When I think about summer, watermelon is definitely one of those summer season foods I enjoy. Cooling and hydrating, some days I just can’t get enough.
This salad is loaded with iron from both spinach and pumpkin seeds. Vitamin C in the watermelon helps your body absorb the iron. Persian Lime infused oil and Jalapeno Lime Balsamic vinegar gives a wonderful flavor to this tasty salad. Read more →
Juicing seems to be everywhere and now Boca Raton is home to a new juice bar called Raw Juce.
Raw Juce serves up organic cold-pressed juice. They use a masticating style juicer that presses juice out of fresh fruit and veggies. Many juicers you may have seen are centrifugal where produce goes down the chute and juice goes one way and pulp goes the other way. Masticating juices simply press the produce to squeeze the juice out, there is far less pulp waste, so you are getting more nutrients in the juice. Typically this type of juicer is more expensive as well.
For more about different types of juicers here’s great article:
http://www.juicingbook.com/centrifugal-masticating-juicers#.Uoq6W-Ilj0P
or here: http://www.harvestessentials.com/whatjuicisri.html
Raw Juce has delicious creations such as Carrot Cake, Raw Green, Haute to Trot, and Coconut Kale-Ada to name a few. Stop in a try a few samples before deciding.
I met up with a girl friend this weekend at Raw Juce instead of meeting up for coffee. We started off sampling juices and yes they have cold-pressed coffee too. All juces tasted great, but I found a few favorites right away that I love. They also make smoothies, salads, oatmeal parfaits, acai bowls (like a dairy free banana split), and coffee drinks with almond milk.
Sample a bunch of flavors, then pick your ready made bottle of juice. This type of juice does not separate and stays delicious for up to 3-4 days.
On a chalk board opposite the menu board shows their story and creed. They are really dedicated to serving up healthy and delicious foods with integrity. The ingredients are organic and they source local as much as possible.
Menu up on the chalk board and comfortable seating area inside and outside.
Sample barrels with tons of flavors to try. Drinks and food to eat there or to go. The advantage of this is that you can get in and out if you’re in a hurry.
Love all the pretty colors and amazing flavors! All natural and vibrant colors made by nature, nothing artificial, no preservatives.
Disclaimer: All Juces are unpasteurized and could contain harmful bacteria that can cause serious illness in children, the elderly, and persons with weakened immune systems.
Raw Juce http://www.rawjuce.com/
(behind Brewzii off Glades Road, next to Fly Wheel)
2200 Glades Road
Glades Plaza
Suite 403
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561.424.JUCE
There are so many local green markets popping these days and it’s exciting when you find a vendor that makes amazing food you want to keep going back for every week.
Dani Michaeli, owner of Dani’s Fun Food, always greets you with a smile and offers samples of his delicious creations with homemade pita chips (not gluten free) for dipping. Dani makes the very best in hummus and tapenade olive spreads. My favorite find made fresh daily from Dani is his Artichoke Spread. It’s creamy, yet light at the same time. All organic ingredients and gluten free as well.
I’ve enjoyed it spread on top of cooked eggs or with crunchy veggies. It doesn’t last long enough in my house to get more creative than that.
I imagine making it myself would take hours and hours to prep the artichoke and perfect the seasoning then adding in just the right amount of olive oil. I’m gonna leave this one up to Dani and I’ll happily buy this at the green market when I get a chance to stop in.
Artichoke spread made with high quality ingredients. Made fresh daily!! Doesn’t get any better than that.
Delicious spread on top of eggs for a light brunch on Sundays or easy peasy week night dinner.
Dani’s Fun Food
(561) 889-8073
Owner: Dani Michaeli
https://www.facebook.com/DanisFunFood
Saturdays: Downtown West Palm Beach Green Market; Boynton Beach Green Market
Sundays: West Boca Green Market (Glades and Lyons Rd at Olympia High School), PGA Green Market at the Storage Center on Military Trail
William Sonoma – Boca Town Center Mall for special events!
Ever since I heard about the new West Boca Raton Green Market, I’ve made it there almost every week to seek out delicious foodie finds. I spotted Katrina, the owner of Mom and Me Jams with her wide selection of colorful and homemade jams. Chatting with Katrina about the jams, I learned that everything is tripled sterilized and made fresh on a weekly basis – take that Welch’s grape! She had me at homemade, preservative free, family recipe. Now that’s made with love and doesn’t food made that way taste so much better!
I sampled a few flavors by the spoon and was thrilled by the idea of mango jam, who would have thought to make this? I’m so glad she did!
