea brand green tea (Chai Green is my favorite flavor) instead of your usual cup of joe, the poly phenols will perk up your skin and you’ll get nice a buzz without all the angst that coffee produces in your system. They’re on special this week so you can tuck a few boxes away for hostess gifts.

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  Yerba Prima Dry Brush

  Dry Brushing stimulates your lymph system and removes dry skin. Yerba Prima brand dry brushes are the best.

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  Kiss My Face Shower Gel

  Bubble baths are pure heaven. Try Kiss My Face Anti Stress Shower and Bath Gel; it smells like earthy fir needles makin’ love to lavender, yum! They also make a creamy moisture shave in Peaceful Patchouli that will remind you of your hippie youth!

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  Aura Cacia Bergamot Essential Oil

  Bring on the Aura Cacia essential oils! I like lavender, bergamot & chamomile, but you can invent your own custom combo–use them at home, at work, and in your body oil (Nutiva Brand Coconut Oil is decadent and affordable, PLUS it’s food grade so you’re not toxing out your skin when you use it.)

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  Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes

  Focus on simple meals that are quick to prepare & digest like organic sweet potatoes with Ghee, Eden Brand Soba Noodles with tamari & Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes with Pacific Almond Milk. Tasty and easy-peasy!

Now don’t get all guilty on me. Although this might seem a little egocentric, remember our dollars are our strongest votes. When you shop the Co-op for products that promote the health & care of our bodies AND Mama Earth, you’re practicing straight-up altruism! Now, what can be wrong with that?

Hugs to you in this week of bliss!

XXOO, Nora

Your Narrator in Repose