![]() ![]() For the sugo, I used tinned tomatoes, full of summery flavour and sweetness, at this point the fresh ones aren't an option yet. ![]() Their size should always be small enough to fit on a fork with a bit of sugo on top, heavenly! And here my mother's recipe comes in again, I mixed the minced meat with lots of fresh thyme, rosemary and garlic to give it a rich Mediterranean touch. And not to forget grated parmesan, 3 heaped tablespoons melted into the tiny balls added the cheese's wonderful aroma to the meat. Cook them in an aromatic tomato sugo, or with lots of onions and white wine, and you'll have the most comforting dish on your plate. They are perfect nibbles for a brunch or casual cocktail party, and absolutely tempting when it comes to pasta. Small meatballs are a delicious (and addictive) snack, warm and cold. I can't even say which size I prefer, sometimes my appetite calls for a massive burger, preferably pure minced steak stuffed between a bun with some greens and thin tomato slices. This only changed in the past few years, now she tells me with excitement about rustic burger nights in her kitchen! In general, she's not a big fan of huge portions on her plate so the dimensions of a proper burger didn't really appeal to her. She mixes the meat with eggs and breadcrumbs for a fluffy texture and lots of fresh herbs from her garden before she gives them a small round shape. In the past, I only used to shape little balls of minced beef, lamb or pork in my kitchen, that's how I learned it from my mother and I followed her recipe for years. I first learned to enjoy burgers through my Maltese/ American partner, he introduced these rather well sized portions of meat to my cooking. A glass of the deepest red wine, Caruso on the vinyl player and the world is as perfect as it can possible be! "We take extra time to go out and build these relationships with our local vendors.This is the essence of Italian food for me, a huge plate full of warm pasta with tiny meat balls, fruity tomato sugo and fresh thyme and rosemary. We want to be part of not just Michigan, we want to be part of the community that we have our stores in," Bernier said. The machine is called "the grainery" and it produces fresh milled oats. "You can come into this store specifically and we have a local gentleman we're buying grain from and you can grind your own rolled oats, right here," Bernier said. And Bernier says that's what they're really all about at the end of the day. They carry more than 400 Michigan products. Tags throughout the market that say local indicate those items supplied by local vendors. They even squeeze their own juices in the stores. They take extra care in the way they handle the produce. It brings good value to the customer."įresh Thyme just went over the 1,600 employee mark, with each store employing about 100 employees.īernier said that 30 percent of Fresh Thyme's business is produce. We'd rather sell 100 units at 77 cents than 10 at $1.99. "You're not going to see the blueberries go to $3 for 6 ounces after being 77 cents. "There won't be a big switch in prices," he said. The fledgling grocery chain plans to open three stores in the Detroit-area in mid-July and to expand into five other states before the end of the year.ĭave Bernier, vice president of operations, says Fresh Thyme is always "hot" with their pricing (meaning a great low price) but they want to be extra "hot" at the grand openings. The East Lansing store is its first in Michigan. Over the past year, Fresh Thyme has opened 13 stores in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. "I've been looking for a place in Lansing that sells good fresh fish," she said. Megan Schmidt, of Lansing, got in line at 4 a.m. Inside the renovated 30,000-square foot space once occupied by Goodrich's Shop-Rite, shoppers found 1,400 gluten-free items, more than 500 bins of natural and organic bulk items, a fresh fish market, natural meat department, organic and local fruits and vegetables, baked goods, a full dairy section, frozen, a hops and grapes section (beer and wine) and a 8,500-item body care and vitamin department. ![]()
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