Food & Culture

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10 Tips A: Choose My Plate

with Nicole Gurreri: Healthy Acadia

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10 Tips A is a 4-lesson series of pre-recorded videos to help you choose and cook healthy foods that fit into your budget. The class includes nutrition tips, recipe demos, and a free cookbook! Special emphasis will be placed on cooking fresh fruits and vegetables during the harvest season. This series includes one optional live Q&A with the course instructor to answer your questions and provide more information about the course material. This is an online class.

Cooking Matters Grocery Store Tour: Online!

with Nicole Gurreri: Healthy Acadia

Aug

August 17th, 2021

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This one-hour course reviews basic tips to choose healthy options at the grocery store while stretching your food budget. Participants will be introduced to MyPlate, practice reading food labels, learn to identify whole grains, and review easy tips to choose healthy options in each food group. This is a live online class.

Dress Up Your Salads!

with Ann Sargent

Nov

November 6th, 2021

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So we have cookie swaps, but how about going healthy and sharing ideas about how to dress up a salad? Let's learn from each other about creating dressings that will make you and your loved ones look forward to eating healthy greens and vegetables. Whether you're new to homemade salad dressings or just love to share cooking ideas, this workshop is for you. Annie Sargent will bring some of her favorite recipes and tips, and we hope those with some favorites will do the same. This is a live online class.

Cooking Matters for Adults

with Nicole Gurreri: Healthy Acadia

Oct

October 5th to November 9th, 2021

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This live online 6-session series is designed to teach participants how to prepare tasty, healthy, and affordable meals at home! Class meets weekly over Zoom for 1-hour cooking and nutrition education sessions.

All participants receive a cookbook and a bag of groceries each week to prepare the recipes we learn about in class. This class is perfect for those wanting to improve their cooking skills, learn new recipes, or learn the basics of nutrition and healthy eating. This is a live online class.

Makeup class (if needed) 11/16/21.

Cooking with Sea Vegetables-An Introduction

with Kara Ibarguen: Maine Coast Sea Vegetables

Oct

October 21st to 28th, 2021

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Did you know we have a seaweed processing facility right in our backyard- Maine Coast Sea Vegetables in Hancock!

Join us for a tour, including a touch tank; learn how to identify several different species; and, experiment in the kitchen with Kelp Krunch Baker and Seaweed Cook Kara Ibarguen.

Take some samples home to use in your own kitchen and return a week later to learn and discuss more!

Makeup class, if needed, 11/04/21.

This is an in-person course held at Maine Coast Sea Vegetables in Hancock.

Composting

with C.J. Walke

Oct

October 20th, 2021

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