Workshops
Please pre-register for classes by the signing up
at the Co-op front registers or calling
360-336-5087x136 and leaving a message with Jodie.
If no one signs up we will rain check the class.
Women’s Wellness with Aromatherapy
with Michelle Mahler
Friday April 16th 5pm Co-op Room 309 Free, supply fee
This is a special time to learn how Essential oils can help with hormone balance, reproductive health, physical pain, stress, anxiety, pms, fertility, and emotional and spiritual health. We will cover basic safety, recipes for blends and test and smell many different types of essential oils. Each student can make a massage oil(s) or aromatic spray(s) for a supply fee of $10 ( b.y.o.b and take $1 off!)
Michelle Mahler has been leading workshops in the Puget Sound area Co-ops and schools since 2004 as well as operated a “green” housecleaning business for 6 years. www.circleofhealingessences.com
Make Your Own Hanging Garden Basket
With Nancy Stewart, Co-op garden Manager
Saturday April 17th 11am in the Co-op Parking Lot
Hanging baskets and easy container plantings are practical and beautiful additions to your home landscape. This spring, plant yours at the Co-op! We’ll have a tent work space set up with local soil and tools, plus flower and plant starts, succulents, containers and liners available on sale. Bring your own container or hanging basket if you like, and get planting! Think salsa baskets, Italian kitchen herb planters, edible plant arrangements…
Infant Massage
With Dianna Mincin
Saturday April 17th 1-3 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
An ancient part of baby care practiced by cultures around the world, you will learn a complete massage routine that you can share with your baby at home. The routine incorporates Swedish and Indian massage strokes in a rhythmic, predictable pattern to enhance your baby's immune system, muscle strength and tone, brain development, digestion and nervous system. Infant Massage will help your baby discharge stress, calm your baby, and help your baby to sleep better! Come learn a fun way to interact with your baby and increase their health!
Dianna Mincin is a Licensed Practical Nurse and has worked with families for the past 20 years. Certified in Infant Massage, B.A.B.Y. reading program and Happiest Baby on the Block, Dianna brings to her work a broad scope of knowledge regarding the needs of infants and parents.
Basic Veggie Gardening
With Marla Hovey, WSU Master Gardener
Monday April 19th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 Free
We’ll get to the root of what grows good veggies in the Skagit Valley – from soils and starts, to pest control and watering – and how to harvest the bounty from your home garden. There will be plenty of resources available, and lots of room for questions.
Marla Hovey is a WSU Master Gardener who has been a life long gardener. She has had gardens and raised vegetables wherever she has lived and brings a great deal of home gardening experience to the topic of beginning vegetable gardening.
The Next Chapter: on Growing Old, Infirmities, and Making Friends with the End
With Rick Gossett
April 20th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
"AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY!" -Paul Harvey
If you recognize the above then you are the right age. Come and join me for an evening at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op where we will look at the next chapter in our lives: the one about growing old, dealing with infirmities, and finally dying.
I feel like my whole life has been in preparation for this next chapter where I am dealing with growing old and having a diagnosis of Parkinson's. All those skills I have learned and those experiences I have had - have been for this very time. You too have wisdom. Let's share. It will be a feast spread before us.
Rumi says:
"Now is the time the particle you are returns from where it came. The family darling comes home. Wine without being poured in cups, is handed all around; a red glint appears in a granite outcrop and the whole cliff turns to ruby."
Rick Gossett has lived in the Skagit Valley for 38 years. He raised three sons, helped found the co-op, and accompanied a great number of folk as they walked their life path.
Allergy-Asthma Connection
With Karl Mincin
Wednesday April 21st 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Hidden, undetected food allergies are an underlying common denominator in most all stubborn sinus, asthma and related health conditions. You don't have to sport a rash or a runny nose to be experiencing allergic food sensitivities and the resulting ill health that accompanies them: from depression and learning disorders to arthritis, asthma, hay fever, sinus infections, and immune deficiencies. Accurate self-testing as well as safe and specific nutritional and herbal remedies can help you to identify, manage, and overcome this modern plague.
