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The class format works as easy as 1-2-3
Step 1 Before class, you get an email with the recipe, shopping list
and detailed shopping notes
Step 2 Buy what you need over the next couple days
Step 3 When it’s time to cook, just bring a laptop or smartphone to your kitchen
and follow along as we cook together
By the time class is over, you have something new for dinner
+ some new learning about healthy eating. How fun!
Mary- the way you structure and plan your Cook Without Cooking series is great! By sending out the plan and shopping list in advance each week, you helped me develop a habit of meal planning and preparation. I also liked preparing dinner at home and getting to eat it at the end of each class. I even repeated the series a second time, to anchor in the new habits! ~ Christine
What does it mean to
“Cook Healthy Meals . . . Without Really Cooking?”
First, it’s about healthy eating–and who doesn’t want more of that?
But to eat healthfully, you must first make healthy meals, so in this mini-workshop, we’ll be learning, very simply, how to make healthy meals without a lot of the “cooking” that makes people nervous about eating healthfully.
Second, to make a healthy meal, you must know what a healthy meal looks like
Knowing what’s healthy and what’s not can be pretty confusing. So you’ll learn our approach that “Healthy eating is actually a lot easier than you think.” There are just two main rules: 1) eat real whole foods made of only fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains and good fats; and 2) don’t eat test tube, food-like products (e.g., refined sugar, refined white flour, and products containing any other gobbledygook ingredients.)
So far so good? “Yes,” you might be thinking, “but I . . .
- don’t know much about real whole foods
- don’t know how to turn them into decent meals
- don’t have any time
- can’t really cook or don’t want to or hate to cook
- am bored silly with cooking
- am too stressed to cook
- hate grocery shopping . . .
Can you relate to any of these issues? If so, you’re not alone. Based on 30 years in the healthy meal making area, I can assure you they are very common.
Which brings us to the third thing about the Cook Without Really Cooking program: The Healthy Eating Conundrum
You know you want to eat healthy, but you face a whole list of “Yes, buts.” This is when things get tricky.
Food manufacturers know about all our “Yes, buts,” and they are eager to “help” you get around them with packaged convenience foods that are fast, easy, cheap and taste good (addictively good, in fact.)
But those foods have one big problem:
90% (or more) are nutritional disasters!
Read their ingredient listings and you’ll see crazy stuff like sodium phosphate, potassium sorbate, modified corn starch, dextrose, caramel coloring, “natural” flavorings, microcrystalline cellulose, malic acid, and on and on. It’s like you’re being fed Elmer’s Glue, just flavored and colored to look like food! And these additives are on top of lots of added sugars, refined white flour, excess salt and gratuitous amounts of fat.
You might be thinking you’re ok because you never eat “junk food.” That’s good, but hardly foolproof. Even ready-made foods that look and seem healthy very often aren’t.
The food at Panera Bread Co., as an example, seems pretty good, with things like broccoli cheddar soup, turkey sandwiches and Asian salads on the menu. But it took the company an entire decade to deliver on its promise to “clean out” its menu. It had to “reformulate 122 of 450 ingredients to eliminate man-made preservatives, sweeteners, colors and flavors.” In other words, over a quarter of what you would have eaten at Panera would have fallen in the non-food category.
That’s what it means to be stuck in a Healthy Eating Conundrum: You have the best intentions to eat well, but a tempting parade of tasty, cheap and fast convenience foods is always in your face, luring you from the path.
And Panera’s is not an isolated case. Our modern commercial food system is built on a foundation of test-tube additives that make us buy and eat a lot while costing the manufacturer only pennies.
Making matters worse, additive-rich foods are not at all nutrient-rich. They are made with no (or only very few) of the foods that do deliver vital nutrients, like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans, clean proteins and good fats.
This brings us to the fourth thing about Cook Without Cooking: Solutions
What if you could have the best of both worlds: Meals that are healthy but also convenient and really yummy. Is that even possible?!! Absolutely . . . with:
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Here’s the key fact you need to know: While it’s true that 90% of convenience foods are not healthy, that still leaves 10% that are! If you can find them and know how to assemble them, you can make really good meals that are healthy, easy and quick.
In other words, you can Cook Healthy Meals Without Very Much Real Cooking–even if you face a lot of “Yes, buts.” That’s exactly what you’ll do in the How to Cook Healthy Meals program. In each of the 5 classes in this series, you’ll:
LEARN a simple but surefire method for finding those 10% of convenience foods that are healthy and safe for your good eating goals
MAKE a tasty, vegetable-rich recipe using healthy convenient-to-use ingredients so it’s quick and easy, doesn’t take much cooking, and is still healthy
PRACTICE kitchen tricks, tips and strategies that take the stress and hassle out of everyday meal making, and
TASTE exciting new flavors, new ingredients and new combinations that make mealtimes something to really relish and look forward to.
ENJOY A yummy, nutritious dinner when class is done. What a great 2-for-1 deal.
These are short-format classes–just 35 minutes each–so you’ll spend no more time than you usually spend making dinner. But you’ll learn a lot, make some new and different recipes, enjoy a great dinner–and get healthy!
