Qualifications for submissions to Alternatives’ Community Cookbook

Like our recipes? We want to see yours! We are always exchanging new recipes and would like to see what you have for us. Be a part of the new Alternatives Community Cookbook. When you submit your recipe you'll be entered in a contest to win your choice of one of the Health Resource Books or Cookbooks sold at Alternatives. All participants will also receive a compiled copy of all the recipes submitted by Alternatives staff and community. Kathi Bratberg our Nutrition Educator has some basic guidelines for submitting recipes. 

Recipes can be submitted by commenting to this post or email them to us at alternativesomaha@gmail.com

Types of recipes:

·      Salads

·      Casseroles

·      Vegetarian or Vegetable dishes

·      Grain dishes

·      Healthy Desserts

·      Fruit Dishes

·      Foods for Children

·      Gluten Free Foods

·      Raw Foods

·      Dips

Recipes cannot contain:

·      Transfats

·      Canola

·      Soy (should we clarify? What about tempeh?)

·      Corn Oil

·      Processed oils

·      Crisco

Preferred Ingredients:

Good Fats, Organic whenever possible: Butter, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, unrefined Sesame Oil, Flax, Cream, Full Fat Dairy, Cottage Cheese, Cheese

Raw Nuts and Seeds

Sugars:

·      Stevia

·      Maple Syrup

·      Rapadura

·      Raw Honey

Both Non-GMO gluten and non-gluten whole grains

·      Whole Wheat

·      Rice

·      Quinoa

·      Flax

·      Teff

·      Amaranth

·      Millet

·      Rye

·      Spelt

·      Barley

·      Organic Corn (non-GMO very important)

·      No Soy

All Vegetables and Fruits

Organic Meat Bison, Chicken, Eggs, Turkey

All Beans, Lentils

Soy only cultured Tempeh miso

All Seaweeds

All Mushrooms