Yogini’s the zen of slow cooking spice blends makes slow cooking both easy, meditative…and delicious!
Lake Forest, IL (June 9, 2018) — Research shows that
meditation may improve anxiety and depression and may also decrease stress.[1] What
does this have to do with slow cooking?“ Taking 20 minutes a day to disconnect
from work, your phone, and the chaos of the day to retreat to the kitchen to
prepare a delicious meal, can be an incredibly meditative process”, shares Meg
Barnhart Founder/Co-Creator of Yogini’s the
zen of slow cooking spice blends. With the rise of slow cookers,
multi-cookers, and pressure cookers (according to recent research presented by
the Wall Street Journal, the Instant Pot’s popularity has led to a rush on
multi-cookers, a category that grew 68% in the past year)[2], there is growing demand for
resources to make home cooking easy. the zen of slow cooking does just that and much more.
Yogini LLC was
founded by Meg Barnhart, a mom of three who was committed to creating delicious
meals for her own family while also short on time. But more than just feeding
her family nutritious meals, Meg knew innately that a home needs a spiritual
foundation that cultivates a sense of comfort, trust, and strength so often
created through sharing meals. Rooted in this commitment to making the comfort
of home-cooked meals more convenient in increasingly busy lives, Meg, with her
business partner, Jane McKay, developed the
zen of slow cooking spice blends. These spice blends were designed to make
it easy to use slow cookers to create delicious meals conveniently.
“The home cook
truly brings the life force into the home,” Meg Barnhart, Co-founder says.
“Bringing together our families through home-cooked meals provides time to
connect and truly savor our meals. We created the zen of slow cooking spice blends to make it easier for busy
families to make delicious meals using the tools of slow cookers and pressure
cookers.”
Many people think
that they just don’t have time to gather in the kitchen and cook a delicious
meal, but it’s actually fairly simple. In just 20 minutes of prep time, one can
infuse their home with calm, joy, and delicious food. Additionally, there are
proven benefits to gathering one’s family to eat a delicious home cooked meal.
Research has shown that eating together as a family can elicit benefits that
range from neurological to nutritional to behavioral.[3]
What started as a
food blog celebrating the Slow Cooker and later its millennial cousin, the
Instant Pot, has now turned into an award-winning spice blend business that
makes good slow cooking easy. the
zen of slow cooking offers 9 spice blends to excite any palette: Coq Au Vin,
Indian Dal, Mediterranean, Moroccan Tagine, Mulling Spices (seasonal blend),
Provençale, Sichuan Spice, Southwest Fiesta and Smoky
BBQ. A wealth of recipes that will take just 20 minutes or less to prep for each blend can be found at thezenofslowcooking.com. New blends are developed by Meg’s
business partner Jane McKay, also a mom with her degree in Agricultural Economics & Food Marketing and a passion for food provenance and
global flavors that she weaves into her recipe development.
Each packet is
made with premium non-irradiated spices designed to be used in combination with
whole fresh foods. All of the spice blends are gluten-free, and most are salt
free. (There is a small amount of salt in the Smoky BBQ blend and Indian Dal)
and are designed to create a meal for 4-6 people).
Yogini’s the zen of slow cooking spice blends
are also socially conscious, a certified B Corp, giving job opportunities with
Planet Access Company to people with developmental disabilities through
Yogini’s transformative employment opportunities and impact initiatives. In
2017 the zen of slow cooking Sichuan Spice Blend won an internationally
recognized Sofi Award and in 2018, Ms. Barnhart received the Specialty Food
Association’s Leadership Award.
Enjoy these two
recipe selections with Pressure Cooker and Multi Cooker such as “Instant Pot” from
the zen of slow cooking website:
Prep Time: 20m, Cook Time: 7-8 hours LOW / 3-4 HIGH
Servings: 4-6
Sichuan Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup
Prep Time: 10m, Cook Time: LOW for 6-7 hours, HIGH for 3-3 1/2 hours, Servings 4-6
Prep Time: 10m, Cook Time: LOW for 6-7 hours, HIGH for 3-3 1/2 hours, Servings 4-6
About Yogini and the zen of slow cooking spice blends
Yogini, LLC was created by Meg Barnhart,
to create a new business model that incorporated branches of product
development together with media, not-for-profit, meal guidance, and future kitchen-ware,
all infused with mindfulness, comfort and care. In 2012 Ms. Barnhart and her
business partner, recipe developer, Jane McKay, launched their food blog that
celebrated the pleasures of slow cooking. Seeing the need to provide convenient
solutions for nourishing meals, they developed and launched the zen of slow cooking spice blends that
offer 9 spice blends: Coq Au Vin, Indian Dal, Mediterranean, Moroccan Tagine,
Mulling Spices (seasonal blend), Provençale, Southwest Fiesta, Smoky BBQ and award-winning
Sichuan Spice.
the
zen of slow cooking spice blends are
available for purchase at thezenofslowcooking.com , Amazon, Whole Foods throughout the
Chicago area and in select natural foods stores.
A wealth of recipes that will take just
20 minutes or less to prep for each blend can be found at thezenofslowcooking.com.
For more information about Yogini, LLC, and
the zen of slow cooking spice blends,
please visit www.thezenofslowcooking.com. For media inquiries, requests for
product samples, high res images, or to set up an interview with the zen of slow cooking founders Meg
Barnhart and Jane McKay, please contact Margaret Marchuk at mmarchuk@christieand.co
or at 805-969-3744.
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[1]
Goyal, M. (2014, March 01). Meditation for Psychological Stress and
Well-being. Retrieved from
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1809754
[2] Schrodt, P. (2018, April 11). Does the
Instant Pot Actually Live Up to the Hype? Retrieved April 18, 2018, from
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-the-instant-pot-actually-live-up-to-the-hype-1523462580
[3]Fishel, A. (2015, January 12). The most
important thing you can do with your kids? Eat dinner with them. Retrieved from
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/12/the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-with-your-kids-eat-dinner-with-them/?utm_term=.062a68b2c38d
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