Healthy, Fresh, Affordable Eating – Top 10 Ideas
My latest workshop was on healthy, fresh and affordable eating.  It was a fast paced evening of demos, discussions and hands-on learning. Key ideas we covered included the following.
Top 10 Ideas for Healthy, Fresh, Affordable Eating
1.     Make Homemade Meals As Often As Possible
2.     Eat More Fruits and Veggies
3.     Plan Your Meals & Shopping
4.     Reduce Salt, Sugar & Fat
5.     Eat More Whole Grains and Fibre
6.     Store Foods Wisely
7.     Use Your Freezer to Your Advantage
8.     Have Stand By Easy to Prepare Meals
9. Â Â Â Try Useful Kitchen Hacks (freeze ginger, keep herbs fresh longer, etc)Â
10. Â Â Make Your Own Convenience Foods
Want more details? Come to a workshop or peruse the various articles, resources and tips on my site.
Workshops like this are jam packed with information, recipes, demos and tips. Have a look at my demo table covering everything from meal planning, homemade seasoning blends, seasonal veggies, peeling ginger, sharpening knives and more. 
In this latest workshop, everyone also got a chance to make their own salad dressings. Thanks to the Manitoba Canola Growers they even got to take a jar of their creation home with them – that is, if anything was left after the taste testing!
There was so much going on in this last workshop, I didn’t get a chance to take an action shot, but here’s a look at another group I worked with this fall as they were inventing their own recipes with limited ingredients.
I love doing food workshops. There’s always so much to learn and so much to do.
If you or your group are interested in a workshop, please let me know! Topic ideas include:
- Food Security – What is It and What Can We Do In Our Community
- Healthy, Seasonal, Affordable Eating
- Understanding Best Before Dates and Food Safety
- How to Reduce Food Waste At Home
- Seasonal Salads – How to Make Delicious, Colorful Salads for Every Season
- Sensational Soups – Let’s Make a Big Bowl of Deliciousness
- Top 10 Tips to Make Home Cooking Easy and Enjoyable
- 3 Keys to Championing Healthy Eating
- Top 7 Time Savers for Those With a Kitchen
- Preserving Fruits and Veggies – How to Safely Can, Dry or Freeze Produce
- Let’s Get Jammin’ – Jam Making in 30 Minutes or Less
- How Passion and Action Can Make a Difference – The Story of Fruit Share
Want to learn more? How about a food workshop with Getty? Getty Stewart is an engaging speaker and writer providing tasty recipes, time-saving tips, and helpful kitchen ideas to make home cooking easy and enjoyable. She is a Professional Home Economist, author of Manitoba’s best-selling Prairie Fruit Cookbook, Founder of Fruit Share, mom and veggie gardener.Â