Autumn is finally here with its beautiful fall colors, and its the perfect time to make warming soups! Come to Longmont Farmers Market this Saturday and get your Hävenly Baked Goods and your tomatoes! Ask for the imperfect ("seconds") vegetables as they do great in this soup. Scroll down for my amazing Mom's yummy tomato soup recipe with GF polish dumplings "klusky".

Mom's Tomato Soup with GF dumplings "Kluskies"
Growing up my mom always made this tomato soup with fresh tomatoes and home made dumplings. I now made my own gluten-free dumplings and it's so much fun. This soup is so easy to make, and peeling the tomatoes is really the only time consuming part. It's not an exact science so you might have to play around a bit in oder to get the dumplings just right for you.

If you are vegan, just omit the dumplings, or try making them with an egg substitute and let us know how it goes!

Soup Ingredients
4-6 lbs fresh tomatoes
(1-2 cans whole tomatoes or tomato paste depending on how flavorful your tomatoes are)
1 medium size yellow onion (coarsely chopped)
2-3 garlic cloves (minced)
Vegetable broth or bouillon
Salt and pepper to taste

Dumpling Ingredients
- 1/2 to 2/3 cups of your favorite gluten free flour mix, or make your own: 1/4 cup each of rice flour, potato starch and sorghum flour
- 1/2 tsp psyllium husk
- 3 eggs
- 0.5 tsp salt

Instructions for Soup
1. Cut a shallow “X” in the bottom of each tomato, boil them briefly in a large pot. Let them cool and remove peel (you can put them in ice water if you'd like to speed up the process).
2. Sauté the onion and garlic in some oil.
3. Put tomatoes, onion, garlic, vegetable stock in a big pot and some water. If you use vegetable bullion add more water.
4. Simmer for 30-60 minutes. Use a hand mixer to blend all ingredients.
5. Salt and pepper to taste.
Enjoy as is, or move on to making the dumplings!

Instructions for Dumplings
1. Whisk the eggs with a fork.
2. In a separate bowl mix the rice flour, potato starch, sorghum flour (or use your pre-bought flour mix), psyllium husk and salt. (the mixture needs to be very thick)
3. Bring the soup to a boil. Take a small amount of the mix on your spoon and drop it in the boiling soup. If it forms a little dumpling, you got it right. If it doesn't hold together add more flour mix to the eggs.
4. Repeat making the dumplings by putting a small amount onto spoon and drop into soup.

Enjoy!

There's so much to tell you this week. First, please remember to place your order by 6pm today (Thursday) for pick-up on Friday at Savory Spice. Second, we can't wait to meet you all again at Boulder Farmers Market this Saturday October 16 from 8am-2pm. Third, millet, more millet, and eggplant!

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Crispy Millet "Bread" Bites
A few years ago we went to a vegan paleo cooking class and learned to make these super easy crispy millet "bread" balls. We think of them as bread, but technically they don't have any type of leavening agent and frankly you want to eat them right away, as is! The recipe below makes about 6 vegan millet balls, and we'd most likely double it next time because all the kids wanted more. Not only are they so easy to bake, but they are also healthy. The way we love it!

Quick info about millet so you'll feel even better about making them: Millet is an ancient seed with an impressive nutrient profile. They are famed as “poor man’s food grain” due to its affordability. It is a drought and pest resistant crop that survive in a harsh climate and less fertile soil. Millets come with a whopping amount of nutrients including proteins, dietary fibre, and is rich in iron, B vitamin, calcium and antioxidant contents.

Ingredients (for 6 smaller balls - consider doubling the recipe!)
1 cup millet
1/3-0.5 cups oil
Salt
(Any dried herbs you might like - for example thyme, oregano, rosemary)

Instructions
1. Cook millet in 3 cups of water. Be careful for it not to burn. You might want to add some water. Cook for about 15-20 minutes until soft but not mushy.
2. Place in a food processor together with oil and salt (plus any herbs you fancy)
3. Farm balls and place on a cookie sheet. We used a large cookie scoop, but you can form by hand.
4. Bake at 400F for about 15 minutes until crispy on the outside with a golden color.

Enjoy warm!

Easy Eggplant Dish
We didn't quite know what to call this dish. It's a simplified take on eggplant parmesan, without the parmesan since we happened to have a Mexican style cheese mix and olives at home. We considered calling them eggplant towers, because that's what the kids called them. Love to hear how you'll make them and any name you give this dish!

Ingredients
- 4 smaller eggplants or 2 large (the more the merrier)
- Can of diced tomatoes
- Can of green olives coarsely chopped (we love Trader Joe's pitted green olives)
- Smaller diced onion
- 2-3 minced garlic cloves
- Any additional veggie you have at home (we used broccoli, but you can add mushrooms or zucchini)
- 4 cups Mexican cheese (or vegan cheese that melts well)
- Salt, pepper, some cayenne pepper

Instructions
1. Cut eggplants in circles. Place on two oiled baking sheets. Salt and let sit for a few minutes. Brush with oil. Bake in oven at 400F for 10 minutes, flip and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Take out.
2. While eggplant is baking, prepare the sauce. Sauté onion and garlic in some oil. Add the can of tomatoes and other vegetables and sauté until eggplant is done. Spice with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper to your liking.
3. Place one layer of the cooked eggplants in an oiled baking sheet. Layer eggplant, tomato sauce, olives and cheese. Try to get two layers and finish with cheese. Bake for 5-10 minutes until cheese has melted.
4. Serve with the crispy millet "bread" balls and a salad!

Enjoy!

Mark your calendars for the following farmers and holiday market dates!
Saturday October 16 - Boulder
Saturday October 23 - Longmont
Saturday November 13 - Boulder
Saturday December 4 - Denver
(SWEA Swedish Holiday Market))
Saturday December 4 - Longmont (Winter market)
Sunday December 5 - Longmont (Winter market)

🎉We are excited for this Friday's Nude Foods Grand Opening Party 🎉
Come and enjoy free snacks, live music and grocery giveaways at this free-to-attend celebration out front of Boulder's first zero-waste grocery store on 3233 Walnut Street, Boulder.

Event Schedule:

3:30pm - Free snacks at the vendor tents. Scope/shop inside the market, beat the rush!

4:00pm - Jeff & Paige Kids' Concert

5:30pm - Live Music from The Elbow Brothers and adult beverages next door at Twisted Pine

7.00pm - Finish up the snacks and head to Twisted Pine to keep partying!

Hävenly looks forward to be part of this fun event and to help celebrate the opening of Boulder's first zero waste grocery store on 3233 Walnut Street. As you know, at Hävenly we strive to be zero waste baking on compostable baking paper, buying bulk ingredients and now you can get our Swedish inspired bread in reusable packaging at Nude Foods! Hurray!

Nude Foods Market offer local, organic groceries, meals and household products in zero waste, reusable containers that you simply return for washing, sanitizing and reuse when you've finished with them. It's like a traditional grocery store just without all the plastic waste!(No need to bring your own containers, you just grab pre-filled jars off the shelves and return them to get your deposit back when you're done with them.)

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Longmont Farmers Market this Saturday October 9 from 8am-1pm!
Come and say hi!

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Remember to place your order of Hävenly's baked goods before 6pm tomorrow (Thursday) for pick-up at Savory Spice. And as always. we are happy to ship you our bake-at-home bread mixes!

The world's easiest apple sauce recipe? Yes, we think so. No need to peel, paleo friendly and delicious! Head to Nederland this Sunday and join us for a super fun Harvest Fest.

Nederland Harvest Fest
Please bring your family this Sunday October 3rd from 10am-3pm to Nederland's Harvest Fest. Live music, pumpkin patch, cider, yak rides, games, and over 60 food and art vendors. Nederland Harvest Fest is the perfect place to grab your Hävenly Baked Goods, organic apples and other goodies.

No peel paleo apple sauce/compote
We were blessed this year with hundreds of apples. So many that we couldn't keep up. Our apple tree is over 100 years old, and the apples are small, mighty and not always perfect. There were so many that fell before we had a chance to pick them, so what could we make with them that was super fast and delicious? If you have a slow cooker the answer is easy: no peel compote and apple sauce!

