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Karen, mother of 2

CLASSES: The Whole Kitchen Way® to Wholesome Meal-Making

6-Class Series Offers

a Whole New Approach to Healthy Cooking and Eating

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM WHOLE KITCHEN CLASSES?

WHAT DO CLASSES LOOK LIKE?

“There's so much more to cooking than just cooking.” Does that make sense? It might not, since many of us don't know that chopping, mixing and frying comprise only 30 to 60% of the meal making process. Which is why we can spend 30 to 60 minutes in the kitchen but achieve only 30 to 60% success. It’s also why Whole Kitchen Classes are cooking classes + a whole lot more.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

If you’re unable to make satisfying meals, you’re probably just overlooking some critical pieces of the kitchen puzzle. Don’t be discouraged. Simply put the Whole Kitchen pieces into place and watch the meals of your dreams start showing up. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.*

IS THIS REALLY HARD?

The Whole Kitchen Way is straightforward and easy to understand. Far from being hard, it is freeing. Finally, you can begin confidently investing in long term solutions that set you up for easy everyday meal making. No more tips and band-aids that only mask but don’t really solve your meal time problems.

A puzzle is the metaphor used to explain the Whole Kitchen approach. Just understanding that there are many pieces to the healthy meal making puzzle is a huge first step. It’s followed by learning about each puzzle piece so you can click them into place in your kitchen.

With the puzzle pieces in place, voila! Good-tasting and good-for-you meals are entirely manageable!

The Kitchen Puzzle

2-Hour, Content-Rich Classes
Easy to Follow, Vegetable Rich Recipes: easily adapted for your tastes
Expert Answers to Your Healthy Cooking Questions
Carefully Crafted Curriculum: classes build on each other, for measurable progress towards kitchen confidence
Reference Quality Handouts
Tasting, of Course: we eat what we make, usually tasting several variations
Hands On Get ready to mix it up in the kitchen; the best way to learn is by doing
Coaching, Story Sharing and Discussion
Inspiration !

Hold on to your hats; Whole Kitchen classes cover a lot of territory. They are centered around one or two recipes highlighting the series’ seasonal vegetables and building block cooking skills. But many smaller topics are woven throughout, e.g.,new ingredient info, vegetable storage tips, using leftovers, green cooking ideas, minor cooking skills like citrus zesting and speedy spinach washing, time and money savers.

Sample Class Lineup from May and June

Themes: Spring & Early Summer Spinach, Asparagus and Snap Peas

and the Frying Pan Techniques

Class 1

Recipe Spinach with Raisins and Pine Nuts + Easy Variations

Cooking Basics Sauteing and Wilting
Pre-Cooking Strategy

"Failure to Plan Is Planning to Fail"
3 simple planning tricks for guaranteed cooking success

Class 2

Recipe White Fish Tostadas with Sweet Onions & Asparagus

Cooking Basics Stir Frying and Fish Cooking
Pre-Cooking Strategy

"I'm so tired of having the same things for dinner!"

How to put the spark back into meal making

Class 3

Recipe Cream of Asparagus Soup

Cooking Basics Waste Not Want Not Cooking
Pre-Cooking Strategy

Kitchens on the Green Frontline
Cooking and eating offer dozens of easy opportunities to build not only healthy people but a healthy planet, too

Class 4

Recipe Strawberry Spinach Rolls-Ups

Cooking Basics Wrapping, Rolling and Seasonal Cooking
Pre-Cooking Strategy

"Marketing-Wise" at the Grocery Store
Healthy shoppers have to be smarter than Madison Avenue’s marketers

Class 5

Recipe Creamy Spinach Indian or French Style

Cooking Basics Using Spices and the Six Tastes
Pre-Cooking Strategy

How Friendly Is Your Kitchen?
Turn the kitchen into a supportive ally for your healthy eating journey

Class 6

Recipe Sugar Snap Stir-Fry with Black Bean Sauce, Brown Rice
Cooking Basics Using Whole Grains and Ready-Made Sauces

Pre-Cooking Strategy

The Kitchen Beatitudes
Mind Shifts that turn meal making into meaningful, manageable and rewarding activity

* Refund requests made before third class of series.

