RECIPES + SHOPPING LIST + PREP LIST

Welcoming Spring 🌷 Vernal Equinox

Posted by Karina Hines on Mar 17, 2022 6:55:00 PM

 

This week we welcome spring with the vernal equinox, a time in the year when we celebrate fresh, new beginnings and experience the delicate balance of day and night, light and dark, bitter and sweet.

Early spring is mud season here in the north, nature's great reminder to keep moving forward, change habits and movements, lighten our load so we don't get stuck in the mud - physically, emotionally and metabolically.  

Time for spring greens and lighter, cleaner eating! 
This week's menu and recipes help us shift gently towards spring's lightness.

Happy spring 🌷equinox and happy full moon 🌕 wishes. K

SHOPPING LIST AT A GLANCE

OUR RECIPES USE SIMILAR INGREDIENTS EACH WEEK TO HELP YOU BUILD A WORKING PANTRY
ingredient focus: affordable + sensible + seasonal + sustainable
Review each Recipe for Serving Ideas | Swaps & Substitutions + Additions.  Choose what you like!
Please support your local farms ~ because nutrition begins in the soil with strength from our farmers.

FRUIT & VEG HERBS

  • Lemon
  • Orange
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Celery
  • Butternut
  • Pumpkin
  • Swiss Chard

  • Radicchio
  • Spring Greens
  • Spinach
  • Swiss Chard
  • Watermelon Radish
  • Parsley
  • Scallions
  • Cilantro
  • Bay Leaf

NUTS & SEEDS & DRIED FRUITS

  • Pumpkin Seeds
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Chia Seeds
  • Coconut
  • Cranberries
  • Goji Berries
  • Raisins

SPICES + OILS + VINEGAR

  • Olive Oil
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Tahini
  •  
  • Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Cardamom
  • Ground Cumin
  • Turmeric
  • Whole Star Anise
  • Oregano
  • Mixed Herbs

 

 

PANTRY

  • Tin Tomatoes
  • Black Beans
  • Puy Lentils
  • Chickpeas
  • Chocolate Chips
  • Puffed Rice Cereal
  • Quinoa Flakes
  • Apple Sauce
  • Vanilla
  • Honey | Maple

FRIDGE | FREEZER

  • Frozen Cranberries

PREP AHEAD
OPTIONS

Salad + Cranberry Dressing - keep separate 
Cardamom Spiced Lentils - add greens + herbs when serving
Pumpkin Hummus
Skillet Butternut & Blackbeans -  you can serve this in tacos!!
Chocolate Fruit & Seed Energy Bites

Karina's tips + Food for thought

Cardamom Spiced Lentils with Spinach is a deeply warming and nourishing bowl of soul food delicately spiced with cardamom, turmeric & chilli.

Skillet Butternut + Black Bean dish is a great filling for tacos.