I could have put in on toast or oatmeal, but I craved something savory for this sweet delight. A sweet and savory dish was born.
Mango Chicken and Sweet Potatoes over Spinach
This one pan dish pleases a crowd. I made it for my mother-in-law and her mother when they came into town then I made it again tonight. It’s delicious and satisfying, I even took my mother-in-law to the green market last Sunday and she picked up a jar of her own. Now she can recreate this back home in her kitchen too.
All Mom and Me Jams come in this adorable jar sealed with pretty cloth and a ribbon!
Ingredients:
1-2 Tablespoons coconut oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 large sweet potato or garnet yam, chopped
1#-1.5# chicken breast, cut into cubes
3 Tablespoons Mom and Me Jams {Mango Jam}
sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
2 cups fresh spinach per plate, optional to enjoy with cooked dish
Method:
1. Chop onion and sweet potatoes.
2. Heat pan to medium then add 1 Tablespoon coconut oil. Coat pan with coconut oil then add onion and potatoes.
3. Stir onion and sweet potatoes in pan to coat with oil, then turn down heat to medium-low and cover.
4. Cook veggies 10-12 minutes until fork goes through easily, you want the veggies al dente at this point.
5. Turn heat up to medium again. Push veggies to outside of pan then add cut up chicken breast to middle of pan and top with mango jam.
6. Turn chicken over and cook all sides, stir to distribute mango jam over chicken. Add 1 Tablespoon coconut oil to pan, if needed.
7. Turn heat down to medium-low and simmer 5 minutes with cover on pan.
8. Check to ensure chicken is cooked through and no longer pink, juices will run clear from chicken.
9. Turn heat back to medium for final sear and toss chicken, onions, sweet potatoes with mango jam. Add sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste.
10. Serve hot over a bed of fresh spinach.
11. Enjoy!!
Find Mom and Me Jams locally at the West Boca Green Market Sundays year-round 8:30am – 2pm.
Katrina currently makes 12 varieties of jams and jellies. A few are made specifically for grilling as well.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MomAndMeJams
Twitter: http://twitter.com/momandmejams
Phone: 561.287.6058
E-mail: momandmejams@gmail.com
Have you heard? There’s a new green market in West Boca! It’s open year round at the grounds of Olympia High School (just North of Glades on Lyons Road) every Sunday 8:30am – 2pm, rain or shine. I love green markets and this one is close by so I’ll be there a lot! If you are looking for farm fresh produce, a wide selection of foods, everything from breads, desserts, gluten free, paleo, vegan, coffee, tea, made to order juices, grilled foods. Eat there at the benches and tables for breakfast + lunch or take your food to go. They also sell a variety of crafts and jewelry.
Here is what I picked up on Sunday!
Farm Fresh Produce: non-GMO Corn 
(YAY!), Georgia peaches, lemons/limes, organic blueberries.
Three Anns dried/unsweetened pineapple, raw goat’s milk feta, Dani’s Fun Food organic falafel (made fresh daily). Dani’s falafel are gluten free and taste great, he makes them fresh the day before. I also sampled the artichoke dip and wish I bought it, so that’s on my list for next time! Dani also makes a variety of hummus, all very fresh.
Raw Goat’s Milk Feta with Organic Blueberries
If you are into traditional ways of eating which includes raw dairy, you can find it at the West Boca Green Market. They also sell farm fresh eggs.
Raw dairy is popular to those who believe it’s best to consume dairy with all of it’s healthy bacteria and enzymes. Some people tolerate raw dairy very well and even thrive on it, while they cannot tolerate standard pasteurized dairy because all of the healthy bacteria and enzymes are killed during the pasteurization process. For more information, check out the Weston A. Price Foundation website and I also recommend reading Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon for more about traditional foods. She’s one of several expert teachers from my Health Coaching school, The Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Three Anns dried fruit made without any added sugar. There were several varieties to choose from including apple, peach, pear, pineapple, banana, sweet potato. I chose pineapple and really enjoyed it! Chewy and sweet, but not overly sweet like most dried fruits. I’ll be back for more and will definitely check out the other varieties too!
Homemade dinner with non-GMO corn + organic blueberries from the green market along with spinach and wahoo filet I bought from Publix Greenwise.
Add puppies for adoption!! Kittens too This close to taking one of those puppies home, hehe.
Come to the West Boca Green Market every Sunday!
8:30AM – 2PM; Rain or Shine
Find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestBocaGreenmarket
Located at Olympia High School, Boca Raton
North of Glades on Lyons Road
561.929.0237
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