Monday, July 20, 2009

Livin Greens are IN! Ingredients: Spirulina Blue-Green Algae*, Chlorella Algae**, Alfalfa Grass*, Barley Grass*, Wheat Grass*, Purple Dulse Seaweed*, Beet Root*, Spinach Leaf*, Rose Hips*, Lemon Peel*, Orange Peel*, NON-Active NON-Fortified Nutritional Yeast (Saccharomyces cervisiae)** *Certified Organic Ingredient, **Naturally Cultivated Without Chemicals

The Majority of ingredients are made here in the USA! ( we researched and wanted that!) NO ingredients from China! We have a grass free variety of livin foods as well, for those who have sensitivity to grasses. The ingredients are the same minus the wheat grass, barley grass and alfalfa. We are SO excited to share this with you! See attached for the label!

Garden Morning Drink Walk: Come Tuesday-Friday morning at 8:00 am for a walk in our garden! We will pick grape leaves, strawberry leaves, kale, chard, spinach, mint, and cabbage, and make a fantastic blended green drink with bananas pineapples, berries and our livin' greens superfood! Enjoy a breakfast JAM packed full of whole food nutrients that alkalize your body the earth-grown whole food way! Please call before coming so we can plan on you! 262-629-4300 or 262-629-4411.

Neys Hot Dogs: One local farmer has really been working on getting us a NITRATE free, GRASS FED, NO hormones or antibiotics, heck NOTHING chemical at all, ORGANIC spice hot dog that tastes great! Oh, without PORK too! So, after a few trials, we have it in! I am so glad Doug Ney was so willing to accommodate us. His hot dogs are available here at Natures Garden and they taste great! (yes, I had one!! YUM!)

Oil UP Class
: Tomorrow, Tuesday 6:30 PM. Come make lotions, deet free bug spray or oil, Epsom salts for your bath or body, and other concoctions (sounds exciting doesn't it?!)

Make the Change Class: Next Tuesday come learn how we went from eating the SAD diet (Standard American Diet) to eating,.......better! Some of us are raw foodists, some are vegetarians, but all of us eat healthy! We will have food on display, and to taste and lots of information to share. The human body is the master healer and repair man/woman. Come see why! OTHERS who have had great changes are encouraged to come and share as well. See you then!

Garden of Life is FINALLY here! If you ordered items we will call you, and anyone else, their products are no longer on back order so come enjoy!

REQUEST QUESTION: Many of you have asked for us to sell more of our food that we make here at ZuZu's. What are the thoughts of selling the following: Spaghetti with noodles frozen, ready to eat when thawed, our Parmesan Spread used for BMT's (bread with this incredible parmesan spread on it baked with tomatoes - basil and mozzarella cheese), Carrot Curry Slaw, Cooked black beans or cooked garbanzo beans (ready for any meal), Pizzas under $7.00, ZuZu's Tribeca Mustard ( I suppose this is becoming famous, as we use it on our Tribeca Turkey sandwiches and people want to buy it, but it isn't as cheap as regular mustard so we are just asking...) ZuZu's Mango Ginger Salad Dressing, ZuZu's Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing, any other requests?

OTHER new items on the way this week, so stop in to see what's new if we don't get to another email this week!

I am putting the class schedule together for August and September. Requests anyone?

Have a terrific week everyone!!!

Karen
livin life like a battery......positive side up!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Hello Everyone!

We are SOOOOOO excited to share with you our new bars and labels! Please see attached to water your taste buds, and to order in case quantities for your place of business! FREE Counter Display with the first order!! See attached!

DEHYDRATORS and EQUIPMENT: The next order (which most of your orders will be on) for the amazing Excalibur and other products will be placed on WEDNESDAY JULY 15th. Please have any additional orders to our office by JULY 14th. Thanks! Money will be due next week as well, and we will call you with your final totals when the order is placed. EXCITING!

TUESDAY’s CLASS on raw granola and raw bars is being moved to August. The new date will appear on our next class schedule.

TROUT SPREAD is in! 20 containers for the week. Fresh butterflied trout too!!! GREAT on the grill with just lemon and seasonings. Come grab some of this fantastic trout. Attached are some of Peters recipes! (Peter owns the trout farm. DON"T let the word farm scare you, he is an all natural farmer-leading the nation in trout farming! NO Antibiotics or hormones at all!)

E MAIL SPECIAL: Mention this email on Saturday July 11th and enjoy half off one entree at ZuZu's cafe! Buy one get one 1/2 off this Saturday! (other dates to follow!)

