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㽶ƵֱFull-time Noms㽶Ƶֱ: Salmon Arm friends focus on nutritious meals for people on the go

The Nom Shuswap opens doors in downtown Salmon Arm
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Longtime friends Cassie Walters and Raelyn Lachapelle opened the doors to their new downtown Salmon Arm space for their business, The Nom Shuswap, on February 1, 2022. There, customers can pick up pre-ordered meals and grab-and-go meals, as well as smoothies and cold-pressed juices. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

A pair of Salmon Arm moms are on a mission to create nutritious, flavourful meal options for people on the go.

For about a year now, longtime friends Cassie Walters and Raelyn Lachapelle have been in business together preparing meals for people. Clients would order meals through a website for their business, The Nom Shuswap, between Monday and Thursday, they㽶Ƶֱd be prepped on Monday and available for pickup on Tuesday. Walters, a nutritionist, said she and Lachapelle used to do their cooking in a rental kitchen with little prep space.

That changed as of Feb. 1, when Walters and Lachapelle opened the doors to their new commercial space at 350B Ross Street in downtown Salmon Arm. The space offers a wide open kitchen area for the two self-proclaimed 㽶Ƶֱfoodies㽶Ƶֱ to create an array of healthy pre-ordered and grab-and-go meals. Smoothies are also made on site as are fresh cold-pressed juices.

㽶ƵֱI㽶Ƶֱm a nutritionist so everything is based around being healthy but also delicious㽶Ƶֱ,㽶Ƶֱ said Walters. 㽶ƵֱWe㽶Ƶֱre trying to bridge the gap between sitting down in a restaurant㽶Ƶֱ We have a lot of those in the Shuswap that are amazing 㽶Ƶֱ and fast food/ drive-thru.㽶Ƶֱ

Walters explained the idea for The Nom Shuswap came from work she was doing as a nutritionist with her previous business, Shuswap Holistic Wellness.

㽶ƵֱI was doing online meal plans for people and I would send them recipe books and guide them through healthier eating, and the only complaint I would get was, 㽶ƵֱI wish you could cook my food for me, I don㽶Ƶֱt have time,㽶Ƶֱ㽶Ƶֱ said Walters. 㽶ƵֱAfter three years of that, I was like, I have to do something.㽶Ƶֱ

Enter Lachapelle, who Walters described as having a culinary flair for flavour.

㽶ƵֱTogether we smashed it,㽶Ƶֱ said Walters.

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Walters said meal prep begins with plants and is built up from there based on demand.

㽶ƵֱWe have people coming in that want chicken for protein and that㽶Ƶֱs what they grab,㽶Ƶֱ said Walters, noting she and Lachapelle source their food through DeMilles㽶Ƶֱ Farm Market and try to buy local, and organic, as much as possible.

㽶ƵֱThe biggest goal for us was the meal prep, but we㽶Ƶֱve always had the vision of having our own space and it being kind of like a holistic wellness collective,㽶Ƶֱ said Walters. 㽶ƵֱEventually, we hope to host some type of wellness classes in here.㽶Ƶֱ

Having gone from 㽶Ƶֱfull-time moms to full-time Noms,㽶Ƶֱ Walters and Lachapelle are pleased to be a part of what they see as a growing 㽶Ƶֱfood culture㽶Ƶֱ in downtown Salmon Arm.

㽶ƵֱIt㽶Ƶֱs really awesome to see just the food culture in Salmon Arm growing and to be a part of that, we㽶Ƶֱre so honoured and grateful,㽶Ƶֱ said Lachapelle. 㽶ƵֱReally, what we㽶Ƶֱre doing anyone can do, but we are a busy people, we㽶Ƶֱre a busy culture, so we can add value in that somebody can come in when they㽶Ƶֱre having a busy day㽶Ƶֱ and grab something nourishing to feed them and to just help them.㽶Ƶֱ

For more information, visit or The Shuswap Nom on Facebook.



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