1/31/2023
Happy Tuesday! Thank you for ordering this week, I hope you are warming up on this slushy day with some hot, buttery soup for breakfast. Remember, if you ordered for the month of January, this week was your final week. Menu goes out today with the option for the full month of February.
This week's "food for thought":
I would highly recommend starting your meals out with your "You are my Sunshine" salad on this dreary day. This meal will be the freshest right out of the bag, plus it is packed with Vitamin C which we all need for a good immune booster right now with so many getting sick around us. I wish avocados were easy to serve to you without getting brown and mushy, but if I were you I would add some avocado to this dish for an added potassium punch.
You guys are all hot for the lentil bolognese! Seems to be a fan favorite. And this is how you should eat it - hot! I would reheat on the stove top over medium heat and add a little water to keep things all lubed up.
Save the BBQ chicken bowl for the part of the day you need to be the most fueled for the longest amount of time. This one may even be enough for two (well, depending on your appetite).
Been thinking a lot about how to change our food industry (me against the world!). It ultimately really starts with the next generation. If you have younger humans in your life, model for them! Try new foods in front of them, show they how to mindfully eat, help them find the joy in REAL food. Children are so easily influenced and there is far too much influence from fake, junky non-food. Let's try and change the world together one meal at a time!
I saw a friend's instagram reel this week and she mentioned the concept of "guilty pleasures" and how none of her pleasures involve guild. I invite you to ponder what food pleasures you indulge in that involve guilt and possibly reassess that relationship. Can you find pleasure in food without guilt? It's a practice, and I am right there with ya! Just your weekly food for thought!
Weekly Fun Food Fact
Did you know mustard is a plant?!? The condiment you are so familiar with is prepared mustard!
Mustard seeds are used for more than just flavoring up your food. Pythagorus used it as a remedy for scorpion stings and it is rumored that Hippocrates raved about this medicinal seed as a powerful remedy to soothe aches and pains, in addition to a possible toothache cure! Food really is medicine and the more I learn the more I want to eat!
King Louis XI loved mustard so much he literally never left home without it. (makes me feel a little less weird about all the culinary items I travel with!)
Anyho, I hope you enjoy the mustardy tang of your potatoes this week and you can be happy to know that although potatoes have gotten a bad name, they are an incredible nutrition source you enjoy on the regular! They even contain protein - woot woot!
Try this:
Try cooking your mustard potatoes with some scrambled eggs and some greens for a meal this week.
Throw a can of coconut milk (look for a brand that just has coconuts as the ingredients - you will be surprised how difficult this is to find. Try Native Forest SIMPLE). Anyway once fridged, remove the solid part and whip it good with a touch of vanilla and maple syrup to make some delicious and (ohhhhh so healthy) whipped cream for your little afternoon (or evening) nookie brookie. In fact, throw some in the freezer and whenever you need a little sweet fix, take a spoonful. YUM!
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