NEW ITEMS: Sprouted Rye Bread, Corn on the cob (INCREDIBLE! We may eat it all before you get here!), Earth Enzymes drain opener, and Wave Jet cleaner for the dishwashing machine.

We are thrilled that so many of you enjoy the new products we bring in each week. If there is anything we run out of, or stop carrying, let us know if you want it back. We try quite hard to keep up with what you are purchasing, and what doesn't move so we can keep those hot items in stock for you. One of our thoughts is to have animal foods and products, and perhaps utilize our front entry for those items. Thoughts?

WINE TASTING: We need to have a wine and beer tasting soon. We are collecting samples bottles to share with you. I am hesitating having this on a weekend, so what other days work best? Once a bottle is open, it is good for two -three days, so we have a span to work with. How about a Tuesday - Thursday? FEEDBACK needed! Any volunteers to run it?

BIODEGRADABLE Bags! Did you know that most of our bags and take out containers you can throw in the GARDEN! We have been using the greatest products, and I am not sure if you realize it! There is one bag we still have ( for grains) that you can not compost, but almost every other bag we use, and all of our take out containers, are 100% compostable! fun, isn't it? What will the neighbors think!?

Today for dinner we had something easy and YUMMY: Sprouted noodles in the following easy sauce: melted butter or oil, four garlic cloves diced, an onion diced, and a bag of frozen vegetables (rinsed in hot water), topped with salt and nutritional yeast. GREAT! HINT: To make a mock parmesan cheese use nutritional yeast and salt in a small bowl. Tastes great!

Enjoy the weekend!

Karen
Relishing motherhood one day at a time
(which explains why some things take me so long to get done!)

Friday, June 19, 2009

EXCALIBUR and NEW KITCHEN items AVAILABLE NOW from Natures Garden! We are placing our first order for Dehydrators and accessories this Thursday June 25th. PLEASE consider ordering your dehydrator this order, we need to place quite a large first order! We are very excited about becoming distributors for Excalibur! They are the BEST dehydrators on the market. period. no....EXCLAMATION!!!!!

Please call in or email your orders by Wednesday June 24th. Money will be due June 25th.

Fathers Day is this Sunday! Pick up some trout from the freezer and ENJOY! Trout Spread in the cooler, along with smoked trout. YUMMY on organic crackers! (we have those too......opps, the sales woman in me just peeked out.....)

NEW ITEMS: OG Rainer Cherries, OG Collard Greens, OG Super Antioxidant Noni juice, Sambazon Organic Amazon Energy Acai juices, Buzz Away products: Towelettes, spray and patches (They make patches you stick on your arm and nothing bits you the whole day! Cut one up into four pieces to use on young ones! They are GREAT!), Epsom Salts (GREAT for internal and external use! Just read our package!), Sprouted Corn Tortillas, and I know there is something else I am missing......oh well.

MEGAFOOD rep coming this Tuesday! Mark will be here to answer any questions, and you would be well advised to ask! he will be here from 5:30 PM - after the class to answer questions. Mega foods uses RAW LIVING foods to create one of the best supplements on earth.

Our class this next week, June 23rd 6:30 PM is healthy living and eating. Although this class has been advertised for children, because all of our children are presenting the entire class, the adults would love it too! Bring the grandchildren, bring someone new to the real world of food (yes, everyone else lives in the pretend world, as there is nothing like REAL food!!!!!! Hold me down, I am wicked with my vegetables!!!)

FOOD STAMP APPROVAL has come! We will be accepting the Snap program (the new food stamp program) within a week or so. We are just waiting for the fancy machine. Sorry this took so long, but they wanted to know everything about us, our store and then we had a very long inspection. The man who came fell in love with our store, and said we more than qualified. We will send another note out when he comes with the machine!

Do you have questions for our Aromatherapist? Pat (the famous one....healing herself from colon cancer and all...) will be at Nature's Garden on Monday, July 29th from 4-7pm to meet with you one on one. You will need to fill out the health questionnaire and email it to Pat at aromatherapybypat@yahoo.com by Wednesday the 24th along with your available time to meet. Please contact her directly to set up a time and receive your questionnaire!

Raw Breads coming soon! You will LOVE these treats!

Healthy Living Commercials soon to air! Yes, you read the right. I have ALWAYS wished for thousands of dollars to advertise eating fruits and vegetables. But alas, that never came. Well it did, but instead we raised 10 children! So, the time has come...... We will be producing Health Living Commercials that are FULL of spoofs and fun! These will be a BLAST and will hit the internet in full force.

Have a great weekend and support your local farmers....we have many products here!!!!!!!!!!

