Join us as we dive into another great read, Weightless. Read up through page 64 which is through Ch 4. Bring anything you want for the Potluck, maybe even try out some new holiday dishes! Remember, no salt, oil or sugar please. If you need help with this, feel free to text or call me.
Please join us for a meeting discussing Unprocessed by Chef AJ. It is a short book with only 52 pages of content. We will also hear one of our members extraordinary story of healing. She will also demo Dr. Brooke Goldner’s Healing Smoothie protocol. There are many delicious recipes in the back of the book, and we will choose from those or any of her recipes online. Remember to omit all oils, salt and sugar. Use only fruits to sweeten. If you need help with the oil substitution, please message me. This is a great read! And feel free to attend even if you have not had time to read the book!
This is something we tried in our own local plant based community to minimize the prepping each of us has to do to keep our refrigerators stocked with fresh veggies/legumes/grains. It operates similar to a Christmas Cookie Swap where each person brings 12 of the same item, then you trade with 12 other people and leave with 12 different prepped veggies/legumes/grains. You actually can even host one with 3, 4 or 6 people, since 12 is divisible by each of those numbers. If you can only find 3 people, each person brings 12 jars with 4 different ingredients, 3 jars of each. One person needs to take charge, and organize the event. Below is a copy of the flyer we emailed to select people we thought would be interested in participating.
Plant Based Dallas…….Build-a-Meal Swap
WHY: Do you find it hard to cut and prepare all the fruits, veggies and whole grains you are consuming? We will help each other out by swapping! Each one of us will choose one item off the list, and bring only that item to the swap.
What to Do:
RSVP to Event Planner with your choice of raw veggie, cooked grain or bean, or blanched potato
Purchase and wash a case of wide mouth pint size mason jars (save box for transport to swap)
Label jar lid with ingredient/date before filling (masking tape/sharpee)
Prepare your ingredient no earlier than one day before swap. if cooked, let cool completely.
Generously fill 12 wide mouth pint mason jars with your ingredient, and let cool completely before screwing on lids.
For beans and grains, cook plain, no salt or spice. Drain and rinse well and then let cool completely before putting into the jars.
Bring 12 wide mouth pint jars to swap in original canning jar box and swap!
Let the Event Planner know exactly how many jars you will be bringing.
Arrive early, as the swap goes fast. If you are late, you will miss it!
If you have MORE than 12 people, and everyone is bringing different amounts of jars, it can still work, you just need to be organized. You need to know exactly how many jars each person is bringing, and IN ADVANCE, mark off on counters, tables etc, with masking tape, and write a number and name in each space indicating how many jars should be placed in that section. As people come in to trade, have them put one of their jars in each of the allotted spaces until they run out of jars. Be sure not to go over the number of jars written in each section. This can be confusing, but if you are organized, it can work! We just had a swap with 20 different women who brought anywhere from 10-20 jars each, for a total of 324 jars shared!! Those that bring the most might go home with duplicate jars, but who cares?
Ingredients To Choose From:
chopped asparagus
chopped broccoli , include stem
chopped brussel sprouts
chopped blanched butternut squash
chopped cauliflower, include core
chopped blanched organic new potatoes
chopped blanched sweet potatoes
chopped organic kale/collard greens
chopped organic celery
chopped mushrooms
chopped red onion
chopped radishes
chopped organic red bell pepper
chopped organic yellow/orange/green bell pepper
chopped organic poblano pepper
chopped organic zucchini/yellow squash
thinly sliced green cabbage (not shredded on food processor)
thinly sliced red cabbage (not shredded on food processor)
sliced carrots
halved organic grape tomatoes
cooked rinsed plain black beans
cooked rinsed plain brown/black lentils
cooked rinsed plain garbanzo beans
cooked rinsed plain kidney/canellini beans
cooked rinsed plain pinto/navy beans
cooked rinsed barley
cooked rinsed brown, red or black rice
cooked rinsed buckwheat
cooked rinsed kamut
cooked rinsed whole oat groats
cooked rinsed quinoa/millet
cooked rinsed spelt
Please join us for the last meeting on this book. We will finish up the book and again choose a Sherzai recipe from their website or their books. There are many recipes that we haven’t tried, and no problem repeating any of them! Please remember to omit all oils, salt and sugar. Use only fruits to sweeten. If you need help with substitutions, please message me. This is a great read!
This is something we tried in our own local plant based community to minimize the prepping each of us has to do to keep our refrigerators stocked with fresh veggies/legumes/grains. It operates similar to a Christmas Cookie Swap where each person brings 12 of the same item, then you trade with 12 other people and leave with 12 different prepped veggies/legumes/grains. You actually can even host one with 3, 4 or 6 people, since 12 is divisible by each of those numbers. If you can only find 3 people, each person brings 12 jars with 4 different ingredients, 3 jars of each. One person needs to take charge, and organize the event. Below is a copy of the flyer we emailed to select people we thought would be interested in participating.
Plant Based Dallas…….Build-a-Meal Swap
WHY: Do you find it hard to cut and prepare all the fruits, veggies and whole grains you are consuming? We will help each other out by swapping! Each one of us will choose one item off the list, and bring only that item to the swap.
What to Do:
RSVP to Event Planner with your choice of raw veggie, cooked grain or bean, or blanched potato
Purchase and wash a case of wide mouth pint size mason jars (save box for transport to swap)
Label jar lid with ingredient/date before filling (masking tape/sharpee)
Prepare your ingredient no earlier than one day before swap. if cooked, let cool completely.
Generously fill 12 wide mouth pint mason jars with your ingredient, and let cool completely before screwing on lids.
For beans and grains, cook plain, no salt or spice. Drain and rinse well and then let cool completely before putting into the jars.
Bring 12 wide mouth pint jars to swap in original canning jar box and swap!
Let the Event Planner know exactly how many jars you will be bringing.
Arrive early, as the swap goes fast. If you are late, you will miss it!
If you have MORE than 12 people, and everyone is bringing different amounts of jars, it can still work, you just need to be organized. You need to know exactly how many jars each person is bringing, and IN ADVANCE, mark off on counters, tables etc, with masking tape, and write a number and name in each space indicating how many jars should be placed in that section. As people come in to trade, have them put one of their jars in each of the allotted spaces until they run out of jars. Be sure not to go over the number of jars written in each section. This can be confusing, but if you are organized, it can work! We just had a swap with 20 different women who brought anywhere from 10-20 jars each, for a total of 324 jars shared!! Those that bring the most might go home with duplicate jars, but who cares?
Ingredients To Choose From:
chopped asparagus
chopped broccoli , include stem
chopped brussel sprouts
chopped blanched butternut squash
chopped cauliflower, include core
chopped blanched organic new potatoes
chopped blanched sweet potatoes
chopped organic kale/collard greens
chopped organic celery
chopped mushrooms
chopped red onion
chopped radishes
chopped organic red bell pepper
chopped organic yellow/orange/green bell pepper
chopped organic poblano pepper
chopped organic zucchini/yellow squash
thinly sliced green cabbage (not shredded on food processor)
thinly sliced red cabbage (not shredded on food processor)
sliced carrots
halved organic grape tomatoes
cooked rinsed plain black beans
cooked rinsed plain brown/black lentils
cooked rinsed plain garbanzo beans
cooked rinsed plain kidney/canellini beans
cooked rinsed plain pinto/navy beans
cooked rinsed barley
cooked rinsed brown, red or black rice
cooked rinsed buckwheat
cooked rinsed kamut
cooked rinsed whole oat groats
cooked rinsed quinoa/millet
cooked rinsed spelt