Have you missed the Super Foods, dear readers? 
We spent most of the summer working through 20 Super Foods and a number of “Honorable Mentions”, learning about their health benefits and various ways to incorporate them into our meal plans. It’s time for a little wrap-up and a new resource.
The Carnivals
Click on the following links to view the actual carnivals with all the great recipes. Keep reading for info about Super Foods.
- Bean (legume) Recipes
- Broth/Stock Recipes
- Super Foods Recipes (The recipes include at least two Super Foods or have one as the star ingredient.)
- Un-processed Foods Recipes (For things you can buy in the store but make from scratch instead, like tortillas, boxed mixes, ETC!)
- Healthy Fat Recipes
What is a Super Food?
I think Oprah’s got a list of wacky super foods like acai berry and such…I don’t know what an acai berry is, so my list is perhaps a bit more dated, but a bit more practical. I know where to get the broccoli in my supermarket, but not the acai berries, right?
Around here, a Super Food is simply a food that packs a nutritional punch. When you think of milk, you think calcium for strong bones. You think prunes for digestive health. These are one-hit wonders. Super Foods cross the spectrum of health topics and have lots of star vitamins, minerals, and other goodies. You can eat one food and support your heart, eyes, digestive system and cholesterol, instead of shopping around for the perfect food for each body system.
(Next week, I’ll break down the list by health topic for you.)
Here’s the full list of Super Foods, with links to the Food for Thoughts (click the food name to find out what makes it healthy) and connecting recipes. Scroll down below the list to learn more about the upcoming October Fest Carnival of Super Foods! (You can always find this list under the Super Foods tab at the top of the page.)
Super Foods
- beans and legumes, especially lentils and chickpeas
Mission
Homemade Refried Beans - yogurt
Mission
What Homemade Yogurt has Done for my Family - eggs
Mission
Recipes
Potato salad with kids’ help
Best Scrambled Eggs Ever - tomatoes
Ideas
Frugal Homemade Pizza Sauce - broccoli (and other dark greens like kale, brussel sprouts)
Mission
How to Use Broccoli Stems
Kale Green Smoothies
Crudite Platter – One Way to Eat Veggies at Dinner - garlic
Garlic Soup
Funny Garlic Story - onions
- red and orange peppers, hot peppers
Jamaican Meat Marinade (Food for Thought in this post too) - oranges (and other citrus)
- berries
Super Fruits
Summer Fruit Dip - olive oil (general FFT on monounsaturated fats)
Primer: How to Buy, Use and Store Olive Oil
Can You Saute with EVOO?
Best Price on Bulk Olive Oil; More info on EVOO safety - pumpkin and sweet potato
Katie’s Simple Cabbage Soup with Secret Super Food - carrots
- sunflower seeds
- oats
Mission
Homemade Granola and Granola bars - wild salmon
Mission
Salmon Patties
How to Buy Safe Salmon - walnuts and almonds (and other nuts and seeds)
Almond Power Bars
Walnut-oat Pie Crust - turkey
Sausage, Beans and Kale Soup
Turkey Chili-Topped Turkey Burgers
Frugal, Healthy Turkey Sandwiches - green or black tea
- spinach
Mission
Sausage, Spinach Pasta Toss
Honorable Mentions
- cauliflower and cabbage
Mission
Cauliflower Substitute for Mashed Potatoes - cantaloupe
- red grapes
- watermelon
- kiwi fruit
- apples
Super Fruits (includes 2-6) - avocado
Guacamole - natural peanut butter
- whole grains
How to Read a Bread Bag - flax
How to Use and Store Flax
Anecdote
Banana Flax Muffins and Subbing in recipes - brazil nuts
- cranberry juice
- pomegranate
- artichokes
- tofu (fermented)
- cinnamon
- dark chocolate
- honey
Condiment Awareness
October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: A Recipe Extravaganza
Last night when I spoke at a homeschool meeting, we were talking beans. If you know much about me and Kitchen Stewardship, you’re not surprised that conversation might get quickly to beans around me! One of the ladies asked where to find good bean recipes, and I was excited to tell her that she should come here on October 1st for the first week of the October Fest Carnival of Super Foods. Bloggers from all over will be coming by to link up their bean recipes for us to have a spectacular resource for one of my favorite super foods.
