Welcome to your eighth ReFresh newsletter of the season! Hopefully you are staying cozy this time of year.
In this newsletter, you will find:
– Flyer for the October ReFresh online cooking class
– Learn more about eggplant in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Learn about planting garlic 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 Dia De Los Muertos celebration, Free First Wednesday Albuquerque Museum, and an embracing equity gathering 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 ReFresh Bag Item
This week’s featured bag item is baby eggplant from Vida Verde Farm. We will use the bag to make a delicious roasted vegetable dish in our cooking class on Thursday. This dish can be eaten with meat or fish, rice, quinoa, or just as a snack.
Eggplant is full of nutrients like fiber, protein, vitamin K, vitamin C, manganese and folate. All these nutrients are beneficial to overall health. The purple color of the eggplant skin provides us with a good source of plant compound, anthocyanin, which is important for cancer prevention.
Check out the recipe below.
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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!
This Roasted Butternut Squash recipe is easy to make with very little ingredients. This recipe is high in vitamin A, C, magnesium, and potassium. You can use any oil and substitute the maple syrup with honey.
Check out this homemade potato chip recipe for a healthier way to satisfy those salty and crispy cravings. This recipe only calls for 4 ingredients. You can substitute the russet potatoes with sweet potatoes and sprinkle some TSK spice shake on it!
This roasted turnip recipe is delicious and simple. This makes for a low carb and fiber filled appetizer or side dish. You can store the roasted turnips in the freezer and reheat them using the microwave to make a great snack for days to come.
This is a free event that is open to all ages. It is an opportunity to celebrate life with the community. There will be food, games, music, fun, and so much more.
When: Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 10:00am-4pm
Where: La Parada Mercantile 8917 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Museum is offering free general admission every first Wednesday of each month! Bring your family and friends to check out their art and history collections.
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, Encuentro, SWOP, Supportive Housing Coalition, 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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Welcome to your eighth ReFresh newsletter of the season! Hopefully you are staying cozy this time of year.
make with very little ingredients. This recipe is high in vitamin A, C, magnesium, and potassium. You can use any oil and substitute the maple syrup with honey.
healthier way to satisfy those salty and crispy cravings. This recipe only calls for 4 ingredients. You can substitute the russet potatoes with sweet potatoes and sprinkle some TSK spice shake on it!
This makes for a low carb and fiber filled appetizer or side dish. You can store the roasted turnips in the freezer and reheat them using the microwave to make a great snack for days to come.