Vegetarian Cooking for Health and Vitality

2-day weekend

• Jun 1 – 3, 2012 (rides still available*)

*Pick up & drop off at Sacramento Airport. Click on link next to date to get full details.

Would you like to eat foods recommended by doctors for optimal health—but don’t know how to begin?

Do you feel too busy to cook healthy food for yourself?

Do you want your food to be tasty as well as healthful?

In one short weekend you can revolutionize your energy level and health with guidance and tips for easy vegetarian cooking. Diksha McCord, the author of The Global Kitchen and Vegetarian Cooking for Starters, will share recipes and tips for food that is:

• Truly delicious
• Satisfying
• Filled with life force and nutrients

You will learn dozens of tips for fitting healthy food into your busy lifestyle. She’ll prepare some of the dishes for you, so you can learn secrets for great taste in less time.

A vegetarian diet can be made satisfying without lots of dairy fats. You’ll learn flavorful ways of preparing beans, tofu, nuts, seeds, and grains.

The weekend will answer such questions as:

• How can I fix healthy food quickly?
• How can I satisfy my family’s desire for great flavor?
• How can I use a pressure cooker and rice cooker to save time and food vitality?
• How can I plan balanced meals?
• What is “conscious cooking”?

In addition, you’ll learn:

• A variety of cooking techniques
• Principles of healthy eating and living

This is a rare opportunity to meet one-on-one with a gifted vegetarian cook and take practical steps forward to transforming your life.

This course is limited to 12 people.

 

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

Vegetarian Cooking for Health and Vitality starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

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