Healing Foods
Cooking Course
This four week course is available to anyone who is recovering from serious illness, their caregivers or spouses, and home health providers who support others in creating a healthier life through cooking with whole foods.
The Healing Foods Pantry
An introduction to whole foods nutrition; how to set up your whole foods kitchen; pantry basics, organic shopping lists, and an equipment overview help to make your kitchen run it easy and safely. There is time for questions and answers during our lunch.
Digestive Wellness
The vital role digestive health plays in your ability to absorb and use the nutrients from your food is the focus of the class. We discuss the physiology of your digestive system and how it works as well as simple strategies for supporting healthy digestion. During class we prepare simple ferments such as sauerkraut, kim chi and easy to prepare, nourishing breakfast strategies which support healthy digestion during illness, such as congee and smoothies.
Energy Wellness
Illness saps our energy. The class focuses on lifestyle activities such as QiGong and Polarity exercise to improve your energy and foods that are nutrient rich such as sprouts, superfoods, sea vegetables, and herbal adaptogens. Lunch is filled with nutrient rich recipes make every bite a nourishing bite.
Immune Wellness
Understanding how the body’s immune system functions help us to make healing choices about food and lifestyle. The body’s terrain is sensitive but may return to health with diet choices that support it. During class we investigate how whole foods, mushrooms, cruciferous vegetables, healing broths and herbs help support immune wellness. Meal preparation is focused on immune supportive foods as well as delicious flavors.
The Healing Foods Cooking Course is free, thanks to the gracious and generous support of our donors and business sponsors. Once you sign up you will have access to our website with ongoing support and information, resources, class notes, and recipes. You are also welcome to attend our Healing Foods Free Lectures to further your understanding of healing foods.
Size: Classes are limited to ten and each class includes a light organic lunch.
Location: The class is taught at a private home in West Sonoma County with permaculture gardens. Please note there is a flight of stairs to the house and the restroom.
Fee: The Healing Foods Cooking Course is offered free of charge thanks to the generous support of Ceres Community Project donors. A refundable $20 check is required to reserve your space.
Instructor: JoEllen DeNicola APP, NE
Ceres Community Project, Nutrition Director
To register or for more information please contact:
JoEllen DeNicola (707) 829-5833
or jo@ceresproject.org
JoEllen DeNicola, Nutrition Director