July ReFresh 2025 Newsletter 1

Welcome to your first ReFresh newsletter of the Summer/Fall Season of 2025!  Summer is all about finding things to help you keep cool. So while the temperature heats up outside, check out some delicious recipes using our fresh local produce.
In this newsletter, you will find: 
  • The Summer/Fall 2025 ReFresh calendar,
  • A “Food is Function contribution by Functional Nutrition Educator, Pamela Otero,
  • Information on blackberries and their health benefits,
  • Information about planting starter tomatoes,
  • A few simple recipes that you can make using fresh ReFresh bag ingredients! 
  • Information for the Walk With Ease Program starting at Three Sisters Kitchen, the HealthYeah app, NAMI and WIC.
We hope you enjoy this newsletter and thank you for your participation as we work together to build a healthy local food system.
Next ReFresh distribution: 07/23/25
Text your questions, photos, and comments to: ‪(505) 226-3707‬.

Refresh Calendar

 

Food is Function

Featured Bag Item

What are blackberries and what are their health benefits? 
Blackberries are high in vitamin C, K, and manganese and may fight cancer, help prevent heart disease and boost brain health. Blackberries are also high in fiber, which reduces cholesterol and manages blood sugar levels by slowing the rate of sugar absorption in the body. Blackberries can be served fresh or baked. Do not wash blackberries until you are ready to use them. Store them in the refrigerator in the low-humidity crisper drawer. 
Please check out this salad with blackberry vinaigrette recipe!

Disclaimer: The information shared by Three Sisters Kitchen (TSK) is for general informational purposes only, and is not meant to substitute for the advice provided by a doctor or other health care provider.

 

Gardening Section

Recipes We Love

Calabacitas


Vegetarian Fajitas
Beet Salad 

Recipes by 1) MuyDelish.com  2) BBCGoodFood.com   3) Three Sisters Kitchen

Community Resources

Three Sisters Kitchen is hosting another Walk With Ease class starting July 22nd! Text 505-226-3707 with your name and we’ll send you a sign up link.

 

Health Yeah! App
No cost counseling services through an app for the month of July in New Mexico! Check out https://www.healthyeahnm.com/

National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI of Albuquerque provides support for individuals and families of individuals who are affected by mental illness.

 

 

 

 

Women Infants and Children (WIC)
WIC is enrolling pregnant women and children under 5 years old, if you qualify for SNAP benefits. Call (505) 607-1650 or 505-645-2884 for more information.
Special thanks to all of the farmers and food producers working so hard to feed our communities; our partner organizations who helped to recruit ReFresh families: Kids’ Cook, Together for Brothers, Mandy’s Farm, New Mexico Asian Family Center, and YES Housing; to the staff, volunteers, donors, and ReFresh families who make the program work, and to our partners at MoGro Mobile Grocery, who pack these beautiful ReFresh bags each week for us, and who do so much important work connecting communities to healthy food throughout New Mexico.
There would be no ReFresh program without all of you – we love our partners!
– All of us at Three Sisters Kitchen