Each Thursday in October will have a different theme:
- October 1: Bean (legume) Recipes is LIVE!
- October 8: Broth Recipes (Soups are fine, but this is not a “soups” carnival. I’d love lots of alternate uses for broth!)
- October 15: Super Foods Recipes (The recipes will include at least two Super Foods or have one as the star ingredient.) GIVEAWAY: Nina Planck books.
- October 22: Un-processed Foods Recipes (For things you can buy in the store but make from scratch instead, like tortillas, boxed mixes, ETC! Anything goes here, healthier and cheaper than store stuff is best, of course.) GIVEAWAY: King Arthur’s white whole wheat flour
- October 29: Healthy Fat Recipes (a fitting ending to A Fat-Full Fall) GIVEAWAY: Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil
Bloggers, please put these in your calendar and plan to link up. New or old posts accepted; more details on carnival guidelines and how-to here.
Non-bloggers, you can still participate, either by emailing me your recipe in advance (I’ll publish it as a page and link to it like I did for the Meatless Meals Carnival) or by putting your recipe in the comments section the day of the theme.
My husband will be rolling out a plug-in so that you can write an anecdotal description of your post and get a “real” link on the post – good for bloggers and more interesting to readers, because we’ll really know which recipes we want to check out.
I’m excited! Start combing through your best recipes to find some that fit the categories and get ready for a super resource for your fall/winter menu planning. Again, more details about exactly how to link up coming soon.
Don’t miss the Super Foods Carnival! Sign up for an email subscription or grab my reader feed.
If you missed the last Monday Mission, click here.
Kitchen Stewardship is dedicated to balancing God’s gifts of time, health, earth and money. If you feel called to such a mission, read more at Mission, Method, and Mary and Martha Moments.
I’m pleased to link up to:
- Ann Kroeker’s Food on Fridays
- Fight Back Friday at Food Renegade
- Friday Feasts at MomTrends
- Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum
- Tuesdays at the Table at All the Small Stuff
- Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
- Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at Blessed With Grace
Gotta love super foods
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sweet site…..love the way you think. I will be back when I finally attempt to make my own yogurt!
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This is a must-read for anyone who wants to boost their diet with healthy foods.
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Sounds like fun!!
~KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)
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This sounds wonderful! I will definitely be reading and hope to participate as well! Thanks for the invite
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I am so looking forward to this!!! Thanks for hosting.
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Such a great idea.
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I am learning soo much from your blog. Many thanks.
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Esther,
Did you see I’m giving away easy yogurt cultures this week? Click the link in the sidebar to win!
Welcome to KS! Katie
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Can’t wait – I linked to this on my weekly link roundup, too!
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Love your concept of a Carnival to promote Super Foods!
Just posted about Olive Oil… should this biblical wonder food be added to your list?
Take a peek here:
http://susannahsaprons.blogspot.com/2009/09/olive-oil-bible-recipe-for-longevity.html#Blog
e-Mom @ Susannah’s Aprons
http://susannahsaprons.blogspot.com
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This sounds like such a good idea. I will do my best to participate. I could not get your logo to come up if that is what it is. I hope you will join me at Crock Pot Wednesday this week over at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com
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I’m all with you on the superfoods. Better to eat well than to take supplements.
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I try to eat healthy… but never really looked for a list of super foods. Thanks so much for sharing it with me and TATT!
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does it have to be JUST beans? i have a great recipe for chili that uses lean beef and dried beans…
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Katie Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Melissa,
Of course, any recipe with beans IN it is just perfect!! Chili would be great. Thanks for the question. –Katie
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Great idea! I can’t wait to see the recipes, and I’ll try to participate as well.
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I put a link to your October Fest on my blog. Thanks for hosting this.
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