rock & roll to the beet for #FRD2014 - good luck jamie and our global team!!!

so i thought i wasn't going to post anything until after FRD... but then i made a latte this morning and decided to get funky with my phone again.  trrrrrrrrrrouble.

let's get cooking with jamie and the 9000+ schools that will be joining him to break a world record!  it'll be live tomorrow at 8am CST here.  clearly, i'm not excited at all... :)  make sure you sign up for food revolution day and shout out your participation by using #FRD2014!

a major shout out to lake county's stevenson high school as they will be joining in the rainbow warp cooking festivas led by ambassador christina erickson and gourmet foods teacher sara lohrmann.  rock it out for lake county girls!!

see the rest of you at the all ways healthy #FRD2014 festival tomorrow and saturday!! 

xoxo

what are YOU doing for food revolution day?

we are in 6th gear for food revolution week here in lake county!  we had so.much.fun cooking the rainbow salad wrap up with our kiddos and we hope that after this #FRD2014, you are inspired to do a little more chop chop in your kitchen too.

food ambassador christina erickson and i have quite a week planned and here is our starting line up:

1st up:

wednesday, may 14th - a food patriots screening at stevenson highschool!  sara lohrman's gourmet food class has prepared quite a spread for us and i cannot wait to taste their delicious food!  filmmakers jennifer and jeff spitz will be on hand to discuss the movie afterwards and announce our new joint campaign to bring food patriots and their student engagement program to every school in lake county. can't make it but want to donate to the outreach program too?  well, you can just go here my dears.

it's pretty darn exciting.

2nd up:
all ways healthy presents:  a free 2-day food revolution day festival! 

and check out this sweet suntimes article highlighting what christina and her co-worker sara lohrmann are doing at stevenson high school on friday -  ROCKSTARS!!

check out our festival flyer and schedule!  i'm so excited that two local food ambassadors are joining us on saturday!  i cannot wait to see sarvin haghighi (chicago) and katy vodicka (lisle)!!!!

helllerrrrrs, i'm gonna learn so much stuff!

2.5 up:

FRD dinner and a movie night! come on, you need a date night and why not celebrate with us!?

the RSVP is closing down tomorrow night 5/14, so pick up your phone and dial fast:) or RSVP online here.  jennifer and jeff will be dining and discussing the film with us and you do NOT want to miss julio's most excellent cooking: **ticket price includes tax and tip which is pretty snazzy indeed** 

last but not least, i'm prepping up some pretty sweet rainbow wrap kits this week.  it's your kiddo's first cooking kit!  it includes everything your child (or yourself... ) needs to make a rainbow wrap (minus the food).  my parent's basement is completely trashed and here's where i'm at with them so far...  i can't wait till they're all cellophaned wrapped and tied with a pretty red bow.  we'll be selling these for $35 at the festival and i've only made 48 of them so come grab them while they are still around!

i can't wait to see you ALL for #FRD2014!

...and i'll see you again after the dust has settled:)  should have some super fun stuff to recap!!




ps

here's my fab mother's day recap:

at the race track with my chimmie and her superstar engineering husband's race team.  i got to meet their new rookie driver jack hawksworth and not only is he the most talented driver ever... he's british, so of course he's gonna win the indy 500.  he's the best thing that has ever happened to indy car.  i'm not biased at all.

and then i got home just in time to put in my purple boat and celebrate with my lovely mom.

to the mullies we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

xoxo

make me: a "revolu-hen-ary" egg salad & a movie

hot stuff.

needing something to eat for our food patriots screening on wednesday?!

well, i think you should make my salad of course!! (thanks for the perfect name jeff)  i made this eggsellent creation as a pot luck dish to take with me to a food patriots screening last week at my alma matter, northwestern.  cluckity cluck cluck!

the "revolu-hen-ary" egg salad
1 T ranch (homemade rocks it) + 2 hardboiled eggs + 1/2 avocado + 1.5 tsp dijon mustard + siracha (to taste) + sea salt & pepper.

