Thursday, May 28, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
May 10th Weekly Menu
Enjoy plant based cooking and vegetarian food in Phoenix.
Many of you have shared with us that you take your jars to work for lunch. So we have been thinking how we can offer you something that fits this purpose ideally and we came up with our Seven Layer Salad. It is twice the size of our usual salads and should be a complete meal even for the hungriest among you. You can expect a good amount of greens supplemented with various veggies, seeds, nuts and legumes. The recipes will vary each week, but the combination will always provide all necessary macronutrients for a satisfying meal. Since we are packing quite a variety of ingredients into this one salad it wouldn’t fit in a small jar, or at least we think so. We’ll offer this large size salad for the next few weeks and see if it something you all like.
This week, we call it the Green, Crunchy and Sweet Salad. It has roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, adzuki beans, cranberries, pecans, apples, red peppers, romaine and arugula. It comes with an herbed red wine vinegar dressing that has a nice dose of garlic as well.
Other menu items this week include Indian Rice (with saffron, cashews and sultanas, this dish almost qualifies as a dessert!), Veggie Millet Loaf (great side dish that adds tons of nutrition, best when fried in coconut oil), Mesir Wat (a slightly spicy red lentil stew) and other customer favorites like Tofu Basil Lasagna, Chocolate Cream Pie and Fried Celery Cutlets.
We hope you will find of your favorites on the menu this week! Click here to see the complete menu: http://yourcommunitycook.com/this-weeks-menu.
Please order by Saturday morning and remember the new pick up times:
Our Kitchen: MONDAY 3-7pm and TUESDAY 11am-3pm
North Phoenix: MONDAY 5-8pm and TUESDAY 11am-3pm
Make sure you have received a confirmation email from us to make sure that your order went through! If not please contact us: 480-235-8993.
With warm regards,
Your Community Cook Team
Ingrid - chef
Sandy - chef
Daniel - customer care, website, logistics
Richard - non profit matters, general support
James - community dinner kitchen manager
Sally - kitchen support
Tiera - kitchen support
Source: www.yourcommunitycook.com
Many of you have shared with us that you take your jars to work for lunch. So we have been thinking how we can offer you something that fits this purpose ideally and we came up with our Seven Layer Salad. It is twice the size of our usual salads and should be a complete meal even for the hungriest among you. You can expect a good amount of greens supplemented with various veggies, seeds, nuts and legumes. The recipes will vary each week, but the combination will always provide all necessary macronutrients for a satisfying meal. Since we are packing quite a variety of ingredients into this one salad it wouldn’t fit in a small jar, or at least we think so. We’ll offer this large size salad for the next few weeks and see if it something you all like.
This week, we call it the Green, Crunchy and Sweet Salad. It has roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, adzuki beans, cranberries, pecans, apples, red peppers, romaine and arugula. It comes with an herbed red wine vinegar dressing that has a nice dose of garlic as well.
Other menu items this week include Indian Rice (with saffron, cashews and sultanas, this dish almost qualifies as a dessert!), Veggie Millet Loaf (great side dish that adds tons of nutrition, best when fried in coconut oil), Mesir Wat (a slightly spicy red lentil stew) and other customer favorites like Tofu Basil Lasagna, Chocolate Cream Pie and Fried Celery Cutlets.
We hope you will find of your favorites on the menu this week! Click here to see the complete menu: http://yourcommunitycook.com/this-weeks-menu.
Please order by Saturday morning and remember the new pick up times:
Our Kitchen: MONDAY 3-7pm and TUESDAY 11am-3pm
North Phoenix: MONDAY 5-8pm and TUESDAY 11am-3pm
Make sure you have received a confirmation email from us to make sure that your order went through! If not please contact us: 480-235-8993.
With warm regards,
Your Community Cook Team
Ingrid - chef
Sandy - chef
Daniel - customer care, website, logistics
Richard - non profit matters, general support
James - community dinner kitchen manager
Sally - kitchen support
Tiera - kitchen support
Source: www.yourcommunitycook.com
Sunday, May 10, 2015
The veggies don’t ever let me down
I am often confused.
