Come visit us, MANY BEAUTIFUL SPRING EVENTS!

Off the Vine spring EVENTS

Niceville Farmer Market
This is the best monthly food market in the area.  You can get organic produce 
from Off the Vine, local produce, muffins, breads, local honeys, local jarred vegetables 
and fruits, jams, quail eggs and more.  Support your locals here! 

WHERE: ONE 20 A MODERN BISTRO
120 Partin Dr N, Niceville, FL 32578 (850) 729-2120
1st Saturday of each month, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6

 Pensacola Earth Day     Bayview Park          
Saturday April 20, 2013  10am-5pm

Fort Walton Beach Earth Day - FWB Landing
April 27th    10am-5pm 

Earth Day Mobile Bay      Fairhope Pier          
Saturday, April 27th  10am-6pm  

Earth Day at The Gardens    Birmingham Botanical Gardens    
Saturday,  April 27,2013     9am- 5pm

Autism Society Walk and Run  Fort Walton Beach Landing        
Saturday, April 6th, 7:30am- 12 noon     

Run for Science  Fort Walton Beach Landing      
Saturday April 13, 2013 7:30am-12:00pm    

SWEET green smoothie.

Green smoothies are a great to get your greens in without even realizing it! 

This smoothie will give the body a natural rush of energy! 

Kale is a great detox food. Kale is filled with fiber and sulfur, both great for regenerating the body and keeping your liver healthy.

 Sounds good, right? :) 

(THE SWEETNESS MAKE ITS KID FRIENDLY TOO!) 

A treat for you and the family!

Raw Vegan fruity crumble

...what a treat! 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup organic walnuts
• 1/2 cup organic almonds
• 5-8 medjool dates (soaked for 5-10 minutes)
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• pinch of pink himalayan sea salt
• ANY FRUIT OF YOUR CHOICE - Chopped Bananas, diced apples, berries or sweet another fruit!

Instructions: Put soaked dates in the food processor once they become soft. Pulse your dates until they are a fine consistency, in very small little chunks. Take your date mixture and place in a bowl. Add your walnuts & almonds and pulse again in the food processor until you have very finely ground chunks. Pour your nut mixture over the dates and massage together. Create a nice crumble texture. 

Slice your fruit of choice and place them in a bowl, take your crumble and sprinkle generously over your peaches or fruit of choice. If you like, you can sprinkle on a bit of himalayan salt and a tsp. of grade B maple syrup or raw honey to finish. Serve and enjoy immediately.

TIP! You can store the crumble in the fridge for up to a week and you can slice your organic fresh fruit in the moment to make a crumble any time.

Simply Raw salad dressing recipe!

Cilantro-Tomatoe Lime Dressing

• 1 cup of cilantro
• 1 cup of organic tomatoes  
• 2 table spoons organic Olive Oil
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/2 tsp sea salt salt
• 1 clove garlic -minced

Put everything in a blender, blend until smooth. 

TOP ON ANY LEAFY GREENS! 

Peaceful melon

“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”  

~William Shakespeare

Sweet Greenssss

...Sweet Greenssss! 

2 Granny Smith apples

1 McIntosh apple

1 Bosc pear

5 kale leaves

1 cucumber

4 celery stalks

1/2 cilantro bunch

1 Meyer lemon

JUICE OR BLEND!

Top with berries for a beautiful contrast of color! 

On the go ORGANICSMason Jar salads!

Inspired? 

Work?School?Day at the beach?Airport? 

The list goes on! 

Pack a organic salad on the go with a glass mason jar. 

*HOW TO SALAD IN A JAR*

The mason Jar lets you layer the salad, and keep ingredients separate until you eat!

Place the firmer vegetables at the bottom of the jar marinate 

and even pickle a bit in the dressing underneath.

 *TIP* The lighter, more fragile ingredients sit on top.

When you're ready to eat, just dump all the ingredients into a big bowl, and toss them gently.

