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Hi, it’s Deanna and Serena, and we’re so glad you’ve stopped by! We’re two dietitians who love food as much as you do!
We’re also moms and business owners who share our family recipes, healthy kitchen hacks, and nutrition adventures while keeping it real in the kitchen with you.
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Sneak peak photo of one of Mediterranean recipes I’ll show you how to make during my next virtual cooking class! 👌🏻👌🏻
Join me to 👇🏻
Power Up Your Meals In the New Year… the Mediterranean Way! #sponsored by PA Beef Council and Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative.
Event will feature me cooking (with you if you are inspired!) and interacting with YOU:
🌟2 hands-on recipe demos, plus several variations to get countless Mediterranean meal ideas
🌟 Discussion of ways to make cooking easier, less stressful and even fun again
🌟 Showcase how lean beef can be a flavor enhancer and companion ingredient for whole grains, vegetables, beans, and even fruit
🌟Q&A in real time
🌟Option to cook along or just sit back, relax, and watch!
🌟 Cookbook and swag giveaways throughout the event
🌟 Registration fee of $5 will be donated to Philabundance - a food rescue organization feeding the undernourished in Southeast PA❤️
Chose one of 2 dates to sign up:
Sunday, Jan 23 from 4-5:15 pm ET
bit.ly/3qYtYa0
OR
Tuesday , Jan 25 from 6- 7:30 pm ET
bit.ly/3GieEvE
SIGN UP NOW!
#virtualcookingclass #cookingclass #mediterraneandiet #mediterraneanfood #beefitswhatsfordinner #beeffarmersandranchers #mediterraneandietrecipes
#sustainablebeef #meatfoodjustice
Tips and Tricks for Perfect Popcorn 🍿 Plus Popcorn Recipes! (And lots of Baby Zoe sightings and SOUNDS!)
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Ranch Dressing Popcorn recipe - teaspoonofspice.com/make-healthy-flavored-popcorn-ranch-dressing-popcorn/
Peanut Butter Popcorn Crunch recipe - teaspoonofspice.com/peanut-butter-popcorn-crunch/
Our Easy Everyday Mediterranean Diet Cookbook - on sale now - teaspoonofspice.com/easyeveryday-mediterranean-diet-cookbook/Our Easy Everyday Mediterranean Diet Cookbook - on sale now - teaspoonofspice.com/easyeveryday-mediterranean-diet-cookbook/
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We love Virginia style peanuts - thank you National Peanut Board for the samples! xo
Heres Popcorn Cake recipe: Popcorn Cake - teaspoonofspice.com/popcorn-cake/
Popcorn Peanut Butter Crunch - teaspoonofspice.com/peanut-butter-popcorn-crunch/
I can see it! And hi Zoe!! - Deanna
Popcorn ratio= 2 tablespoon oil + 1/3 cup kernels
Deanna uses two kernels😜
Ranch Dressing Popcorn - teaspoonofspice.com/make-healthy-flavored-popcorn-ranch-dressing-popcorn/
Jim Segrave-Daly wants you to know that he just finished his Smartfood bag of popcorn
Which season is the most popular for eating/buying popcorn?
I need to leave now so will watch the replay! I like popcorn and I like these ideas!!
When I was a kid back on the ranch, we popped corn n played cards almost every night after supper.
Perfect i want that peanutbutter popcorn now yummi
All the popcorn....all the time!
Does candy corn count?
Do you have a link for your Instagram?
Bye bye
Replay! While watching a great movie
Tomorrow on Facebook live ⏩ POPCORN CAKE!
Plus fun facts about popcorn 🍿 since it's National Popcorn Day! 🥳
DYK popcorn pops in 2 shapes: butterfly and mushroom?! See ⬇️
Join me Thursday @ 11:30 am CT to see how to make this Popcorn Cake + 3 more fun 🍿 snacks!
{Deanna}
I’ve started this post several times but keep editing because my brain is so full from what I want to share with you all from my last four days in Washington DC at the #FoodFluence #sponsored conference- which I can honestly say has been the most impactful and important event I’ve attended in my 25+(gah!) career as a food educator and dietitian.
For once, I took “power in the pause” (thank you JPfarr Consulting)vs. posting messages and photos in real time (which is a struggle for this Gen Xer anyway 😜)
Food equity, food justice, food dignity, food culture inclusion (or lack thereof) were topics woven through the conference - made even more poignant while being present in DC for MLK Jr Day.
Food and agriculture sustainability -paired with how to combat mis-AND dis-information was another common and critical theme.
Adjusting your viewpoints, acknowledging unconscious bias and systemic racism, and learning how to listen then educate yourself further was addressed while even putting some this into practice during sessions.