Ingredients for Apple Sauce or Apple Compote:
Apples
Cinnamon
Lemon juice

Instructions
1. Grab your favorite apples and cut them in pieces. No need to peel. Simply cut around the core and around any piece of the apple that you don't want to use. Place them in your slow cooker
2. Add some cinnamon, squeeze of lemon and 1/4 cup of water.
3. Cook for 4 hours on high (if you don't have a slow cooker, you can cook on low heat on your stove, but this requires occasional stirring).

* Your apple compote is now ready! Serve as is or maybe with your favorite ice cream and some roasted nuts. Want apple sauce? Continue to step 4!

4. Place cooked apples in your blender or food processor. Blend on high until you get a smooth apple sauce. We did this in our Vitamix and got a fabulous apple sauce!

(If your food processor can't blend the peel perfectly, simply take the apple sauce in a colander that you hold over a bowl. Press out the apple sauce using a wooden spoon).

Apples, cinnamon and a dash of lemon juice ready for slow cooker!

Apple compote! Want apple sauce? Just put them in your blender.

Mark your calendars for the following farmers market dates!

We are so excited to be back at the following farmers markets starting with Nederland Harvest Fest this Sunday October 3rd!

Sunday October 3 - Nederland
Saturday October 9 - Longmont
Saturday October 16 - Boulder
Saturday October 23 - Longmont
Saturday November 13 - Boulder

Curb-side pick up available every week in Boulder, Denver, Lafayette and Longmont!

Place your Farmers' Market orders for curb-side pick-up in Boulder, Denver, Lafayette and Longmont. See more details below.

Don't forget to place your order for pick up at Savory Spice
Last but not least, don't forget to place your order of Hävenly Baked Goods by 6pm Thursday.

Bike to work day tomorrow (Wednesday) 6.30am-9am
Get on your bike and try different free samples tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from 6.30am-9am outside of Nude Foods Market at 3233 Walnut St. Hävenly will be there to fuel you on your way to work/school! While you are at it, take a look in the beautiful store. Nude Foods will open their doors for customers extra early for this event. In addition to our bread you can find all your pantry items, prepared foods, body and household items in reusable, returnable containers. No plastic packaging in sight!

Celebrating Nude Foods: Boulder's first zero waste supermarket!
We are so proud of our friends at Nude Foods Market for making their dream come true and opening Boulder's first zero waste grocery store on 3233 Walnut Street. As you know, at Hävenly we strive to be zero waste baking on compostable baking paper, buying bulk ingredients and now you can get our Swedish inspired bread in reusable packaging at Nude Foods! Hurray!

Mark your calendars for Nude Foods Market grand opening party on Friday October 8th!
Come and sample some of Hävenly's baked goods and other yummy foods. There's free, zero waste food, live chickens to play with, Jeff and Paige kids entertainers and other live music! All at Walnut and 32nd. Click here to get your free tickets.

Get your Hävenly Morning Oat Buns in beautiful glass jars. Simply return the jars to Nude Foods Market when you are done!

Home delivery in Denver area? Yes!!!
Did you know that you can get Hävenly's baked goods and other wonderful local products delivered each Monday morning to your doorstep for only $9.99? Are you in Arvada, Aurora, Denver, Englewood, Littleton, Westminister, or Wheatridge? Simply check your eligible zip codes here and place your order between Tuesday 8am and Thursday noon, and our amazing friends at BCFM will ensure delivery of your farm fresh produce directly to your home. Follow these steps to order:

1. Go to: https://bcfm.org/curbside-pickup/
2. Register for an account or if you have one click "browse now"
3. Go to the little person symbol at the top right corner.
4. Click "overview" and choose "Denver home delivery"
5. Click "shop this period" and choose among fabulous local products!

Mark your calendars for the following farmers market dates!

We are so excited to be back at the following farmers markets starting with Boulder this Saturday! Please come and say hi from 8am-2pm. We can't wait to see you,

Saturday September 18 - Boulder
Saturday September 25 - Longmont
Saturday October 2 - Denver Union Station
Saturday October 9 - Longmont
Saturday October 16 - Boulder
Saturday October 23 - Longmont
Saturday November 13 - Boulder

Curb-side pick up available every week in Boulder, Denver, Lafayette and Longmont!

Place your Farmers' Market orders for curb-side pick-up in Boulder, Denver, Lafayette and Longmont.

