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And we 🙏🏻 to THE BREAD GODS before every bake here the kitchen @manzanitaedu 💯🍞❤️ Guy @ceorbread told me even the best of the best say a prayer before each bake - cuz there are just so many factors that go into perfecting the loaf. Funny thing about sourdough bread... it’s #alive and ever changing, so it’s unpredictable nature makes every bake an #adventure Just when I think we have nailed it another variable bites me in the butt 😆🤔However, sourdough is also very forgiving, and a loaf always seems #pop out of the oven 😍 - it’s just always slightly different - from color, to shape, to crumb, to taste - this ever changing culture keeps these lunch ladies on our toes - right @fermentopia ⁉️😆🤷🏼‍♀️🤔🍞👩‍🍳❤️💯🙏🏻 Thanks @slowfoodventuracounty for connecting us to so many amazing local resources @gristandtoll @clemencegourmandise @sherry_gurl @theangelinyourkitchen @tehachapigrainproject @kandarianorganicfarms @smfms @mandybee_ @fatunclefarms @cagraincampaign @weiserfamilyfarms It’s a #beautiful thing to bring back this #traditional practice to these beautiful children and community @manzanitaedu and of course every slice of bread is undeniably delicious with a generous smear of raw butter @organicpasturesdairy or a homemade sandie with mayo and mustard @primalkitchenfoods 👍😋 SCROLL THROUGH #sourdough #lunchladyapproved #prayer #bread #wisdom #lunch #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
TALLOW FRIES 🍟 BABY @manzanitaedu 👍🐮 Yup, that’s right.... potatoes 🥔 cooked in healthy, stable saturated animal fat - tallow from grass fed 🐮💯❤️ and #beautiful #ghee @pureindianfoods 🍟 for the veg heads 😋 Did you know @mcdonalds used to fry their fries in tallow before switching to rancid vegetable oils in the early 90s when the “fat free” craze came into this 🌎🤔 Did you know @in_andout_burger fries their 🍟 in cottonseed oil⁉️😱 Say whaaaat⁉️ Who eats cotton 🤷🏼‍♀️ Returning to traditional fats is 🔑 to reestablishing a foundation of health in this next generation of kiddos. Rancid vegetable oils are taking us down, and they are in everything! Unfortunately, there’s no more “everything in moderation” these days as kids are constantly bombarded with fake foods - from school lunches, to sporting events, to birthday parties to mom and dad’s pantry (start reading labels) - kids are getting a daily dose of ☠️ Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s time we all wake up and stop the #insanity 🙏🏻 SCROLL THROUGH for my rockin’ #1 lunch lad @brandofarr crushing it with our new 🥔 press 👊👍👨‍🍳 ❤️#whenyouknowbetteryoudobetter #mindset #lunchladyapproved #realschoolfood #tallow #frenchfries #fries #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #farmersmarket
SCROLL THROUGH - Cooking is a life skill that has been lost over the last several generations. Despite more access to food and information people are cooking less and less 😫 Building confidence in the kitchen is 🔑 to the health of this next genration👍 I ❤️❤️❤️ getting the kiddos involved in food prep! I find most kids love to dive in and help out when asked👍 In engaging the kids, and making it fun, I hope to spark a curiosity and craving for getting in the kitchen and cooking. Each week when I go to @smfms I ask some of the kiddos what they would like me to get. One of the little girls asked me to get kale so we could make her family’s kale salad recipe! Giving ownership and pulling in her friends to help created a lasting memory for all. Teaching them about proper preparation and choosing healthy oils @primalkitchenfoods is foundational ✅ as most salads these days are made with rancid vegetable oils🤢😱🤭@finleyfarms had beautiful kale and we mixed with our very own biodynamic kale off the @manzanitaedu farm 👊 added 🥑 oil @primalkitchenfoods our very own Lunch Lady Laci’s killer Umami Sauce @fermentopia apple cider vinegar @braggsacvhealth , sea salt @redmondrealsalt pepper, 🍋 and a sprinkle of hemp 💕 #lunchladyapproved #realschoolfood #lifeskills #raw #vegetarian #delicious #salad #kale #kids #confidence #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
Pesto melts 👊 By far the favorite with all kids @manzanitaedu so far 👍❤️💯 Closest thing we have had to a 🍕and the kids dug it! Homemade sourdough bread toasted with pesto @the_garden_of_ , melted raw cheese @organicpasturesdairy and roasted garlic and thyme 🍅 @tuttifruttifarmsca @smfms 😋We had to have a little “talking to” the kiddos about “🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️ing” and not “🏃🏾‍♀️ 🏃 ing” for seconds 👍 #mindfulness is a big part of what we teach @manzanitaedu ✅ I told the kiddos that not only are we aiming to set them up with a foundation of health, but also a healthy mindset and an ability to show appreciation, gratitude and awareness around wanting more yet observing and listening to the needs of the community. Has everyone had firsts? Am I still hungry? Have I had enough? Am I modeling good behavior and manners and managing my excitement? Am I expressing my gratitude and #appreciation for yummy food and those who have lovingly prepared it? It is a #beautiful thing to have the head of school stand up and reinforce these principles to the kids. We all ❤️ to see them so excited and engaged around food - it’s why we do what we do - and incorporating these #lifelessons is 🔑 It’s my hope that these healthy reminders of expressing #gratitude and self control will stick with them for #life 🙏🏻 #favorite #pesto #pizza #lunchladyapproved 👩‍🍳❤️💯 #realschoolfood #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
