If you don't know how to cook a healthy meal or want fresh ideas that you can taste, then schedule a cooking class at home for your family and/or friends. Also, don't get rid of family recipes! Instead, consider letting Andy, a Certified L.E.A.N. Coach, show you simple alternatives you can substitute to transform a family favorite into a healthy family favorite with a Healthy Substitution Cooking Class or Recipe Revamp session! Cooking healthy doesn’t have to mean compromising great taste. Your family and friends will enjoy the taste of your healthier meals! Based on availability, sessions may be scheduled Monday - Saturday...refer to schedule.
Pantry Makeover
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the task of going through your pantry to identify foods that may not be healthy for you and your family? If you are looking for a place to start, a fun, interactive Pantry Makeover with Andy, a Certified L.E.A.N. Coach, is a great place to begin! The Pantry Makeover is an extension option for those individuals/ families who have already attended a L.E.A.N. Essentials Workshop, L.E.A.N. Start Series or Prime-Time Health Series at a public location or private course taught in the home, workplace, etc. During this one-on-one home consultation, you and your family, can interactively learn:
How to decipher to nutritional value of the many foods you have/ regularly consume and what food you may want to consider phasing out of your pantry
The simplicity of Traffic Light Eating
Insightful food preparation and shopping tips
What foods are on Dr. Sears’ Dirty Dozen list
Receive Traffic Light Eating stickers and shopping lists to help you as you continue on the path toward better health. Adults, parents and kids will enjoy and benefit from this fun, interactive consultation. Based on availability, Pantry Makeovers may be scheduled Monday - Saturday...refer to schedule.
Dining
Gracious dining skills and decorum can involve more more than placing your napkin in your lap at the table or saying please and thank you! Food is nor just for designated mealtime at the table nor should meals only occur in the car or in front of the television. Today, food is often included in most social events whether it's a gathering of family and friends or business associates to celebrate an occasion or foster new relationships. Laughter is abundant during this class designed to enhance flourishing social skills and minimize social misdemeanors. This delightful experience will keep attendees engaged to be better prepared for any dining experience whether the site is a restaurant, backyard or ballroom. to successfully communicate and dine with grace and confidence. Class may be scheduled as a one-time workshop of series of classes. Topics include: how do I eat what?, utensils vs. hands, napkin usage, poise & posture, place settings & seating arrangements, unattractive/ unacceptable behaviors at the table, passing food and asking for additional servings. Plus, table signals such as when to start eating, resting and done positions and eating new or unknown foods. Optional topics are: proper introductions and social conversatioin; social occasions & celebrations, addressing invitations, thank you notes and social correspondence. Youth sessions may also include: asking for additoinal servings, food that does not please the palate, sharing food and cleanliness. Based on availabity, private class/workshop may be scheduled for your group.
COLLIN COUNTY FARMERS MARKETS
Allen - Watters Creek Farmers Market @ McDermott & Central Expressway Fridays 9am to 2pm and Sundays 10am to 3pm, June through November Four Seasons Markets opened this seasonal open-air market, based on the style of village markets popular throughout Europe, just this past summer in 2010 in a parking lot behind trendy Watter Creek shopping center. The market is modeled after European markets where shoppers can meet local farmers, ranchers, specialty food producers, artisanal craftsmen and other local vendors.
Plano - Georgia's Farmers Market @ 916 15th Street Mondays thru Saturdays 8am to 6pm and Sundays 9am to 5pm Vic Woolsey has been running this market out of a converted car dealership just west of historic Downtown Plano for over 12 years (Georgia was the previous owner). According to Woolsey, everything they carry, if at all possible, is homegrown. Georgia's specialized in the standard fruits and vegetables but also offers 149 different nuts and trail mixes, a coffee club, tea, honey and real Dublin Dr Pepper.
McKinney - Historic McKinney Farmers Market at Adriatica, (Virginia Pkwy. & Adriatic Pkwy.) Sundays 1pm to 4pm and Thursdays 11am to 7pm, last week of March thru October
McKinney - Historic McKinney Farmers Market at Chestnut Square, 315 S. Chestnut St. Saturdays 8am to 12pm The market is located in historic Chestnut Square, a few blocks southwest of McKinney's town square. With its white picket fences and building dating back to 1854, Chestnut Square is a vivd reminder of days gone by. Country and western music, magicians, the Lone Star Leprechauns and other entertainment add to the ambience. Vendors offer produce, breads, jams and jellies, honey and Texas-raised meats.
Frisco - Frisco Farmers Market Saturdays 8am to 1pm (earlier, if sold out) from May 1 or shortly thereafter - October 23 or so Located at Frisco Square, just off the North Dallas Tollway near Pizza Hut Park Founded in 2007 and operated by the Frisco Noon Lions Club to benefit the Frisco community, this Farmers Market is advertised as providing the "best produce and home-made goods in Frisco". Vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables of course, but also pasture-fed beef, pork and lamb, fresh eggs, pasta, seafood, baked breads, gourmet items and honey.
