The Santa Rosa Healthy Lifestyle Committee Brings Us Healthy Selections

Healthy Salad Selections and Dressings Come to Cafeteria Freshen Your Selection

Delicious Salad Dressing Tasting Delights All Participants Friday's outdoor tasting provided the opportunity for doctors, staff, patients and visitors to try the delicious and healthy house made salad dressings now available at the new salad bar in the cafeteria. Kaiser Santa Rosa employees Brad Larsen, Rorie Walden and Audrey Young (from Health Education) all helped to make the tasting a fun and delicious experience. House-made Salad Dressings in the Cafeteria, or Make Them at Home! This list of delicious dressings are available and ready to pour over the tasty and nutritious new Salad Bar offerings. Or have a look at the recipe and make the dressing for yourself at home. Orange Cashew Dressing Lemon Tahini Dressing Sweet Strawberry Dressing Honey-Mustard Dressing Fat-Free Italian Dressing Caesary Salad Dressing
Launch of New Salad Bar Offerings The Kaiser Santa Rosa Cafeteria has newly opened its Salad Bar - if you are on campus and need a bite, give it a try. The Santa Rosa Healthy Lifestyle Committee is a group of staff who joined together to help improve the quality of food served in the cafeteria. The Santa Rosa Leadership Team approved Innovation Funding to develop a wide variety of healthy food selections over the next months. In addition to the expanded salad bar, healthy options for main courses, sandwiches, soups, beverages, and desserts will soon appear. Salad Bar Offerings will be accompanied by local, organically grown salad greens and can be complimented with one of our new house-made dressings! Where Do Our Salad Greens Come From? Triple T Ranch and Farm supplies the cafeteria with organically grown salad greens. Larry Tristano, owner of the farm, has been growing organic vegetables and fruit in Santa Rosa's Rincon Valley since 1983. He used to grow almost all his produce for Lucky's supermarkets but since 1990 he's been selling his wares at farmer's markets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The farm now attends 8 markets including Sonoma, Windsor and Santa Rosa. Triple T Ranch and Farm was recently certified USDA Organic although Larry has always grown organically. "I don't want my kids or grandchildren contaminated with chemicals," he says. In addition to salad mix, spinach, lettuces and basil, Larry grows summer and winter squash, peppers, onions, garlic, radishes, beets, carrots and more on his 13 acre farm. He also has 300 fruit trees that include pluots, plums and Asian pears. When you see our Healthy Picks sticker, you'll know that the fruit, sandwich, or cold drink you're buying is good for your health. You'll see the Healthy Picks sticker on prepared items such as sandwiches and salads, on display charts identifying healthy options, and on rows of healthy snacks. More information on Healthy Picks and balancing your meals. If you are not sure where the cafeteria is located, our map will help you get there.	Expanded Salad Selections: whole grain salad red/yellow peppers ground flax seed raw sliced almonds cucumber pineapple cherry tomatoes walnuts sprouts tofu purple cabbage red onions/scallions zucchini/squash peas edamame artichokes (water packed) corn hard boiled eggs sunflower seeds raisins soy nuts dried cranberries fresh beets kidney/garbanzo beans carrots