Monday, June 10, 2013

Empowerment and Sisterhood Event

Saturday we met together for 3 great workshops:
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Jeni W.
Sharing Medical Decision Making with Sue A.
Superhero Juice and Packing Healthy Picnics with Cathrine B. and Sheryl D.


Below are some of the supporting documents referenced by each leader.

Navigating Difficult Conversations
Click here for a copy of the presentation Jeni gave and here's a funny video that you can test your skill on.

 
Sharing Medical Decision Making
For the online toolkit from the American Bar Association, either click for the printable (.pdf) or straight to the site (.html).
Also click here for the fill-in family book .doc for storing all your important details in case you are incapacitated so your household can continue to function.
Superhero Juice and Packing Healthy Picnics
Superhero Juice recipe
2 carrots 
equal volume celery and cucumbers
1 green apple [all peeled if you're sensitive to pesticides] 
juice of 1 lime
1 lemon
touch of honey 
1 glass of water 
spinach or kale
First blend all but spinach/kale, then blend and add handfuls of spinach/kale until goo turns dark green. Pour over cloth covered bowls, pick up corners of cloth, twist to strain.  Serve over ice.
19 Perfect Picnic Menus (click here for .doc)
1. The Farmer’s Market
• Assorted cheeses
• Assorted cured meats, smoked salmon or trout
• In season fruit or raw veggies
• Bread or crackers
 
2. The All American
• Fried Chicken
Potato Salad with Bacon
• Watermelon
• Chocolate Chip Cookies

3. Not Your Potluck Pasta Salad
pesto pasta salad
shrimp salad
• tomatoes with olive oil
• lemon bars

4. Far East Noodles
spicy sesame or peanut noodle salad
• snap peas
• mochi

5. Mezze
• Salads: tabouli, cucumber and tomato salad
• Spreads: hummus, baba ganoush, flatbread
• Dolmas
• baklava

6. Asian Inspired
Grilled flank steak with dipping sauce
• Sesame slaw
• Apricot bars

7. Latin flair
• Empanadas
• chili roasted cauliflower
alfajores

8. Wrap It Up
• Chicken and avocado wrap
• nectarines with mint
oatmeal sandwich cookies

9. Summer Rolls
summer rolls
tomato and watermelon salad
• coconut cupcakes

10. Picnic Tart
• roasted veggie and goat cheese tart
marinated baby kale salad
• chocolate covered strawberries
11. Tuscany
grilled panzanella
• rosemary grilled lamb loin
lemon cake

12. Grain Salads
Bulgur salad
• grilled asparagus or roasted green beans
cashew caramel bars

13. Southwest
• Black bean salad
• Guacamole with pears and pomegranate/chips
• Chili chocolate brownies

14. Dip it
• Chicken tenders with honey mustard dip
• caprese salad skewers
• mixed melon salad
• s’more bars

15. Stromboli and Friends
• Stromboli and reuben bake
• Crudité
almond cake

16. Vegan with a Vengeance
Grilled Veggie Sandwich (minus goat cheese for true vegan)
root veggie chips
• vegan chocolate truffles

17. Superfood
• quinoa, walnut and beet salad
• kale chips
• blueberry hand pies

18. Brunch
• rhubarb almond tart
• hard boiled eggs
• granola and greek yogurt
• bacon wrapped figs or melon

19. Scandinavian
Smoked salmon smorrebrod
• pickled beets
• dilled cucumber salad
• berries and skyr
other recipes:

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