Lightened Up Weeknight Dinners (Italian)! Shortcuts to making dinner easier, lighter + healthier. Culinary Series with certified nutrition coach Michele Brown.
Tuesday, Jan 19, 7:00-8:30 PM
ZOOM - We will send you a link the day before class. Recipes + ingredient lists will be sent after class; this class you will follow along as the chef demonstrates.
It's the new year, and many of us are looking to get back to cleaner eating and healthier choices.
In this demonstration cooking class, we'll employ several tricks and tips for lightening up our Italian dinners so that we can trick our stomachs into thinking we've just enjoyed a more decadent meal! The series will continue with future classes on lighter meals with Asian, Mexican and global flavors.
In this class, we'll swap out some of the heavier components with lighter substitutes; all without sacrificing flavor. We still want our everyday meals to be tasty and craveworthy, so that everyone in the family looks forward to eating them on a regular basis.
These recipes are family-friendly and use few ingredients, so that we can get dinner on the dinner table as quickly as possible.
We're going to run through several recipes so that you can watch the simple preparation, and familiarize yourself with the various ingredients. After the demonstration, we will send you the with recipes and a list of each of the products used and where you can shop for them locally. Our goals is for you to want to run out to the grocery store and recreate these meals for your family this winter.
Here's what we're making:
-Cavatelli, pancetta and peas with (skinny version) pesto sauce
-Pasta bolognese (lightened up!)
-Pasta with sausage, beans and greens
-Pasta primavera with vodka sauce
We'll also be touching on the following topics:
-Meat alternatives
-Cheese options with the lowest calories and greatest digestability
-The tastiest high-protein, high-fiber, and gluten-free pastas.
-Easy and addictive weeknight Italian salad dressing
About the Series + the Instructor
Michele Brown, a certified nutrition counselor, enjoys teaching others how to make the transition towards lighter fare without sacrificing on flavor, and without spending a lot of time in the kitchen. She shares how even the healthy meals that promote weight loss and wellness can in fact be “crave worthy”, and something that everyone looks forward to on a regular basis. She is not a vegetarian or vegan, but has an enormous bent toward a lot less meat! Over time, most everyone finds that these lighter dinner choices actually feel good in the belly, leave them feeling energized rather than fatigued, and become more of a daily preference. Michele’s goal is to shift the palette permanently, as once this happens, we’re on our way to achieving the health goals we so desperately want, whether it’s shedding unwanted pounds or reversing chronic medical issues. Visit her website here.