Lunch 'n Learn with Chris Kalinich

Foods that Love Your Heart!

Discover foods and meals that support a healthy heart, promote successful weight management, protect the brain, improve blood sugar levels, and positively influence blood pressure.

TOPICS COVERED

Information and discussion will focus on the following content: 

• Nutrient density and quality food choices
• Essential food groups:  vegetables, grains, legumes, and fruits
• Importance of fiber and how to promote adequate consumption
• Food label reading tips
• Coloring your meals to protect and support the body

FOOD IS FUN!

You will also receive culinary coaching, which includes information and inspiration on how to personalize recipes and use them differently. Chris shows how home cooking is doable and rewarding.

Chris Kalinich is the founder and plant-based culinary instructor of Plant 2 Platter®. She joyfully services the wellness needs of northern Arizona and beyond by teaching healthy cooking classes. She is a licensed Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and holds the Clinicians CHEF Coaching Certificate from the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. She is a MSVA-Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator, a founding board member of Healthy World Sedona, and a practitioner for the Healing Consciousness Foundation. 

Her mantra? “Cooking Matters!” The common theme for all of Chris’ classes is to teach food literacy, so that every person feels empowered to achieve diet quality for a lifetime. You can learn more about Chris and her culinary coaching classes at her Plant 2 Platter website. https://plant2platter.com/