(MUSIC) THE NEW YEAR IS UPON US.
A TIME TO ASSESS WHAT WE ARE DOING,
RIGHT?
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO BETTER.
HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE, GREATER PEACE
OF MIND AND GOOD HEALTH AND ENERGY?
GREAT QUESTIONS.
HERE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND
BACK AGAIN FOR THEIR FOURTH VISIT DISCUSSING RESOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS AND FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE WE SHOULD ALL BE EATING
TWO GUESTS WHO KNOW WHAT FRESH IS ALL ABOUT AND WHOLESOME, A
FARMER AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF JOSIE'S ORGANICS, HERE FROM
BRAGA FRESH FAMILY FARMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ROD BRAGA.
AND FROM NEW YORK CITY, THE BIG APPLE, CHADWICK BOYD, A FOOD AN
LIFESTYLE EXPERT.
BOTH HERE TO HELP US ACHIEVE RESOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS FOR 2015.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT MY LIST IS LONG!
RIGHT?
WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.
A LOT TO FIX.
WE HAVE TO GET OUR ENERGY UP.
THAT'S RIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ROB, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE
GOT KIDS AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO HAVE THEM EAT THEIR VEGGIES.
BUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S
FARMING TRADITIONS AND HOW YOU'VE REALLY CREATED AN AMAZING
LEGACY OF WHOLESOME FOODS AVAILABLE TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
TELL ME ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW THE METHODS HAVE CHANGED FROM YOUR
GRANDPARENTS FARMING DAYS TO, LET'S SAY, TODAY.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THERE LEGACY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
CONTINUE ON AND A LOT OF, SINCE WE ARE COOKING TODAY, A LOT OF
THE INPUTS, BUT WE'LL CALL THEM INGREDIENTS, THAT THEY WERE
DOING 80 YEARS AGO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME TODAY WHETHER IT BE THE
FERTILIZER OR THE COMPOSTING THAT WE USE OR THE BRINGING IN
BENEFICIAL INSECTS, THINGS WE DON'T WANT OUT THERE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE THOUGH, I THINK THAT
THEY WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED TO SEE MECHANIZATION THAT'S TAKING
PLACE AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN BE MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE NOW AND
SAVE FUEL WITH LARGER EQUIPMENT WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES IT MORE
AFFORDABLE TO BRING ORGANIC VEGETABLES NATIONWIDE.
TELL ME HOW ALL OF THIS CAN HELP US ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION
SOLUTIONS FOR US?
YOU KNOW, I EAT A LOT OF VEGETABLES BUT I'M REALLY
PUTTING MY RESOLUTION TO EAT MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.
SO AM I. AND FOR OUR KIDS AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT SKYLER 8, SEBASTIAN IS 3,
AND STERLING JUST TURNED 1 A JFEW MONTHS AGO.
WE TRY TO PRESENT IT TO THEM ALL THE TIME
AND MAKE IT PART OF THE FAMILY AND FUN OF THE COOKING.
AND GET INVOLVED IN IT.
AND MAYBE FROM AN EARLY AGE I'M HOPING THAT
THEM BEING EXPOSED TO IT EARLIER THAN EVEN I WAS THEY WILL HAVE A
LOVE FOREVER.
AND SPEAKING OF COOKING, WE HAVE A FABULOUS CHEF WITH US THIS
MORNING.
MY FRIEND, AND YOU HAVE A FABULOUS DISPLAY HERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
OH MY GOSH.
WE EAT WITH EYES FIRST, RIGHT?
YES, AND EVERYTHING HERE LOOKS GREAT.
THESE JOSIE'S ORGANICS VEGETABLES ARE BEAUTIFUL IN
COLOR.
I WAS JUST WITH ROD ON THE FARM THE OTHER DAY.
YOU KNOW, THREE AND FOUR GENERATIONS
HAVE BEEN WORKING THAT LAND AND ALL OF THAT CARE GOES INTO THE
FLAVOR AND TASTE THAT WE GET WHEN PICK IT UP AT THE GROCERY
STORE.
SO, WHAT ARE GOING TO SHOW US FIRST?
SO, WE'VE GOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, IT'S VERY HEALTHY, FULL
OF PROTEIN, BAKED EGGS IN STEWED TOMATOES WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL
SUPER FOOD LOCINATO KALE.
LOTS OF VITAMIN K. JUST FILLED WITH
NUTRIENTS TO GIVE YOU A GOOD BOOST OF ENERGY.
YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER TRIED KALE?
YOU'VE NEVER TRIED KALE?
NO!
COME ON!
NO, I'M SERIOUS.
