This issue shares
- The Best Life Living Tip: Spice it up! Bringing big flavor to food without fat.
- The Self-Care Technique: Spring cleaning is good for your home and your head.
- Ideas and Inspiration: Marion Nestle
Spring is here in much of the country; warmer weather means more time outdoors and socializing. Patio parties and do-dahs on the deck mean having starters and nibbles at the ready-to-serve friends and family. chips and salsa, but how about elevating the app game with homemade Romesco Sauce? Sauce Romesco is an all-purpose sauce used as a dressing or dip, sauce or spread.
Read on for more — including this recipe for all-purpose Sauce Romesco.
Best Life Living Tip
Spices affect our health. Johns Hopkins lists 5 heath benefits here.
Spices can bring big flavor to food without fat.
Pimenton de la Vera is a special type of smoked paprika governed by a Denominacion de Origen, similar to Appellation d’origine Contrôlée in France or Italy’s Denominazione di Origine Controllata.
“Controlled origins” are strictly governed certifications that ensure the authenticity of the product and that the ingredient adheres to the highest standards of growth, harvest, and production.
Pimenton de la Vera peppers are slow-roasted over oak fires and hand-turned during a two-week process! Then, the peppers are very slowly ground between stone wheels into a fine powder.
The smoked paprika comes in three varieties: sweet and mild (dulce), bittersweet medium hot (agridulce), and hot (picante).
Self-Care Technique
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with clutter and chaos? Piles of stuff and disorganization can make you feel claustrophobic.
Cleaning and organizing your home can positively impact mental health by reducing stress, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm, as well as promoting a sense of control and well-being.
A clean and organized environment can lead to greater focus and mental clarity, making it easier to concentrate on tasks and reducing distractions, according to experts such as a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
Clean up the chaos and ditch the depression!
Ideas and Inspiration
Last weekend I participated in the MFK Fisher Writer’s Symposium hosted by the Nashville chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. It was incredible and I was also able to meet one of my food sheroes, Marion Nestle.
Dr. Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor, of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she officially retired in September 2017. She is also a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell and earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley.
She’s 88 years old and an absolute powerhouse. Want to know more about food and politics? Subscribe to her blog and give her a follow on IG.
Good and Good for You™Living Spotlight
Write it down. Have a goal? Write it down.
Want to feel better about life? Write down what you are grateful for and what you appreciate.
Writing things down enhances memory, improves focus, encourages organization, and aids in goal-setting and problem-solving, leading to better cognitive function and overall well-being.
Need a notebook? Check out my Grateful and Graceful notebook on GoodandGoodforYouLiving.com
Make it Count
Thanks so much for reading. I hope you enjoy this recipe and simple tips. Please give me a follow on IG @virginiawillis for more best life tips, self-care techniques, ideas and inspiration, and healthy recipes. (You can subscribe here!)
As long as you’re doing what’s Good and Good for You™ more often than not, you’re on the right track. 🙌🏻 You can do it!
Bon Appétit Y’all!
Virginia Willis
Romesco Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almonds toasted
- 1 jar roasted red bell peppers drained
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 2 garlic cloves plus more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1/3 cup sherry wine vinegar
- 2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus more for garnish
- Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Notes
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