Saint Louis University’s Food Innovation Center has created an array of new soups and cookie doughs for Fair Shares under their Healthy Eating with Local Produce label. We worked with them to help source as many local ingredients for these recipes as possible, thereby making a bigger impact on our local economy, and helping our local farmers to sell more food. Just as exciting is the knowledge that we have healthier processed foods available to us. You can read the label to see what ingredients come from local farms.
As the season progresses, we will continue to tweak and create new recipes, ask farmers to grow more of the ingredients, and get input from members on the products, and ideas for new items.
Healthy Eating with Local Produce Cookies
Peanut Butter: this was our mother’s peanut butter cookie recipe. We hope you’ll love it as much as we do.
Almond Butter: same recipe as the peanut butter cookies, but with a milder almond butter character.
Chocolate Chip: we had to taste two chocolate chip recipes and decide which one we wanted them to make for us. It was a tough job, but we hope you’ll approve of our choice.
Healthy Eating with Local Produce Soups
Tom Yum: this popular Thai hot and sour soup recipe uses local chicken broth and chicken, shiitake mushrooms, and an enchanting variety of herbs and spices.
Chicken and Vegetable: lots of hearty veggies and local chicken and chicken stock make this a healthy and delicious meal in a hurry. Just add crusty bread.
Minestrone alla Emiliana: this vegetarian (not vegan) soup option includes a nice variety of local veggies and beans for the classic Italian soup.