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Chocolate Trail Mix Bars Recipe

February 10, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

These delicious chocolate trail mix bars are perfect whenever you’re on the go!

Plus, they’re made of pantry staples you probably already have on hand – including oats, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. And if you don’t have them on hand you know you can get them at our stores!

 

Chocolate Trail Mix Bars

Makes 8

Total time: 35 Minutes

Gluten-Free, Vegetarian

 

Ingredients

 

1 cup gluten-free rolled oats

½ cup trail mix

½ cup mixed roasted nuts, roughly chopped

⅓ cup chocolate chips

½ cup roasted sunflower seeds

¼ cup sesame seeds

¼ cup currants

½ cup honey or brown rice syrup

⅓ cup creamy peanut butter

2 ounces chocolate, chopped

¼ teaspoon avocado oil

 

Directions

 

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine oats, trail mix, nuts, chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and currants.
  2. Heat peanut butter and honey in a small saucepan and stir until bubbling. Pour over oat mixture and stir until well blended and everything is coated.
  3. Line a 9”x9” baking pan with parchment paper. Add mixture to the pan and with wet hands, press mixture flat.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow bars to cool before removing from the pan.
  5. Cut into eight bars and place on a cooling rack.
  6. Fill a medium-sized pot with two inches of water and place a heatproof metal or glass mixing bowl on top. You want it to fit snugly without touching the water. Bring the water to a simmer over medium-low heat. Add the chocolate and avocado oil to the bowl and stir until melted and combined. Drizzle the chocolate over the cooled bars.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Eating Well, Farm Visits, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Organic foods, Pasture Raised, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Filed Under: Annex, Berkeley Store, El Cerrito Store, Farm Visits, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Pasture Raised, Special Events, Stores_both

Pre-Order Your Christmas Turkeys, Hams or Roasts In Store or By Calling

December 10, 2024 by The Natural Grocery Company

Don’t procrastinate on securing the main attraction of your Christmas feast!

Pre-order your turkey, ham or roast ASAP!

How? Call or come in! Order from the location you want to pick up from!

 

Turkeys, Hams & Roasts Available for Pre-Order at Berkeley

 

Berkeley 510-526-2456

 

Turkeys, Hams & Roasts Available for Pre-Order at El Cerrito

 

El Cerrito 510-526-1155

 

Turkeys arrive the Friday before Christmas (12/20/24) and will be ready for pick-up beginning Saturday, December 21, 2024.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from The Natural Grocery Company!

 

Filed Under: Blog, Business Practices, Eating Well, Holiday Tips, Non-GMO, Orders, Organic foods, Pasture Raised, Stores_both

Holiday Hours

December 6, 2024 by The Natural Grocery Company

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Business Practices, Farm Visits, Holiday Tips, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Pasture Raised, Stores_both

Thank You St. John’s Family Farms!

February 12, 2022 by The Natural Grocery Company

St. John’s Family Farms are one of our 40th Anniversary sponsors. In every raffle tote you will find a coupon for a dozen of their eggs, redeemable in our stores.

Their hens are carefree and pasture-raised. They explore, play games of chicken, and never have to cross the road. Best of all, they lay darn delicious eggs.

  • Small flocks, free to roam, roost, and graze on green pasture
  • Custom-blended, Non-GMO feed feed all sourced from the USA
  • Eggs are hand collected, packed, and delivered fresh

Healthy food comes from a healthy environment. This all boils (in St. John’s case steams) down to location, trust, and attitude. Nestled among walnut orchards and open pastureland in Corning California, St. John Family Farms is organically growing and prospering.
 
They have taken land that was once dry & desolate and farmed it to be lush & green. It’s a perfect home for their Outdoor Hens. As a Non-GMO Project Verified farm, you can trust the transparency and traceability of their food sources. Their healthy farm thrives on human kindness. From the farm’s passionate owners to its dedicated employees and team of livestock guardian dogs, we are committed to keeping our environment safe for all.
Thank You St. John’s Family Farms!

Filed Under: Blog, Food Sheds, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Pasture Raised, Stores_both, Sustainability

Farm Discovery Day

October 4, 2016 by WineAndBeer

We had a blast visiting the McClelland’s Dairy Farm this past weekend. At an event sponsored by Organic Valley, they pulled out all the fun farm toys! We got to spend time with calfs, shake and make butter, drive mini tractors, play in corn pits and drink milk (lots of milk!). Check out the pictures for a diary of the day. It’s always wonderful to see where our food comes from. I couldn’t help but pick up a dozen of their eggs before heading back to the city. Their bird’s beaks never get clipped so they roam the fields and eat tons of bugs and grass…all the good flavor making ingredients that lead to yummy eggs.

Don’t worry if you missed the event. McClelland’s eggs and Organic Valley milk and dairy products are available at our stores. img_3035img_3094img_3080img_3073img_3075img_3084
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Filed Under: Blog, Eating Well, Events, Farm Visits, Food Sheds, Know Your Farmer, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Organic foods, Pasture Raised, Special Events

Congratulations to St. John’s Family Farm – Now Non-GMO Verified!

September 23, 2016 by WineAndBeer

St. John’s Family Farm was founded in 2006. They are located about 40 minutes from Chico and 1 1/2 hours from Sacramento. Their farm is tucked away on a quiet country road, surrounded by nut trees.

Their hens are all pasture raised, free to explore, chase bugs and snack on hearty green grasses. Three times a day, they are served freshly mixed (corn and soy) Non-GMO feed. In their spacious mobile coops, they lay beautiful brown eggs and roost for the evening. It’s pretty bucolic.

Recently they went through the process of becoming Non-GMO verified. And we are thrilled with their new certification! Same tasty eggs, newly verified.

When we visited the farm, it was easy to tell why these eggs are so delicious and why the yolks are so intensely flavorful. The hens roam in wide open spaces, are gently treated by the staff and family and kept safe (mostly from foxes) by some amazing (and cute) guard dogs.

Try their eggs next time to stop by our stores and help support an amazing family and their animals by purchasing delicious eggs! stjohns

 

Filed Under: Blog, Eating Well, News, Non-GMO, Pasture Raised, Stores_both, Sustainability

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