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Nutritional therapy in action: Seasonal cooking is nutrient-rich & budget-friendly Edition! . Want to know a secret about how to get the most bang for your buck from real food? The secret is.... it's not really a secret! It's a place known as a Farmer's Market. If you don't already know, farmer's markets carry the freshest foods & produce from local farms. This means the middleman is cut out of the equation, saving you money & putting your dollars directly into the hands of the farmers utilizing the agricultural practices you want to support. For me, that means organic, biodynamic, humane when it comes to any animals, & most importantly, sustainable agricultural practices. How a farmer treats the land & food they're growing is more important to me than any government issued certification, so I get to know my farmers. After all, I'm putting my money where my mouth is! . How I shop my Farmer's Markets: 1. Look up which markets are available in my area that are compatible with my schedule. 2. Show up & shop around. See what's in season, on sale, and buy it! 3. Go home & prepare the plethora of super fresh diverse food. . Exhibit A: 2 LARGE heads of brocolli, 2 large leeks, 2 bunches of garlic scallions, and 1 bunch of beets+beet greens. ALL ORGANIC. Total: Under $20. Servings: 6 (@dj_saint & I really ♡ our veggies). . All I did was chop everything up, toss with evoo & sea salt, & pop in the oven for 45 minutes on 350. I even hung out in the shady back yard with my spouse & cat, & enjoyed some of the delicious fresh fruit we picked up at the market while everything cooked. Easy & rewarding for a double-win! . So do yourself a favor & explore one of your local farmer's markets this week. I promise: Your body & wallet will thank you for it. . This post was made possible thanks to goodies from the #lakeforestparkfarmersmarket, including #gardentreasuresnursery. . #yum #eatrealfood #farmersmarket #eatlocal #farmtotable #ntplife #ntagrad #organiconly #glyphosatefree #katemahoneyntp

Nutritional Therapy In Action: "Making due with what you have" Edition! . Every Wednesday our schedules accomodate, I have a standing #dinnerdate with my mom and dad. We get together at the house my siblings and I grew up in and I make dinner for the two of them, myself, and my spouse when he can make it (which is happily most of the time). My mom taught me a #fantastic and #valuable food #skill, which I put to use quite often at my and their home: Make due with what you have! Often I show up, go through what's stocked up, and listen to what the food can be. . Last night I happened upon an #abundance of #fresh veggies, so I made a Layered Chicken Salad with Medium-Boiled Eggs (my favorite!). It contains a small amount of chopped lettuce at the bottom topped with a layer of celery, zucchini, red and green bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, and tomatoes. We served it with some of my mom's easy-peasy #homemade French Dressing (essentially mix 1 part ketchup, 1 part honey or maple syrup, 1 part olive oil, 1/2 part apple cider vinegar, a little lemon juice and some garlic granules together until you get the right flavor and consistency and WHA-LA! #FrenchDressing). It made for a delicious, fresh, and relatively easy meal with minimal cleanup. . As always, everything was #organic to ensure my body and the bodies of those I #love are being fueled with the #best, cleanest #nutrients possible. . So, what do you have in your #kitchen? What do the things you have on hand communicate to you about what they could be? Do you have a #delicious, nutrient-dense meal waiting to be discovered? Share what you come up with, I'd love to hear about it! . #nutritionaltherapy #eatrealfood #organiconly #glyphosatefree #glutenfree #grainfree #soyfree #dairyfree #refinedsugarfree #YUM #paleo #salad #veggies #ntagrad #katemahoneyntp

Nutritional therapy in action: #Dinner #Adventures Edition! . I tried my hand at making a dish last month that my local co-op (@PCC) makes. It's a baked #eggplant, #tomato, and #artichoke heart #casserole. As per my usual beginner's luck, my first try turned out pretty fantastic if I do say so myself (even though I don't have a picture for proof, heh). So I thought I'd do it again, this time adding chicken to the top. . Welp, beginner's luck was not on my side the second time around; there was a lot of liquid in the bottom. So much so that when I served it up I decided to call it #Chicken #Ratatouille #Soup. And you know what? It was pretty damn #delicious! . Lesson: When things don't turn out how you expect them to in the kitchen, leave yourself open and flexible enough to objectively interpret what you end up with, and #remarket it! While sum #kitchen #experiments admittedly end up as true disasters, other accidents can be happy ones. . Happy #cooking adventures to you! . p.s. As usual, I used all #organic ingredients to ensure my body and those of my loved ones are being fueled with the best cleanest #nutrients available. ♡ . #cookingadventures #happyaccidents #chickenratatoulliesoup #almostpaleo #grainfree #glutenfree #organiconly #glyphosatefree #nutritionaltherapy #eatrealfood #YUM #ntagrad #katemahoneyntp

#Nutritional #therapy on the go: when in "Rome", find the best option! . . On my way back home to #Seattle from helping #teach the NTP class in San Fran and needed to grab #dinner. Fortunately one of the students mentioned that #NapaValleyFarms has a #restaurant inside Terminal 2, and as it luckily turned out that's the one I needed! I found one of my favorite drinks, a #sugarfree raw #chocolate #truffle (that was #DELICIOUS--I need to order a box! ;) ), and got a fire roasted #glutenfree #pizza that was pretty bomb digitty. I now have a bit of a wait ahead of me, but that gives me time to charge my phone so I'll have enough juice to listen to tunes the whole way home. I leave the Bay Area tired but happy and looking forward to coming back in August. ♡ #travellingntp #nta #nutritionaltherapy #ntagrad #katemahonetntp (at San Francisco International Airport)

#Nutritional #therapy on the go! Sometimes instructing for NTA involves travel, and when that is the case I utilize not only the internet, but the knowledge and experience of the locals about where to find non-gmo orgsnic food. GPS definitely helps, too--once I know where I'm trying to get to! I've managed to eat some pretty great food in the 4 days I've been here, and look forward to coming back in August so I can try some more. Here's a pic of my whole food locally sourced #dinner from Local Union 271 in Palo Alto last night: Tomato soup topped with fresh shaved parm and chopped parsley, and lemon chicken curry. #YUM #nutritionaltherapy #ntponthego #ntp #nta #ntagrad #localfood #localunion271 #wholefoods #realfood #katemahoneyntp

Teaching completed! Checking out a great restaurant in Palo Alto on my last night in the Bay Area before heading home tomorrow. #ntptraining #ntp #ntponthego #travellingntp #nta #ntatraining #ntagrad #localfood #sustainablefood #realfoodftw #realfood #organic #localunion271 #YUM #katemahoneyntp (at Local Union 271)

#Nutritional #Therapy question of the week: "Kate, does your #Paleo #Chocolate Sponge #Cake #recipe make good #cupcakes?" Indeed it does! The key is to bake them for 1/2 the time it takes to #bake a cake (keep in mind all ovens are different). In my oven, I baked the cake for 35 minutes, so I set the timer on these little #morsels of #deliciousness for a mere 16 minutes and the came out #PERFECT! Fluffy paleo chocolate [cup]cake #perfection, to be precise. As always, only #organic #ingredients were used to make sure I'm fueling my body with the #best, #cleanest #nutrients possible. ♡ Recipe (for the #frosting, too!), available through the link in my profile. #glutenfree #dairyfree #refinedsugarfree #organiconly #glyphosatefree #nutritionaltherapy #ntagrad #eatcleanfood #realfoodftw #katemahoneyntp