Cooking class on West Side a healthy heart repast HEAD TOPICS
Cooking class on West Side a healthy heart repast
10/21/2022 11:01:00 PM Participants in the class are part of an ongoing eight-week health and fitness challenge in Garfield Park
Source Chicago Sun-Times
The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative is sponsoring an 8-week health and fitness challenge that encourages residents to live a healthy lifestyle. Participants in the class are part of an ongoing eight-week health and fitness challenge in Garfield Park The West Side mother wasn’t cooking for her family, but participants in a class where she hopes to learn skills to flex at home.Jamila Ford cuts a yellow bell pepper during a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery in East Garfield Park.“It’s all about Garfield Park and Chicago residents figuring out how to live healthy lifestyles, Seobia Rivers, one of the program leaders, At the start, the participants had several health indicators measured such as blood pressure and body circumference.Jeannine Wise, head instructor of a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery in East Garfield Park, prepares a sauce.Not all 20 participants were there, but the energy in the room was good, with the chatter rising above Beyoncé playing on a speaker. Read more:
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Once Pitched Leonard Bernstein A Take On ‘West Side Story’ But With Cats, Says DirectorBefore Stephen Spielberg’s much-lauded interpretation of West Side Story, there was another high-powered effort to bring the musical conceived by Jerome Robins with music by Leonard Bernstein… An instructor watches as Batisha Baker (center) and Jamila Ford (right) cut yellow bell peppers during a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery.Humboldt Park area.Rogelio Hernandez was last seen on Thursday in the 1700 block of S.in 2015. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Alba Galindo stood at a stovetop Thursday evening, two sauté pans on the burners with enough sizzling tofu and onions to feed a dozen people. The West Side mother wasn’t cooking for her family, but participants in a class where she hopes to learn skills to flex at home.m. “We’re like an Uber Eats family, but we’re hoping to change that,” Galindo said. He was last seen wearing a blue cowboy hat, blue jeans, a gray shirt, a black leather jacket and black boots. Her kids are ages 3, 4 and 5. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead. “Hopefully if I get vegetables to them when they’re young, it’ll be a part of their life,” she said. 3. Jamila Ford cuts a yellow bell pepper during a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery in East Garfield Park. Area Four detectives are investigating. Copyright 2022 by KSAT - All rights reserved. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times The participants are engaged in what they hope will be a transformational eight-week health challenge sponsored by the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative. In addition to the cooking class, every week includes two fitness classes and small-group mental health sessions. “It’s all about Garfield Park and Chicago residents figuring out how to live healthy lifestyles, Seobia Rivers, one of the program leaders, at the outset in September. The program costs $5 for all eight weeks. Almonds, broccoli, kale, oranges, beans, edamame, figs and canned salmon are all heart-healthy options that can add more calcium to your diet. All 20 slots have been filled. At the start, the participants had several health indicators measured such as blood pressure and body circumference. Jeannine Wise, program director for Good Food is Good Medicine and a chef with stints in Michelin-star kitchens, leads the cooking class at The Hatchery, 135 N. Kedzie Ave. She begins by exhibiting the menu — on Thursday it included wings, okra and quinoa — then the class cooks and enjoys a meal where participants can ask questions of a physician. Jeannine Wise, head instructor of a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery in East Garfield Park, prepares a sauce. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times “We should all eat foods that make us happy, but I’ll be teaching you alternatives so you can switch it up a bit,” Wise said, explaining how baking wings can be healthier than frying. Not all 20 participants were there, but the energy in the room was good, with the chatter rising above Beyoncé playing on a speaker. Dr. Edwin McDonald, a gastroenterologist at the University of Chicago who helped design the program and attended cooking school with Wise, joined the group for the meal afterward. “Food is one of the biggest predictors of our overall health and longevity that we can control,” he said. Korinne Carr listened closely to McDonald.Diagnosed with hypertension two years ago at age 39, she has been on a serious path to find alternatives and worked on a low-sodium creole rub for the wings Thursday evening. ”The class helps me stay focused, but now I have to apply it when I get home,” she said. Michael Loria is a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times via Report for America , a not-for-profit journalism program that aims to bolster the paper’s coverage of communities on the South and West sides. Kasinda Allen, assistant chef instructor, (left) watches as Korinne Carr mixes a sauce during a healthy cooking class at The Hatchery in East Garfield Park. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times .