Recipe: Cranberry Salsa with Cilantro and Chiles

THANKSGIVING SALSA

I found this recipe almost 5 years ago while thumbing through my Mom’s Bon Appétit Magazine archive (okay magazine pile :) and since then it has become a staple at my family’s Thanksgiving table! Every year we find we make more and more of it ! It features fresh cranberries, serrano chiles, cilantro, lime juice and pepitas! it is the perfect accompaniment to turkey and potatos basically everything on the thanksgiving plate and I even it by the spoonful! It’s so flavorful and refreshing, truly a thanksgiving game changer. It is also super easy to make and keeps well in the fridge and can be made ahead.

I have linked to the recipe below and because I have made it numerous times I have five quick tips!

5 Quick Tips and Tricks when making Cranberry Salsa with Cilantro and Chiles!

1. Double or triple it! it so good you will want more !

2. Wear gloves! The recipe calls for minced seeded serrano chiles. Wear gloves when chopping the Serrano’s ! Nothing is worse than accidentally touching your eye when you have touched a Serrano pepper .. or your mouth. The oil from the seeds will make everything taste like pepper for the rest of the day. 👎 Trust me on this one. Every time we have thought , oh we don’t need gloves.. we’ve regretted it.

3. The recipe calls for pumpkin seed oil. I have never been able to find this for sale .. or remembered to look for it during thanksgiving shopping so no stress if you don’t have it. In I t’s place we have use walnut seed oil.. and even olive oil. It’s not super essential to the flavor.

4. If you don’t have a food processor or it’s tied up with other thanksgiving dishes you can hand chop the cranberries them. This takes a little more time so budget for that or make it a team activity !

5. see Tip number 2 again. WEAR Gloves when handling the Serranos

If you decide to make this recipe for Thanksgiving let us know how you like it !

Bon Appétit

& Happy Thanksgiving

Giving Back with Erewhon's Give Thanks Bag

Victory Dance Foods is proud to be a part of Erewhon Market’s Give Thanks Bag! The bags are filled with over 45 products (and coupons) donated from Erewhon’s favorite brands and all proceeds help The Midnight Mission feed the Los Angeles Homeless community this Thanksgiving.

THANKSGIVING — EREWHON X MIDNIGHT MISSION
GIVE THANKS BAG!  

This Thanksgiving you can Give Thanks — Give Back —& —Give yourself  a treat 45 products (or coupons) of EREWHON’S favorite brands, including a full size bag of Carrot Turmeric Garden Granola!!  All packaged in a reusable cork shopping bag. Just $49.95, with over $150.00 value worth of products and coupons.  All proceeds will go to The Midnight Mission to help feed LA’s homeless this Thanksgiving.  

Plus, your $49.95 is donated in full to the Midnight Mission and is fully tax deductible.

The Midnight Mission has been feeding and supporting LA’s homeless and near-homeless community with dignity, care and respect for over 100 years! This Thanksgiving, because of the Covid-19 Pandemic and subsequent economic downturn, the need for food, shelter, and so many other resources is greater than ever before.  To learn more about the vital work and services the The Midnight Mission provides, like the nearly million meals they serve each year, safe nights of sleep, transitional housing for families and job placement services visit MidnightMission.Org.

The Give Thanks Bags are available for purchase NOW exclusively at EREWHON’S website HERE ! And will be available for pick up November 21-22nd at all six Los Angeles area Erewhon Market locations (pick the location nearest you!).

Don’t delay as quantities are limited!

Recipe: Rainbow Sweet Potato Toast Trio by Danielle Bear @cacaoforcoconuts_

#ToastTuesday but make it rainbow!

Rainbow Sweet Potato Toast Trio 🥑🥬🍎❤️🥕💛 by Danielle Bear⁣ @cacaoforcoconuts_

Ingredients you’ll need for this recipe
1. One Japanese Sweet potato (other varieties will work too)
2. Half of a Ripe avocado
3. beets, 1 can
4. White beans, 2/3 cup
5. paprika
6. Garlic clove
7. lemon juice, 2 Tbsp
8. Carrot Turmeric, Garden Granola
9. Kale Matcha, Garden Granola
10. Beet Ginger, Garden Granola
11. Tahini
12. Turmeric, less than a tsp

Steps
1. Slice a Japanese sweet potato into thick toast slices. ⁣
2. Bake at 450°F for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.⁣a
3. Cool before topping! ⁣

Tip: cutting of one or both end of the sweet potato will make it more stable and safer to cut ! safety first !