Karen
Fully engaged and slightly on fire!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Almond Pancakes!!!
If you are looking for a great pancake that is GLUTEN free, DAIRY free, WHEAT free, SUGAR free, here it is! This is a recipe we adapted and changed as we went through a Candida cleanse. Enjoy! (we used all organic ingredients, please avoid those darn GMO's!)

1 Cup almond flour
1/2 cup flaxseed meal
2/3 cup chickpea/fava flour
1 TB baking powder
1/2 teas salt
1/4 tea cinnamon

Combine dry ingredients and add: 2 1/2 tea. olive oil and 2 1/2 + cups unsweetened almond milk (fresh or from a box) YUM!

Our seed packets are on sale for .99! Come plant!

NEW YUMMY soup! Our ZuZu's split pea soup was all sold out in two days...sorry! We will make another huge pot tomorrow!

I suppose it is time to let you in on our VERY exciting plan....he he he....... www.livincuisine.com was secured this past week as another website we will host! We will be up and operating soon! We will be selling our DVD's, Food Equipment (lot's of Appliances), and in a few months Raw Coconut products and Raw Cacao products, our own blend of teas, tinctures, etc. AHHHHHH we are so excited! Chris, our herbal man (Joy shares him with us....Joy is his other half), and I are VERY excited to be working together. Chris developed a really great tooth powder (herbal one) and I LOVE IT! We are working on packaging etc. So, this will take a little while, but will be well worth the wait. We will keep you posted!

ZUZU'S CAFE CLOSED THESE 6 SATURDAYS in 2009 for lunch.
June 13, 20, 27th, July 25th, September 5th and 19th.
We have 11:00 Weddings on those days. Sorry!
We will open at 5:00PM on each of these Saturdays for dinner!

If you are baking and preparing food at home, please note we have over 20 types of flour to choose from! Avoiding wheat is no problem here, plus both Sheri and I have baked and worked with many of other flours, so we may just be able to help you if you have a question. Coconut flour is GREAT to use, and Karen's favorite in Almond flour. Teff is rich, Oat flour (Gluten Free Oat flour from canada) is sweet, tapioca flour is light. Bean flour is great and rich in proteins and works as a great thickener....etc.

GRAINS and BEANS are great in fresh salads! Stock up on quinoa and other great grains for sprouting and salads! Black beans and fresh salsa are my favorite thing on a fresh garden salad!

Have a GREAT weekend, and enjoy your health!

Karen
Enjoying life outside the box! (Lot's more room!)
naturesgarden@nconnect.net
www.naturesgardenspot

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

We’re BACK! (no, this is not a horror flick…..) We just spent five days in Sunny CA! Except, NO SUN! so, I simply do not believe it shines there, except in the movies! Our daughter (Roger’s oldest) Allysa was married in San Diego and everything was beautiful! Quite an exciting time for us. Jenna did the pictures and they are incredible (should I have even doubted?!) and they will be available to view soon! We finished our stay with a reunion of the Ziemer clan (Karen’s family) and it was terrific! So if you have sent an email or called, we are just now returning those calls….

Our twins Eric and Emily are graduating this Sunday! Yes, the excitement never ends around here, nor do the parties! Eric and Emily are both heading to BYU Idaho this fall. Emily is studying world religion in her theology major and Eric plans on becoming a Dr. of chiropractic and natural medicine.

Classes on DVD!
Our classes are now being edited and are almost ready for sale! As we will be selling these DVD’s to other health food stores and book stores in the US (and outside the US) we need a name for the series! As we are selling them to other stores, we can not use our name or logo for NG. So do any of you have an idea? I would like to use my name, ZuZu because well, it’s fun! We have quite the variety of classes, some that are near completion are: Sprouting 101-1001, Raw Desserts, Raw breads, Crackers and Chips, Grilling from Vegetables- Trout with Rushing Waters, Groovy Grains and Sauces Seasonings and Salad Dressings. Please send ideas for naming our endless series on health and food preparation. My brain is full and I just can’t think!

RECOMMENDATIONS needed. On the DVD’s we will be putting quotations from our shoppers or class attendants on how the classes are presented and if the things you have learned have been easy to implement or have helped you in your quest for a healthier life. Please send any thoughts on that as well. We would only include your first name and city and state so please send your first name, city and state with any recommendation.

