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Our community. Be conscious. Be conscientious.

 
 

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BC mist never ceases to amaze us! Mixed in with our tall Cedars, Hemlocks and Douglas Firs and this is what you get. Who needs sun when you got this? Happy Easter 🐣 from the LGC Team! Pic by @vintotinto Our community🌎. Be conscious🍃. Be conscientious 🌿
A while back, we attended a foraging workshop with Michelle Nelson - @therurbanist - where we learned about how we can use what naturally grows around us to feed and heal ourselves. Her book, The Urban Homesteading Cookbook, focuses on ways we can do this while keeping a healthy balance with the Earth. One thing she speaks about is ways of preserving food so it can be eaten at a later date.  This, has been one of our goals for a long time - eating local produce all year round while re-using the glass each year to reduce our waste. We are currently talking to farmers & canning/fermenting  pros  but as we'd like to hold these once a month in Squamish and Whistler, we need as many people as possible to take part so if you know anyone who does this already, please send them our way. Note: More food making classes in the works because we all know cooking is so much more fun when you do it with others. Our community🌎. Be conscious🍃. Be conscientious 🌿.
This is the end product from our infamous soak 🥛. Milk can be made from pretty much anything and although you can strain it for using in coffee, it’s not really necessary. It can be added to granola, smoothies, sauces or can be drunk straight up! The milk pictured was made using the following: - Cashews: 3/4 Cup (soaked overnight) - Sesame Seeds: 1/4 Cup (soaked overnight) - Dates: 5 (Medjool) - Maple Syrup: 1 Tbsp - Purified Water: 4 Cups - Vanilla: 1 Tbsp - Cinnamon: 1 Tbsp INSTRUCTIONS: - Put ingredients in a blender. - Blend :) Enjoy! The LGC Team Our community🌎. Be conscious🍃. Be conscientious 🌿. Read Our blog Post: http://www.localgoodscompany.com/eat-your-heart-out/making-your-own-milk
A day in the life of a soaker 🌱! So did we ever think we would be soaking beans and nuts to make milk every week? Definitely not but we’ve learned things that made us realize we had to start doing this. Whether it’s the plastic lining the food cans we eat from, to the additives and preservatives that come in ready-made foods/milks, these are a few of the reasons we started doing this. And believe it or not, it’s so easy. It’s all about planning ahead! Every two or three days, this scenario takes place in our households. You have the beans, which will be added to whatever we’re cooking that week, the milk ingredients (this weeks is cashew and sesame seeds which is great for coffee) and hemp and sunflowers for the weekly dip that usually gets added to sandwiches or gets eaten with veggies/bread. We let the soak start in the morning before we leave for work or at night, before we go to bed. 1. The beans just need a bit of stock, salt & pepper and then they can be simmered for half an hour to two hours depending on the bean. They then can be eaten this way or added to anything you’re cooking. 2. The milk is simply 4 cups of purified water, 5 dates, 2 Tbsp of Maple Syrup (optional), 1 Tbsp of vanilla (optional), 1 Tsp of Cinnamon (optional) and blend. This will keep for 3 days and is a great base for smoothies. 3. Last on the list is the dip that is filled with tons of protein! Add a cup of purified water, 2 lemons, 3 Tbsp of nutritional yeast, 1 Tsp of salt, 1 Tbsp of garlic salt (optional) and blend. Note: the reason we used purified water is that it makes our recipes last longer. The same goes if you make homemade creams. Enjoy! Our community🌎. Be conscious🌿. Be conscientious 🌿.
Being surrounded by nature every day is probably the main reason why we are so motivated to give our customers choices that will give the 🌏 a break. So take the time to go play outside because it not only keeps you young and healthy but it also reconnects you to the only thing we humans really need - aka fresh air and sweet views! Here’s to getting outside everyday. Our community🌎. Be conscious🌿. Be conscientious 🌿.
Coming Soon! An awesome collaboration with the super cool Melinda Lopez from @twintreesvet 🐶. If you own an independent store in the Lower Mainland and are interested in supporting locally made goods, get in touch with us today!! Please note: all goods come packaged in reusable glass. Visit http://www.localgoodscompany.com/howitworks/ to learn more. Our community🌎. Be conscious🌿. Be conscientious 🌿.
One of the really interesting things we’ve learned by starting this business is where food is grown around the world 🌎. Most people don’t know this but in British Columbia/Canada we grow hazelnuts, quinoa, rice, einkorn, garlic, goji berries and so many other foods that we currently import from the other side of the world. Our company has different polices for each staple we sell but when it comes to nuts, we currently try to balance choosing options grown closer to home with costs which isn't ideal but we hope to change this with time. We are looking at how, in the long term, we can support more Canadian farmers even if their prices are much higher than their national and international competitors. The more we grow, the more we will have room to offset costs to be able to do this. And on that note we’d like to remind everyone to support their local farmers and most importantly, to not waste the food they work so tirelessly to grow for us. Our community🌎. Be conscious🌿. Be conscientious 🌿.
Running a business like ours can sometimes be overwhelming and then you hear from your customers and realize that all the hard work is worth it! We had a client buying soap from us yesterday and he let us know that he'd be re-using his old dish soap bottle & pump and that he just wanted a refill for it. Might sound like a small thing to do but then you think, what if all households in the Sea-to-Sky did this. That could potentially keep 50 000 bottles from going to landfill! When we add up all the small actions, we find that they create huge change so don't ever think that it doesn't matter because it seems so small. Here's to preserving our Earth and our Community. Shop Local and support producers who put the environment before profit. Soap refill by our local pioneers @becleannaturally Our community🌎. Be conscious🌿. Be conscientious🌿.
Had this amazing handmade chocolate made by @200degreesbakery for their new cafe in Nesters. Go check them out and grab a loaf of their tasty bread 🥖 while you’re there! Shop and eat where the locals go!
 
 

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