New Products and Hours in Anabel's!

As well as opportunities from the Ithaca Women's Opportunity Center, Food Recovery Network and Cornell Compost!

Hi friends!

Happy October and the week before break!

New Hours Coming Soon!

Keep an eye out for new store hours coming soon after fall break! We are expanding our opening hours to be more accessible to all of you :) Follow our Instagram @anabelsgrocery for live updates on our hours.

Product! Spotlight!

New in the store this week:

Concord Grapes

Broccoli (donated by Ithaca small farms)

Honey

Oatley

Brussels sprouts

Pesto

Decorative gourds

#Cooking with Anabel’s

Thank you to Dilmun Hill and community members who attended the tomato preserving event Sunday! We made about 50 pounds of delicious sauce and learned about the benefits of preserving. Check out the process below! Keep an eye out for our next event, a community dinner with pickled vegetables from a previous event :)

To Sauce

1. Wash ripe tomatoes

2. Optional step to remove the skins by blanching the tomatoes

3. Remove the core and roughly chop into chunks

4. Add to food processor and blend until desired consistency

5. In a pan heat up olive oil and add chopped onion then garlic

6. After the onion has cooked until translucent  and garlic is browning add the tomato base

7. Stir the sauce and bring the pot to a boil

8. As the water evaporates, the water will thicken

9. Season with herbs, salt, and pepper until desired taste

To Can

1. Sterilize jars: either boil in hot water or place jars in the oven at 200 degrees. Clean lids with hot soapy water

2. Add citric acid to the jars, amount depending on jar size (¼ tsp for 16 oz.)

3. Add hot liquid into the hot jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace

4. Before putting the lid on wipe off excess sauce in order to ensure a good seal

5. Put lid on and lightly screw the ring on

6. Bring a pot of hot water to a boil and add the jar in using canning tongs

7. Leave jars in boiling water for 40 minutes

8. Gently remove the jar using tongs and set aside for 24 hours

9. Do not touch the jars until the 24 hours is up and make sure you hear a ping to ensure the jars have properly sealed

10. Once the jars are sealed, move to final storage

11. Do not eat anything that looks or smells off :)

    

Looking for a great way to start the morning? Check out this awesome breakfast option for the week!

Free Cooking Class with Ithaca Women’s Opportunity Center!

WHAT: Free cooking class (we will be making chicken or vegetarian stir-fry for our first meeting)

WHEN: October 6th from 11:30-1pm (first in 6-week series)

WHERE: 315 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca, NY (the WOC)

WHO: Anyone who loves food and learning more about making it!

**masks required**

Reduce Food Waste this Week!

From Food Recovery Network (FRN): This weekend we have an opportunity to glean (harvest for donating) kale at Plowbreak Farms! If you are interested, please sign up on the sign up sheet below!

From Cornell Compost: We will be hosting our first G-body meeting THIS TUESDAY 10/5, at 6:30pm in Mann Library room 100 :-) Cornell Compost is a student club dedicated to supporting all compost initiatives on campus. From hosting educational events and creating cool resources, to supporting the Residential Compost Managers program, to increasing off-campus and Greek life compost access, we’ve done most everything at one point or another, and we’re excited to dive into another year of events and projects!