Karl Mincin is a clinical nutritionist and natural health educator in practice for 25 years. He specializes in nutrition assessment testing to determine precise individual needs. More information is available on his website www.Nutrition-Testing.com or by calling (360) 336-2616.
Skagit Valley Food Co-op 3rd Annual Wellness Fair
Free Drop-In Workshops
Saturday, April 24 11 am-2 pm
Click Here for Workshops and Details
Ayurveda in the Kitchen
Seventh Heaven Healing Services and School of Spiritual Arts and Sciences
Wednesday April 28th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Join Chef Adrian Beltran for a presentation on cooking and Ayurvedic life skills. He will prepare and sample a rejuvenating beverage and meal in the tradition of Indian cuisine. We will discuss your personal constitution, so that you may better embrace your unique seasonal and bioregional needs. Ayurvedic cooking principles, menu creation, knife and utensil technique will be our main topics.
Mother’s Day Essential Oil Creations
With Michelle Mahler
Thursday April 29th 3pm Co-op Room 309 Free, supply fee
Create a custom-scented Aromaspray or therapy oil for Mothers Day! Essential Oils are extracted from flowers and herbs and are very effective for uplifting the spirit and bringing peace, joy, balance and tranquility. Find relief from physical and emotional stress, negativity and depression naturally with the oldest alternative therapy, and share your creations with the wonderful women in your life. Beginners welcome, $10 supply fee for each spray or therapy oil you make.
See bio for April 16th class
Creating Vibrant Health: Incorporating Superfoods
and Internal Cleansing into your Wellness Program
With Doug Walsh
Friday April 30th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Our bodies were not designed for life in the modern industrial age. The average human in the United States is exposed to 2 million toxic molecules per day - we live in a virtual chemical soup. Combine this with the fact our foods are often over-processed, overcooked, and full of chemicals. Our soils (and therefore our foods) are so depleted that many in this country are actually malnourished in the micronutrients (minerals and vitamins). Any quality health program will thus have two crucial aspects – supporting your bodies’ detoxification efforts and upgrading your nutritional intake. Come hear HealthForce Nutritionals representative Doug Walsh present cutting edge solutions that will assist you in creating a radical shift in your physical health.
Doug Walsh has been a raw foodist for 14 years, and has been consuming superfoods for over 20 years. In 2005, Doug walked across the country on the 3,000 mile Continental Divide Trail in order to demonstrate the power of a raw food diet high in superfoods (see www.rawhike.com). Doug is a certified raw food chef, and he has done workshops to assist people in upgrading their diet all across the country. He is passionate about helping people improve their health. He holds a magna cum laude BA in Physics and a Master’s degree in Education.
Giving Babies the Best Possible Start in Life
With Sue Ann Chilcote
Saturday May 1st 1-3pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Experiences in the first few years of a child’s life are vastly more powerful in determining the course of their lives than at any other time. How infants are treated during this important period sets the stage for all later development. A sense of self is formed and a basic pattern of attachment—secure or insecure—is established. When an infant’s needs are met, she feels valued, loved, and secure, and she learns to trust the world. In this class, we will discuss the importance of considering the infant or toddler’s perspective and how to get in tune with the child in order to learn her preferences and to understand her communication. The class will be set up in the format used for parent-infant classes, so people can get a feel for what these classes can offer.
Sue Ann Chilcote earned her Early Childhood Education certificate from Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, California. She also studied the RIE philosophy in Los Angeles and earned the title RIE Associate, certifying her to teach parent-infant guidance classes. Sue Ann has worked with infants, toddlers, and families for over 20 years and brings a wealth of insight to working with young children respectfully. Sue Ann is opening an infant child care in her home and offers parent-infant guidance classes. Feel free to call for more information: (360) 333-0039.
Mothers’ Day Essential Oil Creations
with Michelle Mahler
Monday May 3rd 3pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Create a custom-scented Aromaspray or therapy oil for Mothers Day! Essential Oils are extracted from flowers and herbs and are very effective for uplifting the spirit and bringing peace, joy, balance and tranquility. Find relief from physical and emotional stress, negativity and depression naturally with the oldest alternative therapy, and share your creations with the wonderful women in your life. Beginners welcome, $10 supply fee for each spray or therapy oil you make.
