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A Restaurant Rating Guide based on the dietary principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation

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Vanilla Jill’s Scoops and Soups

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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American
Price: $$
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"Locally sourcing our ingredients is a priority for Vanilla Jill’s. The majority of our ingredients are purchased from organic growers within 30 miles of Eugene! These ingredients include the probiotic-rich kefir we buy from Springfield Creamery, berries and other produce from Groundwork Organics, and raw honey grown in the Willamette Valley. We care about general health and nutrition, reaching out to our community with a myriad of paleo, gluten-free, sugar-free, lactose-free, dairy-free, vegan, and allergy-friendly options. Come to enjoy bone broth (in to-go quarts), bone broth soups, Paleo sandwiches, bulletproof coffee and gluten-free beer and cocktails. We have amazing gluten-free waffles, for here or to-go. Of course, we also offer lots of treats --so many kinds of ice cream, frozen yogurt and dairy-free ice creamies, without guilt, treats that benefit you with a deeply pleasurable eating experience as well as a live and active benediction on your body!"

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Rating Criteria

1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
Comments: All of their foods are prepared from scratch.
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: A majority of their ingredients are purchased from organic growers within 30 miles of Eugene.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: Pork is pastured. Beef is pastured. Tallow is pastured. Dairy is from Nancy's creamery (which is pastured, but not 100% grass-fed), including butter, cream, yogurt, kefir, sour cream. They use organic chicken.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: They render their own tallow from local, grass-fed beef. Also use grass-fed butter, bacon fat, and coconut oil.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
Comments: They specialize in bone broth and bone broth soups! Most soups are GAPS-Diet friendly and paleo. They make all their soups from scratch using bone broths as the base. Also sell frozen soup and bone broth to go.
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
Comments: Never uses mixes.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Extra-virgin olive oil.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
Comments: This restaurant is completely gluten-free. They have sourdough gluten-free pancakes. All of the items that are made in-house are made from soaked or sprouted nuts, seeds or grains. The house-made waffle-cones are made from sprouted rice flour. They have several nut-based or nut-free waffles and pancakes. Many of their foods are suitable for GAPS or paleo diets. Pancakes are made fresh, waffles are available in the freezer. Sandwich bread is from Elegant Elephant Baking Co. (https://www.elegantelephantbaking.com/).
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
Yes
Comments: They always have local jun and several kinds of local kombucha available on tap or in bottles.
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
No
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Comments: They specialize in honey and maple syrup sweetened ice creams, made with local cream or coconut milk (for dairy-free folks) or cultured cream, or soaked homemade nut milk, everything with a mind toward digestion and wellness.
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  1. April 13, 2017

     5/5

    I love this restaurant! I appreciate their attention to proper preparation of bone broth soup and soaked or sprouted nuts & seeds. My son and I like to go there for a treat of cultured ice cream or soup and chocolate chia waffles. My son says the sprouted-rice waffle cones are great!

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