Three Sisters Kitchen ReFresh Newsletter-09-08-20

Three Sisters Kitchen ReFresh Newsletter

Welcome to the fifth ReFresh newsletter of the season! We hope you are staying safe and finding ways to enjoy the cooler temperatures!
In this newsletter, you will find:
– Learn about Romano beans and their health benefits in “Ask a Nutritionist.”
– Learn about tomato seed saving in “Gardening tips”.
– A few simple recipes that you can make with the fresh ingredients in your ReFresh bag!
–  Check out the community resource section to find out how you can buy tickets to the Southwest Coffee and Chocolate Festival!

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: 9/22/21
Text your questions, photos, and comments to: ‪(505) 226-3707‬.

Ask a Nutritionist
What are Romano beans and what are their health benefits?

Romano beans are Italian flat snap beans. Like other snap beans, they can be eaten whole. When eating raw or cooked, they have a satisfying juicy crisp texture. Romano beans come in green, yellow, or purple. The length typically is 4-6inches long, and can be even longer at the peak season! Cutting them in half or in thirds during cooking makes them easier to add to your favorite dishes!
Romano beans are high in potassium, calcium, iron, folate vitamins A, K, and C. These nutrients are important for bone, blood health as well as a healthy heart.

Try out this delicious recipe:

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

Recipe and photo by Monique Rivera

Gardening Post

Post by farmer Tiana Baca

Recipes We Love

  • This dish Is a good source of vitamin A, B, C, K, and fiber, which play a role in maintaining bone health and a healthy heart.
  • Grapes are a popular versatile fruit that can be found in many forms including jellies, raisins, and wine. Grapes are best known for containing a phytonutrient called resveratrol, a plant compound that provides heart-healthy benefits. It is found primarily in the skin of grapes. Check out this Spinach-Grape Chopped Salad recipe.
Recipes by 1) Monique Rivera 2) My Recipes

Community Resources

SOUTHWEST CHOCOLATE & COFFEE FEST
The nation’s largest festival dedicated to chocolate, coffee, and gourmet foods returns to Albuquerque. Sample and shop from chocolatiers, coffee roasters, candy makers, bakers, breweries, wineries, and gourmet food companies. Enjoy culinary classes, seminars, demonstrations, and live music.
This festival features a variety of local and nationally known vendors!
Don’t forget to mask up at the event.  
Dates: September 25, 2021, September 26, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: EXPO NM (Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex)
Single Day Tickets:
  • Adults (ages 16 and up): $15
  • Youth (ages 4-15): $5
  • Ages 3 and under: Free
Buy your tickets HERE
Photo by Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest

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: Kids Cook!, YES Housing, Together for Brothers, SWOP, Centro Savila, Street Food Institute, and Mandy’s Farm; 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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