Taste bud awakening: shaking off the drowsiness of salt and sugar

How can you spin a simple recipe in several different savory directions while saving money and reducing salt or sugar? This session focuses on spices, seasonings and low-processed food group combinations. A special look at cooking for diabetes, heart health and gastrointestinal conditions.

The PERFORM Centre of Concordia University offers Healthy Cooking classes by a registered dietitian. These classes are a fun, hands-on experience meant to equip participants with nutritious, simple and affordable meal ideas. Participants cook a meal and eat together, and receive nutrient analyzed recipes. Classes are offered in a bilingual format for a cost of 75$ + tax.

Learning goals

1. You will learn criteria for choosing low-sodium foods and using these in recipes and meals
2. You will learn steps to modify recipes and reduce sodium or sugar.

Learning objectives

1. Practice modifying one recipe to decrease either the amount of sodium or sugar per serving.
2. Cook and/or taste two similar recipes that can be simply modified with herbs and spices to make a different meal

Registration

1. Visit PERFORM or
2. Contact Natalie Burnett or Kevin Hammill by telephone at 514-848-2424 ext. 2829

But hurry, because there are only 12 spots available!

Food allergies?

Contact dietitian Théa Demmers at thea.demmers@concordia.ca or 514-848-2424, ext. 4018.

Receipts offered for health insurance. Twelve spaces available. Wear clean indoor shoes and bring a container for leftovers. Learn about the Healthy Cooking series.