Moms and Dads Give your children a gift: lifelong healthy eating habits, adventurous taste buds, and a joyful relationship with food and eating. It all starts when parents make and share good meals. Learn vital meal making skills then pass them on to your children.
Post-Dieters Where do you go when the diet is over, or you’re bored with its 4-week or 8-week or 12-week plan? You come to the land of Everyday Good Eating, where healthy weight meals just happen naturally.
The “I Hate to Cook, Don’t Know How to Cook, Can’t Cook” Crowd Much of cooking is confidence and comfort for novices, and inspiration for more experienced cooks facing burn out. Whole Kitchen classes deliver all three so no one has to miss out on the satisfying taste of well-prepared meals.
Healthy Eating Needs and Hopes Maybe you’re facing health issues that require a supportive diet. Maybe you don’t want to wait to a health crises to enjoy the good energy, good feeling and well-being that comes from everyday good eating. Whole Kitchen classes are a perfect, practical and balanced introduction to healthy cooking and eating.
Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Eaters It’s no secret that our eating choices have a huge impact not only on our health but the health of the planet. Ready to join the “Delicious Revolution,” as Alice Waters terms it? Whole Kitchen weaves sustainable eating and cooking practices through every part of the curriculum, so it becomes second nature in the kitchen.
Time and Budget Conscious All the more reason to put the Whole Kitchen Way® into place. It’s not only a system for getting healthy meals on the table, but doing so in the most efficient way possible while watching the budget.

Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Eaters It’s no secret that our eating choices have a huge impact not only on our health but the health of the planet. Ready to join the “Delicious Revolution,” as Alice Waters terms it? Whole Kitchen weaves sustainable eating and cooking practices through every part of the curriculum, so it becomes second nature in the kitchen.
Time and Budget Conscious Cooks All the more reason to put the Whole Kitchen Way® into place. It’s not only a system for getting healthy meals on the table, but doing so in the most efficient way possible while watching the budget.

YOUR GOOD EATING GUIDE: MARY COLLETTE ROGERS

Entering the healthy eating business was baptism by fire for Mary. 20 years ago, her two young children were seriously ill. Food sensitivities were deemed the culprit so all wheat and dairy had to be eliminated from their diets. Overnight! Translated, that meant no more pizza, mac ‘n cheese, PBJs, pancakes, quesadillas, ice cream, pastries, sandwiches–in other words, 75% of what her kids normally ate. Gone.

“What can I feed my children now,” was a daily struggle for Mary. But after keeping her head above water for a year or two, she finally reached dry land. Her children

Participants receive a free copy of Take Control of Your Kitchen the guide to creating a supportive kitchen for easy and healthy meal making.

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were magnificently healthy and happy. As importantly, she had figured out how to get nurturing and delicious meals on the table, day in and day out, no problem.

Her secret to making wholesome meals in a hurry? The Whole Kitchen Way. Beginning as just a spark of hope in her daily mealtime struggle, she developed this wonderful system into a full-fledged path to the land of Everyday Good Eating, where meal-making is manageable, sustainable and delicious, even creative and fun. Now 20 years later, Mary excited to share the Whole Kitchen Way with others so they too can enjoy inspired, everyday meals, easily and manageably.

Read more about Mary’s background, her book, Take Control of Your Kitchen, and her other work helping busy people everywhere enjoy wholesome, satisfying meals.

Reference quality handouts and easy to follow recipes.

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THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAY: IN A NUTSHELL

Cooking + A Lot More In Whole Kitchen classes, we learn to cook, specifically "building block basics" that you can mix and match to confidently make any recipe. But we also learn the 40 to 70% of kitchen knowledge that most people are missing.
The “Non-Cooking” Parts of Cooking What does that 40 to 70% of missing kitchen knowledge look like? Here are just a few examples:
How to get inspired and beat boredom at the dinner table
How to buy the most flavorful vegetables
Why to stock a timesaver pantry and what should go in it
The two most important tools and how to buy them
How to cook with local and seasonal foods
How to weave whole grains into everyday meals
Separating equipment fluff from essentials
How to make vegetables taste great
How to store produce for freshness
Where to buy good ingredients
How to save time and sanity at the grocery store
How and why to get into the plan ahead habit
The 12 Kitchen Beatitudes that support a new view of the kitchen: as life support center for body and soul
The First Self-Help Program for the Kitchen The Whole Kitchen Way®" is the first comprehensive and integrated program for healing poor-performing kitchens. It is a holistic approach to meal making, strengthening all parts of the kitchen so we can make meals that meet our eating ideals.

Take Control of Your Kitchen Description

Where Can I Find Out More About:

The Whole Kitchen Intro

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Can I See Mary Instructing on TV?

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