Welcome to your sixth ReFresh newsletter of the season! We hope everyone has been enjoying the lovely weather as of late. Flowers and plants are blossoming and we hope you are as well!
In this newsletter, you will find:
– Learn more about blue corn meal in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Learn about Yoeme purple string beans 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 Spring into Summer event, free yoga classes, and AfroMundo 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
What are blue corn meals and their health benefits?
Blue corn meals have been known to help with fighting metallic inflammatory and cardiac diseases. It also has less sugar than the traditional yellow corn.
Check out the below recipe and make it with people you love!
Do you have a question about food and nutrition?
Send your questions to [email protected].
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.
Ask a Farmer
Recipes We Love!
Atole de Vainilla
Want to know how to use your atole from your ReFresh bag? This is the perfect recipe for a delicious drink that can go well with Biscochitos or your favorite dessert.
Buttery, garlicky, crispy, and fluffy! These are the words to describe this recipe. It is simple and flavorful and only requires one pan to prepare and cook. Can go great with chicken, steak, or even veggies of your choice.
This quick and hearty meal should be an essential recipe in your kitchen. It can be dairy and gluten-free, while being packed with lots of flavor. It is bold but your friends and family will love it.
Resistance for Afro people has historically been a creative act of survival accompanied by a fierce determination to find joy in adverse circumstances.
Mark your calendars and join us for this bilingual, weeklong series that explores the histories, languages, literature, poetics, cultural practices, and ethnic and racial complexities of Latinidad.
The city of Albuquerque is hosting an event to answer all your questions about what other events we can participate in as community members all summer. There will be live music, food trucks, and lots of fun in the sun. Bring your friends and family.
Feeling stressed out, doing yoga can help with that. We understand that finding time can be hard with a busy work schedule. Yoga will be offered every day at various times, so find the location and time that is suitable for you and come relax.
This week your Refresh bag will include many of the following delicious fresh and staple items:
* 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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