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Try This One For Starters Written by Gayle Many years ago (more than twenty…) we attended a training from Nature’s Way. We were able to tour their facility and their lab, and learn about their products. This was back in the day when there had been very little research done on the efficacy of supplementation, and […]
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Drum Roll… (Aren’t You Excited?) Written by Gayle Yes, it’s the day you have been waiting for! September 13 is National Peanut Day! Peanuts are one of the most popular snacks in the world! When I visited Uganda, the number one snack I was offered in people’s homes was home-grown peanuts, just
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It’s Going Away As of Monday, July 1, there will be no Google Reader. So if you are used to seeing all of the blogs you follow on one page, you’ll have to find another service. One option is to use Bloglovin–it’s easy to switch over your subscriptions! Go to bloglovin.com and you’ll be able to make
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Forty-One Years ago in History… Body Ecology Look what I found! (Sorry the picture is a little blurry, but you know old newspapers!) This article appeared in the Camarillo paper in 1972. Oda Lassen (on the right), and her one and only employee Jeannie Green, in the first Lassen’s Health Food Store.
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The “Fancy Foods Show” is Not an Overstatement! Bethany, Peter and me with a gorgeous view of San Francisco from Alcatraz Island It’s January, so some of us from Lassen’s have come to San Franciso for the Fancy Food Show! We came a little early so we could enjoy the beautiful city. We rode
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Want to Try Raw? Here’s an Idea! I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post about my Battle with the Beet when I featured the recipe for Love Beets All Brownies. Happily Beets won in the end. This recipe from our Demo Captain, Stephanie, was one of the prettiest that I’ve seen so far.
It’s Fantas… (Warning: Here comes an awful pun…) Today’s Food Demonstration in the Ventura store is Tangerine Kale Salad and let me tell you, it is FANTASI-KALE (whoop, there it is…)!!! Stephanie, our lovely Demo Captain, threw together an easy, fresh and delicious recipe primarily consisting of our Organic Local Produce.
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Sports Water Done Simple and Pure! Ok, I’ll just say it. My muscles cramp. A lot. Charlie Horses are not my friend, but they sure like me. And exercise makes it much worse. So I like to supplement my water with an electrolyte drink. But have you tasted some of those? All the sugar, all
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A Delicious Raw Energy Snack! It’s just a regular day in the Lassen’s office. I’m sipping my cinnamon vanilla herb tea from The Republic of Tea and working on graphics for an upcoming Lassens Event (Did you know that FABIO, the long haired wonder himself, is coming to our Thousand Oaks (1/25) and Ventura (1/26) locations
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Oda Lassen’s Granola Written by Gayle As promised a week ago, here is a great granola recipe. I got this recipe from Oda Lassen herself, although I have modified it a bit–her tastes were for things a bit sweeter than mine! Start with some old-fashioned rolled oats I love these
We Honor, Thank, and Miss Oda and Hilmar Look at these two adorable people! This is Oda and Hilmar Lassen, the founders of Lassen’s. We are so sad to announce that we have lost them both. Hilmar passed away on November 11, 2012 at the age of 98 and one-half, and Oda
Time for a Fresh Start! I’m not going to blast you with a guilt-trip on this New Year. But here are some suggestions for a great year. Notice Beauty When my sister and her husband moved from drizzly Seattle to the San Diego area, they promised each other that they would stop whatever they