This program will provide cooking classes and healthier lifestyle tips specifically for people living with diabetes. Offered as a free, four-part workshop series that’s great for reducing the onset and managing the existence of diabetes.
Before each live cooking demonstration, watch a short video that covers topics on ways to live better with diabetes through nutritional and healthy food choices. Then join us for the companion cooking demonstration featuring some of Metro Atlanta’s most engaging chefs. What happens if you can’t make it to class? Don’t worry! Registered participants will receive a link to the recording of the virtual cooking demonstration.
Food Science: Did you know the American Diabetes Association recommends people with diabetes limit their daily sodium intake to about 1 teaspoon of table salt. Why? Because people with insulin resistance or diabetes have a higher risk of having heart disease or a stroke. There’s so much to unpack, so let’s get started with a short video presentation.
Cooking Experience: Cooking with less salt in mind in this live cooking demonstration can be fun and easy. Let’s fill our recipe inbox with good choices for people with diabetes! Less Sugar. Less Salt. Let’s Go!
Date: TBA
Location: Virtual Class Participation
Cost: Free
Food Science: Water is the perfect companion in a diabetic’s diet. Let’s dive into the ins and outs of more tasty liquid choices for your body in this video presentation.
Cooking Experience: This live cooking demonstration will show you new ways to enhance water as the basic ingredient in drinks and foods. New flavors made right at home – an easy choice!
Date: TBA
Location: Virtual Class Participation
Cost: Free
Food Science: From removal of the inedible outer hull, cutting into smaller pieces, inflating with air, pulverizing into meal or stripping away bran and germs for white flour, this short video presentation is paved with information for getting a better understanding of this varying food group.
Cooking Experience: This live cooking demonstration will show you how to add flavor and seasoning to the grains you already eat. Expand your variety without shrinking your wallet!
Date: TBA
Location: Virtual Class Participation
Cost: Free
Gardening Experience: Learn how herbs play an important role in living better! Registered participants for this series will receive an invitation to join us at C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Oak Hill Community Herb Garden for an on-site gardening event.
Attendees to this experience must have completed at least two live virtual cooking experiences in this series.
Participants who were unable to attend a live virtual cooking experience must watch a recorded cooking demonstration in this series and complete the plate challenge. Submit your plate challenge photos to Kitchen@choicesforkids.org.
Date: Registered participants notified by email
Cost: Free
The next workshop series will be in Spring 2024, so be sure to join our mailing list for more information!