THIS HISPANIC, THIS CUBAN HAS NEVER TRIED KALE.
ALRIGHT WELL, WE ARE GOING TO COOK IT UP.
WE'VE GOT SOME SPICY CALIENTE.
OH!
SAUCE GOING ON HERE.
WE LOVE THAT IN MY HOUSE!
SO, WE'VE GOT JALAPENOS AND WE'VE SAN MARZANO TOMATOES THAT
WE'VE JUST COOKED UP WITH SOME ONIONS.
OH LA LA.
RIGHT.
AND THEN I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT KALE IN THERE.
ALRIGHT.
THAT'S ABOUT A CUP.
OH WAIT.
OH.
IN HERE.
THERE?
I THOUGHT YOU PUT IT HERE.
AND WE ARE JUST GOING TO LET THIS WILT DOWN AND FOR THE SAKE
OF TV WE'LL PRETEND THAT WE'VE DOWN IT RIGHT?
AND ROD, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU PUT THIS IS IN THIS BAKING DISH,
PUT THE SAUCE IN THERE.
NOW, THAT'S A LOT.
YEAH.
THIS IS A LOT OF COOKING FOR A FARMER.
DON'T GET THAT SAUCE ON MY DRESS.
LOOK HOW PRETTY THE BRIGHT GREEN.
GORGEOUS!
THE RED.
AND THIS IS FUN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU CAN GET THAT KALE FOR THE CHILDREN AND
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW.
EXACTLY, AND THEY GET ALL THE NUTRIENTS AND THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW.
SO, ROD TAKE THAT LITTLE EGG.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT 3 EGGS IN HERE.
DUMP IT IN THERE.
AND THEN I WANT YOU TO DUST IT WITH SOME OF THIS SHREDDED
PARMESAN CHEESE.
NOW I CAN PUT IT IN THE BAKING DISH.
YOU CAN JUST THROW IT ALL IN THERE, BABE.
ALRIGHT.
THERE YOU GO.
AND WE ARE GOING TO POP THIS IS A HOT OVEN FOR ABOUT MAYBE 18
MINUTES UNTIL THE EGGS START TO BECOME OPAQUE AND LOOK HOW
BEAUTIFUL THAT IS.
WOW.
GORGEOUS.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
SO, YOU CAN SERVE THAT FOR A BREAKFAST LIKE ON SUNDAY BUT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS .. BREAKFAST FOR DINNER.
I LOVE BREAKFAST FOR DINNER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR KIDS.
YES, THEY DO AND WE FOUND A WAY FOR YOU TO FINALLY EAT KALE.
A GOOD ONE TO SNEAK IT IN WITH YOU KIDS.
ROMAINE LETTUCE.
I DO LOVE THAT.
SO, MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT LETTUCE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
EAT IS RAW.
RIGHT?
SO, WE'VE JUST TAKEN THE JOSIE'S ROMAINE HEARTS AND CUT THEM IN
HALF AND WE'VE GOT THEM ON A GRILL PAN BUT YOU CAN THROW THEM
IN A CAST IRON SKILLET AND IT GIVES THEM THIS SMOKEY BEAUTIFUL
BROWN CARAMELIZED COLOR.
LOOK AT THAT.
AND YOU JUST CHANGED IT.
JUST ROLL IT IN SOME OLIVE OIL UNTIL IT STARTS TO TURN BROWN
AND IT WILTS.
AND THEN SERVE IT WITH SOME FRESH RADISH JUST LIKE
THIS IT GIVES IT A NICE CRUNCH AND SOME LEMON AND A LITTLE BIT
OF GARLIC AND PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SPINNING IT BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF
SALAD.
NEW WAY OF DOING SALAD.
I LOVE THIS!
ROD, WHERE CAN FIND THIS PRODUCE?
JOSIE'S ORGANICS IS AT WHOLE FOODS NATIONWIDE, KROGER'S
NATIONWIDE, AND REALLY JUST GO TO YOUR LOCAL STORE, IF THEY
DON'T HAVE IT, ASK FOR IT.
JOSIE'S ORGANICS AND I'M SURE THEY CAN FIND IT FOR YOU.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE THINK SO.
TASTE THE FRESHNESS.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING OUT TO THE FARM.
YES!?
WE'D LOVE YOU TO COME OUT.
WE'LL GET YOU ON THE TRACTOR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE FOURTH IN OUR FOUR PART SERIES AS WE
CONTINUE OUR SALUTE TO THE AMERICAN FARMER.
IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO
ACHIEVE YOUR RESOLUTION SOLUTION THIS NEW YEAR, VISIT
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