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Heart-Healthy Curried Pumfu Stir-Fry
with Christine Waltermyer
Christine Waltermyer is a local Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to get your FREE copy of her cookbook, “7 Days of Deliciousness.”
Serves 4

Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic minced
½ teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 teaspoon curry powder, or to taste
½ teaspoon turmeric
3 heirloom carrots, peeled and sliced
1 container CocoJune Organic cultured coconut yogurt
1 8-oz. pack Pumfu pumpkin seed tofu, cubed
¼ small head green cabbage, chopped
2-3 cups broccoli spears

Method
1. Heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic. A pinch of the salt helps the onions to soften.
2. Cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the onions have softened. Add the sliced mushrooms, curry powder, remaining sea salt and turmeric.
3. Cook and stir for a few minutes, then cover for a few more minutes.
4. Uncover and add carrots and the coconut yogurt. Stir and cover, cooking for another minute.
5. Add the cabbage, Pumfu and broccoli. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes, or until the broccoli is tender but still bright green. Serve hot, over cooked quinoa or rice. Enjoy!
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!

Winter Crunch Salad
with Christine Waltermyer
Christine Waltermyer is a local Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to get your FREE copy of her cookbook, “7 Days of Deliciousness.”
Serves 4-6
A colorful, heart-healthy salad that highlights seasonal vegetables.

Ingredients
Salad:
½ head radicchio, chopped
½ cup chopped fennel bulb
1 mandarin orange, sliced
2 tablespoons sliced almonds
2 heads Belgian endive, cored and sliced
3 heirloom rainbow carrots, peeled and diced
5 cups chopped romaine lettuce
Dressing:
½ cup olive oil
⅓ champagne vinegar
1 tablespoon maple sugar
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
Juice of one small orange

Method
1. Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl.
2. In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Whisk well to blend.
3. Just before serving the salad, pour desired amount of dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Enjoy!
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!

Triple Layer Carob Cake
with Christine Waltermyer
Christine Waltermyer is a local Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to get your FREE copy of her cookbook, “7 Days of Deliciousness.”
Triple Layer Carob Cake
Makes One 2-Layer Cake
This paleo cake is refined sugar-free, grain-free and decadent!

Ingredients
Frosting:
¼ cup maple syrup (+ a little extra if needed after it chills, to achieve the right consistency)
½ cup carob powder
½ cup refined coconut oil
½ cup almond butter (I used sprouted almond butter)
Cake (Dry Ingredients):
2 cup Bob’s Red Mill Paleo Flour
½ cup carob powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Cake (Wet Ingredients):
4 pastured eggs
½ cup avocado oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup pure maple syrup
For Presentation: Optional raspberry sauce (recipe below), fresh mint, flaked sea salt

Method
To make the frosting:
In a bowl, mix together all of the ingredients and stir well until smooth. Refrigerate while you make the cake. You may need to a little more maple syrup later after chilling the frosting, to achieve a smooth, spreadable consistency. If you want extra frosting for decorating, you can double this recipe.
To make the cake:
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease two 8-inch cake pans with avocado oil. You can place a circle of parchment paper on the bottom of each one if you like, to make releasing the cakes a little easier.
2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir well to combine. Evenly divide the batter between two cake pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or just until set on top.
3. Remove the frosting from the refrigerator to come to room temperature.
4. Remove the cakes from the oven and set aside to cool. When cool to the touch you can invert the cakes, releasing them from the pans, onto plates lined with parchment paper. Flip one cake onto a cake plate.
5. Stir the frosting to help it soften. If needed, add a little more maple syrup to achieve the right spreadable consistency.
6. Cover the top of the cake with frosting. Place the other layer on top. Frost the top and sides of the cake with the frosting. Clean any crumbs from the plate.
7. To serve, when plating each slice drizzle with optional raspberry sauce, sprinkle with flaked sea salt and place a mint sprig on the side.
Optional Raspberry Sauce Recipe
Ingredients:
1 10-ounce bag frozen raspberries
2 to 3 tablespoons maple syrup
Equipment: plastic squirt bottle with nozzle
Method:
Place the raspberries and maple syrup in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until almost boiling. Cover and cook on medium-low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Place in a blender and blend until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Using a funnel, pour into the squirt bottle. Use to make a zigzag design on each piece of cake when served.
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!

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Yields one small jar of dressing
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup Health-Ade Blood Orange Carrot Ginger Kombucha
3/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon raw honey
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 clove garlic, finely minced
METHOD
1. Combine all ingredients in a small jar and whisk vigorously to combine.
2. Taste dressing and season with more salt and pepper, if desired.
3. Dressing will keep in an airtight jar in the refrigerator for up to five days.

Yields 4 servings
INGREDIENTS
1 bottle (1 pint) Health-Ade Cayenne Cleanse
Juice from 4 blood oranges, plus 1 sliced blood orange for garnish
1 cup carrots, peeled and chopped
Juice from 1/2 lemon plus zest for garnish
1 cup ice cubes
Cayenne pepper, for sprinkling
METHOD
1. Combine Cayenne Cleanse, orange juice, carrots, lemon juice, and ice into a high-powered blender. Blend on low, slowly increasing to high speed. Blend on high for 1 minute or until smooth consistency is reached.
2. Strain drink through a fine mesh sieve once or twice. Divide drink equally between 4 cocktail glasses. Pour over ice if desired.
3. Use a vegetable peeler to peel 4 long ribbons of lemon zest. Place 1 ribbon into each glass.
4. Slice remaining blood orange in wheels and place one face up in each glass.
5. Sprinkle a pinch of cayenne pepper into each glass. Enjoy cold. Refrigerate up to 2 days.

Yields 1 serving
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup crystallized ginger, for rim
2 teaspoons sea salt, for rim
2 ounces grapefruit juice
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
4 ounces Health-Ade Ginger Lemon Kombucha
2 ounces club soda (optional)
Grapefruit wheel or wedge, for garnish
METHOD
1. Place candied ginger and sea salt in the bowl of a food processor. Give it a few good pulses, until ginger and salt are combined and powder-like.
2. Run a lemon wedge around the rim of a chilled highball glass. Dip glass in ginger-salt mixture to coat. Fill glass with a handful of ice cubes.
3. In a cocktail shaker, add grapefruit juice, lemon juice, Ginger Lemon Kombucha, and a handful of crushed ice. Very gently shake and strain into a prepared glass. Top with club soda if desired.
4. Garnish with a grapefruit wheel or wedge and serve.

Yields 2 servings
INGREDIENTS
1.5 cups diced mango (about 1 mango)
1 cup dried pineapple
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup Health-Ade Ginger Lemon Kombucha
2-3 ounces rum or vodka (optional)
METHOD
1. Add mango, pineapple, and water to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Strain mixture through a mesh strainer, scraping with the back of a spatula to get all of the juice.
3. Mix fruit puree with kombucha and optional alcohol, and serve over ice.
4. Garnish with sliced pineapple and basil.

All recipes and information above are provided from INFRA and Health-Ade Kombucha.
Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA) is a purchasing cooperative owned and governed by independent natural and organic food retailers of all sizes working together to leverage our voice in the industry. They unite their members for the purpose of providing operational support, leveraging purchasing power, and engaging in shared marketing activities.
Working together is how we compete and differentiate ourselves in the marketplace, and gives us a higher chance of success. The level of integrity and commitment of the retailers who are INFRA members helps us shape a future together where we will be able to continue to bring high quality organic food to our individual communities, because we have a shared vision and commitment.

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