Local apple cider adds a touch of sweetness to our new housemade lemonade. Fresh mint leaves float in the lemonade to add a refreshing and herbaceous flavor, and the natural sugars from the apples means that this is a no sugar added recipe! At present, our apple cider lemonade is exclusively available at sweetgreen Logan. Keep your eyes open for some cool changes coming to your favorite sweetgreen soon, though!

Photo: Pearl Barley with Rosemary Roasted Portobello Mushrooms, Fresh Peppers & Balsamic Sauce

> Barley, Quinoa & Wheatberries

For your next meal or side dish, try playing around with some different types of grains. Many of them are super nutritious and ridiculously delicious. A great quinoa dish can be like a risotto without all the work, and fried rice without all the grease!

Our Market menu will always feature one grain item. We love quinoa but figured it was time to change it up and give other grains a chance! Our tantalizing new Market item at sweetgreen Logan, pictured above, is Pearl Barley with Rosemary Roasted Portobello Mushrooms, Fresh Peppers and Balsamic Sauce. Stop by and give it a try!

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We’re counting down the days ’til next Tuesday, March 8, when the new Gorillaz album hits stores (or, better yet, iTunes).  In the meantime, we’ve resorted to looping this video of “Stylo” and streaming each and every track of Plastic Beach on The Guardian. Happy Friday!

This Friday, March 5, we’ll be hanging out with local authors Elizabeth Wilson and Luis de los Heros at sweetgreen Bethesda. Stop by between 5 and 7:30pm to pick up a signed copy of their new children’s book, Chifa Chi’s Little Adventure in Washington, DC!  Buy the book, enjoy a sweetflow on us!  For more information, check out the Facebook event and Chifa Chi fan page. Hope to see you there!

Name: The Farm at Sunnyside
Location: Rappahannock County, VA
Distance from sweetgreen: 72 miles
What they grow: vegetables, tree fruit, brambles, eggs
What we buy: watermelon radishes, turnips, kale, cabbage, tomatoes, blackberry, cilantro, basil, mint, purple basil

The Farm at Sunnyside is hands down a sweetgreen favorite. We always visit them at the Dupont Circle Freshfarm Market on Sundays and the Penn Quarter Freshfarm Market on Thursdays. Sunnyside also participated in Michelle Obama’s White House Market back in September and October! Curious to learn more? Check out the Sunnyside website or head over to an upcoming Freshfarm Market!

This item is featured in our Sweetgreen Logan store as one of our new Market Sides. Come try it out or make your own!

Kale is a dark, leafy green that is packed with nutrients. Despite its health benefits, most people never really eat it. Many who do, however, agree that it makes for a great – even addicting – side dish and all around snack.

You can prepare kale with just about every imaginable combination of spices.  Adding vinegar for some extra tang is a popular option. For your snacking pleasure, we’re bringing you the simplest and most classic solution: olive oil and a bit of garlic and salt. Feel free to add in other spices as you like. Just make sure you have a lot of kale on hand, because you will fall in love with this recipe. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…

Recipe:

6 cups	kale, stems removed, chopped into 2 in. pieces
3 tsp	extra virgin olive oil
½ tbsp	Kosher salt
½ tbsp	garlic powder
1 tbsp	Sriracha

Preheat oven to 350°F.


Place kale in a large mixing bowl; drizzle with olive oil. Using hands, mix well to evenly coat leaves with oil.

Divide kale between two baking sheets and spread leaves in a single layer. Sprinkle lightly with kosher salt, garlic powder & Sriracha.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until leaves are super crispy and completely dry. Store in sealed container.

Makes 4 servings.

Bringing you two awesome music videos to help you start your Friday (and weekend) the right way! First: Phoenix’s official “1901″ video. Second: Vincent Moon’s guerrilla-style capture of Phoenix’s “Lizstomania” and “One Time Too Many,” straight from the streets of Paris. Okay yeah, we love Phoenix. A lot.

“Sort of like a dream… no, better,” reads US Royalty’s twitter bio.  This Friday, the band is teaming up with MD rapper/singer Phil Adé to put on a show that we believe will be just that: better than a dream. Hot promo video and event flyer below. Doors @ 8:30 – be there!