After months of cold, gray skies it is a relief to know that Easter is right around the corner! Spring is ready to blossom and the spirit of renewal is filling the air as we prepare to gather with family and savor flavors and traditions around the dining table. If you haven’t quite figured out what you’ll serve, here are a few recipes to try this year with a tidbit of history behind each one!
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Conversation hearts, chocolate covered strawberries, heart-shaped boxes of truffles – all iconic symbols for the holiday of love, Valentine’s Day. While it didn’t start out as a day to exchange gifts and treats, for the modern romantic, February 14th is a day to woo your beau. But where did these sweet traditions come from?
Feeling down in the dumps and not your best? Some foods can actually boost your mood by helping to reduce stress, ease anxiety and fight depression. Try adding some more fruits and vegetables, complex carbohydrates, fish, coconut, tea and saffron to your diet. Here are some of Sparkle Market’s healthiest recipes to try featuring these mood-boosting foods. Read more
New Year, New Dishes! From Thanksgiving to Hanukkah and Christmas, the holiday season is full of festivities. New Year’s Eve is a great finale to a fun-filled season. As 2021 comes to a close, let us at Sparkle Markets help relieve the pressure of finding new dishes or ideas to try out by trying these classic, traditional New Year’s plates, plus traditions to bring you a little luck while ringing in the New Year! Here is a list of ideas to help you celebrate this special tradition! Read more
Holiday traditions help promote unity, community and give identity to cultures that help spread the joy each year. The tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes stems from 20th-century Italian-American immigrants who—homesick for the land they left behind—combined classic Italian dishes with seafood. The sea was a representation of the connection between their home country and their new one. The tradition allows for a lot of adaptability; different families tend to have different types of seafood or dishes passed down from generation to generation. A family can change the seafood every year with new dishes added depending on who makes what. Looking for ideas to start a new tradition or need inspiration to change up your families’ dishes? Here is a list of recipes to help you celebrate this special tradition! Read more
As summer is finally heating up, many are switching from using a traditional oven to an air fryer! Air fryers are an excellent alternative to a traditional oven without heating up your house on hot days and even cuts down cooking time. With their easy-to-use nature and minimal clean-up required, it’s a no brainer on why so many people have switched to using it during the summer heat! Here is a list of the best food to try and make this summer!
Have you had to throw away items because they’ve gone bad before used? We’ve all had some experience with groceries that, even with the best of intentions, just don’t make it to the dinner table in time. The frustration of grabbing a rotten onion, finding a few yogurts close to date in the back of the fridge or having leftover fresh herbs you have no idea what to do with is all too familiar and wasteful. Here are a few tips to help extend the shelf-life of your groceries!
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Cold and flu season has already arrived for some, and is rapidly approaching for others in our communities! This winter, strengthen your immune system by adding some of these fruits and veggies to your daily diet.
Crisp, sweet and juicy, apples are a produce staple in the fall. This season, make sure to visit your local Sparkle and shop the wide assortment of Ohio varieties that are in season right now! In the meantime, here’s five fun facts about the crowd-favorite fruit.
From eating Kraft mac ‘n cheese as a child, to ramen as a college student, pasta has probably been a lifelong staple in your cuisine. And thus, we feel it is our due diligence to celebrate National Pasta Day the only way we know how- with recipes and a blog! What to expect: mini pasta history, pasta recipes and lots of fun facts.