Keep the Food Faves entries coming in—every month we give the lucky winner five of his or her absolutely favorite thing from the grocery department. Why couldn’t it be you?

The rules: Contest entrants must be Co-op members. Pick one thing from the grocery department (grocery, chill, frozen, beer and wine, but NOT bulk), write around 100 words about why you love it and how you eat it, and send it to me at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Make sure you include your name and the complete name of the product.

The winner will get his or her entry printed in the newsletter and will win five of their food fave as the prize, up to $50 in value.

Congratulations to this month’s winner, Melanie Jones!

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My Food Fave: Cascadian Farm Frozen Wild Blueberries (and cherries too)

by Melanie Jones, April Food Faves winner

My family loves to eat blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Most fresh and frozen blueberries are quite large and tough, hardly the texture one expects when biting into a pancake or muffin. Cascadian Farm Frozen Wild Blueberries are the perfect size and texture for baking. My 7-month-old daughter enjoys these blueberries with the rest of us on pancake mornings. I simply thaw a tablespoon of blueberries and stir them into her Nature’s Best Oatmeal Baby Cereal. It makes for a sweet, healthy treat that she can enjoy while the rest of us scarf down our blueberry pancakes! I can’t imagine a better way to begin a Saturday morning.