See bio for April 16th class
Nutrition and Diabetes
With Lou Kupka-Schutt PhD, RD
Friday May 7th 11am Co-op Room 309 free
Learn how to eat to control your blood sugar and weight. This two-hour class will provide information on healthy eating focusing on the diabetic. In addition, you will also get hands-on practice as you tour the Skagit Valley Community Coop and learn how to read labels and identify healthy foods.
This class is taught by Lou Kupka-Schutt, PhD, RD with Skagit Valley Hospital.
Feed Me! I’m Yours!: Introducing Solids to Infants
With Dianna Mincin BSc, LPN, ICCE, CIMI, CHBBE
Saturday May 8th 1-3pm Room 309 Free
Discover how easy it is to make your own nutritious baby foods in this 2 hour discussion and hands-on demonstration. Making baby food is fun and simple! She’ll bring a copy of the perennial favorite Feed Me! I’m Yours!, as well as a baby food mill.
Topics covered: How will I know when my baby is ready? * How should I introduce solid food? * How will I know when my baby is full? * Do I still need to give my baby breast milk or formula? *How should I introduce other solid food? * How many times a day should my baby be eating solid food? * Do I need any special equipment? * Where should I feed my baby? *How can I help my child develop healthy eating habits?
Dianna Mincin, a graduate of Bastyr University in Nutrition, has been helping to improve the health of mothers and infants for over 20 years. She also is a licensed nurse, childbirth educator and birth doula.
How to Help Heat Loving Plants Thrive in the PNW
With Nancy Stewart, Co-op garden manager and Heidi Hartford, Master Gardener
Thursday May 13th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Tomatoes, Basil, and Eggplant – the summer harvest sometimes eludes us in the northern latitudes. We’ll look at how to trick your heat-loving garden plants into thinking that they’re growing closer to the equator. Join us for an evening of success strategies for coping with blight, pests, and bugs, and some tips to help your “bruschetta garden” thrive.
Eating for Energy
With Karl Mincin
Monday May 17th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 free
When was the last time you felt that you had more energy than you knew what to do with? This class will help you to understand the relationship between your eating pattern and your daily energy pattern. Are you tired or toxic? How much does digestion drain your energy? Not only will you identify energy drainers, but learn which super foods to include for sustainable energy enhancement: B is for BOOST!, herbal energy, and more. Specific food and nutrition tips, self-test questionnaires, and lifestyle factors.
See bio for April 21 class.
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Co-op Cooking and Eating Better on a Budget Classes
EBB: Basics in Cooking Grains
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday April 13th 6:30pm Room 309 Free
This grains class will take a Moroccan flavor, as we experiment with some quick and simple grains, and some new ways of preparing old favorites. Come join us for this free intro to grains at a ground level. Featured recipes include Moroccan Three-grain Salad with Flaxseed Dressing, Amaranth Pudding, Whole Grain Granola Bars.
Eating Around the World: Moroccan Cooking
With Jill Dodge
Friday April 16th 6pm, Blanchard Community Club, in north Skagit Valley
This class is $10 by donation, come hungry! Contact Jodie for more information: 360-336-5087x136
The mystery and wonder of Moroccan cooking lies in its layering of flavors. The national dish, Chicken Bastilla, is a pie involving hundreds of years of history, as well as saffron, almonds, cinnamon, and powdered sugar. Moroccan tagines are slow cooked stews with tender meat and aromatic sauce, named after the tagine pot which holds the ingredients. We'll dip into the history of Moroccan cuisine and dip our forks into the mighty flavors of Morocco!
On the menu: Chicken Bastilla, Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Almonds, Moroccan Carrot Salad
Regional, Seasonal Eatings
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday April 27th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309
$10 Co-op member-owners, $20 general public
Spring has sprung and gardens are beginning to produce! We’ll sample the fresh shoots of April with seasonal recipes geared toward lightening up your winter eating habits and making the most of the start of harvest. We’ll also talk about how to plan your planting so that you’ve got complementary ingredients ready at the same time.
