Do you want to eat healthier but aren’t sure how to get started? New Leaf's Culinary Academy will have you eating healthier and tastier foods with eight weeks of hands-on interactive training.

In this course you will:
1. Explore the vast variety of health-supportive foods including seasonal vegetables, whole grains, beans, sea vegetables, high-quality oils, condiments and natural sweeteners.
2. In every class, you will learn and practice knife skills and the fundamental cooking techniques for the healthy natural foods lifestyle.
3. Practice the art of tasting and seasoning and cooking “intuitively."

Every class will begin with a short lecture. After the lecture, you will prepare delicious recipes to practice the art of natural cookery. You will also enjoy a complete health supportive meal at the end of each session in community with your classmates.

Topics for classes are as follows:
• Overview of Natural Foods, seasonal vegetables
• Beans and Legumes
• Whole Grains
• Good Fats and Oils
• Sea Vegetable Cookery
• Unrefined Sugars
• Raw and Sprouted Foods
• Fermented, Cultured foods and other Superfoods

When: This 8-week program will be held on Thursday evenings, from 6-9 pm. The program will run from April 9 through May 28
Where: New Leaf's Community Classroom inside the Westside New Leaf at 1101 Fair Ave. in Santa Cruz
Cost: $450. Register by Friday, March 27 and get $25 off! Includes 8 3-hour classes, health supportive meals, a resource binder with learning materials and recipes, and a subscription to Jenny’s Weekly Meal Plan with coupons so you can practice healthy cooking at home.

Register online or call 831.466.9060 x126.

Jenny Brewer is a graduate of the Chef’s Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York. She also holds a Masters Degree in Nutrition and is a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the American College of Nutrition.
www.nourishingnutrition.com