Avocado Toast (left) with GREEN granola. VDF Kale Matcha Garden Granola is made from kale, matcha, cucumber, pineapple & green apple garden granola 🥬🥒🍍🍏⁣

Beet Hummus toast (center) with RED granola. This is the VDF Beetroot Ginger Garden Granola made with beetroot, pineapple, ginger, lemon & apple garden granola 🍍🍋🍎⁣

Beet Hummus (makes 4-5 servings)⁣
•1 cup cooked beets (canned)⁣
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice⁣
•1 tsp tahini⁣
• 1 garlic clove ⁣
• 2/3 cup white beans⁣
• 1/4 tsp paprika⁣
Add everything to a blender and blend!!⁣

Turmeric Tahini YELLOW toast. (right) with Golden Yellow Granola. For the last Toast mix a pinch of Turmeric (a little goes a long way ) Into a few tablespoons of tahini. Using a knife spread a layer of Turmeric Tahini on to the sweet potato and then add VDF Carrot Turmeric Granola ! This granola is made with carrot, turmeric, ginger, pineapple & mango granola 🥕🍍🥭

Enjoy !!

Get 20% OFF 😍 any order when you use discount code CFC20 at checkout in our online store! 🙌  ❤️ We hope this recipe brightens your day

If you make this, make sure to tag Danielle  @cacaoforcoconuts_  and @victorydancefoods on instagram! And go follow @cacaoforcoconuts_  for so many delicious and colorful plantbased treats!  Thank you Danielle! @cacaoforcoconuts_ 

Purchase the Garden Granola Triple Play needed to make this toast in our shop and save $1.50 and use the code above to save even more!

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Fall Savings on Victory Dance Foods at Whole Foods Markets 🍁 💵 💵

Fall Savings Whole Foods Markets !! Our FALL SALE is in full swing across the Northeast at Whole Foods Markets on our Award Winning line of veggie powered Garden Granola!  Stock up and Save $2 OFF every bag PLUS an extra 10% for Amazon Prime members! 

Savings are available in-store and online through Whole Foods Market on Amazon grocery delivery and pick-up and via Instacart from all CT, NY, NJ, MA, ME, NH and RI Whole Foods Markets!!👇 Find the September and October dates and locations listed below!. 👍 You won’t find a better deal than this anywhere! 🙌 ✌️ 

Current/ September SALE Dates: 

9/16 — 9/29 🦞⛵️🌊 ALL Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and these 3 Connecticut stores* (Glastonbury, Bishop's Corner, West Hartford)

Future/ October SALE Dates:

9/30 — 10/13 🗽🌃🎡🍕 ALL New York, New Jersey, and these 6 Connecticut Whole Foods Markets (Milford, Darien, Westport, Greenwhich, Danbury, Fairfield)

10/14 — 10/29 🦞⛵️🌊 ALL Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & these 3 Connecticut Whole Foods Markets* (Glastonbury, Bishop's Corner, West Hartford)

🥳 Wooho and keep those grocery haul and shelfies coming 📷 ! We love seeing them and it helps spread the word!🙌 ❤️ ✌️  

To find the Whole Foods Market nearest you visit our store locator HERE

Victory Dance Foods is Now Available at ALL Erewhon Markets!

We’ve been “California dreaming” of this moment for a few years and HOORAY!!! 💃🥳 💃  We are so excited to be able to announce today our dreams have come true. GARDEN GRANOLA has officially arrived at Erewhon Market !!!!

EREWHON, THE PLACE TO GO. Since its’ inception in 1968 Erewhon has been an independent beacon of light and trusted source for health seekers in Los Angeles and beyond, upholding the highest standards and providing a highly curated and unique product mix and educated staff.

Having visited Erewhon Market for the first time more than a decade ago while on a water polo 🤽‍♀️  training trip, I knew everything about the EREWHON experience as a customer was unique, but it is equally unique and special as a vendor.  Working with the like minded and passionate team EREWHON over the last month has been a wonderful experience and we are excited as we look to the future together!

EREWHON is so much more than a market, it is a place of discovery and we are so delighted to share that you can now discover Victory Dance Foods EREWHON MARKET .

We know you will love GARDEN GRANOLA! 

Huge thank you to @cacaoforcoconuts_ for this photo!!

On the shelves in-store and online at all 5 locations and a 6th coming soon! Find the EREWHON Nearest You using our store locator

• Calabasas

• Los Angeles

• Pacific Palisades

• Venice

• Santa Monica

• Silver Lake  - Opening 9/30/2020 !