Throughout the year, I’ll be weaving these lessons learned into posts, recipes, Facebook lives and virtual cooking classes (for starters: doing a better job of teaching about all 21 countries included in the Mediterranean Diet- not JUST Italy, Greece, France, & Spain)
If you’ve made it this far, I thank you for reading and ending with a few quotes from the weekend:
“Food is power and our recipes hold the key to resist and heal.” - Tambra Raye
“If farmers are not at the table, they are on the menu” - PJ Haynie (of Haynie Farms)
“Are you listening to understand or listening just to respond?” - JPfarr Consulting
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A huge thank you to Stephen McCauley The Ginger Network and his entire #gingernetwork team for keeping us safe while executing all the fine details and delivering superb sessions.
And grateful to the sponsors (tagged) for bringing such an impressive and diverse group of speakers to the table (pun intended ❤️)
#adjustingyourlens #foodsheroes #managingblankspaces #distributionofscience #thinkstandarddrinks #meatfoodjustice #cannedbeanscando #pineberrynewberry #understandingassumptions
Sponsors: The Ginger Network Soy Nutrition Institute Global Biotechnology Innovation Organization - BIO Bayer U.S. Crop Science Distilled Spirits Council of the United States The Protein PACT cannedbeans-org, Wish Farms General Mills
Speakers: Tambra Raye Cami Ryan, PhD Kelly Bristow Kathleen Manning Zelman Sustainable Dish - Diana Rodgers, RD Miriam's Kitchen DC Central Kitchen Sarah Stroesser Alsager JPfarr Consulting The Nutrition Tea Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, Dr. Michelle McMurray Heath, PJ Haynie, Avi Edelman, Mark Messina, Ty Beal, Alice Stanton, Eric Mittenthal, David S. Smith, John McDermott, Amy Dutton Cohn The Inspire Group
Such an amazing event! I had so much fun with you! ❤️
A very thoughtful post! Can’t wait to see how you incorporate your new inspirations in the coming year.
Looks amazing! Can’t wait for your posts!
This sounds like an amazing conference and I'm looking forward to seeing more about what you learned and how it influences you moving forward.
Sounds wonderful!
Where was this conference advertised?
Easy Peasy Slow Cooker Pear Butter🍐 🍐 🍐
Recipe: teaspoonofspice.com/easy-pear-butter-slow-cooker/
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Also announced on this FB Live, my next virtual cooking class:
Power Up Your Meals In the New Year… the Mediterranean Way! (generously #sponsored by PA Beef Council and Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative)
This class will feature me cooking and interacting with YOU:
🌟2 hands-on recipe demos, plus several variations to get countless Mediterranean meal ideas
🌟 Discussion of ways to make cooking easier, less stressful and even fun again
🌟 Showcase how lean beef can be a flavor enhancer and companion ingredient for whole grains, vegetables, beans, and even fruit
🌟Q&A in real time
🌟Option to cook along or just sit back, relax, and watch!
🌟 Cookbook and swag giveaways throughout the event
🌟 Registration fee of $5 will be donated to Philabundance, a food rescue organization feeding the undernourished in Southeast PA❤️
Chose one of 2 dates to sign up:
Sunday, Jan 23 from 4-5:15 pm ET
bit.ly/3qYtYa0
OR
Tuesday , Jan 25 from 6- 7:30 pm ET
bit.ly/3GieEvE
Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter (click blue box that says Get Weekly Recipes): teaspoonofspice.com/
Our cookbooks (DM us and will send a signed insert!) teaspoonofspice.com/easyeveryday-mediterranean-diet-cookbook/ teaspoonofspice.com/30-minute-mediterranean-diet/
Virtual Cooking Class: Tuesday 1/25 evening! Power Up Your Meals in the New Year…the Mediterranean Way Sponsored by PA Beef Council and Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative 1/25/22 from 6 pm - 7:15 pm ET Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/power-up-your-meals-in-the-new-yearthe-mediterranean-way-tickets-239465978187
Virtual Cooking Class: Sunday 1/23 afternoon! Power Up Your Meals in the New Year…the Mediterranean Way Sponsored by PA Beef Council and Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative 1/23/22 from 3 pm - 4:15 pm ET Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/power-up-your-meals-in-the-new-yearthe-mediterranean-way-registration-237756...
Yes! Apple pear butter!
Ginger Pear Applesauce teaspoonofspice.com/ginger-pear-applesauce/
Freeze pear butter in ice cube trays and pop into oatmeal... great idea!
Yes freezes beautifully!
Pear butter would last in fridge 1 month. (:
Canned pear juice + prosecco! Yum🍸🍹
Slow Cooker Pear Butter teaspoonofspice.com/easy-pear-butter-slow-cooker/
Love pears - use them in salads often.
Could you freeze it?
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Hi Deanna!
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