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In episode 118 of Fit Mama Real Food Radio I'm joined by Sara Forte of Sprouted Kitchen. Sara comes on to share tips and tools for getting dinner on the table with a little more ease. Sara created a weekly cooking club that includes menus and recipes to help families cook at home. Links from the show: Connect with Sara: Sprouted Kitchen, Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club, Sprouted Kitchen on IG, Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club on IG Thanks to our podcast sponsor Seattle Elderberry! Use code FitMamaRadio for 20% off your first order! Show notes: www.fitmamarealfood.com/radio118
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Sara Forte is a two-time cookbook author, award-winning food blogger at Sprouted Kitchen, co-creator of the Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club, mom of two, and equal opportunity salad and brownie enthusiast living in Southern California. Sara’s food blog, Sprouted Kitchen, launched over a decade ago and has been an adventure Sara pursued with her wildly talented husband, Hugh, who is responsible for all of their food photography. Sara has worked at a grocery store, two farms, and has spent the last decade creating recipes for her blog, two cookbooks, and her weekly meal planning program, Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club. Her intention is to make healthy-ish food that fits into that fits into the everyday life of families. She doesn’t subscribe to particular diets, or label foods as "good" or "bad." Her food philosophy is to try to eat mostly vegetables and listen to your body outside of that. Sara is authentically interested in the entire concept of wellness, including mental health, relationships, mindfulness, movement and eating well. To Sara, caring for ourselves and others with nourishing foods is a big piece of that “wellness” puzzle. She cooks for pleasure, to slow her mind down, and to foster relationships by gathering those she loves around the table. Knowing how food connects us, Sara and Hugh recently founded Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club - a weekly meal planning subscription, that helps home cooks get dinner on the table by organizing their time at the market and in the kitchen, and offering recipes to prepare a handful of healthy-ish meals during the week. In this episode we discussed: Sara’s journey with starting her blog, Sprouted Kitchen, and how that led to two cookbooks and a meal planning service, the Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club Why Sara cooks and how it connects her to herself, her food, her relationships and so much more Easy ideas for how to get started in the kitchen How to cook and meal plan with ease using Sprouted Kitchen Cooking Club Sara’s inspiration to start her weekly meal planning service to empowers members to put tasty, real food in their bodies and on the tables What wellness means to Sara Getting started with feeding children and ways to sneak vegetables in their diet Get Victoria’s FREE E-BOOK: The Holiday Survival Guide. Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here. Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every Tuesday evening. Let’s hang out! 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Sara Forte is the creator of the award winning food blog Sprouted Kitchen, as well as the author of two cookbooks - James Beard nominee Sprouted Kitchen and Sprouted Kitchen Bowl + Spoon. She is based in Southern California. I first stumbled onto her blog some years ago and before I even tried any of her recipes I fell in love with her writing, and the way she wrote so truthfully about life stuff. In this episode we talk about her love of journal style writing, and how she writes more of the story of the “why” behind the food rather then “just about the tomato sauce”. I really loved her response to my “how do you move through a bad day” question where she talks about pivoting towards an action step to move out of it. She also shares her story on being self-employed as a creative, what it’s like being spouse, co-parent and creative partners with her husband, and we gush about why Trader Joe’s in so awesome. She tells us what she likes in her salads, some of her favorite people, places and things, and a lot more! Where to find Sara: Instagram Website This episode was audio produced by Aaron Moring. Theme music by Heather Maloney.
Get to Know Sara Forte from the Sprouted Kitchen Sara is a cookbook author and recipe developer located in Southern California. She works with her husband, Hugh, who does much of the photography and techie side of their successful food blog sproutedkitchen.com. Sara did not grow up in a cooking family. She taught herself in college while working at the organic farm on campus. Later, she went on to cook for multiple caterers, restaurants, and practiced on friends in her off time. She is romanced by vegetables and seasonal foods – eating intuitively with a mostly Mediterranean diet. Hugh and Sara started food blogging in 2010 out of a desire to share what they were learning. They also felt passionate about encouraging a conversation around cooking and eating at home. They where quickly recognized in the wellness space for beautiful imagery and practical recipes. They’ve received recognition from magazines like Sunset, Better Homes and Gardens, In Style, Everyday with Rachel Ray, Oprah and Martha Stewart. Their latest project: Cooking Club is an innovative and convenient meal planning, shopping, and prepping tool. When Sara isn’t busy raising her two young kids and working on Cooking Club, she’s probably working freelance or as a personal chef. It was an absolute joy speaking with Sara and hearing all about her journey to becoming a successful food blogger. Her style is warm, inviting, and wholesome. In this interview, she shares about the whirlwind of publishing 2 cookbooks, having a family, and how her husband actually gifted her the blog. Listen in and be inspired. Visit wegettoknow.com to explore recipes and learn more about our podcasts and guests. Did you know we have a 2nd podcasts? In addition to We Get to Know: Eat+Well, check out We Get to Know where we are interviewing your favorite creatives, business owners, influencers and bloggers from a variety of industries. Simply search We Get to Know in iTunes, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to your podcast. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Dr. C Vitamins. Use our code WEGETTOKNOW to save 30% off your order of their pharmaceutical grade and medically endorsed vitamins. Dr C Vitamins are the highest quality and are tested for potency and purity that ensure their quality. www.drccares.com
Sara Forte discovered a love for whole foods when she volunteered at an organic farm while working towards her English degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. This interest led to an internship in Italy at a bed and breakfast/cooking school, jobs at a few different markets, and eventually to creating a food blog, Sprouted Kitchen, that she produces with her husband Hugh. Sara writes recipes and stories about life while Hugh documents the couple's whole food approach to eating well. Sara has written two cookbooks, The Sprouted Kitchen, which was nominated for a James Beard in the Healthy Cookbooks Category, and Sprouted Kitchen: Bowl + Spoon. Sara's work is featured in InStyle, Better Home & Gardens, Sunset and Fine Cooking. The blog has been recognized by Saveur for Best Food Photography and Best Food Blog. Sara continues to work on a third book; she freelances in recipe development; and she is a personal chef and mother of two toddlers. Sara and Hugh currently live in Dana Point, California: working, eating and inspiring people to cook fresh, real food. Hugh Forte is a self-taught photographer – an endeavor that was born from traveling and wanting to document the life playing out around him. While Hugh focuses most of his energy on wedding and lifestyle commissions, he created Sprouted Kitchen as a gift to Sara, for them to have a creative outlet together – her cooking and him documenting - and has since begun to experiment with a fresh approach to the art of food photography. With an aesthetic inspired largely by the natural beauty of the subject, his talent is perfectly paired with Sara’s cooking style. Hugh’s work has been recognized by the Smithsonian, Photo District News and Conde Nast. While photography is both his profession and passion, Hugh’s time is also invested in great books, fun waves, and the pursuit of a really good cup of coffee.