This introductory class will cover simple herbal remedies you can make at home, and when and how to use them. We will discuss herbal teas, tinctures, oils, salves, and herbal foods. Participants will practice medicine-preparation techniques and make remedies to take home.
Join Cliff Hawley for an opportunity to observe what nature has to offer on a walking tour of the American River Ranch. We’ll explore the plants, animals, and relationships that make up the environment of this special place. This walk is family friendly, but recommended for kids 5 and up.
Learn how to plan your garden space and prepare, plant and care for an abundant, thriving spring garden. This class is for new gardeners or for gardeners who are new to the region.
This class is cancelled due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and in adherence to our government’s health and safety guidelines. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Meal Prep makes it easy when you have ready-made delicious and healthy components to create healthy easy-to-prepare weeknight meals. We’ll prepare the basic building block base recipes in this fun and lively hands-on class. Bring your take home containers and leave with a bounty of prepped and cooked vegetables, healthy prepared grains, delicious organic chicken, blanched greens, savory legumes, two homemade sauces to round out your meals and washed and ready to use salad greens. Eating healthy has never been so easy or delicious! Learn strategies to prep once for healthy meals all week and simplify your life. The class is offered every quarter with new seasonal recipes. Visit www.ahealthykitchensac.com for more information.
When women reach menopause either naturally or surgically, the physical, psychological and spiritual changes can be confusing and overwhelming. Some women coast through this change, but others need guidance and reassurance as they traverse unknown territory. We will discuss the changes to expect; how herbs, food, and rest can ameliorate some of the symptoms and creative outlets that may help us while we find our new metamorphosed self.
Getting through the winter requires comfort food, and our flu-season resistance requires produce with loads of nutrients. Soup gives us both. Plus, it’s so easy to make your own that you don’t need a recipe so much as a method and fresh, high-value ingredients. Step away from the sodium laden products in cans and see how easy it is to use fresh ingredients. Produce with a Purpose classes offer helpful nutrition information and a cooking demonstration. The recipes are always, super-easy, madly tasty, and secretly healthy.
Learn how to bring medicinal plants into your everyday life to promote overall wellness and address minor illnesses and injuries. We will discuss the healing properties of several common herbs, and how to incorporate them through cooking, everyday herbal tonics and simple home remedies to use when ailments arise.
Note: This class was originally scheduled for January 28 but its being rescheduled to March 3 instead. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
A new year brings about a tremendous opportunity to examine ourselves and commit to positive change. But what areas do we change and where do we start? By exploring the areas of our lives where we are out of alignment and by identifying our core values, we create a plan for moving forward with positive life change. This class will include lecture, guided visualization and self-exploration exercises to create a plan for positive change in our lives.
Start your morning off with a pleasant walk around American River Ranch. We will experience a variety of resident birds along with winter, migrant, or summer birds depending on the season. Cliff will point out other critters and plant life along the way. This walk is ideal for beginner to intermediate birdwatchers.
Chilly weather calls for comfort foods gently braised and simmered for flavorful results. Learn to make simple one pot meals that are perfect for weeknight meals and to have planned leftovers for lunch or to freeze. Chef Dio will show you how to make Moroccan Vegetable Stew with couscous, Indian Chicken Curry with potatoes and peas, turkey black bean chili and Southern Style Gumbo with rice.