This year’s theme is “Fuel for the Future.” Eating with sustainability in mind is a tasty way to nourish ourselves during every phase of life and protect the environment. A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist can help you create healthy habits that are sustainable and celebrate your unique needs.
In celebration of National Nutrition Month, we are sharing our progress on our above ground garden. This garden was created for Health Promotion to use for cooking classes, and a trial run to see if above ground gardening would be viable and sustainable on base in hopes to expand the garden into other areas for access.
Visit our website link at the bottom for updates about the garden along with facts we learned about the garden after our harvest and read all the way through for some recipes that are inspired by our community garden at the very end.
For pictures and other updates about our garden, visit our website by following this link: https://dmhealthpromotion.com/health-promotion-garden/
Recipes inspired by the three gardens.
Peppers: Jalapeno, Serrano, Habanero
Vegetables: Husky cherry red tomatoes, Celery, Golden Griller Squash, Collard Greens, Broccolini
Herbs: Rosemary, Cilantro, Sweet mint, Purple Basil (unfortunately did not survive the winter and will soon be possibly replaced with another herb)
For our pepper garden, any of the peppers that can grow in our garden can be substituted in this guacamole recipe. Click on this link to visit the Food Network and how they make a Chunky Guacamole With Serrano Peppers.
Inspired by our vegetable garden, use celery in your favorite recipes. For example instead only using celery in a virgin Bloody Mary, make a homemade Chicken Pot Pie.
Finally for our herb garden inspired recipe a yummy refreshing Herb Salad, where you can be in control of all the ingredients down to where the herbs were grown.
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