Involve your kids in everything! @ritarossart told me last week a quote from @jordanpetersonsays “Never do for your children what they can do for themselves.” This holds true in the kitchen as well 💯👍Sandeep @pureindianfoods told me that traditionally every child had a job/responsibility when it came to preparing the daily family meals. Here @manzanitaedu we try and get the kid’s hands on whatever we can‼️Connecting them to their food✅, the farms/farmers✅ and the effort that is needed to prepare real food✅ is HUGE‼️When children are invested in the process of growing their own food and meal preparation they take pride in their participation and develop a sense of confidence and ownership. This leads, not only to a greater likeliness in trying new things, but greater things in #life 👊Growing, harvesting and preparing food is all a process - and understanding the flow of proper systems both on the farm and in the kitchen is 🔑 These kiddos are getting the whole big picture 👊👍👩‍🍳❤️💯 For this I am #grateful #lunchladyapproved #realschoolfood #teachyourchildrenwell #nature #investment #beautiful #kids #allhandsondeck #mealprep #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
SCROLL THROUGH ❤️ #Fermentation is a #beautiful thing! #Raw is a beautiful thing! Raw dairy doesn’t go rancid, when left to ferment, it only sours as it ages 👍❤️ and ancient wisdom and cultures across the 🌎 confirm this! When kefir grains are added to raw dairy it produces a delicious tangy “yogurt like” food teaming with good microbes 🐛 for the gut. Kefir typically has 3X the amount of probiotic cultures than yogurt, and it’s filled with high levels of calcium, magnesium, #vitamin B12 and vitamin K2💯❤️ #Homemade #kefir from raw dairy from grass fed #cows @organicpasturesdairy is insanely beneficial to the gut! Raw 🐐 milk too! Getting the good guys into kiddos @manzanitaedu can be tough sometimes, so getting creative is 🔑 Straining kefir to make kefir cheese #thehealyourgutcookbook @chelseagreenbooks is a simple way to allow some creativity in the kitchen! A honey sweetened lemon 🍋 kefir cheese was dolloped on #carrotcake (The Heal Your Gut Cookbook) last week for the kiddos @manzanitaedu and while some kids preferred cake without the cheese - some came running back for more 👍👩‍🍳❤️Ya gotta take the victories you get and #celebrate 🎉 cuz this #vision of mine - to change tastebuds and disrupt the trend of chronic illness in this next generation of kiddos is a marathon not a sprint. It takes time to educate the gut, and the mind, but what I have found to be true is that once these beautiful powerhouse👊 microbes set up shop in your gut - you start to crave them and come back for more! #thegreatturning #realschoolfood #lunchladyapproved #crazygood #guthealth #keepitreal #eatrealfood #wisdom #gratitude #paleo #grainfree #primal #wapf #gaps #gapsdiet #healing #nutrition #healthylifestyle #chef
#SITSPOT challenge anyone? ⛰❤️ It’s been way too long since I have taken the time out of my day to just sit. This regular practice for the kids and staff @manzanitaedu is one of my most favorite things to do, yet I have not made it a priority lately 😫 About a year ago I did a #sitspotchallenge - asking everyone to take 5-20 minutes a day and just sit in nature 🌿 When I do a sit spot within minutes I feel grounded, supported and able to see things with a new perspective. There are times I just cry my eyes out 😭 and #motherearth holds me up no matter what 🙌 I encourage you all to give it a go🙏🏻 Wondering what I am talking about❓Well straight from the 🐴 👄 - Dr. Paul Astin, the visionary behind @manzanitaedu - I always have to read it through a few times (or 10😂) - but it just makes perfect sense! “The sit spot represents a re-activation of the quiet, alert, attentive, waiting, human being. Much of our ancestry was spent in the quiet attentive awareness in search of prey or in avoidance of predator. The natural world has an evolutionary-based, sympathetic vibrational resonance with the human mental apparatus. When landscape and mind synthesize in the sit spot, this allows for activation of the human sensory apparatus (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, intuition) to tune fully into what is surrounding oneself. The active, linear, cognitive, thinking mind is antithetical to sensory awareness. The sit spot fully activates the senses, quiets the mind, and recalibrates an ancestral human blueprint for ‘being’ which is not only different from doing, but is absolutely essential for full health and wellness.” So thankful my 🤚kids are all being exposed to this awesomeness 👍 👍Thanks @slowfoodventuracounty for pushing me to the ⛰ instead of the mailbox 🙏🏻☺️ #bam #challenge #connection #sitspot #primal #nature #quiet #school #california #topanga #philosophy #gratitude #kids #meditation #peace #future #awesome #breathe #life #beauty #ancestral #thegreatturning #natureconnection #human #reflection #mom #momlife #thankful
@chiefmeesh Barbara @tuttifruttifarmsca thank you for always looking out for the kiddos @manzanitaedu Your dedication to making this world a better place is immeasurable - especially as you invest in the health of our children! Can’t wait to sauté up some dandelion greens with garlic tomorrow and stuff some peppers with lightly melted raw cheese @organicpasturesdairy Feeling so blessed by such an amazing community of farmers and friends @smfms Every week @slowfoodventuracounty and I hit the market and get to connect directly with our farmers and keep them abreast on all the deliciousness they are helping to create for the community @manzanitaedu It’s a #beautiful thing to see the closed loop between #farmtoschool #knowyourfarmer #kids #gratitude #connection #vegetables #nutrientdense #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #yum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
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