LASSENS – NATURAL FOODS & VITAMINS
Oda would have been 100 years old this week! Lassen’s is proud to have such an amazing Pioneer in the Natural Foods Industry as our founder!
Happy 100th Birthday to Our Founder, Oda Lassen! Read More »
Oda Saw She Could Help Solve that Problem When I came into the Lassen family and learned that Oda owned and ran a Health Food Store, I just sort of thought, “Oh, that’s cool.” It wasn’t until about ten years ago that it really hit me how astonishing that was. Oda was born in August,
Lassen's Started with a Brave Woman and a Problem to be Solved Read More »
The Fields are Bursting with Berries! This Danish Strawberry Porridge is one of the first Danish recipes that I tasted when I met the Lassen family. Simple and tasty, it takes advantage of the beautiful fresh berries we have in California. It makes a wonderful stand-alone dessert (served with cream or coconut cream), but can
A Danish Taste of Summer! Jordbær Grød Read More »
Salad, Side Dish, Appetizer, Sandwich Topping — You Will Love this Simple and Easy Recipe! If you have enjoyed a Danish Smörgåsbord (or Swedish, for that matter) you have probably noticed a multitude of small serving dishes with little pickles of all kinds, red cabbage (rødkål, see Oda’s recipe here), peas and carrots, cucumbers, pickled beets, and
Danish Cucumber Salad Read More »
It’s Been Almost 10 Years! In honor of the 42nd Anniversary of the opening of the first Lassen’s, I thought I’d take you back almost 10 years to when we opened the Bakersfield store! It was 2003 And this was an ambitious project. At approx. 17,000 square feet, this would be our
Blast From the Past–Bakersfield! Read More »
Let’s Celebrate with a Recipe Straight from Oda and Hilmar! These are no ordinary pancakes–they are Danish Pancakes from the recipe file of Oda and Hilmar Lassen! They look like crepes, but since they came from Denmark, they have their own Danish, Natural Food twist! Like most pancakes, the ingredient list is pretty
Lassen's 42nd Anniversary! Read More »
Meet Jay! Now here’s a friendly face! This is Jay, the Manager of our Bakersfield store. Jay has worked for Lassen’s for 15 years. He started in Thousand Oaks, and eight years ago became the manager in Bakersfield. He happily “lives the lifestyle,” which means that he not only really believes in natural
Team Member Spotlight — Bakersfield Read More »
The year was 1986… After a few years of working in the family business, Peter and Gayle decided to take the plunge and open another store. Pep Boy Plaza (behind our current store) was the location, and man, do those old cars date us! (The “ocean-liner” car was Hilmar and Oda’s, and the Toyota
Ventura Blast From the Past Read More »