Cooking Class- Better Nutrition For the New Year

Yesterday I taught a cooking class focused on incorporating healthier, fiber-rich foods into recipes and making New Year's food resolutions stick. I've been reading about the important role fiber plays in the body, and I was excited to present some easy ways to add more fiber to everyday meals. A high-fiber diet reduces your risk for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and diverticulitis (disease of the intestines).  In the class, we made dishes that were full of vegetables, beans, whole grains, and seeds- all great sources of fiber. The class was well attended (20 people!), and I had fun and felt proud of myself. Most of the recipes I used were from my blog, and it was so cool to be able to use pictures I had taken in the class handout.
I still get nervous when I'm teaching, but it makes me feel great to share some of the knowledge I've gained over the past year with people who are interested in improving their eating habits. I'm also really grateful to GRuB for the use of their fabulous kitchen. If you don't know about GRub, they are an awesome community non-profit that works to: "inspire positive personal and community change by bringing people together around food and agriculture, partner with youth and people with low-incomes to create empowering individual & community food solutions, and to offer tools & trainings to help build a just & sustainable food system". They are an amazing organization, and they generously share their wonderful kitchen with the Co-op's classes program. By the way, I'm teaching a class on cooking with greens in March, and there's still room if you want to sign up!