New Year, New Recipe!
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Happy 2014 from REACH! We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season!
After a short holiday hiatus, the folks at REACH are chompin’ at the bit and ready to work hard to resume providing healthy food programs to the wonderful residents of the Queen City. Our regular programs and schedules will be resuming on Monday, January 6th.
If healthier food is on your radar, why not save money, eat right, and give a REACH Community Kitchen a try for only $7 for 6 portions of food! Enjoy learning affordable, healthy recipes while putting a check mark beside your ‘eating healthier’ new years resolution. The next community kitchen is on Friday, January 17 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information or to register, call Meghan at (306) 347-3224.
Here is a soup recipe that covers healthy and comforting all in one:
Curried Squash Soup
Serves 4
- 1 large or 2 small butternut squash, cut in half
- Oil for cooking
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated or 1 tsp dried ginger
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 1tsp cumin
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 4 cups stock (vegetable or chicken)
- 1 can coconut milk or regular milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup cilantro or parsley to garnish (optional)
Directions
1 Slice squash in half and scoop out seeds. Lightly drizzle with oil and roast in a 400 degree oven, flesh side up, until flesh is tender. Scoop out flesh and set aside.
2 In a large pot over medium high heat, heat a tablespoon of oil. Cook onion until translucent (about 3 minutes) then add ginger and all spices. Cook for several minutes.
3 To the pot, add the squash, stock and milk. Bring to a gentle boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes. Using a hand masher, immersion blender, or standing blender, mash or puree the soup to a desired smooth consistency. Season with salt and pepper, and garnish with cilantro or parsley upon serving.
REACH Holiday Hours
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Happy holidays from REACH!
REACH offices will be closed on Dec. 25, 26 and 27 and on Jan. 1
Our regular programs and services will be on a break starting on Dec. 23. We will resume all regular programs and services starting on Monday, Jan. 6.
Please don't hesitate to call us at 306-347-3224 with any questions!
Home for Dinner
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- Created on Monday, 16 December 2013 20:09
I just picked up a new book that I can’t wait to dig into. Oh, it’s filled with glossy gorgeous photos, a splashy readable layout and little tidbits of information that just pull me in. And it’s all about local food.
I’m talking about Taste: Seasonal Dishes from a Prairie Table by CJ Katz (2012), and yes, I’m excited to read a cookbook. How could you not be when harvest has wrapped up and you have a house full of goodies stored for the winter? It feels like time to cozy into a winter of home-cooked meals.
I’ve saved a special spot on my bookshelf for Taste, right beside the first book about local food that stole my heart. That was Prairie Feast: A writer’s journey home for dinner by Amy Jo Ehman (2010). This book is really more of a love story about a local food, with a few recipes tossed in for good measure. Amy Jo and her husband take on a personal challenge to eat locally for a year. This was in 2005, before the 100 mile diet was on everyone’s radar. Their journey is funny, endearing and thought-provoking.
As a farm-raised Saskatchewan girl myself, Amy Jo’s book was like a glass of fresh water that I just didn’t want to see the bottom of. Here was my food! Celebrated! Honoured! Her stories of harvesting vegetables from her mother’s garden, of marathon rounds of canning to squirrel food away for the winter, of the wild game filling her freezer, of community suppers, of meeting the local farmers who grew her food, connected deeply to my experience of food. This was home. This was the food that made me. It was so exciting to see myself reflected in her experiences, and I suspect I wasn’t the only prairie-raised person to think so.
Now I have another book to devour: it’s making me feel like I’m home for dinner.
By: Yolanda Hansen
President, REACH Board of Directors
Have your voice heard!
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- Created on Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:42
Around the Kitchen Table: Regina Community Food Assessment
Come join us for a discussion about our food system! Share your thoughts: What works well? What needs improvement?
Have your voice heard! The Artesian – 2627 13th Ave. on Tuesday, November 26
Choice of two FREE sessions: 9:00am – 11:00am (snacks provided) or 5:00pm – 7:30pm (supper provided)
Whether you are an eater, a farmer, a community leader, or anyone in between, we want to hear from you!
No registration required. See event poster.
For more information:
(306) 766-7429
www.foodregina.ca
facebook.com/foodregina
Twitter: @ReginaCFA
Join a Community Kitchen!
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Interested in affordable, nutritious food and easy recipes?
Register for a REACH Community Kitchen today!
In a REACH community kitchen, participants pay $7, prepare several recipes and take home 6 portions of food plus get to eat lunch! It’s a great deal and a great way to develop or polish up on cooking skills.
The community kitchens run at St James Anglican Church, located at 1105 Empress St (across from Martin Collegiate) from 11m-2pm. December kitchens are on Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th.
Registration is required. Call Meghan at (306) 347-3224. Please spread the word if you know of someone who may be interested.
REACH in the news
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Did you catch us on Global this morning? As part of "Savvy Saving Week", REACH was asked to discuss healthy eating on a budget. The picture shows some of the food that you will find in a Good Food Box, which is a program designed to make healthy food more affordable for everyone. Call us today at (306)-347-3224 to find your closest depot!
The Big Crunch
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Students at two local schools got a chance to understand where food comes from and the importance of eating local and healthy foods as part of World Food Day on Wed, Oct. 16, 2013.
Students crunched on a delicious and nutritious carrot at the event sponsored by the Heritage Community Association, REACH (Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger), Regina Catholic Schools, Regina Public Schools and Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region. St. Augustine Community School and Thomson Community School hosted the events, in which approximately 500 students and teachers participated. Pratts Food Service supplied the carrots.
The Big Crunch was an opportunity for students and teachers to celebrate World Food Day, get excited about healthy eating, learn about our food system and highlight availability of local produce.
Welcome to the new REACH website!
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Welcome to the new and improved REACH website! We’ve updated all of our information and also added some new information that wasn’t previously on our website. Have a look around and be sure to contact us at (306) 347-3224 with any questions. Happy browsing!
REACH 2012-2013 Annual Report
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Click below to acess REACH's 2012-2013 Annual Report:
