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In This Issue Pick Up Schedule Green Tip Inspiration - Jen Duffly Spotlight Jewish Food News Green News Recipe - Bok Choy

Pick Up Schedule at the JCC 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 5* Thursday, Aug. 12 Thursday, September 2 Tuesday, September 7** Tuesday, September 14** Tuesday, September 21** Tuesday, September 28** NOTES: *On Aug. 5, due to the JCC Maccabi Games, pick up will be at The Digital Garden.

The Digital Garden, 4500 Leetsdale Dr. Glendale, Co 80246 **Due to the Jewish Holidays the JCC Edibly Fit CSA Pickup will change the day from Thursdays to Tuesdays for the month of September.

Please note the pick up dates now and mark your calendars so that you do not miss your fresh, delicious veggies!

Green Tip Check the temperature of your Fridge and Freezer

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Optimal temps: 37 degrees for fridges, 3 degrees for freezers. * Fridges and freezers = 1/6 of home electricity. * Check accuracy with a weather thermometer.

Inspiration

Jewish Food News Excerpts From How to Cope with "CSA Stress" By: Cathy Erway This article is from Cathy's blog "Not Eating Out in New York". All the produce we receive in our CSA boxes can sometimes be overwhelming. Cathy's article provides great ways to utilize all that produce, other than just typically trying took cook everything all in one week. You can visit Cathy's blog at http://noteatingoutinny.com/.

Since so many of us have joined the frays of small farm supporting by becoming new members of CSAs, I've noticed a particular syndrome going around this summer. The symptoms?

Staying in to eat lettuce heads that have piled up in the crisper over some weeks, extreme guilt about going out to eat when there's tons of food at home; passing up plans to make the weekly pick-up day and time, or feeling the need to schedule vacations around your CSA calendar.

And then the danger symptom, indicating the illness has reached its next, undesirable stage: deciding to forfeit a few items from your share on a particular week, leaving them behind at the pick-up location.

Basically, it's being bogged down by the little commitments one makes when joining a CSA. I can relate. It took me three days past the official pick-up night last week when I finally took my half of a full share out of my share-splitter's fridge. People, especially in urban areas, continue to have unpredictably busy schedules, even though their will to support local food has grown.

But, before you start tossing once-fresh vegetables to the compost, or dread another bag of spinach in the fridge, here are a few tips that have helped me, at least, figure out what to do with all this great food.

Don't cook.

Put away the pots and pans. If your CSA produce looks anything like mine, it's probably at its best potential raw. Zucchini and summer squash? Chopped and sprinkled with sea salt, lemon and olive oil and they're a refreshingly crisp, new breed.

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Appoint a back-up pick-up buddy.

Save the hardiest vegetables for later.

all this great food.

Optimal temps: 37 degrees for Edibly Fit - News Bites fridges, 3 degrees for freezers. * Fridges and freezers = 1/6 of home electricity. * Check accuracy with a weather thermometer.

Inspiration Jen Duffly Jen Duffly began teaching Pilates at the JCC in 2006.

She was inspired to go into the field by her grandfather who was an orthopedic surgeon, and inventor of the artificial hip. Jen truly cares about both people and fitness. She loves the outdoors, snowshoeing, truffle hunting, and road biking.

The CSA was a great fit since Jen is passionate about food and cooking. Lisa Tanguma, the Edibly Fit Coordinator says," Jen is just awesome and I knew right away that she truly cares about people. She has a heart the size of Texas, which is exactly the reason that Jen jumped at the chance to join the JCC Edibly Fit CSA core volunteer group while being extremely pregnant!

Jen came to our first meeting when her baby, Leo, named after her husband's grandfather, was only weeks old." Despite being a busy new mom, Jen came back to teach her classes and, she also took over an additional volunteer role in the CSA when another core volunteer resigned from her duties.

Lisa says, "Jen just jumped right in and took over and has done a tremendous job."

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2010 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act Obesity is America's fastest

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Don't cook.

