Garden Happenings: Featherstone Gifts, Lemon Bliss Salad, Chia Seed Pudding
#37: Winter Happenings @ Featherstone Garden
Welcome to Featherstone’s Winter Happenings Newsletter. Each week we share a rotating variety of garden updates: from heirloom seasonal produce features, to farm fresh subscriptions, veg-ed(ucation) content, plant-centered recipes, community partners, and more. As a subscriber, you will be the first to know all about our Garden Happenings. If you’re not a newsletter subscriber but would like to be, click below to signup.
Support our Local Small Business & SHOP Featherstone’s Holiday (Digital) Marketplace
We’ve got something for any food-enthusiast on your list this year. Our Holiday Marketplace is stocked with goodies—from our jarred brownie bake kits, spicy pickles, trio of stir fry sauces (also sold individually), fancy salt & sugar blends, holiday cards, branded featherstone merch, and more! Our curated gift sets (available in small & large) are also a convenient way to do your holiday shopping. Pickup and delivery options are available.
CORRECTED: Holiday Goods Pickup & Delivery Dates!
+ Expanded Delivery to Birmingham and Royal Oak
Last week our newsletter contained inaccurate dates for the pickup delivery of our holiday goods. Below are the corrected dates, please note that we have added Birmingham and Royal Oak to our delivery radius.
DOORSTEP DELIVERY* DATES
Order minimum $50 for delivery
*limited delivery radius + $5 delivery fee: MorningSide, East English Village, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Woods, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak, Birmingham
Tue, Dec.14: For orders placed before 12/13
Tue, Dec.21: For orders placed before 12/20
PICKUP DATES
1021 Manistique St, Detroit, MI 48215
Sun, Dec. 12: 10am-1pm
Tues, Dec. 14: 1:30-3:30pm
Sun, Dec. 19: 1-4pm
Tues, Dec. 21: 1:30-3:30
Lemon Bliss Salad w/ White Beans & Carrots
For week #3, our Winter Salad Kit subscribers will be receiving all of the items shown above for a healthy and robust salad. Click the link below to check out our original blog post for this salad, homemade dressing recipe, and a bonus vegan taco recipe made with vegan soy chorizo.
Interested in subscribing for the last 3 weeks of our Winter Salad Kit or Microgreens Subscription? We’re accepting rolling subscription signups throughout the duration of the current cycle. Click here to signup!
Chia Seed & Black Rice Pudding w/ Roasted Pears
Yields: 3-4 servings
Do ahead: Prep your chia pudding by mixing 3 Tbsp chia seeds + 1 cup of oat milk (or your preferred milk) + 1 tsp honey in a jar. Cover with lid and mix well. Let settle for 2-3 minuets, then mix again to prevent the seeds from clumping up. Cover with lid & place in the fridge for at least 30-60 min to achieve a pudding-like consistency.
(Note: you may need to stir or shake again after 30 minutes is up.)
Ingredients:
2 cups (cooked) black rice
2 cups oat milk (or milk of choice)
1 cup chia pudding
2 pears, sliced in half lengthwise
3 Tablespoon natural cane sugar
2 teaspoon oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3-inch orange peel
2 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
1 teaspoon all spice or nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt (plus more to taste)
pumpkin seeds
Directions:
Step 1
Cook black rice according to the package instructions. While rice is simmering, continue on with Step 2 (roast pears).
Step 2
Roast the pears:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut ripe pears in half lengthwise, gently scoop seeds out with a spoon. Drizzle about 1 teaspoon oil per pear, sprinkle with 1 tsp cinnamon (save the 2nd tsp for step #3). Bake pears cut side up for 25-30 min. Once they’re done, set aside to cool.
Step 3
Once your pot of rice is finished cooking, stir in oat milk, sugar, vanilla extract, orange peel, all spice or nutmeg, and remaining 1 tsp cinnamon. Leave pot uncovered and turn the heat up to medium-high until you reach a gentle boil. Then turn to low and simmer uncovered for another 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off the stove and stir in chia pudding.
To Serve
Remove the orange peel from the rice. Divvy out rice pudding into 3-4 bowls, top with sliced roasted pears and pumpkin seeds.
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Side-notes & Suggestions:
As an alternative to a hot rice pudding—make this recipe in the evening and store in the fridge for a chilled breakfast rice pudding. Renee’s personal preference: Roast the pears in the morning and serve them hot on top of the chilled rice pudding.
Rice prep suggestion: Toast your rice before cooking it. This step gives the overall dish an added depth of flavor, which will not disappoint. Check out this article to read more about it.
Shop Small & Support Local this Season
At Featherstone, our team is all making a conscious effort to shop ethically and locally this year. In addition to sharing our own holiday gift offerings, we will be highlighting some of our favorite local Detroit owned businesses who we love and support in each of our newsletters throughout the next few weeks. If you own a small business, or have recommendations for independently owned businesses, we’d love for you to leave a comment below or email us directly so that we can share your recs in an upcoming Featherstone Newsletter!
This week’s local business feature:
The annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair is coming up this weekend, which is a wonderful way to shop small and support local artists this year.
Worthwhile reads
For your reading pleasure, the team members at Featherstone will occasionally share an article or link we found to be a worthwhile read. We hope you enjoy our pick of the week.
Jessi’s Pick: Holiday Gifts from Bipoc-Owned Brands, via Womanly Mag
“12 Holiday Gifts from BIPOC-Owned Brands to Shop This Season, by Michelle Gant and Ali Cardia.”
Renee’s Pick: Work Lunch, via The New Yorker
“A poet’s freewheeling odyssey through American appetites inspires meditations on labor, loss, and the collective costs of our daily bread.”
Thanks for reading!
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Have a great week,
Annie, Aaron, Renee, Jessi + Chili & Bean (our farm cats)
