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Staying Well During the Holiday Season
With a little planning and a few strategies, you can prioritize wellness this holiday season, so you don’t miss out on the festivities.
Ginger and Almond Flour Cookies In-A-Jar
Gift these flavorful cookies (baked or un-baked) to family, friends, teachers, or neighbors, this holiday season.
The Gift (Guide) of Health
‘Tis the season to show people that you care. Stress that message by giving them gifts that support their well-being.
Eat Fresh, Waste Less!
Use these tips to maximize your produce while minimizing waste in your kitchen.
Make-it-Yourself One-Pot Ramen
Warm and comforting, this one-pot ramen can be made with your holiday leftovers.
Upcycle Your Holiday Leftovers
Repurposing holiday foods is more than just a practical solution to leftovers; it’s a meaningful way to promote wellness and sustainability.
Exploring Indigenous Food Sovereignty
The food sovereignty movement relies on traditional knowledge systems that work in harmony with the land.
Learning From the Three Sisters
We are centering the wisdom of Indigenous voices and their resilient agricultural techniques like The Three Sisters.
Saving Seeds: Honoring Indigenous Farming Practices
Seed saving preserves a sacred past while preparing for future harvests.
Boost Energy the Natural Way
Power through the day with these five tips to keep you feeling energized and at your best.
Walnut Spinach Linguine
Fuel your body with brain boosting foods such as walnuts and greens found in this plant powered pasta.
7 Ways to Pump Up Your Productivity
How you treat your body – from fueling to moving to resting – can play a big role in your productivity.
Featuring Our Fin-tastic Fish to Fork Partners
We are featuring two Fish to Fork partners who are shining examples of our commitments in action.
Shining a Light on Seafood Superstars on our College Campuses
We are highlighting three of our campus chefs who are passionate about serving sustainable seafood.
Fished or Farmed: A Q&A Deep Dive with Seafood Watch
We chatted with Morgan Smith from Seafood Watch, diving into the nuanced environmental impacts for both farmed and wild-caught fish.
PUC Café
SPECIAL HOURS
- Dinner November 22, Closed
- Thanksgiving Break
- Café Closed November 23-30
- Thanksgiving Break
Next Week's Special Hours
- Brunch December 1, Closed
- Lunch December 1, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Weekly Schedule
- Breakfast Mon-Fri, 7:30 am - 10:00 am
- Brunch Sun, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
- Lunch Mon-Fri, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
- Lunch Sat, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Dinner Mon-Thu/Sun, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Dinner Fri-Sat, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
The PUC Café team is proud to be the onsite restaurant here at Pacific Union College. We are known for our culinary expertise and commitment to our guest, our community and our environment. We are a culture driven to create food that is alive with flavor and nutrition, prepared from scratch using authentic ingredients. We do this in a socially responsible manner for the well being of our guest, communities, and the environment.
Breakfast
Breakfast Grill
- reg.4.25
Lunch
Classics
- reg.13.50
Global
- reg.14.50
Soup Tureen
- reg.2.95
- reg.3.95
Dinner
Dinner Classics
- reg.12.75
Dinner Global
- reg.12.75
Soup Tureen
- reg.2.95
- reg.3.95
Dessert
- reg.5.50
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FOOD ALLERGIES
Serving Students with Food Allergies and Celiac Disease
The dining services team is well-trained in food allergy awareness and offer a number of options for students with food allergies and celiac disease. This includes communication about and modification to existing menu items, special preparation of menu items, and access to special products as agreed upon with students.
Daily menus for each café can be accessed at puc.cafebonappetit.com. Menu items that are appropriate options for most students with celiac disease are labeled as “made without gluten-containing ingredients” and can be filtered to streamline searching using the dietary preferences filter. Top-9 allergens are included in menu names and/or descriptions whenever possible. For more on eating with a food allergy in our café, visit this page and view the guide on food allergies and celiac disease at Pacific Union College. Further questions about ingredients can be answered by our trained managers/chefs on-site.