Put away the pots and pans. If your CSA produce looks anything like mine, it's probably at its best potential raw. Zucchini and summer squash? Chopped and sprinkled with sea salt, lemon and olive oil and they're a refreshingly crisp, new breed.

Rinse before putting away.

Appoint a back-up pick-up buddy.

Save the hardiest vegetables for later.

Beets last a really long time. Kohlrabi is not going to turn in a week, either. If you find that you simply have too much stuff to eat in a week (as I do often), go for the most delicate leafy greens first. Save the big heads of cabbage, potatoes, green beans and carrots for another week, and don't worry about them.

Entertain more.

In times of stress, we can all lean on our friends. I don't think I needed to sound half as desperate when I asked one, in a moment of high CSA stress, "I have too much food, can I make you dinner?!"

Can it, jam it, pickle it (and compost the scraps).

A few mason jars go a long way; you can make pickles, jam or sauces like chutney and pesto to snack on throughout the year by squashing a lot of fresh produce into its tightly-packed constraints. But if this weekend hobby is not quite your style, you can still salvage extra produce by simply bagging it and tossing it in the freezer. Broccoli and green beans work great for this.

Make a stress-relieving tea with dried herbs.

Hang a bunch of herbs upside-down for a week, like you would with a rose bouquet, and crumble the flakes into a mason jar.

Yep, I have cilantro "tea," all ready to steep. So? (Hint: mix in those dried rose petals, too, if you've got them.)

Be a good member.

It's easy to dash in and out of CSA pick-up in the middle of your busy day or night, but the folks volunteering there, or organizing the local chapter, can really help you out if you have a stress situation. Communicate if you're going to be out of town and can't pick up your stuff, they might appreciate the advance notice to gauge how much will be leftover at the end of that day.

Or give it away to someone else in the group who might actually need it for a big bash they're throwing. Volunteering, team-working and spreading the good karma might win you favors in return, like being able to store your untaken stash another day somewhere convenient.

Green News Does Vitamin Water Pass the "Jelly Bean Rule" Test?

A lawsuit is proceeding, challenging the use of nutrition buzz words on a beverage that is fortified with vitamins... but also filled with a surprising amount of sugar. Food label lies, food is often labeled as if it's medicine, claiming extraordinary health benefits that are typically associated with pharmaceuticals.

8/17/10 8:24 AM Healthy nutritious eating is certainly important, but it's often the case that the foods with the least packaging (fresh fruits and

Lisa says, "Jen just jumped right in and took over and has Edibly Fit - News Bites done a tremendous job."

Spotlight 2010 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act Obesity is America's fastest growing public health issue, and the prevalence of child obesity is particularly troublesome. Around one out of every three children in America is overweight or obese, a number that has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The occurrence of obesity among children ages 6 to 11 has increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008.

Obesity in children can cause some very serious health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, greater risk for bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, and social and psychological problems.

Test?

A lawsuit is proceeding,https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_previe... challenging the use of nutrition buzz words on a beverage that is fortified with vitamins... but also filled with a surprising amount of sugar. Food label lies, food is often labeled as if it's medicine, claiming extraordinary health benefits that are typically associated with pharmaceuticals.

Healthy nutritious eating is certainly important, but it's often the case that the foods with the least packaging (fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, etc.) are the most nutritious, while those emblazoned with loud health claims are sometimes two parts marketing to every one part nutrition.

