Welcome to the recap of Tea Talk: Food As Medicine Part 3 – Extreme Eating! We had a wonderful time together on March 10th, but I know there were many who wanted to be there and couldn’t come, so here’s a few pictures and a brief summary of what we talked about at the event…

 

Each time I do a talk, I make sure that I give copies of most of the recipes I made that day. I also provide other handouts to help if people want to dive deeper into the topics we discuss. So here a picture of my education table!

 

 

Because the topic at this event was Extreme Eating and I was giving an overview of different popular diets (or eating styles) today, I created a menu that allowed my guests to sample foods from each of the diets. As I did for the first two Talks, I prepared all the food (except the dips this time). My main focus this time was to review paleo, ketogenic, and vegan diets, so those are the food categories that I served. During the talk, I also reviewed detoxes and cleanses, fasting, and elimination diets, but it’s harder to sample those!

 

These were my paleo cinnamon spice mini muffins, sweetened with applesauce and stevia. They were so light and fluffy and delicious – my kids begged me to bring some home!

 

 

I also made some ketogenic blueberry mini muffins. These were a hit! None left over for the kiddos…

 

 

My salad was a brussels and kale shredded salad. This was actually a vegetarian and ketogenic option, because I included parmesan cheese and used coconut oil mayonnaise, but it could also be made vegan with vegannaise and omitting the cheese.

 

 

This was the vegan section! Whole fruits, a veggie assortment, and tomato-basil hummus, horseradish hummus, and a garlic dip. Love those veggies!

 

 

These were the chocolate brownie cookies I promised before the Talk. These were so good that when I went back to get the extras to take home to my munchkins, they were all gone! Looks like I’ll be baking some more for them! (If you want the recipe, go back to my last post and you can make some for yourself!)

 

 

 

At the last Talk I did a short cooking demo, but this time I shared some of my favorite cooking tools and books. This was the display!

 

 

It was an incredible day! We drank tea and ate, talked and learned, and had a great time. The incoming rain waited for the afternoon, so we had sunshine and light for our time together. I’m looking forward to the next one – I hope you can be there!

 

If you were able to attend the Talk Part 3, what was your favorite part of the morning? Whether you were there or not, what would you like to talk about in future events? Please share in the comments below!