This is a unique, “Show ‘n Tell” healthy cooking and eating program. Unlike most other programs, I won’t just tell you about healthy eating and meal making. I’ll show you, too. And you won’t just watch, you’ll cook right along with me so you can see how easy it is and see that you can do it. Finally, you’ll get to taste the goodness of whole, real, non-test tube foods!
The Details
Totally Convenient Location Don’t worry about getting dressed up and driving somewhere. Watch these online classes right in your kitchen. You’ll see me in my kitchen walking you through each recipe.
Totally Convenient Time Watch the classes right when you would be making a meal anyway, so you needn’t find any extra time; just use your normal dinner-making time–with much better results.
Lifetime Access Enjoy lifetime access–and free attendance at any future live versions of the Cook without Cooking series.
Worried You Can’t Cook or Can’t Keep Up? Don’t be. The recipes are easy to begin with, convenient-to-use ingredients make them easier, plus, you’ll have me right alongside you, guiding you step by step through the recipes. And of course, you can just pause the recording as needed.
What You Get
No doubt you’ve heard the phrase, “The hardest part about cooking is deciding what to cook.” And can I add, “knowing what to buy at the store.” But you’re covered on both these counts with this class series. Before class, you’ll receive an email with the everything you need:
5 MEAL PLANS In addition to the dish we’ll make, get several easy add-on options to round out the meal.
5 RECIPES Healthy, quick and fresh–all filled with vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, good fats–and NO junk. Have fun with new ingredients and different cuisines, from Indian to Italian and Mexican to Mediterranean. Lots of options given so you can adapt for your tastes, health needs, food allergies and vegetarian preference.
5 SHOPPING LISTS + DETAILED SHOPPING NOTES Informed grocery shopping is key to finding healthy convenient-to-use ingredients. So you’ll not only get a shopping list, but also detailed notes to guide you safely through the jungle of unhealthy products at your grocery store.
COMPLETE KITCHEN SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS Hit the deck running when class starts.
DIET OPTIONS No worries if you must follow a particular diet. The recipes include modifications for some of the more popular diets and you can contact me with your particular needs; there’s a good chance the recipe can be adapted for your needs.
5 ACTION-PACKED CLASSES, 35 MINUTES EACH You’ll get all of this in 5 classes filled with expert and encouraging cooking instruction, tips, strategies and valuable nutrition information.
QUESTIONS? Just contact me!
What Does It Cost?
Just $47.95
for everything!
Wow, that’s less than $10 per class–and wouldn’t a single dinner cost at least that much, even at just a fast casual place? And if you do eat out, you’ll probably eat more than you want, you won’t get the vegetables and whole grains you want, and a quarter of the ingredients will likely be artificial additives or refined and processed foods.
Instead, for less than $10 per class, I’m giving you a ticket for 5 really yummy, truly healthy meals–and the knowledge and ability to make them again and again. Isn’t that a much better investment ? ! Why am I offering such a valuable deal?
Because I hope to support you in achieving
your healthy eating goals
The best way I can do that is by helping you make healthy meals that taste so good you want to eat them, instead of those fallback foods you really don’t want to be eating any more.
It’s also why you’ll be receiving so much supportive information like recipes, kitchen set up guides and shopping notes. I want to smooth out the meal making experience so you can experience how tasty, healthful meals can be had without struggle and stress.
And it’s why the price is so reasonable, because I know that if you will just try this new, easy way of Cooking Healthy Meals . . . Without Really Cooking, you’ll be hooked–and you won’t want to go back to eating processed, non-food products.
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Your Instructor–Mary Collette
Healthy Kitchen Companion
After a number of years as a corporate attorney, I’ve now been teaching healthy meal making for 30 years. I’m particularly excited about this class and the opportunity to offer you the best of both worlds–how to combine convenient-to-use ingredients for dishes that are not only easy but surprisingly creative, tasty–and healthy.
Along the way, I’ll share insider tips and tricks like the magic ingredient for instant flavor, spicing and seasoning know-how and the simple formula for cooking healthy fish that’s moist and tender not dry and tough, and lots more.
What you’ll be getting in this class is know-how, skills and systems that I’ve developed over the years helping busy people like you get closer to their healthy eating goals. Read more about my story.
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What Others Are Saying
“This concept is really good. I liked having a class right in my own kitchen that helped me address my own issues. And it helped me try some new dishes that looked good and that we really enjoyed.”
“The recipe was fabulous! I wasn’t so sure when I saw it, but it turned out so good and my family loved it! We actually got something new and different on the table.”
“Class was a so much fun. I loved having some “company” to cook with. And I was surprised at all the unexpected bits of knowledge I picked up as we cooked. I never thought there could be so many interesting and helpful things to learn.”
Need Motivation Around Everyday Meal Making?
- Let me bring cooking confidence and fun to your kitchen!
- Enjoy having some “company” while cooking, encouragement to try new and different recipes, healthy meal making know-how and a delicious dinner, all at the same time
- Look forward to healthy dishes that are vegetable-rich, easy but with a little pizzazz, and with a few international flavors for something new.
- Pick up a tips and tricks for efficient and successful meal making, plus confidence and inspiration to try new things that will get you feeling excited about mealtimes.
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Kitchen camaraderie and fun new recipes,
step by step guidance,
answers to cooking questions,
plus a healthy, tasty dinner
all in the comfort of your own kitchen!
