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March Cleaning Madness
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Springtime, of course, is the preferable cleansing season. Everything from your house, garage, and storage to your body needs an annual refresher.
March is the perfect month to kick this off. Named for the Roman god of war, we have to do some gentle battling to set ourselves on the right path for the warmer weather to come. As well, spring cleaning one's life takes some time and will-power (see chart).
NourishMe's spring cleanse will start Monday, April 18 and run for a week. Our spring cleanse includes all meals. For one week participants pick up a whole day's worth of specific foods and drinks. No shopping and no cleaning up!
For more information, and to sign up visit the shop, or email jjnourishme@gmail.com.
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Special Farmers Markets
Mondays - Paradise Foods
Tuesdays - Waterwheel Gardens, & Koehn Trout Farm
Saturdays - Itty Bitty Farms, & Silver Oaks Farm
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ANTHEA is a high-end natural skin care developed by Idahoan Anna Demetriades, a botanical alchemist.
Demetriades grew up wild harvesting plants in the mountains surrounding her Idaho home. Working with her mother, who learned from Darcy Williamson, a well-known Idaho naturalist. and healer, Anna transforms beneficial native botanicals into high vibrational infusions, essential oils, and essences.
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What articles do you read in this newsletter?
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Cooking & Quaffing & Reading Recomendations
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The Hailey Library will host Manon Gaudreau and Amy Mattias from 5B Resilience Gardens, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, to discuss techniques for starting plants from seeds and preparing your garden for the growing season. In Person.
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Meet Your Farmers:
NourishMe Vendors
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Join the conversation on
Zoom, 12-1 p.m. Friday. April 8
NourishMe has always sourced local food with the belief that "good health starts with real food".
Featured farmers on this zoom talk, hosted by Local Food Alliance's Amy Matias, will include Itty Bitty Farms, Koehn Trout Farm and Waterwheel Gardens, who each operate a mini-markets at NourishMe throughout the year.
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NourishMe's Farmer's Market, with Waterwheel Gardens, continues every Tuesday, from 1-4 p.m. Come visit with Roxine and Kurtis and snap up the fresh organic produce from their farm in Emmet (hint: apples, pears, jams, greens, root vegetables).
Carey-based Itty Bitty Farms comes on Saturdays, and Koehn Trout Farms comes weekly too. Itty Bitty Farms is family-owned farm and greenhouse operation that specializes in microgreens, salad greens, herbs, other veggies and so much more.
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COOKING + QUAFFING + READING |
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Cooking
Nettle Soup
The trick to Nettle Soup is in handling the nettles. Wear gloves while picking and washing. The sting will be gone after they are steamed. It's still early days yet, but keep this recipe handy. It's so good.
Ingredients
Makes 5 cups
- 1 pound stinging nettles (leaves and stems)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp of coconut oil
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 garlic head crushed and diced
- 1/4 cup basmati rice
- 4 cups organic chicken broth (extra rich)
- 4 oz ghee or butter (pasture raised organic)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 5 tbsp whole milk yogurt, Crème fraîche or sour cream
Directions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil with 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Drop in the stinging nettles, and cook 1 to 2 minutes until they soften. This will remove most of the sting.
- Drain in a colander, and rinse with cold water. Trim off any tough stems, then chop coarsely.
- Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, and stir in the onion. Cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and olive oil, stir another minute or two.
- Stir in the rice, chicken broth, and chopped nettles.
- Bring to a boil, drop in ghee or half a cube of butter, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
- Puree the soup with an immersion blender, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Dollop of plain whole milk yogurt, Crème fraîche or sour cream on top
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Quaffing
Les Lutins is a Beaujolais Nouveau, customarily unveiled the third Thursday in November, right after its harvest. Originally, these wines were produced for the vineyard workers to drink during respites from picking.
Despite being a Southern Burgundy wine, it's light and fruity rather than lush and rounded like a good Burgundy. Drink this one anytime for its food friendly tastes. We love it with roast chicken and savory veggies. Enjoy.
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Reading
Multi-Award winning Richard Powers is an incredibly brilliant and powerful writer. His books are heavy on science and heart.
Released last fall, Bewilderment set in the near future, involves some astrobiology, a lot of the natural world, a smidgen of politics, advances in science, and mostly the heartbreaking love between a father and his very special son.
At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?
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WHY LOCAL FOOD
Community-based food systems strengthen rural economies, enhance the health of individuals and communities, and promote fair labor practices, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability. Benefits include:
- Increasing viability of family farmers
- Preserving farmland for future generations
- Enhancing quality of food, place, and life
- Reducing the carbon footprint of your plate
- Protecting air, water, and biodiversity
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In The Café: Available daily are fresh juices, delicious and nourishing soups, including a vegetarian option. Also we carry breakfast fritatas, noodle salads, chicken salad, many different hot and cold sandwiches, Julie Foods lasagna and meatloaf, as well as lots of house-made treats.
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In The Cooler: Find fresh local organically-fed and raised eggs, krauts, cheese, butter, seasonal fruit, green leafy produce, sprouts, mushrooms, ginger, onions, potatoes and garlic and many other items.
In the freezer, there's choice selections of fish, organic meats, frozen fruit and veggies, pizza crusts, and other foods.
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Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley |
Keep in touch with the Valley's climate issues through the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley. You can find the local organization on Instagram @IdahoEarthGuide, Facebook, Idaho Earth Guide and on Twitter. Join a monthly meeting, take steps. Participate. |
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
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