Enjoy mother natures energy for your day :)

Pick up your OTV box at YOLO!

New pick up location!

YOLO BOARD

DESTIN, FL

Do you live near YOLO? 

Order and simply pick up your organic produce at YOLO in Destin!

YOLO BOARD EAST COAST11610 US Hwy 98 WMiramar Beach, FL 32550

Order organic produce here-www.offthevine.org 

Green Gift Certificates! ...birthdays, graduations or just ANYTIME healthy gift!

Green Gift Certificate

Anytime...Give the perfect

Green Gift Certificate 

of fresh Organic Fruits & Vegetables!  

(It fits, it's healthy plus everyone loves food!)

Choose any size dollar amount you need. 

You can send a Seasonal gift 

(one Mixed Produce share each Season - 4 times a year),

a Once a Month gift series 

(one Mixed share each month) 

or a Single gift of an All fruit - $34.00, Mixed - $56.00 or Juicing - $48.00 share!

The gift recipient can redeem their gift anytime in 2013!   

 (Organic savings: When you prepay for your gifts or your regular subscriptions

you can save 10%...Ask us how!)  

TO ORDER:

Call: 850-374-2181 or email support@offthevine.org

Giving is receiving

Share health  

Mouth watering melon juice!

Tip of the week, 

Juice your melon! 

Watermelon ginger juice

1/2 (about 2.2kg) organic seedless watermelon, peeled, coarsely chopped

2 tsp finely grated ginger

2 tbs lemon juice

BLEND.

Blend your own dressing! Spice up your salads

Raw Green goddess dressing

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raw tahini

1/2 cup water

2 Tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

2 Tablespoons green onions, chopped

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

3 cloves garlic (or 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder)

4 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3 Tablespoons raw Apple Cider Vinegar

The best is in nature.

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”

― Hippocrates

Tips from us!

Are you looking to detox and need bulk quantities?   

We can help! 

Call Shana @ 850-374-2181 with your specific organic vegetable & fruit needs for your detox! Plus, our Juicing Box is available weekly in most areas!  

Helpful tip for sharing organics with friends...

Save $ on your produce!

Did you know...if you order a LARGE MIXED BOX (equals 2 of the Standard Mixed box sizes) you save $10.00 over the 2 separate box prices!  

So, if you want to share with a friend or if you order for a larger family, 

order the LARGE Mixed Box size and save $10.00!!

Enjoy your BEETS :)

The amazing benefits of Beet Juice... Traditionally, people use beet juice to heal: anemia, liver, skin, kidneys, lymphatic circulation, tiredness, eye, liver, skin problems, detoxification, cancer. Beet juice may kill fungi, is a strong antioxidant and has anti inflammatory properties. 

Beet Facts

Beet juice may cause both your stool and urine to turn red.

 Don't be surprised if this happens!

Beet juice benefits are very powerful. 

You only need a little bit of juice to get the benefits. 

Drink the juice raw because the most beneficial substances (like betalains) are lost when cooked. 

In addition, the oxalic acid in the beet becomes harmful when cooked, but is (in moderation) beneficial when raw(according to juice and nutrition experts Dr Walker, David Wolfe and Gabriel Cousins).

Juice the whole beets: roots plus greens. 

The greens contain most of the healthy minerals and vitamins. 

P.S 
A sweet Beet Juice Recipe

makes about 20 oz of juice depending on juicer and produce size

• 2 beets
• 1 large carrot or 2 medium carrots
• 1/2 a green apple
• 1/2 cucumber
• 3 celery stalks
• 1 small piece of ginger

Love,

OTV

9 ways to help kids get more organic fruits and veggies in the body & mind

Ask children to eat the rainbow, 

eating organic fruits and veggies from OTV makes it easy to eat the rainbow.

Not only easy, 

but delicious! 

