What a week of flu insanity right? All overplayed by the media? Got us all hyped up and freaked out? Yes, yes and yeppers!
Onwards and upwards! Have no fear, this immune boosting queen is here and I write this as I drink my power smoothie complete with a shot of wheat grass, pea shoots, cacao beans, gogi and golden berries, spirulina, cucumber, celery, a dash of chaga mushroom, pomegranate seeds, a little apple, hemp seeds, chia seeds and I think I got ‘em all.
Speaking of amazing super-powered super food smoothies, come check me out today! Yes today! From 2:00pm – 4:00 pm I will at the Lululemon on Queen West whirring up some sweet green smoothies, talking about healthy ways to fuel your work out and likely having a good giggle.
Before I get into the awesomeness that November will be bringing to my kitchen, let’s take a stroll down memory lane, from this last week.
Monday: How To Catch A Flu In 5 Easy Steps
Well this sure caught your attention didn’t it. Check the comments, read it again and remember it!
Tuesday: Sunshine Love Potion #30
Go on, cast your spell and that dream boat you’ve been eying. You now have the recipe to do so.
Wednesday: How You Like Them (Shiny) Apples?
What on earth have they put on my apples? Skip the shine and the ‘food-safe petroleum’. I’ll take my apples lackluster. Please and thank you.
Thursday: H1N1: To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate
Agree with the flu shot or not, this is simply some common sense advice from me to you. Need one more opinion? Here is mine.
Friday: Butter Me Up You Little Apple
Share your fave apple inspired recipe AND enter to win half a dozen amazing Taste of Nature bars.
Today’s event at Lululemon, kicks off another round of fantastic programs and workshops on offer this month. This will be your last chance to play in my kitchen until February. In addition to my fantabulous rave reviewed cooking classes, I have a brand new workshop that I am crazy excited about called ‘Make It Happen’. A two hour creative frenzy about dreams, goals, and ideas and how to make them happen. Aren’t I living proof? I will be making the materials for this workshop available for download too, so not to worry my far-reaching readers.
Here is what’s what this month (and more details on all of them can be found here):
Thursday November 12th
4-Week Cooking Program
(single class registration also available for class 2,3 and 4)
4 Thursdays: Nov 12th – Dec. 3rd
$240 for 4 Classes
Register now to reserve your spot*
(CANNP Upgrading Value: 16 hours)
November 12th Class 1- Whole Foods / Low Glycemic
November 19th Class 2- Healthy Comfort Foods, Health benefit of Spices
November 26th Class 3- Vegetable Based Protein / Sprouting
December 3 Class 4 – Asian Inspired / Use and Benefit of Fermented Foods
Sunday, November 15th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Workshop: Healthy Meal Prep
$55
Register to reserve your spot*
In this two hour workshop, you will learn how to prep your kitchen for a week of healthy eating, learn simple tips and tricks for healthy eating whether you live alone or with others, how to get yourself organized for the week, as well as sample a variety of very yummy in the tummy healthful goodness, prepared fresh during the workshop. Part lecture, part workshop, part cooking demo, yummy lunch with dessert and all great!
Each participant will receive a complete tutorial that includes:
- a kitchen organizing checklist
- a weekly meal plan
- a schedule to get those meals made quickly and efficiently
- recipes
- shopping lists
- nutrition and cooking information
- simple and healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack ideas
Saturday, November 21st, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop: Make It Happen (NEW!!!)
$30
Register to reserve your post *
(Need a minimum of five people to run the workshop so invite your friends!)
Sometimes we need a little inspiration to make things happen. We have great, big, tremendously inspired hopes, dreams, goals and ideas. And then we do nothing at all about them. This workshop will help you get them down on paper, get the vision together, get a plan in place, action steps in order, and get you excited. And all in just two hours! That’s efficiency. That’s how I roll!
I’ll tell you right now that The Secret, the law of attraction, has absolutely nothing to do with wishing your way to a giant house and fancy car. It is all about living from a positive place of good intentions and integrity and in that place, amazing things happen. Yay fun!
Come spend your afternoon with me, drinking tea and eating healthy cookies as we get the creativity flowing and explore:
- Vision boards
- Idea books
- Action plans and action items
- Brainstorming
- Drawing and/or writing
Sunday, November 22nd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Workshop: Natural Body Care
$55
Register to reserve your post *
In this two hour workshop, you will learn how to make everyday personal body care products out of the most basic kitchen ingredients. Using essential oils for their healing properties, combined with whole foods like avocado and oats.You will receive a collection of recipes as well as a list of herbs and foods and the function they can play in your cosmetic cabinet. This will be a relaxed demonstration class and attendees will receive some samples of the products made. We will also discuss the importance of transitioning over to some more natural products for things we use on a daily basis. You will never go back to store bought again! You will receive recipes for and perhaps even samples of the following:
- Deodorant
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo
- Hair Conditioner
- Face Mask
- Face Scrub
- Bath salts
- Facial Steams – Body creams
Monday, November 30th, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Cooking Class: Intro To Whole Foods Cooking
$70.00
Register to reserve your spot*
This intro class is a great way to get a foundation in the ease of preparing whole, nourishing meals from unprocessed, natural ingredients. This is a great class if you are new to the kitchen and aren’t quite ready to commit to a full 4 or 6 week program, and also if you did the extended programs and just need a little refresher or some kitchen inspiration. This class will provide a basic understanding into the importance of whole foods as, together, we create a complete meal from starter to dessert.
Love your site! My 2 young boys dance to your videos – they love the toothpaste one!
Can you write about the natural products that you make/use? Facial & body moisturizer, apple cider toner (just simply apple cider), shampoo, etc.?
Thanks!
Sounds awesome. So with I lived near enough to go!
I, too, would love to know more about the Natural Body Care stuff. Any plans to make it into a tutorial with recipes (for those of us too far away)? I would buy it!!
I second the tutorial — would love to do the session if I were nearby.
Yes. I sure will.
Er, that should be WISH.
I should shouldn’t I? All in good time. I need ten of me to do everything I want to do. I have the opposite problem from procrastination. I want to do everything right now!