Cooking for Health & Longevity Series

 

Open to all adults, YMCA members & non-members, both beginner cooks and experienced alike.

 

Are you concerned about high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes?

 

How would it feel to create healthy, budget-friendly meals for yourself or a loved one?

 

This hands-on 12-week series will empower you to lower your risk of chronic disease, stretch your food dollars, and cook meals that are delicious and good for the heart.  

 

-Get hands-on experience cooking recipes that lower your risk for chronic disease

-Taste your creations at the end of each class and leave with recipes

-Master nutrition label-reading, meal planning and grocery shopping to stretch your food dollars.

-Learn simple lifestyle changes to lower your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.

 

Location: Pen Bay YMCA (Kitchen & Room 204)

 

Cost: FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED

This series is made possible by funding from the Maine Rural Health Transformation Grant and Nourish ME program. Featuring science-backed cardiovascular lifestyle strategies of the American Heart Association's Healthy for Good initiative and the Cooking Matters recipes for eating healthy on a budget.

 

 

Please plan to attend all 12 classes in the series (or as many as possible) as each class builds upon the previous one.