Welcome to your ninth ReFresh newsletter of the season! We hope you had a great October.
In this newsletter, you will find:
– ReFresh Post-survey.
– Learn more about sunchokes in the “Featured Bag Item” section.
– Learn about building soil 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 Gratitude Run-Walk, Transit Equity and Zero Fares, and OneBeat: Music and Art event 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
Sunchokes from Tres Arboles Farm
Sunchokes, also called sunroots, or Jerusalem artichokes, are native to central North America. They come from a species of sunflower grown for their tubers – or roots – and can be cooked or eaten raw. Sunchokes are packed with inulin, a type of insoluble fiber that is beneficial to our gut health. Because of their fiber content, sunchokes are also beneficial for blood sugar management.
Check out this roasted sunchoke recipe that is simple and easy. You can also roast carrots and purple daikon from the ReFresh bag together with sunchokes.
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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 sauteed rainbow chard recipe makes for a great side dish or an evening snack. In addition to chard and garlic, you can add other vegetables like carrots or spinach. Chard is packed with vitamins A, K, and C, and magnesium, which are important for overall immunity.
This daikon radish and cucumber salad can be eaten as a side dish or as a main dish. This dish is refreshing and full of water because daikon and cucumber are packed with water. Peel the cucumber for less bitterness if you are not using English cucumbers.
This apple crumble recipe is a great mix of tart and sweet flavors. You can substitute butter and whipped cream with plant-based options.
This is a free community event, hosted by the Native Health Initiative, for friends and family to walk or run together. Their organizational mission is to help to drive community partnerships and to increase health equity in the community.
When: November 24, 2022, @ 8am
Where: North Domingo Baca Park 7520 Corona ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
Together for Brothers has a project that advocates Zero Fares and transit equity in the Albuquerque area. Click the website link to learn more about it and support them!
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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a great side dish or an evening snack. In addition to chard and garlic, you can add other vegetables like carrots or spinach. Chard is packed with vitamins A, K, and C, and magnesium, which are important for overall immunity.
dish or as a main dish. This dish is refreshing and full of water because daikon and cucumber are packed with water. Peel the cucumber for less bitterness if you are not using English cucumbers.
You can substitute butter and whipped cream with plant-based options.