On the menu: Warm Asparagus and Citrus Salad, Spring Green Risotto, Spring Vegetable Pancakes, and a seasonal spring dessert
EBB: Basics in Greens and Juicing
With Jill Dodge and Heidi Hartford
Tuesday May 18th 6:30 pm Room 309 Free
We’ll cover many ways of working with greens, including how to incorporate veggies in a variety of dishes, and some basic how-to juicing tips and recipes. Hot, cold, raw, cooked – greens are your body’s best friend, get to know them better!
On the menu: Kale with seaweed, ginger and sesame, One Pot Pasta, with greens feta, and olives, and some great green juice recipes.
Basics in Greens and Juicing in Blanchard
With Jill Dodge and Heidi Hartford
Friday May 21st 6pm Blanchard Community Club. $10 donation.
Contact Jodie for more information : 360-336-5087x136
We’ll cover many ways of working with greens, including how to incorporate veggies in a variety of dishes, and some basic how-to juicing tips and recipes. Hot, cold, raw, cooked – greens are your body’s best friend, get to know them better!
On the Menu: Kale with seaweed, ginger and sesame, One Pot Pasta, with greens feta, and olives, and some great green juice recipes.
Eating Around the World: Mexican Cooking
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday May 25th 6:30pm Room 309
$10 Co-op member-owners, $20 general public
May is an important month for the Hispanic community, and their cuisine is known for its flavors and spices. We’ll explore10 basic ingredients to help you make the most out of your Mexican meals, and serve up some spicy and delicious twists on your favorite foods from south of the border
On the menu: Chipotle Chicken Tortilla Soup, Chilaquiles Verdes
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Introductory Meditation Classes brought to you by Dharmakirti Buddhist Center: Classes open to everyone. 1st and 3rd Friday evenings on the month, 6:00-7:30 pm at Skagit Valley Food Co-op, Room 309, Classes can be attended as series or individually; includes guided meditation, a talk, and opportunity for questions and answers. No pre-registration required. Information:www.MeditateInNWWashington.org or 360-752-3194.
Women’s Wellness with Aromatherapy
with Michelle Mahler
Friday April 16th 5pm Co-op Room 309 Free, supply fee
This is a special time to learn how Essential oils can help with hormone balance, reproductive health, physical pain, stress, anxiety, pms, fertility, and emotional and spiritual health. We will cover basic safety, recipes for blends and test and smell many different types of essential oils. Each student can make a massage oil(s) or aromatic spray(s) for a supply fee of $10 ( b.y.o.b and take $1 off!)
Michelle Mahler has been leading workshops in the Puget Sound area Co-ops and schools since 2004 as well as operated a “green” housecleaning business for 6 years. www.circleofhealingessences.com
Make Your Own Hanging Garden Basket
With Nancy Stewart, Co-op garden Manager
Saturday April 17th 11am in the Co-op Parking Lot
Hanging baskets and easy container plantings are practical and beautiful additions to your home landscape. This spring, plant yours at the Co-op! We’ll have a tent work space set up with local soil and tools, plus flower and plant starts, succulents, containers and liners available on sale. Bring your own container or hanging basket if you like, and get planting! Think salsa baskets, Italian kitchen herb planters, edible plant arrangements…
Infant Massage
With Dianna Mincin
Saturday April 17th 1-3 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
An ancient part of baby care practiced by cultures around the world, you will learn a complete massage routine that you can share with your baby at home. The routine incorporates Swedish and Indian massage strokes in a rhythmic, predictable pattern to enhance your baby's immune system, muscle strength and tone, brain development, digestion and nervous system. Infant Massage will help your baby discharge stress, calm your baby, and help your baby to sleep better! Come learn a fun way to interact with your baby and increase their health!
Dianna Mincin is a Licensed Practical Nurse and has worked with families for the past 20 years. Certified in Infant Massage, B.A.B.Y. reading program and Happiest Baby on the Block, Dianna brings to her work a broad scope of knowledge regarding the needs of infants and parents.