Should I try to make a difference in the world or is it best to focus on my own inner peace and happiness because then these beautiful qualities will spread and that is the best contribution I can make?
Does it even make sense to figure out how to make a positive impact on the world which in its vastness and complexity is much more than I can ever understand?
How come that I was born in a place and time that allows me my daily hot shower, plenty of food, conveniences like effortless transportation, a washer and dryer, total access to information etc – while millions of people starve? What is the meaning of this condition?
You may have found answers to the ultimate questions of life, maybe in your religion, maybe in a daily practice of meditation, maybe you are too busy to consider them.
I find comfort with my friends the vegetables, the nuts, the beans and the millet.
There is such a indisputable goodness to them. Such gentle surrender, such beauty and total giving, such awesome simplicity.
It’s not just that I can be with them, they actually allow me to participate in the flow of life more fully, by enjoying their beauty, sharing their bounty and spreading their wisdom. They truly comfort me.
Should I try to make a difference in the world or is it best to focus on my own inner peace and happiness because then these beautiful qualities will spread and that is the best contribution I can make?
Does it even make sense to figure out how to make a positive impact on the world which in its vastness and complexity is much more than I can ever understand?
How come that I was born in a place and time that allows me my daily hot shower, plenty of food, conveniences like effortless transportation, a washer and dryer, total access to information etc – while millions of people starve? What is the meaning of this condition?
You may have found answers to the ultimate questions of life, maybe in your religion, maybe in a daily practice of meditation, maybe you are too busy to consider them.
I find comfort with my friends the vegetables, the nuts, the beans and the millet.
There is such a indisputable goodness to them. Such gentle surrender, such beauty and total giving, such awesome simplicity.
It’s not just that I can be with them, they actually allow me to participate in the flow of life more fully, by enjoying their beauty, sharing their bounty and spreading their wisdom. They truly comfort me.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Sharing food
Growing up I have heard a story from my dad’s childhood many times. He would tell me about how poor they were, and about the lack of food during the war. The weekly meat ration for a family with five kids was 350 grams – less than one pound. On Sundays, when the meat was served, my dad’s father would always pass on the meat saying he was not hungry, so that the kids could have more.
A friend who was an exchange student in China told me a similar story. The family of his Chinese room mate who could hardly afford feeding a guest would take him to an expensive restaurant and treat him like a king.
When I was vacationing in Croatia, we stayed with a family that rented out an apartment. They were not wealthy. But they insisted on treating us to a bountiful dinner they made for my whole family with all the riches of their region – the seafood, the wine, the home made liquor. We had no language in common, but we ate and laughed and talked with hand and feet until late in the night.
In my family it was also customary that when someone came to the house you would offer food and drink and not give in until they accepted something.
It seems to me that we all love contributing to other people’s lives and well being. Feeding someone is such an immediate way to do so. I think we all can relate to that. It’s so quintessentially human.
What if we shared food beyond all social boundaries? What if saw food like air – it’s there for everybody? What if we made sure that everybody eats?
A friend who was an exchange student in China told me a similar story. The family of his Chinese room mate who could hardly afford feeding a guest would take him to an expensive restaurant and treat him like a king.
When I was vacationing in Croatia, we stayed with a family that rented out an apartment. They were not wealthy. But they insisted on treating us to a bountiful dinner they made for my whole family with all the riches of their region – the seafood, the wine, the home made liquor. We had no language in common, but we ate and laughed and talked with hand and feet until late in the night.
In my family it was also customary that when someone came to the house you would offer food and drink and not give in until they accepted something.
It seems to me that we all love contributing to other people’s lives and well being. Feeding someone is such an immediate way to do so. I think we all can relate to that. It’s so quintessentially human.
What if we shared food beyond all social boundaries? What if saw food like air – it’s there for everybody? What if we made sure that everybody eats?
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