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Join this fast growing movement in adopting a Whole Food Plant Based dietary lifestyle (WFPB) Come to learn more with group discussions, sharing, videos, lectures, cooking demonstrations, and eating!
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The Art of Healthy Living
Santa Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sundean Hall, 1024 Cayuga Street, Santa Cruz, CA, USEnjoy an energizing presentation while savoring a properly outfitted & ready to roar, scrumptious Warrior's Potluck Palooza.
Let's Thunder and Rumble!
Enjoy an evening learning about the innovative food exploits of the wife and daughter of the internationally acclaimed Cleveland Clinic doctor (Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr.).
As pioneers and warriors (since the '80s) in the whole food plant-based (WFPB) movement, Ann and Jane Esselstyn have charted a culinary course designed to support Dr. Esselstyn's research into heart disease and food as medicine. Ann and Jane’s energies and enthusiasm will take your food fantasies to the next level.
Presenter, Sandi Rechenmacher, will introduce you to Ann and Jane’s wisdom and whimsy via their book Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior (equally enjoyed by men), sharing book highlights and food prep tips to make eating whole food plant-based (WFPB) waaay doable as we "Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious."
....thunder, thunder, rumble, rumble!First, We'll Eat Delicious
This evening will begin with a whole food, plant-based potluck. Please bring a dish to share that is made exclusively from whole plant ingredients and is free of added oil. Please avoid bringing dishes containing meat, dairy, fish, eggs, or other animal-derived ingredients.### To set this event into play à la Jane & Ann, enjoy any of the following Esselstyn YouTube videos and you’re likely to find a recipe of theirs you'd like to potluck.
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Main Dishes
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Bread/Crackers
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Salads & Greens
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Sauces
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Desserts
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Scones (MINUS the chocolate chips per Eat for the Earth guidelines)
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Check out Jane's YouTube Channel and find another winning Warrior Recipe!
If you are new to this way of eating, feel free to bring something simple like a fresh fruit platter or green salad.
We can’t wait to Rumble with you and Kaleblazers Jan & Ann Esselstyn, PCRM Building Healthy Communities Potluck Palooza, and Eat for the Earth for a delicious, healthy meal as we learn more about creating and sharing a healthy, happy life!
About the Presenter
Sandi Rechenmacher is a nutritional consultant, natural foods chef, organic gardener, a PCRM Food for Life Cooking Instructor, a Kaleblazer, and advocate for Eat for the Earth SC. She holds plant-based nutrition certification from The Center for Nutrition Studies. A past owner of a natural foodstore, Sandi’s passion to deliver quality foods currently presents via her dedication of exposing marketing hype and faulty science to all who value optimal health as designed by Mother Nature.
Sandi has shared plant based nutrition information through schools, community organizations, corporations, non-profits, festivals and has conducted PCRM Food for Life classes since 2008. In 2018 she prepared a WFPB luncheon and dined with President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in their Georgia home. Sandi understands that the progress of each individual she consults causes shifts in the evolution towards a more peaceful world.If Sandi isn’t consulting or sharing culinary techniques, you most likely will find her tending her organic garden or eating her way through a berry or pea patch with her six grandchildren!
The best way to contact Sandi is by email (simplynutritious@gmail.com), as she stays away from social media to have more time for people, gardening, and grandchildren.What to Bring
A yummy plant-based dish to share, a small paper describing your recipe (or a list of ingredients), and family and friends to enjoy this celebration with!To Find Us
Drive towards the back of the parking lot. About halfway down you will see a smaller parking lot towards the left. We are in Sundean Hall, between the side parking lot and the street.Donations are Appreciated.
All donations go to support the nonprofit Eat for the Earth.2 attendees-
Krautshop at The Love House
Private Live Oak address provided with Eventbrite registration, Encina Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, USLearn how to make tasty, probiotic rich sauerkraut, and take some home in a complete fermentation kit!
## Get Ready for a Zingy Taste Sensation that is Good for You, Good for the Earth, and Good for All Lifekind!
Learn techniques, tips, and recipes for creating your own healthy fermented, reduced-sodium sauerkraut for a fraction of the cost of store-bought. Chef Beth Love will share secrets for creating superb tasting sauerkraut that will make your tongue and your microbiome happy!
In This Hands-on Class, You Will:
- Enjoy a sauerkraut tasting party including multiple varieties such as chipotle pecan, kim chee, tarragon carrot, and pungent red,
- Learn techniques for creating fabulous sauerkraut on a consistent basis,
- Receive instructions for determining high quality ingredients,
- Have the opportunity to practice making great kraut,
- Get the basic recipe plus ideas for numerous flavor variations,
- Find out about the healing power of whole plant foods,
- Gain helpful nutrition insights to support your vibrant health,
- Enjoy connecting in community,
- With a donation of at least $20, leave the workshop with a half gallon fermentation kit filled with three pints of delicious fermenting kraut in a flavor of your choice,
- Get your questions answered, and
- Have access to follow up technical assistance after the workshop.
All ingredients and equipment provided, though please bring your favorite knife if you like.
Class Offered on a Donation Basis.
Eat for the Earth wants to make sure our classes are accessible to all, regardless of income. Similar classes can cost $125 or more. Please be as generous as you can so that we can continue providing quality education, support, and programs for dietary transformation!All Proceeds Benefit Eat for the Earth.
Note: All foods created in this class are delicious and nourishing Whole Food Plant-Based, Oil-Free and Lower in Sodium than regular sauerkraut.
About Rev. Chef Beth Love:
Rev. Chef Beth Love is the author of the Tastes Like Love book series. A gifted speaker, facilitator, teacher, and ordained New Thought minister, Beth has motivated and educated people in diverse contexts such as nonprofit organizations, schools, churches, businesses, and the California State Prison system. She has inspired large and small audiences, in-person and through radio and television, from local community TV to the Oprah show.Rev. Chef Love delights in helping people to create amazingly delicious and deeply satisfying foods that please the palate, nourish the body, demonstrate compassion for animals, and have a light footprint on the earth. Due to her concern about the contribution of animal agriculture to climate change and other environmental issues, she started Eat for the Earth, a movement that partners with institutions to adopt policies and practices that make it easier for people to eat more plants and less animal products to sustain all life on earth.
Learn more and find out how you can get involved at Eat for the Earth.
Children mature enough to participate in structured group activities are encouraged to attend.
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