We will have our July meeting Friday 7/18 at 5:30 at our house. If you’re coming straight from work, take your time and we’ll see you when you get here. Address: 2204 N Overland Trail, FC 80521.
Please RSVP with a text to me (719-640-6488) or reply to this email. We look forward to seeing you later this month.
Potluck things to know:
Our wonderful wise traditions potluck is always a treat! Thank you for carefully choosing what delicious dish, food, or drink you will bring. You can write out your ingredients at home OR I will have 3x5 cards available when you arrive. For newbies or anyone who needs a refresher, here's a rundown of WAPF-friendly foods (i.e "FOOD" as it would have existed 150+ years ago). This list is NOT to make people feel like they can't come...please DO NOT BE OVERWHELMED! The main point is that what many people think is "healthy" really isn't so I'm setting a common expectation. No need to make a fancy recipe; there are plenty of easy things to contribute like raw cheese and prosciutto, whole milk yogurt and organic fruit, etc. Anything you bring should fall into these parameters:
all animal products should be 100% grass-fed and pasture-raised, organic is preferred but some farmers raising their animals correctly cannot afford official organic certification so there is leniency here (know your farmer!); organ meats are always welcome
all dairy should come from pasture-raised, 100% grass-fed animals...organic is necessary (with the same farm stipulation for meat); raw is preferred
all plants (fruits and veggies) must be organically grown (i.e. no GMOs, pesticides, or other chemicals)
any grains (wheat, corn, oats, rice, etc), nuts/seeds, or legumes (which means beans and peanuts, though peanuts are typically avoided) must be organic AND, depending what they are, properly soaked or fermented; some items like nuts need to be dehydrated after soaking (this process creates "activated nuts" from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook), beans do best with pressure cooking after soaking, grains are fermented like sourdough or soaked like nixtamalized corn...these extra steps help minimize the defense chemicals present in all plants (like lectins, phytic acid, oxalates, etc) that block nutrient absorption
sweeteners should be organic and as unrefined as possible...raw honey, maple syrup, rapadura/unrefined sugar, pure monkfruit, or fruit; in general, the foundation does not support the use of sugar alcohols (erythritol, lankanto, etc) or other highly refined/processed sugars or sugar substitutes
NO VEGETABLE OR SEED OILS...specifically this means the most common "hateful eight" oils: corn, cottonseed, canola, sunflower, safflower, soy, rice bran, or grapeseed oils; olive oil should only be organic and not used for cooking; stable animal fats (tallow, lard, butter, schmaltz, etc) or coconut oil is preferred for cooking
NO SOY
if you buy something in a package or with a label, READ ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS...they sneak junk (seed/veg oils, binders, etc) into all processed foods, even organic products