Jen’s Top 3: Allergy Prevention (Stop Seasonal Allergies Before They Start)
As we write this, we're in the midst of our fourth nor’easter in so many weeks. It certainly doesn’t FEEL like spring, does it? But cold as it is, this is the BEST time to begin an anti-allergy protocol that should allow you to skate through allergy season unscathed...
FEATURED PRODUCT: Essential Baking Company
We’ve had great breads in the store before, but that doesn't stem the excitement we feel at bringing our customers hand-crafted artisanal breads and scones—baked fresh daily—from Essential Baking Company. All Essential Baking Co. breads are made using traditional...
LOCAL FLAVOR: MUD Coconut Mousse
In 2013, Miriam Wietniewska and Sam Friedman fell in love. But they were often at odds over dessert. Sam loved sugary desserts like cookies, cakes and ice cream. Miriam would look at the ingredients and cringe – sugar, high fructose corn syrup, polysorbate 80,...
RECIPES: What to Make in Your Instant Pot
You have a slow cooker; do you really need an Instant Pot? The answer is...maybe. Depending on how you plan to use it, and for what. We are Instant Pot newbies, but have already had great success with a few dishes. What Instant Pots do REALLY well: Make legumes: They...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: City of Glen Cove Youth Bureau
We are pleased to introduce you to our March Charity of the Month: Glen Cove Youth Bureau. Since 1981, the Bureau has been dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment to allow all youth, all families, and the entire community to achieve its potential. Each...
Tilling the Earth
Organic farming is the solution to nutrient-rich soil For over 10,000 years, humans have depended on soil. Today, soil depends on us. Due to agricultural processes like higher volume tillage and the use of pesticides and fertilizers, the health of our soil is...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Kalypso Yogurt
If the cute terracotta pots in the Rising Tide dairy section have caught your eye, you are not alone! These little pots belong to local yogurt manufacturer Kalypso Yogurt. Armed with a Mediterranean heritage, a desire to spread a planet-friendly consciousness and a...
FEATURED PRODUCT: Aromatherapy Diffusers
**Make GREAT Valentine's Day Gifts!** Diffusing fragrant, high-quality oils makes any room smell amazing. Essential oil devotees may also diffuse their favorite oil or combo of oils with the hopes of alleviating stress or anxiety, depression and insomnia. Using an...
RECIPES: Valentine’s Day Desserts…No Refined Sugar!
If you've been trying to cut down on added sugars (yet you have a serious sweet tooth, like us!), you might wonder how you'll get through Valentine's Day. There are chocolates, and restaurant desserts, and the artificially colored-and-flavored-and high fructose corn...
Not So Sweet: The Truth About Sugar and Heart Disease
For years, the news on heart disease was all about saturated fat. Now, thanks in part to a 2014 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the focus has shifted off fat and onto another culprit: sugar. (As a side note, a recent...
Jen’s Top 3: Heart Health
February is Heart Month! Maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle is paramount when it comes to preventing heart disease. There is also a handful of well-studied supplements that may decrease your risk even further. We probed the natural medicine-loving mind of our...
Unpacking a Year of Giving
As we dive into a new year, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who made it possible for Rising Tide to donate more than $7,000 to local charities in 2017. --The launch of our Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB)/Charity of the Month program was an unmitigated...
Sip Soup for Weight Loss
January is National Soup Month! When it's cold outside, we tend to gravitate toward warm, comforting foods like pasta, stews, and the star of the show this month: soup! Low-calorie, high-fiber soups—especially those packed with vegetables and/or beans—are super...
FEATURED PRODUCT: Garden of Life Bars & Powders
The new year is a great time to reassess different aspects of our lives, including our fitness and nutrition regimen. What's serving us? What could be tweaked to help us meet our workout and weight-loss goals? All-important protein—a metabolism booster and muscle...
Healthier Snacking for the Big Game
You're working hard to right the diet wrongs of 2017...why throw it all away with a game day menu packed with less-than ingredients that would never make the cut any other day? Here are a bunch of healthier, but equally delicious, options to share with friends and...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: All Our Energy
We are pleased to introduce you to our January Charity of the Month: All Our Energy. All Our Energy advocates, educates, involves and empowers the public to support renewable energy and act on environmental issues. Their core missions: renewable energy advocacy and...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Strong Island Styles
In the past, we have devoted this space to a local food vendor, but this month we decided to broaden our definition of Local Flavor to include successful local businesses that help make our 'hood such a great place to run ours. First on our list was our neighbor...
Come Celebrate with Us on Jan. 1…Everything is 20% Off!*
We're kicking 2018 off the way we do each year, with our annual New Year's Day party! Enjoy yourself on New Year's Eve, then come in and soak up the healthy New Year's vibes with family and friends at Rising Tide Market. We can't THINK of a better way to ring in the...