I had been searching for some health food places in
Queens where I can not only buy organic products but have something that’s
already prepared to munch on. I
ventured to Astoria for a store called Fresh Start Organic Eatery and
Market. When the weather is warm, you
can sit outside in the garden and dine. I
had food to go.
With a wide variety of freshly made juices, I
noticed one called “Flu Shot”, 1 oz of cranberry, ginger, wheatgrass,
lemon. Sounded just like what I
needed. However, I wanted to do a heavy
green one. There was bok choy, parsley,
celery, and broccoli with an additional added carrot, apple, orange and lemon
for both health and flavor. It was actually
pretty yummy.
Ellie Zoumberakis is the
store Manager and chef who gave me some
instructions regarding my own juicing saying that items such as parsley and
kale need to get juiced first as the rest going in would push more of the juice
of these greens. I’ll let you know the
follow up.
Loads of great products on the shelves and will
discuss at a later date. Food. Those who are vegetarians or vegans will be
quite pleased. Here are some of the
items that I sampled. Beet Carrot salad
with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Seitan is a meat substitute. Made from wheat it takes on the flavors of
the prepared seasoning. In this case the
seitan was prepared in a sweet and sour sauce using fresh juices from the juice
bar; then cut up in nuggets. Ellie tells me that she does not use any
canned fruit or vegetables including garbanzo beans which are soaked overnight
before cooking.
The phyllo dough used in Ellie’s Spinach Pie is also
freshly prepared using whole grain and white flour. Even the goat cheese is made on the
premises. All of the meat comes from
Canada as there seems to be a stricter organic regulation. Bison burger is a bison patty of rice and
meat seasoned with greens such as cilantro, mint, parsley, along onions and
tomatoes. It is served on a multigrain
roll, with baby greens (mine had baby spinach…I hope it wasn’t taken away from
its mother too soon), and shredded carrots.
Fresh Start Organic Eatery and Market is located at
29-13 23rd Street. Check it
out at www.fsorganic.com
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