homemade ranch:
mix 3/4 c real mayo/vegenaise + 1/4 c plain yogurt (greek or sheeps is best!) + fresh juice from 1/2 lemon + pinch of sea salt & pepper + 1/2 tsp of each: garlic powder, onion powder + 1/2 T of each: chives, parsley, basil & 21 seasoning salute blend from trader joe's.

want it spicy?  add old bay seasoning, siracha, hot sauce... whatever makes your nose run!

top and eat yourself full with spinach and veggies!!

double, triple, quadruple etc for your crowd...

and remember, this movie is always BEST when you can watch it with others:)

see you wednesdsay, online at 1pm CST!!!!

i can't wait to tweet.my.little.heart.out.with.you after for the #FoodPatsChat

xoxo




ps

i just love my book tiffany, thank you!!!!  :)

a #FRD2014 love letter to my peeps

Hello Food Revolution Community!

I am having a ball sharing and hearing about everyone’s preparations for Food Revolution Day 2014.  I cannot wait to watch how our efforts will collectively light.up.the.globe on and around May 16^th!

I have had several ambassadors reach out to me and ask about the film I am using in my #FRD2014 initiative.  In an effort to spread the Food Revolution Day inspiration & planning ideas, I’m thrilled to announce that the Food Patriots will be offering an exclusive online Food Patriots screening and post twitter chat to our Food Revolution Ambassador Community! 

I have partnered with Jennifer and Jeff Spitz, the filmmakers of Food Patriots to bring public screening and discussion events to our Lake County Food Revolution Day festivities.  Ever since watching the rough cut of the film during the early weeks of my Ambassadorship (November 2012… only a month into my own family food change!), I knew this was the film that would help me dig deep into my community and reach uninitiated individuals to join the Food Revolution.  I was a newbie myself!  Fast forward to today, the newly released Food Patriots’ film helps me to connect with the often frustrated and overwhelmed individuals and parents who are interested but stuck in how to get to a more “cooked”, real food lifestyle.  There are so many awesome food documentaries out there, and though extremely educational, some films leave a “newbie foodie” a tad overwhelmed with an ounce or two of angry bewilderment.  How do you join the team when you feel like you don’t belong or that you are too.far.behind in the real food game?  Food Patriots is a great first stepping stone, one that imparts a message of gathering towards a workable, doable, worthwhile movement… the FOOD REVOLUTION! I love how Food Patriots’ audiences leave inspired, un-judged and excited to make small changes in their family’s kitchen and buying habits; It effectively reframes food attitudes; It helps audience members to realize each small change CAN be fun and WILL make a big difference; It cooks up a fire of belonging; It sheds “elitist” stereotypes and thus helps build a community team focused on increasing food education in our homes, schools and workplaces!  Heck yea, this film sends me “to the mullies” everytime!!!!

There are lots of ways to gather around this film for FRD or anytime of the year.  I am hosting my book club for a home screening on May 7^th.  Together with Christina Erickson, my Food Rev Lake County teammate and Stevenson High School Teacher, we will hosting a large 400 person Food Patriots public screening & discussion event at SHS on May 14.  Lastly, we are screening the film on a more intimate scale on May 16^th for “A Food Revolution Dinner and Movie” with the filmmakers as part of our Food Revolution Day Festival being held over May 16^th and 17^th.  Gotta love the screening options!

**Come join us on Wednesday, April 30^th at 1pm CST for an Food Rev Community exclusive online movie screening of the new documentary Food Patriots (74 minutes), followed by a twitter chat (#FoodPatsChat)!  The filmmakers will be online for the Q&A.  Media is invited.  RSVP at

http://www.foodpatriots.com/FoodRev14.  Password:  ambassador**

I can’t wait to share this extraordinary, nuanced film with you all!  Cheers to each of you for your “power of one” and for spreading the Food Revolution far and wide this year! As always, let me know if you have any questions about this event and I’ll see you online!

