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Vegan Sushi Making Class; Sat. May 19, 5:45 – 8:15 pm

The Art of Compassionate Sushi, Vegan and Gluten Free $40

Build a gorgeous sushi platter with four recipes, great nutritional balance and delicate Japanese beauty.

Join us for this educational sit down, build-your-own dinner with much of the prep already done.

Bring your favorite cutting board and knife and get ready to play sous chef to Ciree Linsenman, Compassionate Chef while sipping Japanese teas.

After dinner we shop at LifeSource for your sushi ingredients for home use.

Recipes, instruction, handouts and source lists included.

Register at the store!

To read more about Ciree and find great recipes visit: http://cireelinsenman.wordpress.com and www.cireelinsenman.tk

Black Dragon Back Roll

Forbidden purple rice, sweet kanpyo gourd, fried tofu and black sesame make this sinister looking maki a great party appetizer.

Tavo Tavo Maki
Smoky tempeh, avocado, scallion and watercress maki bring the perfect balance of flavor and texture prep your inner Japanese warrior.

Quinoa Gobo Boats
Homemade gobo pickle and fuchsia quinoa take a ride on baby endive straight to your mouth!

Rainbow Inari Parcels
Chewy fried tofu pockets stuffed with pink-tinted sticky rice nestled ‘round a rainbow of shredded pepper, carrot and onion make a perfect grab-and-go lunch.

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Thank You for your donations to Salem Harvest!!

You all donated $588.20 to SalemHarvest.org

Salem Harvest connects farmers and backyard growers with volunteer pickers to harvest fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste.

Half of each harvest is donated to the Marion-Polk Food Share or its affiliated food pantries and volunteer pickers take home the rest.

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May 5th: LifeSource Staff Artists Faire!! Buy your Mom something Beautiful!

LifeSource hosts some stellar artists among our staff!

On Saturday, May 5th they will offer their creations for you to purchase, here at the store.

To honor Mother’s Day, the artists will donate 10% of their sales to local Women’s Non-Profits.

From 11am to 4pm.

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Tammy Credicott, Demonstration, Presentation and Book Signing

Tammy Credicott will be here from Noon until 2, Saturday, sharing her knowledge of how to cook wonderful, healthy, family pleasing meals, entirely gluten free!

She’s even going to cook for us!!

She’ll have copies of her book available for purchase and will joyously autograph them for you.’s even going to cook for us!!

This is a beautiful, gluten-free cookbook with everyday recipes that mix simple, home-style cooking with great taste and real, whole food ingredients.

Every recipe is not only gluten-free, but also egg free, dairy free, soy free, white rice flour free, and bean flour free.

Feel free to cheer!  Tammy calls Bend, Oregon home.

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Tammy Credicott, Demonstration, Presentation and Book Signing

Tammy Credicott will be here from Noon until 2, Saturday, sharing her knowledge of how to cook wonderful, healthy, family pleasing meals, entirely gluten free!

She’s even going to cook for us!!

She’ll have copies of her book available for purchase and will joyously autograph them for you.

This is a beautiful, gluten-free cookbook with everyday recipes that mix simple, home-style cooking with great taste and real, whole food ingredients.

Every recipe is not only gluten-free, but also egg free, dairy free, soy free, white rice flour free, and bean flour free.

Feel free to cheer!  Tammy calls Bend, Oregon home.

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New Breads from Blue Monkey Gluten Free Bakery!

We’re pleased to be carrying some new breads from another great local company: Blue Monkey Gluten Free Bakery!

Blue Monkey is a small, independently owned bakery in Corvallis. They specialize in handmade, artisan, gluten-free breads. Each 24 oz loaf is $5.69 and you’ll find them in our bread set.

We’re carrying 3 varieties:

  • Sprouted Flax Loaf: vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free
  • Ground Flax Loaf: high in fiber and Omega 3s
  • Teff Love Loaf: No trans fats

Come on in and try ‘em out! :)

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Tammy Credicott, author of The Healthy Gluten-Free Life

 

Tammy Credicott will be here Saturday, April 28th to share her knowledge of how to cook wonderful, healthy, family pleasing meals, entirely gluten free!

She’ll even cook for us!!

She’s written a beautiful, gluten-free cookbook with everyday recipes that mix simple, home-style cooking with great taste and real, whole food ingredients.

Every recipe is not only gluten-free, but also egg free, dairy free, soy free, white rice flour free, and bean flour free. Feel free to cheer!

She’ll have copies of her book available for purchase and will joyously autograph them for you.

Tammy calls Bend, Oregon home.

Saturday, April 28th, Noon til 2 in our Community Room

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Taste Mama’s Fire Authentic Tibetan BBQ sauce!!

Did you see it in the paper?  Have you seen the billboard on South Commercial?  Have you tasted it at Venti’s?

Mama’s Fire is traditional Tibetan hot sauce, great for laddling on rice, noodles, curries, eggs and meats… in short, anything you can think of!

A warm and smoky mix of organic ginger, locally grown garlic, red chilies, onions and other natural spices,

this Tibetan Hotsauce will be sure to rock your culinary world.

Anyone who tries it gets addicted, so beware!

Saturday, April 14th, 11 – 3

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Join us at the Grand Theater for “Vanishing of the Bees”

It’s a documentary, not a horror film, like “The Shrinking Mist” or some Twilight Zone.

Learn what you can do to help solve the problem.

http://www.salemprogressivefilms.net/films-coming.html#bees

We’ll be there, as always, providing snacks for the post film discussion in the lobby.

I hear there’s going to be wine this time!

Thursday, April 12th.  Doors at 6:15, Film at 7

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Native Plant Sale at Deepwood Estate! March 30 & 31; Fri. & Sat. 10 – 4

It’s still raining, so it’s a great time to buy plants for when it finally stops.

This plant sale is one of the best, loaded with rare natives and common.

LifeSource will be there offering hot food & drink to keep you going!

Learn more at http://historicdeepwoodestate.org/historic/estate/calendar_event/500/

See You There!

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