This Week’s Menu

NEED a SOUP GROUP?

If you do not see our menu in your inbox or you would like to join a Soup Group and receive our menu, please reach out to Josie at jrankinmarketing@comcast.net.

When our menus arrive, please take a minute to read through the descriptions. Our team takes great pride in crafting each soup from scratch. Please take a moment to explore the descriptions of how we blend fresh herbs, nutrient-dense superfoods and proteins to craft deeply flavorful, delicious soups. These big bold inspirations should help you kick off the month of March in preparation for Spring 2026!

And please don’t overlook our sipping broths. This time of year we all need a little extra boost and these bone broth beverages will provide just what you need!

Again, if you don’t see our menu in your inbox, please reach out to Josie at jrankinmarketing@comcast.net.

MARCH IS NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH

Every year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics creates a theme that focuses on the crucial role that eating a variety of nutrient-rich foods plays in helping individuals and communities thrive, supporting overall health and wellness and incorporating actionable goals that inspire individuals to make informed food choices and develop sustainable habits in order to maintain healthy lifestyles.

This year the theme is DISCOVER THE POWER OF NUTRITION.

Here are some of the powerful ideas this year’s theme is focused on: (taken from Food and Health Communications)

Harness the Power of Whole Foods: Prioritize minimally processed ingredients to maximize nutrient density and support optimal bodily functions.
Activate Rainbow and Color Power: Strategically incorporate a diverse array of colorful fruits and vegetables (eating the rainbow) to benefit from a broad spectrum of health-promoting compounds.
Optimize Your Protein Profile: Evaluate and vary your protein sources to meet physiological needs, emphasizing high-fiber, plant-based options.
Elevate Cognitive Function Through Hydration: Maintain consistent fluid intake (primarily water) to support mental clarity, focus, and energy balance. Replace sugar-sweetened beverages with water.
Maximize Gut Power with Fiber: Increase dietary fiber intake to nourish the gut microbiome, promote satiety, and stabilize blood glucose levels.
Strategic Grocery Planning for Value: Leverage unit pricing, ingredient labels, and structured meal planning to maximize nutritional return on your food expenditure.
Empower Yourself with Label Literacy: Develop proficiency in interpreting the Nutrition Facts label and ingredient lists to make informed, health-conscious food decisions.
The Control of Home Preparation: Prioritize cooking meals at home as an effective strategy to manage ingredients, control portion sizes, and achieve significant cost savings.
Financial Benefits from Smart Nutrition Choices: Employ smart purchasing strategies—like buying seasonal produce, shopping sales, and batch-cooking—to optimize nutrition within a defined budget.
Support Community Food Systems: Engage with local farmers’ markets to access fresh, often peak-season produce while contributing to local agricultural sustainability.
Fuel Focused Mornings: Design breakfasts rich in protein and fiber to ensure sustained energy, enhance satiety, and support cognitive performance throughout the day.
Intelligent Snacking for Sustained Energy: Select whole-food, nutrient-dense snacks (e.g., Greek yogurt, nuts, fruit, hummus) to bridge meals and maintain consistent energy levels.
Mitigate Inflammation Through Diet: Integrate foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants (e.g., salmon, walnuts, berries, leafy greens) to support the body’s anti-inflammatory processes.
Nutrition for Neuro-Power: A foundation of whole, balanced foods supports sharper cognition, improved sleep quality, and stabilized emotional well-being.
The Longevity Power of Plant-Forward Eating: Systematically increase the proportion of plant-based foods in your diet to support long-term health, vitality, and chronic disease prevention.
Optimizing Performance Nutrition: Structure your meals with a balance of high-fiber carbohydrates for sustained energy and quality protein for muscle repair and recovery.
Synergy of Sleep and Sustenance: Recognize the bidirectional relationship between diet and sleep quality. Reduce refined sugar intake to improve sleep, thereby mitigating cravings caused by sleep deprivation.
Nutrition for Academic Success: Ensure children receive nutrient-rich diets to support optimal brain development, attention span, and school-day performance.
The Power of Consistent Incremental Change: Focus on adopting small, sustainable dietary adjustments; long-term consistency is the powerful catalyst for achieving significant health outcomes.
Cultivating a Wellness Mindset: View every meal and snack as a valuable opportunity to invest in your physical health and long-term vitality—nourish to flourish.

FEED OUR PEOPLE FUNDRAISER FOR 2026

Feed our People is our 2026 Soup Fundraiser. We have included this fundraiser in our menu for the last 4 years. In coordination with Clackamas Service Center (CSC), located in SE Portland, we’ve been putting forth effort to get food and necessary supplies to unhoused families and individuals. CSC is an inclusive “one-stop” community center for individuals and families seeking food relief and resources for improved health, dignity and stability. The organization typically feeds 10,000 people per month. Recently this number has doubled. Their shopping-style food market serves close to 100 households per market day, and the weekly shopping-style pantry serves approximately 400 households. But these numbers are rapidly growing and the need for support is greater. The service center also provides clothing, hygiene products and access to showers, medical care and needle exchange as needed. Their warehouse has a substantially stocked grocery inventory that facilitates a delivery program to the front doors of people in need, as well as providing food for many other food pantries, including pantries at schools once a week.

We would like to help CSC again this winter season. Through donations from our customers, as well as donations from Pepper & Salt Kitchen, we will be providing soups for their dine-in services whenever we can and whatever we can provide for their shower and hygiene care program. Last year we made approximately 100 gallons of soup and donated cases and cases of soaps, shampoos, deodorant, women’s products, men and women’s underwear, toothbrushes and toothpaste, combs and brushes, hats, gloves, socks and ziplock bags to keep belongings dry. We would be so very grateful to our Soupers for considering a donation towards this fundraiser as we endeavor to do what we can to help our people. If you are able, you can donate to CSC when you buy soups. When you see our next pop-up menu, we will have information about donations and instructions on how to contribute whatever you can.

ENJOY A MEAL WITH SOMEONE THAT MAKES YOU SMILE.

EAT SOUP! SIP BROTH!!

GROW FOOD!!

If you’re able, please do what you can for someone in need. Thank you.

Soups & Entrées

Please check your email inbox for pop-up menus. If you are not in a Soup Group and would like to receive our pop-up menus, please email Josie at jrankinmarketing@comcast.net. We will get you a group so you can get soups!

Sipping Broths

Our sipping broths are simmered for 36-48 hours with organic vegetables and aromatics. Studies show that the benefits of slow cooking bones are extensive and proven to offer a gamut of benefits that contribute to gut repair, boosting immune function, arthritis, osteoporosis, digestion, reducing high cholesterol, eliminating acid reflux, detoxification, reduction of inflammation, strengthening nails and hair, improving skin appearance and so much more. And while most people report a great boost in energy that could easily replace your daily java, additional benefits lie in the glycine extracted. Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means the broths can greatly help with relaxation and actually help improve sleep.