Basic Veggie Gardening
With Marla Hovey, WSU Master Gardener
Monday April 19th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 Free
We’ll get to the root of what grows good veggies in the Skagit Valley – from soils and starts, to pest control and watering – and how to harvest the bounty from your home garden. There will be plenty of resources available, and lots of room for questions.
Marla Hovey is a WSU Master Gardener who has been a life long gardener. She has had gardens and raised vegetables wherever she has lived and brings a great deal of home gardening experience to the topic of beginning vegetable gardening.
The Next Chapter: on Growing Old, Infirmities, and Making Friends with the End
With Rick Gossett
April 20th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
"AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY!" -Paul Harvey
If you recognize the above then you are the right age. Come and join me for an evening at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op where we will look at the next chapter in our lives: the one about growing old, dealing with infirmities, and finally dying.
I feel like my whole life has been in preparation for this next chapter where I am dealing with growing old and having a diagnosis of Parkinson's. All those skills I have learned and those experiences I have had - have been for this very time. You too have wisdom. Let's share. It will be a feast spread before us.
Rumi says:
"Now is the time the particle you are returns from where it came. The family darling comes home. Wine without being poured in cups, is handed all around; a red glint appears in a granite outcrop and the whole cliff turns to ruby."
Rick Gossett has lived in the Skagit Valley for 38 years. He raised three sons, helped found the co-op, and accompanied a great number of folk as they walked their life path.
Allergy-Asthma Connection
With Karl Mincin
Wednesday April 21st 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Hidden, undetected food allergies are an underlying common denominator in most all stubborn sinus, asthma and related health conditions. You don't have to sport a rash or a runny nose to be experiencing allergic food sensitivities and the resulting ill health that accompanies them: from depression and learning disorders to arthritis, asthma, hay fever, sinus infections, and immune deficiencies. Accurate self-testing as well as safe and specific nutritional and herbal remedies can help you to identify, manage, and overcome this modern plague.
Karl Mincin is a clinical nutritionist and natural health educator in practice for 25 years. He specializes in nutrition assessment testing to determine precise individual needs. More information is available on his website www.Nutrition-Testing.com or by calling (360) 336-2616.
Skagit Valley Food Co-op 3rd Annual Wellness Fair
Free Drop-In Workshops
Saturday, April 24 11 am-2 pm
Click Here for Workshops and Details
Ayurveda in the Kitchen
Seventh Heaven Healing Services and School of Spiritual Arts and Sciences
Wednesday April 28th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Join Chef Adrian Beltran for a presentation on cooking and Ayurvedic life skills. He will prepare and sample a rejuvenating beverage and meal in the tradition of Indian cuisine. We will discuss your personal constitution, so that you may better embrace your unique seasonal and bioregional needs. Ayurvedic cooking principles, menu creation, knife and utensil technique will be our main topics.
Mother’s Day Essential Oil Creations
With Michelle Mahler
Thursday April 29th 3pm Co-op Room 309 Free, supply fee
Create a custom-scented Aromaspray or therapy oil for Mothers Day! Essential Oils are extracted from flowers and herbs and are very effective for uplifting the spirit and bringing peace, joy, balance and tranquility. Find relief from physical and emotional stress, negativity and depression naturally with the oldest alternative therapy, and share your creations with the wonderful women in your life. Beginners welcome, $10 supply fee for each spray or therapy oil you make.
See bio for April 16th class
Creating Vibrant Health: Incorporating Superfoods
and Internal Cleansing into your Wellness Program
With Doug Walsh
Friday April 30th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Our bodies were not designed for life in the modern industrial age. The average human in the United States is exposed to 2 million toxic molecules per day - we live in a virtual chemical soup. Combine this with the fact our foods are often over-processed, overcooked, and full of chemicals. Our soils (and therefore our foods) are so depleted that many in this country are actually malnourished in the micronutrients (minerals and vitamins). Any quality health program will thus have two crucial aspects – supporting your bodies’ detoxification efforts and upgrading your nutritional intake. Come hear HealthForce Nutritionals representative Doug Walsh present cutting edge solutions that will assist you in creating a radical shift in your physical health.
