Welcome to your fifth ReFresh newsletter of the season! We hope everyone has been enjoying the warm weather.
In this newsletter, you will find:
– Learn more about N.M. Chile Mix from Soma Ayurvedika in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Learn about soil health in the “Ask a Farmer” section.
– A few simple recipes that you can make with the fresh ingredients in your ReFresh bag!
– Check out the information for the Opentango, Community Block Party, and ACS Groundbreaking & Community Celebration in the “Community Resource” section.
We hope you enjoy this newsletter and thank you for your participation as we work together to build a healthy local food system.
Featured Bag Item
N.M Chile Mix from Soma Ayurvedika
Soma Ayurvedika is a wholistic herb and snack company, providing herbal tea blends, spice mixes, and nutritious delicacies, using 100% organic and/or local ingredients. Anthony Fierro, owner and creator, mindfully crafts and produces the products with traditional recipes and specific herb & spice blends for a simple, meaningful, and medicinal purpose. Right now you can find the products at the Downtown Growers Market, Rail Yard Market, and local pop-ups. The website is open right now for limited purchases such as Chai Tea and will be restocked as we go into the busy season. You can also purchase our products by email, phone, or social media
NM Chile Mix is a versatile spice blend with a pungent quality and a wide range of uses. Made with local Red Chile grown in Chimayo, New Mexico which is in the northern part of the State. Chimayo Chile is a little harder to find in the state and not often found commercially. With a little more orange color than red and a subtle smokey taste and aroma, this sun-dried Chile adds a wonderful health-promoting quality to food. A little spicy and heating so use according to your specific constitution and need. Blended with organic cumin and garlic to balance it out and add more digestive qualities. Put it on roasted corn, baked potato, and popcorn, or add it to oil during your tempering process. Can be used in soups, stews, curries, rice and potato dishes, dal recipes, and more!
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.
Try this delicious dish as a dessert. If you want to try a more nutritious version, use vegan butter and less sugar or honey in the recipe. Baking the squash will give it a sweet and crispy taste that you simply cannot resist. Making this dish will require little prep and will only take a few minutes before it is ready to enjoy.
Spring is in full effect now, which means your favorite veggies will be in season. Try this delicious Taco recipe that can feature all your favorite vegetables. This recipe is simple yet flavorful, which is perfect for the next family dinner. Pair it with the N.M. Red Chile Mix from Soma Ayurvedika to complete the dish.
This Pinto beans and Rice recipe is perfect for any occasion. Thanks to our friends from Rodriguez and S & J farms, who provided the best beans for this recipe. The prep work will slightly be more but the flavor will be worth the wait.
Interested in learning Argentine Tango? Come join Opentengo for a free intro class and dance every Wednesday at 7 pm at Juno!
Van Buren Multicultural Night
Join this fun event to celebrate our diverse communities together!
ACS Groundbreaking & Community Celebration
Albuquerque Community Safety will hold a groundbreaking and community celebration on April 8th to celebrate their new future home located at Kathryn and San Mateo. There will be vendors at the International District Harvest and make sure to try out the various food trucks available.
This week your Refresh bag will include many of the following delicious fresh and staple items:
N.M. Chile Mix from Soma Ayurvedika*- Three Sisters Kitchen Food Business Training Program Graduate
* NM grown / NM made. We raise money to purchase these foods from local farmers and food producers as a concrete way to invest in our local food system and get delicious, fresh, local food to our ReFresh families. Keep an eye out for these local farms and food businesses when you do your food shopping. ReFresh boxes will always include local food items.
Thank You!
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: Crossroads for Women, Kids’ Cook, SWOP, Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico, 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
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herbal tea blends, spice mixes, and nutritious delicacies, using 100% organic and/or local ingredients. Anthony Fierro, owner and creator, mindfully crafts and produces the products with traditional recipes and specific herb & spice blends for a simple, meaningful, and medicinal purpose. Right now you can find the products at the Downtown Growers Market, Rail Yard Market, and local pop-ups. The website is open right now for limited purchases such as Chai Tea and will be restocked as we go into the busy season. You can also purchase our products by email, phone, or social media
more nutritious version, use vegan butter and less sugar or honey in the recipe. Baking the squash will give it a sweet and crispy taste that you simply cannot resist. Making this dish will require little prep and will only take a few minutes before it is ready to enjoy.
veggies will be in season. Try this delicious Taco recipe that can feature all your favorite vegetables. This recipe is simple yet flavorful, which is perfect for the next family dinner. Pair it with the N.M. Red Chile Mix from Soma Ayurvedika to complete the dish.
occasion. Thanks to our friends from Rodriguez and S & J farms, who provided the best beans for this recipe. The prep work will slightly be more but the flavor will be worth the wait.