The latest controversy in this line is embodied by a lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest against Coca Cola, over the labeling of its Vitamin Water. The basic question: Does the product lives up to its name? True, it does have vitamins... but, CSPI points out, those vitamins are drowned in something closer to soda than water: A standard 16-ounce bottle of Vitamin Water has 26 grams of sugar (13 grams per serving). That is less than soda (a standard 8-ounce can of coke has 39 grams of sugar) but unless you'd typically add six teaspoons before downing a pint of water, Vitamin Water strays toward the soda side of the beverage spectrum.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest calls the beverage's marketing "deceptive and unsubstantiated" because "the company claims that Vitamin Water variously reduces the risk of chronic disease, reduces the risk of eye disease, promotes healthy joints, and supports optimal immune function, and uses Obese children are also more health buzz words such as 'defense,' 'rescue,' 'energy,' and likely to be overweight or obese in adulthood, which then 'endurance' on labels." Using healthy words on the packages of junk food is prohibited by the so-called "Jelly Bean rule," which puts them at a higher risk for requires a food to be not only fortified with nutrients but also low heart disease, stroke, type 2 in fat and sugar before it can be labeled as "healthy." diabetes, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.

A judge recently decided to let the case be heard, rejecting a motion by Coca Cola to dismiss the case.

The good news is that people The Food and Drug Administration has, of late, been taking a are starting to pay attention.

This year we are finally seeing tougher stand on nutritional claims on foods, particularly when they cross the legal line between food and drug marketing. a reauthorization of the Child Kellogg, for instance, have stopped claiming that sugary kid Nutrition Act, and legislators cereals boost the immune system, or ease joint pain. Here are 22 and activists alike are using this as an opportunity to make food nutritional marketing claims that could be illegal they're so egregious. some serious policy changes.

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The Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act is a priority for the Obama administration, specifically due to Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to end child obesity within a generation.

The emphasis for this new act will be on improving the quality of food in schools. Two different bills have been proposed in both the House and the Senate. Both offer a significant increase in health-

Whether Coke's marketing is within the bounds of the law remains to be determined. Until then, it's up to consumers to weigh the costs and benefits of drinking a sugary but vitaminenriched drink. And it reminds us that reading the back of the label is more enlightening than reading the marketing on the front of the package. (Which in this case is a plastic bottle.)

Recipe Bok Choy It's a popular vegetable with farmers, because it tends to grow

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to Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" Edibly Fit - News Bites campaign to end child obesity within a generation.

The emphasis for this new act will be on improving the quality of food in schools. Two different bills have been proposed in both the House and the Senate. Both offer a significant increase in healthpromoting policies; however, neither are at a large enough scale to meet the budget proposed by President Obama.

enriched drink. And it reminds us that reading the back of the label is more enlightening than reading the marketing on the front https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_previe... of the package. (Which in this case is a plastic bottle.)

Recipe Bok Choy It's a popular vegetable with farmers, because it tends to grow well, especially early in the season before the show stopping tomatoes and eggplants arrive.

Bok Choy is in the Brassica family (so are kale, broccoli and cabbage) which means it's tremendously good for you! If you're getting tired of stir-fry, try chopping your bok choy into 1/4" slices There are four important tenets and make a crunchy summer slaw with carrots, onions, snap peas, and fresh herbs. of the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act. The Bok Choy Salad first, and perhaps most important, is that it would make Bok choy is Chinese white cabbage.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings healthy food more accessible during the school day. It would Ingredients also increase the reimbursement rate for school meals for the first time in 30 years and it would improve the recall process and general food safety in schools. Finally, the bill would expand nutrition programs so that they would be accessible to children outside of the traditional school year. Despite the concern that this bill does not propose enough funding to effect real change, the changes proposed in this act represent a huge step forward for child nutrition in America.

To read an overview of the bill, go to http://edlabor.house.gov /blog/2010/06/improvingnutrition-for-americ.shtml.

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2 (3-ounce) packages ramen noodle soup mix 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 3 tablespoons slivered almonds, chopped 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup cider vinegar 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 bok choy, shredded 6 green onions, chopped Preparation Remove flavor packets from soup mix; reserve for another use.

Crumble noodles.

Combine noodles, sunflower seeds, and almonds. Spread on a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan.

Bake at 350째 for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown; set aside.

Bring sugar and next 3 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat; cool.

Place bok choy and green onions in a large bowl. Drizzle with sugar mixture. Add ramen noodle mixture, tossing well. Serve immediately.

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