#ErewhonMarket #eatvictoriously #betterbreakfastbetteryou #newstore 

Recipe: 😍 The Heart-Eyes Emoji Nice Cream Bowl of your Dreams by @Cacaoforcoconuts_ 😍

This veggie powered Tropical Nice Cream Heart-Eyes Emoji Bowl  by Danielle aka @Cacaoforcoconuts_ topped with VDF Beet Ginger Garden Granola makes us feel exactly like the heart-eyes emoji it represents! 😍 Enthusiastically IN LOVE!! 😍
So we are thrilled to share Danielle’s recipe here so you can recreate this tropical treat at home! AND we are also sharing the LOVE with savings! Get 20% OFF 😍 any order when you use discount code CFC20 at checkout in our online store! 🙌 ❤️ We hope this recipe brightens your day and brings a smile to your face, like it did to ours! 😍

Tropical Nice Cream Recipe 🥭🍊☀️ by @Cacaoforcoconuts_

• 1 cup frozen riced cauliflower ⁣
• 1 cup frozen mango chunks ⁣🥭
• 3/4 cup @sprouliving coconut water⁣
• 2-3 coconut milk ice cubes (I always freeze nut milk if I won’t be able to use it all!)⁣
• 1 tsp fresh ginger⁣
• 1/2 cup frozen papaya chunks⁣
• 1/2 frozen naval orange⁣ 🍊

Steps:
- Add all of the ingredients to your blender and mix.
- After you’re done blending, use a spatula to get it out of the blender, add it to your favorite bowl and smooth out the top with spatula so you have a nice surface to make the face.
- AND then for the final step! 😍 Top with Victory Dance Foods Beet Ginger Garden Granola! in the shape of the heart-eyes emoji! 😍 Those are the cranberries and pepitas making the mouth ! 😍 So cute!

Feeling inspired to make this Heart-Eyes Emoji Tropical Nice Cream bowl and get creative with some Garden Granola!? Us too! 😍 Don’t forget to USE Discount Code CFC20 for 20% OFF any order in our online store on your next order to save!! Great for stocking up on Garden Granola 👇 and getting one of the 5 coconut bowls we currently have left 😧 in stock! (oh and they are on sale! 🤸‍♀️ )

If you make this, make sure to tag Danielle @cacaoforcoconuts_ and @victorydancefoods in instagram! And follow @cacaoforcoconuts_ for so many delicious and colorful plantbased treats!

😍😍 Thank you Danielle! @cacaoforcoconuts_ 😍😍

#smoothiebowl #nicecream #nicecreamrecipe #tropicalsmoothie #eatvictoriously #eattherainbow #veggiepowered

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Did you know we also sell coconut bowls! We have had them for more than a year but we recently we have noticed they are increasing in popularity ! And we only have 5 left! And they are on Sale !

POP UP GROCER ANNOUNCES VICTORY DANCE FOODS TO BE FEATURED AT AUSTIN LOCATION OPENING JUNE 2020

Pop Up Grocer, the world’s first-ever traveling pop-up grocery store concept, announces with tremendous enthusiasm and new operations set in place, their next location in Austin, Texas this Summer. Opening June 5th in Austin, VICTORY DANCE FOODS, will be one of over 100 select brands showcased.

Pop Up Grocer is in a unique position to provide both an essential service—groceries for the local area—and essential feelings—happiness and a sense of normalcy. As a platform for exposure and visibility, Pop Up Grocer exists to introduce visitors to only the best of what’s available in care of the body, mind and home.

In moving forward with the opening of their Austin location, Pop Up Grocer will go above and beyond to cater to every necessary precaution for visitors and staff to feel safe, including but not limited to:

+ Face masks will be required and hand sanitizer will be made available upon entry; social distancing encouraged with floor markers.

+ A limit of no more than 4 customers in store at a time.

+ Appointment-only hours will be between 9 and 10AM each day, for visitors not comfortable sharing the space inside with others. Appointments will be scheduled via the Pop Up Grocer website (link to follow).

+ After Hours Events will shift to virtual programming featuring tastemakers and industry experts (schedule to follow).

+ Items purchased and taken home will be pulled from the stockroom, where sanitized.

+ As always, 5% of Pop Up Grocer in-store profits will be donated to charity, this time to All Together ATX, an organization supporting people in the Greater Austin area with immediate needs including food insecurity, basic needs, medical needs, employment, and child care. 

“This unique time in history has required all of us business owners to ask ourselves the difficult question of whether or not it makes sense to exist right now. When I asked myself this question, it became clear that we needed to move forward in opening our Austin store. Not only do people need the very items we sell, as they are eating more at home now, but we all need whatever joy we can find. Our space is colorful and fun, and as we implement necessary adjustments, one of the few safe activities you can put on your calendar. I personally can’t wait to share in delight with the city of Austin” Emily Schildt, Pop Up Grocer Founder.

“Victory Dance Foods is thrilled to partner with Pop Up Grocer in Austin and introduce our award winning line of Garden Granola to the Austin Community. Pop Up Grocer is not only an amazing platform for exposure and visibility for emerging food brands, but they also have created an in-store experience that is truly fun and unique. Working with them in the lead up to the Austin market this Friday and with the launch of the Pop Up Grocer Box in which they are giving 10% of the sale to Feeding America has been very inspirational to our team. We are very grateful for their leadership and very excited to connect with the Austin food community." Maddie McCarthy, Victory Dance Foods Co-Founder.