1. Get them while they're hungry.

If they're hungry, they'll eat. Before dinner, serve an appetizer of colorful vegetables, such as carrots, cucumbers, and red bell peppers, along with a hummus or low-fat salad dressing, Kulze suggests.

3. Make up cute names.

Marketers do this, so why shouldn't you? Once Risdal started calling Brussels sprouts "hero buttons," her kids couldn't get enough of them.

4. Shop with your kids.

"Let them pick out the fruits and vegetables," Wolter says. "Let them smell the produce and admire the colors."

5. Cook with your kids.

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6. Have a "veggie night."

This way, there's no competition from other types of foods.

7. Hide the veggies.

Sneak pureed vegetables into everything :) 

8. Make fruits and vegetables the easy option.

Take a tip from the geniuses who thought to put potato chips in single-serving bags. Stock a kid-accessible shelf in your fridge with little bags of cut fruit and vegetables, applesauce, and fruit cups.

9. Let them use fun gadgets.

What kid doesn't love gadgets? Let them use a blender, juicer, and food processor to make smoothies and other recipes with fruits and vegetables. Use proper supervision, of course.

Happy Martin Luther King day

THIS WEEKS JUICE share:

Juicing carrots, kale, red leaf lettuce, celery, cucumbers,
juicing beets, Red Anjou pears, ginger,
Granny smith apples, Pinata apples and lemons!

Juice recipe:

Beets

Granny smith apple

Kale

and

a toss of Ginger :)

Kid friendly & GIVES THE BODY MORE ENERGY THAN ESPRESSO! 

Enjoy eating fresh and organic with OTV

NATURAL VS ORGANIC

Organic vs. natural

NATURAL DOES NOT MEAN ORGANIC. 

There's a lot of confusion out there about the distinction between organic and natural, and we think it's a shame, because the differences can be huge! The first thing you should understand is that, except for meat, "natural" doesn't have a set, strictly defined or regulated definition, while "organic" does.

When you see the word "natural" on food packaging, it can mean any number of different things, depending on where in the US you are, who the food manufacturer is and what store is carrying the product. In fact, you might be surprised to learn what they consider natural. 

When you see "organic" on a product label or packaging, you can be assured that that organic product was made without the use of toxic, persistent pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics or artificial growth hormones

But the term "organic" is strictly defined in the US by uniform, federal regulations. "Organic" means the food or fiber bearing the label was made with a set of farming and production practices defined and regulated, in great detail, by the USDA.

For more detailed information on the USDA organic standards, visit their web site athttp://www.ams.usda.gov/nop or call the National Organic Program at 202-720-3252, or write USDA-AMS-TM-NOP, Room 4008 S. Bldg., Ag Stop 0268, 1400 Independence, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

Look for USDA ORGANIC SEAL! 

all OTV produce is USDA certified organic. 

ALL THE TIME :) 

Whats fresh... Kohlrabi!

Kohlrabi is a member of the cruciferous (cabbage) family; 

the stem just above the soil swells to a fat little round, with leafy green tops. 

 The tops are edible - they are very cabbage-y - and can be cooked in the manner of any tough green.  The bulb itself is great RAW (YUM) or cooked. 

Quick Kohlrabi Pickles

2-4 small kohlrabi bulbs, trimmed, peeled, and cut into 1/2" cubes

Organic olive oil (optional)

Rice vinegar 

Kosher Salt

Fresh Black Pepper

Place the kohlrabi chunks in the bowl of a lidded, airtight container.  Drizzle with a touch of olive oil, a good splash of vinegar, and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.  Replace the lid and shake well.  Taste and adjust seasoning.  Place in fridge, shaking occasionally.  They are best after they have marinated for a few hours, and will last about a week, becoming more intensely flavored but still largely retaining their lovely texture. 

ENJOY!

A new RADIANT HEALTHY year!

joy, peace and feeling good in 2013

Start fresh in 2013 with OTV!

Order weekly organic produce HERE

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