Welcome to your first ReFresh newsletter of the season! We hope you are staying cool during this hot summer!
In this newsletter, you will find:
– Learn more about scallions and their health benefits in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Tips for tomato pests 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 Summer With The Brothers- Bus Riders, Cooking For Health Workshop, Downtown Grower’s Market, and 7/27 Health Fair 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.Text your questions, photos, and comments to: (505) 226-3707.
Featured Bag Item
What is scallion and what are its health benefits?
Scallions, green onions, and spring onions are the same thing, just called differently. They are part of the genus Allium family, which includes greens like leeks, garlic, onions, shallots, and green garlic Green garlic and green onion often get mixed because they look like each other. Green garlic are immature garlic sprouts that look like scallions but are baby garlic. They are skinnier than scallions, but they have a fresh garlic scent, so if you aren’t sure, just give them a good sniff. For storage, you can store them either in the refrigerator or windowsill, root-side down in a tall jar. Fill the jar with an inch or two of water and place the jar either on the windowsill or refrigerator. Change the water every couple of days. A cup of scallions provides trace amounts of fat and zero cholesterol. They also have less sugar and fewer carbs than vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and corn. Please check out this Miso Roasted Scallions recipe. You can eat this side dish with a salad, rice, or with any type of protein dish.
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Recipes We Love!
Check out the below three recipes that you can use your Refresh bag with.
Bell peppers are an excellent source of vitamin C, especially the ripest peppers, which are red. Peppers are also a good source of vitamin A and fiber. Bell peppers also have antioxidant properties, which may help to protect against diseases such as cardiovascular disease and some cancers. Zucchini is rich in vitamin B6. Research suggests that vitamin B6 can help with regulating blood glucose and may even play a protective role against diabetes. You can substitute some ingredients with the below tips:
Cooking oil spray can be olive oil or avocado oil
Feel free to swap or add vegetables like broccoli, mushrooms, snap peas, eggplant, spinach, etc.
Cooking For Health Class
Come join us and learn delicious recipes! Register HERE TODAY!
Downtown Growers’ Market
The Downtown Grower’s Market has fresh produce, prepared foods, body care and art. It is open every Saturday from April 15- November 5 from 8-noon at 810 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Check it out and find Three Sisters Kitchen booth there!
TSK: Food Group is a project by Three Sisters Kitchen. Using local and organic ingredients, our granola celebrates the bounty of New Mexico. TSK: Granolas creates new ways to enjoy the comforting flavors of home and are a delicious way to nourish each other from the ground up.
* 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: 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!
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same thing, just called differently. They are part of the genus Allium family, which includes greens like leeks, garlic, onions, shallots, and green garlic Green garlic and green onion often get mixed because they look like each other. Green garlic are immature garlic sprouts that look like scallions but are baby garlic. They are skinnier than scallions, but they have a fresh garlic scent, so if you aren’t sure, just give them a good sniff. For storage, you can store them either in the refrigerator or windowsill, root-side down in a tall jar. Fill the jar with an inch or two of water and place the jar either on the windowsill or refrigerator. Change the water every couple of days. A cup of scallions provides trace amounts of fat and zero cholesterol. They also have less sugar and fewer carbs than vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and corn. Please check out this Miso Roasted Scallions recipe. You can eat this side dish with a salad, rice, or with any type of protein dish.