In an effort to bring the joy and discovery of Pop Up Grocer to those who aren’t local to Austin, Pop Up Grocer will continue the sale of The Pop Up Grocer Box that just launched this April. Each box contains a surprise, limited-edition selection of products (grocery, home, body care), from the curation found in Pop Up Grocer stores. Plus, 10% of all box sales go to Feeding America. The Pop Up Grocer Box is available for sale on popupgrocer.co/shop for $60. 

Located at 408 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas visitors can shop each day from 10 am to 7 pm or schedule an appointment from 9 am to 10 am through June 28th. For more information, please visit popupgrocer.co and @popup.grocer on Instagram.

About Pop Up Grocer

Pop Up Grocer is a traveling pop-up grocery store -- the world's first! -- that showcases hundreds of the most innovative and exciting brands in natural food and beverage, plus some home and body care. Founded by Emily Schildt, Pop Up Grocer's robust selection features 100% interesting, 100% natural, majority plant-based, and sugar-conscious choices. Dedicated to connecting with consumers in a new and unique way, Pop Up Grocer brings all the buzziest brands on Instagram under one roof in your favorite cities.  Shoppers can explore and discover, given the dedicated space to do so, and trust the items on shelf, unlike in a traditional grocery retail setting. With the belief that food should always be fun, Founded in January 2019, Pop Up Grocer has opened two stores in New York, one in Los Angeles and will open their next in Austin, Texas this Summer. At each pop-up location, Pop Up Grocer donates 5% of profits from the sales inside each shop to a cause its community cares about. To learn more, follow Pop Up Grocer on Instagram.

Actions speak louder than instagram posts...

Actions speak louder than instagram posts. As a first step, we are donating 5% of ALL SALES for the entire Month of June 2020 to the NAACP. We pledge to not sit silently on the sidelines. We see you. We hear you. We stand with you.  #BLACKLIVESMATTER #peacefulprotests #useyourvoice

Recipe: Vegan Sweet Potato Toast with chive cream cheese, VDF Carrot turmeric granola, manuka honey and parsley

Have you heard sweet potatoes 🍠 are the new toast!? And these sweet tater slices topped with ✨Carrot Turmeric Garden Granola ✨by @alisondoesitbetter really got our attention! Enjoy for breakfast, lunch or any time of day!

Recipe:
Vegan Sweet Potato Toast with chive cream cheese, VDF Carrot turmeric granola, manuka honey and parsley

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato

  • the bigger and relatively tube shaped sweet potatoes will be easier to cut

• 1-2 tbsp of @kitehillfoods chive cream cheese⁣⁣⁠

• 1 Half of a mashed avocado 

• salt & Pepper to taste

• 1/3-1/2 cup Victory Dance Foods Carrot Turmeric Garden Granola

• small bunch Parsley⁣⁣⁠ (washed and dried)

• 1-2 tbsp manuka honey ⁣⁣⁠

Steps:
1. wash and scrub your sweet potato
2. Pat dry with paper towel or let air dry
3. Slice ! Start by slicing one end of the sweet potato so that it can sit on the cutting board. Using a large sharp knife cut the sweet potato lengthwise into 1/4 – 1/3 inch slices. 
tips: You don’t want to cut it to thin or the slices won’t hold up. A mandolin slicer can also be used if you have one.
alternative method: You can boil the sweet potato for 5 minutes then let it fully cool before slicing it.
4. Place slices in toaster. you will have to experiment here on settings the goal is to get them to be fork tender. (a conventional toaster or toaster oven can be used)
5. let cool briefly on wire rack
6. add toppings! in the order they are listed above!

ENJOY!

Garden Granola® Now available at STORY at Macy’s Nationwide + Victory Dance Muesli at Macy’s Herald Square

For the next two months you can find Garden Granola at STORY at Macy’s NATIONWIDE + Victory Dance Foods Muesli at the flagship STORY Herald Square in NYC!

The first STORY of the new year, FEEL GOOD, launched nationwide yesterday. The team at STORY collaborated with WELL + GOOD and CALM to create, FEEL GOOD, the ultimate destination for all things wellness. Visit a STORY near you and you’ll discover energizing workout essentials, nourishing snacks (like us), and editor-approved tips to help you connect the dots and feel good! 

Sounds pretty amazing, right? We think so too and we are thrilled to have our Garden Granola® and Muesli be a part of it! 

AVAILABLE NOW NATIONWIDE

• All STORY at Macy’s locations: Garden Granola® Beet Ginger, Carrot Turmeric & Kale Matcha 

• Herald Square Flagship location: Blueberry Buckwheat Almond & Cherry Almond Chia Muesli + all 3 flavors of Garden Granola®

Quantities are limited and only available in-store at STORY.

Click here to Find a Story at Macy's near you or check the list below