Doug Walsh has been a raw foodist for 14 years, and has been consuming superfoods for over 20 years. In 2005, Doug walked across the country on the 3,000 mile Continental Divide Trail in order to demonstrate the power of a raw food diet high in superfoods (see www.rawhike.com). Doug is a certified raw food chef, and he has done workshops to assist people in upgrading their diet all across the country. He is passionate about helping people improve their health. He holds a magna cum laude BA in Physics and a Master’s degree in Education.
Giving Babies the Best Possible Start in Life
With Sue Ann Chilcote
Saturday May 1st 1-3pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Experiences in the first few years of a child’s life are vastly more powerful in determining the course of their lives than at any other time. How infants are treated during this important period sets the stage for all later development. A sense of self is formed and a basic pattern of attachment—secure or insecure—is established. When an infant’s needs are met, she feels valued, loved, and secure, and she learns to trust the world. In this class, we will discuss the importance of considering the infant or toddler’s perspective and how to get in tune with the child in order to learn her preferences and to understand her communication. The class will be set up in the format used for parent-infant classes, so people can get a feel for what these classes can offer.
Sue Ann Chilcote earned her Early Childhood Education certificate from Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, California. She also studied the RIE philosophy in Los Angeles and earned the title RIE Associate, certifying her to teach parent-infant guidance classes. Sue Ann has worked with infants, toddlers, and families for over 20 years and brings a wealth of insight to working with young children respectfully. Sue Ann is opening an infant child care in her home and offers parent-infant guidance classes. Feel free to call for more information: (360) 333-0039.
Mothers’ Day Essential Oil Creations
with Michelle Mahler
Monday May 3rd 3pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Create a custom-scented Aromaspray or therapy oil for Mothers Day! Essential Oils are extracted from flowers and herbs and are very effective for uplifting the spirit and bringing peace, joy, balance and tranquility. Find relief from physical and emotional stress, negativity and depression naturally with the oldest alternative therapy, and share your creations with the wonderful women in your life. Beginners welcome, $10 supply fee for each spray or therapy oil you make.
See bio for April 16th class
Nutrition and Diabetes
With Lou Kupka-Schutt PhD, RD
Friday May 7th 11am Co-op Room 309 free
Learn how to eat to control your blood sugar and weight. This two-hour class will provide information on healthy eating focusing on the diabetic. In addition, you will also get hands-on practice as you tour the Skagit Valley Community Coop and learn how to read labels and identify healthy foods.
This class is taught by Lou Kupka-Schutt, PhD, RD with Skagit Valley Hospital.
Feed Me! I’m Yours!: Introducing Solids to Infants
With Dianna Mincin BSc, LPN, ICCE, CIMI, CHBBE
Saturday May 8th 1-3pm Room 309 Free
Discover how easy it is to make your own nutritious baby foods in this 2 hour discussion and hands-on demonstration. Making baby food is fun and simple! She’ll bring a copy of the perennial favorite Feed Me! I’m Yours!, as well as a baby food mill.
Topics covered: How will I know when my baby is ready? * How should I introduce solid food? * How will I know when my baby is full? * Do I still need to give my baby breast milk or formula? *How should I introduce other solid food? * How many times a day should my baby be eating solid food? * Do I need any special equipment? * Where should I feed my baby? *How can I help my child develop healthy eating habits?
Dianna Mincin, a graduate of Bastyr University in Nutrition, has been helping to improve the health of mothers and infants for over 20 years. She also is a licensed nurse, childbirth educator and birth doula.
How to Help Heat Loving Plants Thrive in the PNW
With Nancy Stewart, Co-op garden manager and Heidi Hartford, Master Gardener
Thursday May 13th 6:30 pm Co-op Room 309 Free
Tomatoes, Basil, and Eggplant – the summer harvest sometimes eludes us in the northern latitudes. We’ll look at how to trick your heat-loving garden plants into thinking that they’re growing closer to the equator. Join us for an evening of success strategies for coping with blight, pests, and bugs, and some tips to help your “bruschetta garden” thrive.
