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May 2009 | FOOD E LETTER Forward To A Friend

GRAND RIVER GROCERY KITCHEN IS OPEN! You could make things really easy on mom this coming weekend by picking up dinner for the family. Each week Wes and Andrea are rolling out new dinner entree's. This past week we featured Penne Pasta with Tomato Sauce, Grilled Chicken with Sweet Onion and Garlic Glaze, Chicken Florentine, Mango Glazed Shrimp, Marsala Beef Cutlets, Chicken Pad Thai, Grilled Salmon with Lemon White Wine Sauce and Cheesy Rotini Pasta. The feedback has been very positive and we do appreciate your comments and suggestions.

GRAND RIVER GROCERY KITCHEN . . . Real Food Good to Go. Real food def: Fresh, natural ingredients; balanced taste . . . food that tastes as nature intended.

MAY CREW PICKS POSTED ON WEBSITE

I had a very fun weekend up north with my girlfriends last week and I took them to Empire to visit Mimi Wheeler - "chocolatier extraordinaire" and we purchased some of her new chocolates. I also picked up chocolates for the market . . . just in time for Mother's Day. We've got a new selection of Mimi's truffles in 2, 4 or 6 piece boxes, I also picked up her Wally Bars (they're my favorite) dark chocolate loaded with nuts and dried cherries, cocoa dusted chocolate covered almonds (Mimi's new favorite) and her toasted pecans with thyme and chocolate drizzle. Click on the photo to visit our website for other Crew Picks. And if chocolate is the right gift for mom . . . we've also got two other Michigan chocolatiers in our chocolate case!

APRONS MAKE MOM HAPPY!

We love aprons and at Grand River Grocery we have a nice assortment for Mother's Day. This jacquard apron has a cute flip around the bottom and is only $15.00! We've got aprons from Plumbrook as well, along with a newly arrived order of decorative kitchen towels.

Apron not the right gift? How about beautifully packaged scented candles or stationary, or the new craze around the dinner table called "Table Topics", or maybe something from Blueberry Haven, like a nicely packaged bag of chocolate covered blueberries! We've got lots of great gifts for Mom.

CUTTING BOARDS ARE GREAT WEDDING GIFTS!

At the Housewares Show this past March we stumbled on a couple young guys who had started a business making gorgeous cutting boards and butcher blocks out of teak - ProTeak. The wood used is sustainable and easy to care for, you simply wipe the boards off with soapy water and apply mineral oil occasionally to rejuvenate the wood. The natural wood patterns are beautiful. These boards are durable and will stand up to kitchen prep work, yet will stand on their own as a lovely serving piece for cheese. Definately not something to hide in your drawer, their natural beauty make them a perfect counter top accessory.

RECIPE

For my "Girls Weekend" up north, we cooked in Saturday night and I planned a very simple, healthy and delicious menu using these "secret weapons". The recipe was inspired from the magazine, Real Simple for a "heart healthy" Pork Tenderloin with Cabbage and Apple Slaw. To get the recipe, click on the photo and you'll see just how simple this meal was!! We roasted sweet potatoes tossed with BLiS Morroccan Rub, marinated our pork tenderloin in Leelanau Country Inn's Cherry Maple Vinaigrette and served it with the Apple Riesling Salsa. The cabbage slaw is perfect with this meal.

PARTY PLATTERS!

Yes!! We do food! Graduation open house, dinner parties, office parties, meeting lunches or breakfast trays, picnic pops - or you just don't feel like doing everything yourself and would like a cheese platter to get your party started - we can help you out! Contact Sarah Andro, at saraha@grandrivergrocery.com for a quote.

MAY WINE TASTING EVENT

May 21 is our last wine tasting until September! Join us for "Summer Sips" at the Ada Grill with our Wine Chick, Sarah Andro. For more details on the wine tasting, please click on the photo (our Sake and Sushi wine tasting at left) and you'll be directed to our website event page. To sign up for the tasting, contact saraha@grandrivergrocery.com .

OTHER MAY EVENTS

May 7: This Thursday . . . Girls Night Out in Ada. And we've got the Grand Rapids trolley running through the village. Shop specials, restaurant specials - a fun night in Ada! At Grand River Grocery we're giving you a 15% discount on any 6 regular priced bottles of wine and we're sampling our dinner entree's!!

May 8: 12-4 Brownwood Farms is in the market sampling their Northern Michigan line of products (you can try the Apple Reisling Salsa I used in the recipe above!)

May 16: Arts in Ada sponsored by the Ada Arts Council

May 21: We're on the grill helping you get ready for your Memorial Day weekend - rubs, BBQ sauces - we'll be tasting all!

CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS ON THE ABOVE EVENTS.

LAST MINUTE PRODUCE UPDATE!!!

Just in from Ingraberg Farm in Rockford - MICHIGAN ASPARAGUS!!

From the Iowa/Nebraska border - Gorgeous BLONDE MOREL MUSHROOMS!!

Every Friday, from Mudlake Farm in Ottawa County - COLORFUL MIXED LETTUCES and THE BEST DARN ARUGULA YOU'VE EVER HAD!!!

CONGRATULATIONS . . .

To Sue Sullivan who won our Grand River Grocery Gift Basket at the Romance Gardens event Saturday evening!! Congratulatoins Sue, we hope to see you in the market!

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