Don't forget to place your order for pick up at Savory Spice
Last but not least, don't forget to place your order of Hävenly Baked Goods by 6pm tomorrow (Thursday).

Apples & Honey!
It's been a busy week navigating baking, children and the High Holidays. For us, this is a time to take a deep breath, make amends and see what we would like to bring into the new year, and what we would like to leave behind. The Jewish holidays are deeply connected with food. For Rosh Hashanah we bake sweet round Challah (we have a few Love Boules left if you need a delicious gluten-free option). Another wonderful tradition - and a fabulously healthy snack - is to dip apples in honey. The apple represents both the earth and the year, and we hope that it will be sweet for all of us!

Remember to place your order of Hävenly's baked goods by 6pm today!

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Nederland Farmers Market this Sunday
Come and say hi at Nederland Farmers Market this Sunday September 12 from 10am-2pm. Great time to pick up some organic apples, local honey and Hävenly's Love Buns.
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HōMSTED coupon expires tomorrow
Be sure to checkout HōMSTED on the Hill (1211 13th Street) in Boulder.
Get 10% off your entire HōMSTED order when you also buy a Hävenly product. Offer valid through 9/10/21.

Nut Bread from the Bronze Museum (Keto friendly)

Before you scroll down to the recipe, remember to place your order of Hävenly's baked goods by 6pm today!

This summer we visited the rock carvings in Tanum, a Unesco World Heritage site. We walked among the hundreds of rock carvings (some estimated to be 4000 years old), explored the reconstructed Bronze village and enjoyed a fabulous meal at Café Bronze. We loved the salmon toast and the cafe kindly shared the recipe of their Nut Bread!

You can easily tweak it to make it Keto-friendly by replacing almonds with walnuts. Allergic to sesame seeds? Try using flax seeds instead. Let us know how the baking goes!

Café Bronze Nut Bread Recipe

Heat oven to 325F (160C)

Ingredients

• 200g almonds (or walnuts) coarsely ground

• 200g pumpkin seeds

• 100g sesame seeds (or flax seeds)

• Handful of walnuts (optional)

• 0.5-1tsp salt

• 5 eggs

• 0.5 cup olive oil

Instructions

1. Mix ground almonds, seeds, walnuts and salt in a bowl.

2. Whip eggs and oil in a separate bowl. Mix in the nut mix.

3. Oil a smaller non-stick loaf pan (about 9"x5") and coat it with some almond flour or with sesame seeds. Pour in the batter.

4. Bake 1 hour
   
   ***ENJOY***

You might already have been to HōMSTED's apothecary, garden and retail store in Glenwood Springs, and you can now visit
HōMSTED's brand new store on 1211 13th Street (on the Hill) in Boulder Mo-Th 11am-6pm, Fr-Sat 11am-7pm and Sun noon-5pm! Starting this week, they will carry Hävenly's bake-at-home bread mixes. 

*** OPENING OFFER***
Get 10% off your entire HōMSTED order when you also buy a Hävenly product!  Valid through September 10, 2021.

HōMSTED's philosophy is guided by simple words that are so true to us at Hävenly:
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world”.
-M. Ghandi

These words have guided HōMSTED to live a life where
quality is more important than quantity,
where simple often beats complex,
where things built with your own two hands have higher inherent value,
and the sustainable path is always worth the sacrifice of convenience.

HōMSTED's product offerings

At HōMSTED, their goal is to provide customers with the knowledge and supplies to live a better life… a life made better through higher quality, simpler, locally sourced and hand crafted goods. To that end, they offer a comprehensive selection of thoughtfully curated goods for your health, home, kitchen, and garden including Hävenly's bake-at-home bread mixes. 

HōMSTED's apothecary selection includes tinctures, essential oils, bulk herbs, body care products, and ingredients for making your own products. They carry a wonderful selection of natural and safe cleaning and body care products. Their home goods selection includes hand crafted pottery and ceramic goods, canning supplies, quality linens, decorations, cooking tools, fermentation supplies and so much more. In addition to Hävenly's bake-at-home bread mixes their pantry carries locally sourced honeys, spices and canned goods. Their garden selection carries growing kits, organic seeds, starter plants and hand-crafted tools. It's a magical place and you are most welcome! 