Eating for Energy
With Karl Mincin
Monday May 17th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309 free
When was the last time you felt that you had more energy than you knew what to do with? This class will help you to understand the relationship between your eating pattern and your daily energy pattern. Are you tired or toxic? How much does digestion drain your energy? Not only will you identify energy drainers, but learn which super foods to include for sustainable energy enhancement: B is for BOOST!, herbal energy, and more. Specific food and nutrition tips, self-test questionnaires, and lifestyle factors.
See bio for April 21 class.
==========================================
Co-op Cooking and Eating Better on a Budget Classes
EBB: Basics in Cooking Grains
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday April 13th 6:30pm Room 309 Free
This grains class will take a Moroccan flavor, as we experiment with some quick and simple grains, and some new ways of preparing old favorites. Come join us for this free intro to grains at a ground level. Featured recipes include Moroccan Three-grain Salad with Flaxseed Dressing, Amaranth Pudding, Whole Grain Granola Bars.
Eating Around the World: Moroccan Cooking
With Jill Dodge
Friday April 16th 6pm, Blanchard Community Club, in north Skagit Valley
This class is $10 by donation, come hungry! Contact Jodie for more information: 360-336-5087x136
The mystery and wonder of Moroccan cooking lies in its layering of flavors. The national dish, Chicken Bastilla, is a pie involving hundreds of years of history, as well as saffron, almonds, cinnamon, and powdered sugar. Moroccan tagines are slow cooked stews with tender meat and aromatic sauce, named after the tagine pot which holds the ingredients. We'll dip into the history of Moroccan cuisine and dip our forks into the mighty flavors of Morocco!
On the menu: Chicken Bastilla, Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Almonds, Moroccan Carrot Salad
Regional, Seasonal Eatings
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday April 27th 6:30pm Co-op Room 309
$10 Co-op member-owners, $20 general public
Spring has sprung and gardens are beginning to produce! We’ll sample the fresh shoots of April with seasonal recipes geared toward lightening up your winter eating habits and making the most of the start of harvest. We’ll also talk about how to plan your planting so that you’ve got complementary ingredients ready at the same time.
On the menu: Warm Asparagus and Citrus Salad, Spring Green Risotto, Spring Vegetable Pancakes, and a seasonal spring dessert
EBB: Basics in Greens and Juicing
With Jill Dodge and Heidi Hartford
Tuesday May 18th 6:30 pm Room 309 Free
We’ll cover many ways of working with greens, including how to incorporate veggies in a variety of dishes, and some basic how-to juicing tips and recipes. Hot, cold, raw, cooked – greens are your body’s best friend, get to know them better!
On the menu: Kale with seaweed, ginger and sesame, One Pot Pasta, with greens feta, and olives, and some great green juice recipes.
Basics in Greens and Juicing in Blanchard
With Jill Dodge and Heidi Hartford
Friday May 21st 6pm Blanchard Community Club. $10 donation.
Contact Jodie for more information : 360-336-5087x136
We’ll cover many ways of working with greens, including how to incorporate veggies in a variety of dishes, and some basic how-to juicing tips and recipes. Hot, cold, raw, cooked – greens are your body’s best friend, get to know them better!
On the Menu: Kale with seaweed, ginger and sesame, One Pot Pasta, with greens feta, and olives, and some great green juice recipes.
Eating Around the World: Mexican Cooking
With Jill Dodge
Tuesday May 25th 6:30pm Room 309
$10 Co-op member-owners, $20 general public
May is an important month for the Hispanic community, and their cuisine is known for its flavors and spices. We’ll explore10 basic ingredients to help you make the most out of your Mexican meals, and serve up some spicy and delicious twists on your favorite foods from south of the border
On the menu: Chipotle Chicken Tortilla Soup, Chilaquiles Verdes
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Introductory Meditation Classes brought to you by Dharmakirti Buddhist Center: Classes open to everyone. 1st and 3rd Friday evenings on the month, 6:00-7:30 pm at Skagit Valley Food Co-op, Room 309, Classes can be attended as series or individually; includes guided meditation, a talk, and opportunity for questions and answers. No pre-registration required. Information:www.MeditateInNWWashington.org or 360-752-3194.
