Health, Life, and Balance
I love fried green tomatoes! This week our CSA was blessed with green tomatoes, a TON of peaches and plums as well as the following: corn, red leaf lettuce, a variety of summer squash, green beans, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and green peppers. On the menu: Stone-cold fruit salad, Green bean, squash & carrot stir-fry, Fried green tomatoes (love, love), Grilled corn, Zucchini bread, Summer salad, Tomato, cucumber & green pepper juice (it’s really good!), and Curried squash soup.
September’s here! For many of us this means back to school, the end of summer (though not quite yet..), and a time to begin reflecting on the remaining months of the year. What are your goals for September? What small steps do you need to take to co-create your reality? What new ideas/beliefs/ways of being will you welcome into your life this month? Are there old ideas/beliefs/ways of being that are holding you back that you need to let go? Stick them in the compost or recycling bin! Today’s a great day to start. Happy September, everyone!
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Bed-Stuy Stand Up! …and walk or run at the 29th Annual Bed-Stuy Community Run and Fun Walk on Sunday , October 10, 2010. Gather your friends, family, co-workers, or community organization and enjoy a morning of exercise. There are discounts for students, teams of five or more, those under 17, and if you register before September 25th. Click here for more details!
Do you always think you could have done better even when you did your very best? Do you deny yourself joy in your life? Are you easily swayed off your path by the strong opinion of others? There’s a remedy for that! (and no, it’s not a colorful pill) Bach Flower remedies are homeopathic treatments created by Dr. Edward Bach that restore emotional balance using flower essences. The remedies address ailments of the heart and soul, which we often end up self-medicating with alcohol, working too much, denial, etc. Adding the drops to your glass of water provides a meditative moment in which you reflect on your situation while you wash it away. Pictured here is the very popular Rescue Remedy. Click here for a list of all the remedies, maybe there’s one that’s just right for you.
The peach trees blessed us with thirty-four beautiful peaches for Week 8! This included donut peaches, which are much sweeter and have a crispier consistency. Week 8 also brought us corn, green peppers, collard greens, kale, summer squash, broccoli, tomatoes, and cucumber. On the menu: Grilled peach salad, Peach smoothies and just plain peaches, Zucchini bread, Fried tomatoes, Cucumber juice, Grilled corn, Broccoli, squash and tomato stir-fry, Collards con ajo and Marinated kale salad.
How far does your food travel before it gets to your plate? A few steps from your window sill/backyard/community garden? A few (hundred) miles from your local farmer? Or does your food travel farther than your Tia Lidia from Quito? The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York is challenging you (yes, you) to eat local and sustainable foods for the month of September. The NY State Locavore Challenge is registering folks for one day, one week, or the entire month. NOFA-NY provides you with pantry lists, recipes and other resources to help you through your quest. Anyone care to join me? I’m debating whether to do a week or the whole month!
Do you remember what your school cafeteria served for lunch? Mine had greasy tater-tots, carboard-esque pizza, grilled cheese on white and sorry looking burgers. Sad. Whole Foods is awarding local schools a 5-well salad bar station, along with pans, utensils and chopping boards worth $2500. Now what would be REALLY great is if Whole Foods donated salad to go into the salad bar, but one thing at a time. Schools can apply for the grant here and you can help more schools in your local community by donating here. If kids are eating dead, processed, refined, nutritionally deficient foods, how can we expect them to succeed? Let’s change that and get some live, energy-rich veggies up in their growing bodies.
Last week I prepared my Stone-Cold Fruit Salad for the wonderful people at the Union Square Greenmarket. This is the time to get your peaches, plums, apricots and nectarines. The market has a wiiiide array of stone fruit- lots of different colors, shapes and tastes. Ask your farmers about the various fruits, they’ll be more than happy to explain to you what’s what. I will be sending out a recipe for a lovely peach dish to all those who get my newsletter. If you are not yet registered, click here to sign up.
Brooklyn Public Library is hosting a series of financial empowerment workshops each week at serveral different branches, all for free! Did you know that financial troubles are at the top of the list of marital disputes? Learn how to build your wealth, plan for retirement (remember, time flies) and keep a smile on your honey’s face in today’s workshop: “Growing Dollars and$ense: Financial Workshop & Counseling”. After the workshop you’ll have a chance to meet one-one-one with an advisor. This workshop is being held at 5:30PM at the Central Library, Second Floor Meeting Room. Click here for other financial workshops happening at BPL.
Week 7: Introducing blackberries! Also in this week’s mix was mixed greens, rainbow chard, russian kale, summer squash, cucumbers, plums, broccoli and beets. This bounty went to my friend Tomoko while I was away visiting family. Tomoko, thanks for photographing the goods and let us know what was on the menu!