For questions about these services or to request food allergy accommodations, students should contact:
Andrew White, General Manager
Andrew.White@cafebonappetit.com
(707) 531-0930
Michelle Kendrick, Disability Support Services Coordinator
mkendrick@puc.edu
(707) 965-7685
Benefits of a Meal Plan!
If you are living in the residence hall, you will be enrolled in a quarterly base meal plan of $1,319. Also known as the standard meal plan, this covers purchases in the Dining Commons and The Grind, PUC’s specialty beverage bar and C-store in the Campus Center. The standard meal plan offers students approximately 12 meals a week and a few beverages. Actual usage will vary depending upon eating behavior.
For more flexibility, you can add Flex Dollars to your account in increments of $100. Flex Dollars let you enjoy all of the great things about the standard meal plan, plus you will enjoy added perks:
- Upgrade whenever you want. Just visit WebAdvisor to manage your meal plan.
- Rollover each quarter. Flex Dollars don’t expire until the end of the school year.
- Flex Dollars allow you to purchase prepared/hot food tax-free!
Eat Right — For You
Wellness
When it comes to wellness, Bon Appétit’s focus is on simple, delicious food — that happens to be good for you. To support long-term health, we are bringing more plants to menus every day in a craveable way, while emphasizing healthy cooking techniques. When healthy food tastes good, nourishing your body and mind becomes the easy choice.
Food Allergies
We serve thousands of guests with food allergies and sensitivities safely in our cafés every day. Our chefs, managers, and dietitians work closely with our food-allergic guests to create reasonable solutions to help them eat what they love. If you have questions about eating for your dietary needs in our cafés, reach out to us: we’ll gladly meet with you.
Sustainability
Wellness also includes the health of the animals, the workers, the community, and the Earth. They’re all connected. Bon Appétit has been committed to “food service for a sustainable future” for decades, and we’ve led the food service industry in tackling many important issues, such as cage-free eggs, antibiotics in animal production, and farmworker rights.
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- How will you handle my concerns about a food allergy?
Get crafty with your gifting this holiday season with this recipe for ginger and almond meal cookies in-a-jar. 🍪🎁
Makes 2 dozen cookies
Dry Ingredients
1-1/2 cups almond flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup brown sugar
1-2 cinnamon sticks (optional)
Wet Ingredients*
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup agave nectar
1 egg
Lemon zest
Directions
Mix dry ingredients and place in an 8-ounce glass jar. Add cinnamon sticks if desired. Attach a bow and a card with the following instructions*:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, mix together 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 cup agave nectar, 1 egg, and the zest of one lemon. Remove cinnamon stick(s) from jar and add remaining dry ingredients to combine. Portion dough into 1 inch balls and place on a parchment lined baking tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the tops start to crack. Allow to cool 5 minutes, press down slightly, and then transfer to a cooling rack.
*Can be cooked and gifted as well.
#GiftIdeas #HolidayBaking #CookieRecipe #GiftingIdeas #CraftyGifts #CookieInAJar #DIYGifts
🦃🥧✨ Last day to purchase pies for Thanksgiving at Dining Commons! ❤️ Pre-order today. Choose from Cherry, Pumpkin or Apple. Pies are $14 each and must be picked up Friday, November 22nd between 12-3pm at Dining Commons. What’s your favorite pie? Share below! 👇 #ThanksgivingPies #thanksgivingdessert
🎼 `Tis the season to not know what to buy anyone!
Luckily, no matter how big or small, we`ve got ideas from our team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN) and Chefs to keep your family and friends feeling their best year-round.
🔪 Make cooking easier by gifting a quality knife, cooking utensils, cooking classes, a cookbook (or two!), or even an air fryer.
🧘♂️ Motivate activity and body attunement like yoga mats, wireless earbuds, a sleep and health tracking ring, or a theragun/theracup.
🥛 Give the gift of hydration, which plays a key role in sleep quality, cognition, and mood. Ideas include a single serving blender, a rehydration water bottle, a mocktail gift set, or a popsicle mold!
🌱 Encourage a new hobby with a plant, an indoor garden kit, a sourdough starter kit, a mushroom growing kit, or a puzzle.