Lovely Indian-Pakistani Recipes!
We were the lucky winners of a cooking class in a fundraiser to support our neighborhood school. Nadia brought a smile and shared her cooking skills as we made two amazing Indian-Pakistani meals. What an unforgettable night! We hope you'll have just as much fun cooking these as we did. Find more of Nadia's recipes on instagram @grocerytogarnish.

Nadia's Chicken Curry Recipe (4 servings)

You can make the chicken recipe vegan by replacing the chicken with for example Quorn "chicken" pieces. If so, be sure to add a bit extra oil when frying them. It might seem like a lot of ingredients, but don't be discouraged. It's really nothing too strange and very easy to make!

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons each coriander seeds and cumin seeds

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil or other mild oil

• 1 lb (500 g) boneless skinless chicken thighs (or your vegetarian alternative - we like to use the Quorn brand)

• 1 large yellow onion thinly sliced

• 2 tomatoes seeded and chopped

• 2 tablespoons butter or sunflower oil

• 1 tablespoon minced garlic

• 1 tablespoon minced ginger

• 1 teaspoon seeded and minced jalapeño pepper

• 2 each bay leaves and star anise

• 1/2 cup (4 fl oz/ 125 fl ml) coconut milk

• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

• 1/4 cup cup unsalted cashews (toast in some butter on medium heat until golden for garnishing)

Instructions

1. Toast the coriander and cumin seeds for a few minutes until fragrant. Grind using a mortar and pestle.

2. In a large bowl, stir together the toasted and ground seeds, 1/2 teaspoon salt, turmeric, black pepper, cayenne pepper and oil until well mixed.

3. Season chicken thighs with spice mixture and turn to coat evenly.

4. Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over high heat. Cook chicken thighs in hot butter until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. When cool enough to handle, cut chicken into bite-size pieces.

5. Reduce heat under the skillet to medium-high. Add 2 tablespoons butter or oil. Stir onion into skillet; sauté until onion softens and turns translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, jalapeño, bay leaves and star anise and continue to sauté until light golden brown, 5-7 minutes.

6. Add tomatoes and sauté until a bit softened and stir in the coconut milk and chopped up chicken and bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for about 10-15 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and salt to taste.

7. Garnish with toasted cashews and cilantro and serve with basmati rice.
   ENJOY!

Nadia's Paneer Makhani (4 servings)

This dish is so fragrant and flavorful and can easily be made vegan by substituting the paneer with firm tofu, mushrooms or cauliflower!

Nadia's tip: Grate large amounts of garlic and ginger with oil and kosher salt and storing in ice cube trays (which is about a tablespoon). This helps with getting things done faster during the week.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons ghee, butter or coconut oil

• 1 large yellow onion finely diced

• 1 tablespoon ginger grated

• 1 tablespoon garlic minced

• 2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chili powder or another mild red chili powder

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric

• 1 cup canned tomato puree or crushed tomatoes

• ½ cup water

• 1 pound paneer cut into ½-inch cubes (or substitute with firm tofu, mushrooms or cauliflower)

• ½ cup coconut milk

• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

• 2 tablespoons dried fenugreek leaves optional

• 2 teaspoons coconut sugar or other sweetener (optional)

• 1 teaspoon garam masala

• ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

1. Heat the ghee, butter or coconut oil on medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent. Then add ginger, garlic, tomato paste, chili powder, salt, and turmeric and sauté until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the tomato puree and water and stir to combine. Layer over the garam masala, but do not mix.

2. Cover and cook on med low for about 10-15 minutes. Stir periodically.

3. Uncover pot and check consistency and add more water if needed. Stir in the paneer, cream, fenugreek leaves, and sugar (optional). Let cook for an additional 5-10 minutes. Garnish with cilantro & serve.
   ENJOY!

Nadia's Basmati Rice
This rice is awesome! 

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups basmati rice (rinse until water runs clear)

• 2.25 cups water

• 1.5 tablespoons butter, ghee or coconut oil

• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Melt butter, ghee or coconut oil over medium heat, add rice and cook for about 5 minutes.  
2. Once you can smell the rice, add water and salt, and raise to medium high heat. Once boiling cover and set to low heat.  Cook for 20 minutes. fluff with fork and serve.