Super Wide High-5’s (Try and do this to someone right now… it’s really funny bunny)

Lindsey Shifley
Food Revolution Lake County 

an easter ambassador smash: waffles + french toast = "wentel teefjes"

i love the dutch.

someday, i'll make it to haarlem, netherlands and visit the wonderful terri salminem.  ohhhhhh to knock on her door and knock her over with a big hug and jump up and down in her kitchen!  i'll bring my apron and we'll cook, learn and laugh all day... perhaps some cocktail making?  and then i'll come home and teach my kids what you teach me.  i can see it in my head... can't you terri!?  saving my pennies...

she and i have become fast friends over the interweb; we exchange ideas as fellow food ambassadors, share books love (we read michael pollen's cooked at the same time!) and mutually inspire (i soak up so much from her creative chef-ness!!!).

little did i know that my idea to use leftover homemade waffles for french toast is a traditional dutch recipe called "wentel teefjes".  terri also suggested the cookbook entitled: the sensible cook which i can't wait to check out.  she suggested i add some lemon zest to the egg mixture and top it off with honey & fresh lemon juice.

head.over.heels.delish.

so here's our easter weekend plan stan:

saturday: making a big batch of homemade gluten free waffles
easter sunday: turning em into some lovely "wentel tee-fingers" (terri, i hope you like my language smash!)

the mullies homemade waffles
original bronski recipe found here.

3 c (436g) gf flour blend (i sub 200g arrowroot instead of corn starch in the 12 cup recipe)
2 T aluminum free baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
...mix up in a bowl.  then add:

3 c organic rice milk
1/2 c light coconut milk
3 large pastured eggs (yolks only!  place the whites in a separate small bowl)
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
...mix up and then add:

1 c melted organic coconut oil (or melted ghee or melted grassfed, organic butter)
...mix thoroughly.

using a handheld mixed, whip the egg whites until peaks form.
finally, gently fold the whites into the batter (you want to still see small clouds of egg whites scattered throughout the batter).

pour into your waffle maker and cook until it beeps!

**pitch.out.the.fake.syrup.now (log cabin, aunt gemima.. etc) and use pure maple syrup, coconut nectar or honey... they are real and they rock**

terri & lindsey's wentel tee-fingers
leftover waffles (i freeze mine)
...cut into fingers.
4-5 large pastured eggs
3 T light coconut milk
pinch of sea salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp lemon zest (adjust amount to your lemon liking!)
...mix up in a shallow bowl.

turn and soak each finger in the egg mixture.  i like to fry each side in a little ghee on my cast iron skillet.

top with honey and a sprinkling of fresh lemon juice... or whatever topping you fancy.

maple syrup
fresh fruit compote/jam
coconut nectar

get crackin already!!!!

and happy happy easter to all my spring chickies out there!

xoxo

come join us at IIT - a food patriots screening event with net impact!

spread the word birds!

come join us this coming thursday at IIT for a free screening and film discussion of food patriots! i'm so honored and excited to have been invited as a food ambassador & food patriot to help inspire others towards a healthier real food life!

here's the story of how this all came together...

this past december, i reached out to jennifer and jeff spitz, the fabulous filmmakers of the food patriots with a #FRD2014 initiative to get as many people as i could to "become food patriots and join the food revolution".  soon afterwards, she invited me to a lovely women in green event downtown to meet in person for the first time!  before jennifer and i connected up, i met xiaoqian (flora) ruan of IIT's net impact.  flora was intrigued by my food ambassadorship with jamie oliver's food foundation and we networked with a small group of women for about 20 minutes about real food, the food industry, cooking from scratch and getting our global message out.

flora & net impact invited me out to speak as a food rev ambassador and after discussing my connection to the food patriots and the incredible impact of the film, they decided to host a screening!  what fun!!

so that's the story of how this exciting event came to be and i'm just super juiced about it all!!  big thanks to jenna giandoni, the president of net impact tech chapter who has been wonderful in helping to coordinate the event with the food patriots - i'm in countdown mode to meet you all!!

so, check those busy calendars and come to an event that could inspire some BIG growth in your newly sprouting real.food.love.life.

see you there baby!!

xoxo