🛌 Encourage relaxation with luxury candles, shower steamers, tea, coloring books, and even meditation cards!
✍️ Subscribe your loved one to Purple Carrot, Masterclass, a composting service, or an imperfect produce subscription!
💳 Support your local community with a giftcard to a local farm to fork restaurant, spa, or fitness store.
Get a full rundown of our recommendations (including links to specific products!) at the link in our bio. #GiftGuide #GiftIdeas #CookingGifts #WellnessGifts #CulinaryGifts
Your comments and suggestions are invaluable to us and we`re listening📣📣! Please visit 🔗https://ow.ly/NIkk50U5MVy🔗 to take a brief survey (less than 5 minutes). Your entry helps us to improve your dining experience. Your survey feedback enters you into a drawing to win a $50 Amazon gift card🧧. Survey dates are November 11-December 4.
Over the Winter break, we analyze comments and make changes to improve your dining experience.
Thank you!
Did you know that 30-40% of the food supply in the United States goes uneaten? This holiday season, avoid contributing to food waste by bringing new life to your leftovers!
🦃 Transforming turkey and other proteins. Move beyond the basics like sandwiches and consider making a turkey soup or chili or even a turkey ramen!
🥕 Revamping vegetables. Toss your leftover vegetables into a frittata, quiche, or grain bowl. And those pesky sweet potatoes? Mash `em up with spices and leavening agents to make sweet potato pancakes!
🍞 The great bake off. Leftover bread can be repurposed into French toast or bread pudding, and stuffing would be delish in a breakfast bake!
😋 Get saucy with it. Use gravy to enrich a pasta dish or serve as a base for stew and mix your cranberry sauce into yogurt or oatmeal!
🥢 Make non-traditional pinwheels. On tortillas, layer turkey and cranberry sauce, roll it up, and slice into bite-sized pieces! Or try using seaweed sheets and starting with a layer of rice before adding turkey and cranberry sauce for a faux-sushi inspired meal.
🍕 Pizza party! Roll out dough or even pita and build your pizza: cranberry sauce base, turkey, roasted vegetables — you name it, it`s delish!
🤝 Spread the joy! Organize a leftover-style potluck to enjoy the fruits of your labor while promoting sustainability.
Make the most out of your holiday meals with these three tips:
1️⃣ Quantity control. Prepare less food and think about how you might use leftovers in advance.
2️⃣ Label and store. Clear, airtight containers with dates will help you use up items before they expire.
3️⃣ Freeze for future use. If you aren`t going to use it right away, freeze it to enjoy later!
#FightFoodWaste #FoodWaste #SustainableEating #FoodSustainability #CreativeCooking #HolidayCooking
What is "food sovereignty" and what does it mean for Indigenous peoples?
In the face of an industrialized, consolidated food system, Native American advocacy organizations are working towards a self-determined and decolonized food system known as Indigenous food sovereignty.
The Indigenous Food Systems Network defines the food sovereignty movement to address the “underlying issues impacting Indigenous peoples and [their] ability to respond to [their] own needs for healthy, culturally adapted Indigenous foods.”
As we look to embrace this movement, here are the ways Indigenous people have been farming for generations:
➡️ Companion planting, such as the three sisters, is a traditional farming practice that reflects a deep understanding of native crops to create a self-sustaining, mutually beneficial agricultural system.
➡️ Seed saving allows for continued planting and harvests and preserves a cultural legacy. Seeds saved for generations contain a genetic legacy that allows crops to thrive without chemical inputs and be more adaptive in the face of the climate crisis.
➡️ Agroforestry, crop rotation, and water conservation have all been practiced for thousands of years, allowing Indigenous farmers to enrich the land and surrounding ecosystem rather than depleting its valuable nutrients and natural resources.
By embracing traditional knowledge systems, we can preserve Native American culture and autonomy and promise a resilient future as climate change continues to impact communities across the globe.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM #FoodSovereignty #IndigenousFood #SeedSaving #ClimateResilience #DecolonizeFood