High-5 Recipes for 2025

Hello twenty-twentyFIVE, and hello to FIVE new high FIVE recipes. Sensing a theme? Good things come in FIVE: five ingredients, 5% Friday, and $5 community meals (coming soon!). As always, these High Five recipes call for just 5 ingredients or less, and some, less than 30 minutes of your time! High five to 2025!

wonton soup

Easy Wonton Soup

Serves 2

When you’re wanting warming soup that isn’t overly heavy or creamy, this wonton soup is the way to go. Plus, it’ll be ready in less than 20 minutes! Works wonderfully for weeknights – and do toss in some Co-op shredded chicken for extra protein, if you are wont to do.

Ingredients

  • 10-12 frozen wontons (or Loaban dumplings)

  • 1 bok choy, chopped – leafy green and stalk separated

  • 1 shallot, thinly sliced

  • 1-inch knob of ginger, minced

  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced

Pantry ingredients: olive oil, 32oz container of chicken/veggie broth, soy sauce (or coconut aminos), sesame oil, rice vinegar, minced garlic

Directions

  1. Add a Tbsp olive oil to a pot and sauté the shallot, ginger, and 2 Tbsp minced garlic.

  2. Once fragrant, add chicken stock, 2 Tbsp soy sauce, ½ Tbsp sesame oil, 1 tsp rice vinegar, and bring to a boil.

  3. Once boiling, add frozen wontons. Once wontons float to the top, toss in bok choy stalks and simmer for 2 minutes.

  4. Distribute chopped bok choy leaves between two bowls. Pour soup over the bok choy, top with green onions and chili crisp, if desired. Enjoy!

honey ginger lemonade

Honey Ginger Lemonade

‘Tis the season to be sweet on citrus! Sensational citrus are rolling in, and we’re ready to sip some sunshine with this uplifting honey ginger lemonade tonic. Enjoy over ice or piping hot to soothe a sore throat. Either way, you’ll be feeling zesty!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups water

  • 1-inch fresh ginger, thinly sliced

  • 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric

  • 1/2 cup honey

  • 1/2 cup fresh squeezed Co-op lemon juice

Directions

  1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan, remove from heat, and stir in ginger, turmeric and honey. Let stand and steep for 20 minutes.

  2. Strain the liquid into a quart jar and stir in lemon juice.

  3. To serve chilled, fill a 12-ounce glass with ice and pour ½ cup of lemonade concentrate over the ice. For a crowd, fill a two-quart pitcher with ice and pour in all of the concentrate.

Adapted from grocery.coop

birria tacos

Birria: Co-op Style

Serves 4-5

Birria really doesn’t get easier than this. While our take isn’t quite the classic, it is deeply flavorful, smokey, and just the right kick of spice!

Ingredients:

  • 2-3lb Co-op Beef or Lamb Birria

  • 8 tortillas, corn or flour

  • Cotjia cheese

  • 1/2 onion, chopped

  • Cilantro, chopped

Additional pantry ingredients: your favorite taco fixin’s – avocado, pico de gallo, radishes, etc.

Directions:

  1. In an oven-safe roasting pan, add 4-5 cups chicken stock with 2-3lbs of birria.

  2. Cover and braise for 4-5 hours at 300°F. You’ll know the meat is done when it shreds easily.

  3. Shred, serve on a tortilla with your favorite toppings, or, you can serve birria over rice and beans as a stew!

Citrus, Mixed Greens & Beet Salad

Serves 2

If the holidays and heavy sides like mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing have left you feeling, well, stuffed, mix it up with something bright and light to start the new year! Don’t like beets? Substitute with cucumber or avocado.

Ingredients

  • 10oz bulk mixed greens

  • 2 gold or red beets, rinsed and peeled

  • 2 medium oranges or 4 small satsumas, or mandarins

  • 1/2 cup crumbled feta or goat cheese

  • Co-op Citrus Vinaigrette

Directions

  1. Roast the beets: drizzle in oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and wrap in foil. Roast for 35-50 minutes, or until fork-tender. Set aside to cool.

  2. Peel the oranges and separate into slices.

  3. Toss salad greens with Co-op citrus vinaigrette (to taste). Top with sliced beets, citrus, and a sprinkle of feta.

pulled pork sliders

Pulled Pork Game Day Sliders

Serves 6-8

These pulled pork sliders are easy and a total crowd pleaser on game day, or any day! If you don’t eat pork, swap it out with our smoked pulled chicken!

Ingredients

  • 2lbs Co-op Smoked Pulled Pork

  • Your favorite brand of BBQ sauce – we love Stubb’s

  • 2 bags of Co-op rolls or other pretzel buns

  • Batch of coleslaw (if desired)

Other pantry ingredients: Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, poppyseeds, melted butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Slice the rolls in half and set aside the top half.

  2. Place the bottom halves of the buns in a 9x13 baking dish. Top with pulled pork and a drizzle of BBQ sauce, then add the bun tops.

  3. Combine 1/4 cup of melted butter, 1 tbsp Worcheschire, 1/2 tbsp garlic powder, and 1 tsp of poppyseeds. Pour the butter mixture over the top of the buns and use a spoon to spread evenly.

  4. Cover the dish with foil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 5 minutes.

  5. Once the buns have cooled for a few minutes, add a scoop of slaw under each bun. Grab your pals, turn on the Seahawks game, and pig out!

Adapted from Kim’s Cravings

Written by Leigha Staffenhagen for the January 2025 Natural Enquirer

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