ESSENTIAL OILS coming this week! Yes, this took a lot of research, but we have found a company we really like! I just spoke again to Kevin, of The Aromatherapy Place, and he is off to Australia today to visit the plants! Kevin has a vast knowledge of herbs and oils, and is anxious to share is knowledge. Kevin is sending our first shipment today. We know that there are many choices for oil out there. In our studies we have found oils profess to be organic, but in reality are not. There are tight standards that Kevin holds, and the only time he calls his oil organic, is if it is certified organic. They have many oils (over 200) and organic oils now, and are adding more certified organic oils each week by making the slight changes needed to become certified. The product line is great, and we are happy to offer many new items to you. I know many have shown interest in Young Living oils, but this company offers more of what I feel comfortable standing behind. Truly, essential oils hold healing qualities, and I have avoided “marketing” healing agents on any multi level plan because I simply do not believe in multi-marketing. Our oils are affordable, and the quality is in no way less than that of multi-marketed oils. I believe you will be pleased! Come next week as Pat shares her knowledge in the Wonderful World of Oils Tuesday June 9th 6:30 PM. To those of you who shop here and use Young Living, I hope I have not offended you in any way! Young Living has much to offer, and I am hopeful people will use essential oils no matter where they purchase them from, they are GREAT!

The church building needs a new roof soon, any roofers out there? 262-629-4300
AND we are giving the cross on the top of the church to anyone who rents the appropriate equipment to take it down for a very minimal fee! The cross needs to be adjusted, and rather than pay to have it adjusted, we are just going to remove it.

Have a great week and weekend and COME SHOP! Please make our store part of your weekly shopping so we can continue to provide new products! Please keep passing along our name! Heck, our prices on organic produce beats most of the prices on conventional produce anywhere, so don’t think because it’s organic (and great quality by the way) that it’s expensive! What we wouldn’t have done to find a store like this in CA…….we felt lost!

Maybe that’s what we will do next….FRANCHISE!

To your GREAT VIBRANT health!


Karen!
Alive and KICKIN’!

Thursday, May 21, 2009







Free Cupcakes????....Yes, you actually read the right! In honor (or horror, depending on how you look at it) of the 1 YEAR anniversary of our dead food display, you, our devoted customers have a chance to start your own display! Come get a birthday "cake" with a little note attached " FOR DISPLAY ONLY Not for human consumption! (Trust me this display will last longer than you will be alive! NO living enzymes here!)". These little fellows are actually intended for human consumption, by the money hungry food industry, but they can never break down without living enzymes! So we bought the local grocery store out, decorated them, and are giving them away! (If you choose to eat this cake, I will NOT be held liable......but we have great tummy remedies!!)

OUR PRODUCE DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT PICTURE! and It's organic! Watermelon gushing with flavor, Bing Cherries, white peaches, cantaloupe, green beans, local mushrooms, mangos from the heavens, Green and red GRAPES (the best I have tasted in years) and we will even let you mix and match!, red potatoes for that yummy potato salad, rainbow chard which is INCREDIBLE! ( I almost ran home with it to make my morning smoothie this afternoon!), Cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, YUMMY! and of course, sooooooooo much MORE!

ALL ORGANIC VEGETABLE PLANTS: A HUGE variety of tomatoes and pepper plants, red and green lettuce, Boston lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, egg plant, basil, parsley and kohlrabi! Get planting! (some coming at 5:00 PM Thursday, so come after that)

NEW COOKING CLASS SCHEDULE! TRUST ME, YOU WILL WANT TO COME LIVE NEXT DOOR ONCE YOU READ ALL THESE CLASSES! So just stick every tuesday night on the calander! Check it OUT! Attached it is!

Potassium Iodate: We will be placing an order again soon. Anyone interested? See our literature on Nuclear Attacks to see why having this staple on hand, just in case, could mean the difference between life and death....especially for the young. We have some in our home, and believe it or not, we carry it with us in the car or purse. IF there was a detonation, if you take Potassium Iodate or Iodide, your thyroid fills up with “good” iodine and will not absorb any further radioactive iodine (BAD iodine) . Simply put, the good, the bad, the ugly. Get the good, protect from the bad, and avoid the ugly!

LOCAL ORGANIC FARM just starting up and in need of an on-site tenant. Looking for someone to help with organic produce. Meaningful experience, ethics and references along with a passion for sustainable living is a must! Efforts will be in growing, marketing and other areas of the new business. Other future income potential possible during off seasons. Call Dee during the morning at 262-675-0190. Located SE West Bend WI. (Editors note: perhaps in my next life....sounds like fun!)

Enjoy getting ready for your camping or gardening! Come relax and dine at ZuZu's if you need a little break this weekend! Great food, and we are always excited to serve you.

Nature's Garden is open Monday for the last minute grilling items! ( Or raw food items! Silly me!)

ENJOY THIS GREAT WEATHER!

As always, to your BEST HEALTH EVER!

Karen
Livin’ life as an exclamation, not an explanation!
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