Three Sisters Kitchen ReFresh Newsletter-09-07-23

Three Sisters Kitchen ReFresh Newsletter

Welcome to your fifth ReFresh newsletter of the season! We’re hoping for some more rain before the monsoon season ends to help out the local farms!
In this newsletter, you will find:
-A TSK Community Survey about building a local food campus.
–  Learn more about Tropea onions and their health benefits in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Learn more about caring for tomatoes during fall and winter 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 about the free Spanish classes, Cooking For Health Demo and the free bilingual Digital Marketing class 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

Tropea Onions
There are a variety of onions, including white onions, yellow onions, red onions, sweet onions, scallions, shallots, Tropea onions, and more!  Tropea Onions are originally from Tropea, Italy, a Southern beach town. They have red bulbs with green stems. The red part has a sweet, pleasant taste while the tops are more like scallions. Tropea onions are extremely versatile. They can be eaten raw in salads, used for garnishing soups, on top of bruschetta, cooked with beans, sauteed with vegetables, boiled as a soup, baked, or fried. You can also make jams, marmalades or mousses.
Check out this Tropea onion jam recipe and enjoy it with a slice of bread!

Have more questions 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.
Photo and recipe from Italian Food Forever

Ask a Farmer



Recipes We Love!

Check out the below three recipes that you can use your Refresh bag with.
Sauteed Swiss Chard with Onions – Enjoy as a side dish with any protein.
Three Sisters Soup – Can be enjoyed as a side to a main dish or as a hardy meal.
Roasted Green Beans – Can be enjoyed as a side dish.
Chard – One cup of chard contains over 300% the recommended daily intake of vitamin K and 44% of the recommended amount of vitamin A. Chard can help fight cancer, reduce blood pressure, and may decrease insulin resistance and thus be beneficial for blood sugar management. Swiss chard can be eaten raw in a salad, blended in smoothies or cooked with other veggies.
Summer Squash – One medium squash contains 55% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C, 20% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin B6, and contains potassium, iron, folate and magnesium. The health benefits of vitamin C are that it boosts the immune system which helps resist infection, helps wounds heal and keeps gums healthy. Summer squash can be roasted, sauteed or made in soup. It is best stored by blanching, freezing or dehydrating.
Green beans contain vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, carotene, folate, magnesium phosphorus and potassium. Green beans are anti-inflammatory, they can help to manage cholesterol levels, can lower high blood pressure, prevent weakening of the bones and are good for gut health. Unwashed green beans stored in a reusable container or plastic bag in the crisper section of the refrigerator can last about 7 days. Blanching and freezing green beans will last far longer.
Recipes by 1) epicurious.com  2) The View From Great Island 3)  Delish.com

Community Resources

Spanish Beginners and Conversational Spanish Classes: offered through the city at play.cabq.gov. Classes are free to Community Center Members.

Cooking for Health class: First Choice Community Healthcare partners with Three Sisters Kitchen to present a live cooking demonstration on September 9th, Saturday, from 10am – 1pm at 2001 N. Centro Familiar Blvd. SW. 87105. Come and join us with your friends, children, and family!

Bilingual Digital Marketing course: The Hispano Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Comcast is hosting a free Digital Marketing course in Spanish and English every Wednesday from 6-8pm. Register here: https://bit.ly/3Os5SAd

This week your Refresh bag will include many of the following delicious fresh and staple items:

Special thanks to all of the farmers and food producers working so hard to feed our communities; to the staff, volunteers, donors, and ReFresh families who make the program work, and to our partners at MoGro 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
*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 bags 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!
– All of us at Three Sisters Kitchen
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