Learn how to craft a beautifully presented bento box In this virtual class with Koshiki Smith from The Japanese Kitchen. This bento box will consist of a variety of delicacies:

• Miso Itame (summer vegetables and tofu sauteed in miso sauce)
• Chicken Karaage (soy, ginger and garlic marinated and fried chicken)
• Warm Green Bean and Tomato Salad
• Goma-Ae (spinach and sesame salad)
• Bittermelon with pickled plum and bonito
• Steamed white rice

Note: The menu is subject change due to the availability of seasonal vegetables.

Koshiki Smith, The Japanese Kitchen

Free virtual class- Please RSVP in advance. You will receive a Zoom link and recipe before the day of the class.

When your thyroid doesn’t function well, it can affect almost every aspect of your health from depression to weight gain. Learn what key nutrients are needed for healthy thyroid function with Sara Jean Barrett, naturopathic doctor and co-founder of Wellness Minneapolis. ND. Join us for a deep dive into thyroid health and discover what you can do to naturally improve thyroid function, increase your energy, mood, and metabolism.

Sara Jean Barrett, ND; Wellness Minneapolis

Free virtual class- Please RSVP in advance. You will receive a Zoom link before the day of the class.

What – and how – you eat will impact much more than just your physical body. Food and your mood are more connected than you may think! Anxiety, depression, memory, stress, and attention are all influenced by what you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner (and anything in between). Understanding the interactions between what we eat, how we feel and what we think or feel empowers us to care for ourselves body, mind and spirit. Jesse Haas, functional nutritionist and co-founder of Wellness Minneapolis, will share some doable strategies for uplifting mental wellbeing in a time when maintaining a positive outlook is a daily struggle.

Jesse Haas, CNS, LN; Wellness Minneapolis

Free virtual class- Please RSVP in advance. You will receive a Zoom link before the day of the class.

Are you finding yourself browsing in your pantry more in the last couple months? The truth it, emotional eating is an effective tool for relieving stress! While that cookie may make you feel better in the moment, it’s not truly a solution to your emotional strain. Join Jesse Haas, functional nutritionist and co-founder of Wellness Minneapolis to build a better understanding of what draws you to the kitchen when you feel worried/sad/bored/enter-emotion-here. Take home some strategies for breaking the pattern in loving, joyful ways.

If you would like to participate in a mindful eating exercise at the end of this class, please have an almond, grape, piece of chocolate or other small bite available.

Jesse Haas, CNS, LN; Wellness Minneapolis

Free virtual class- Please RSVP in advance. You will receive a Zoom link before the day of the class.

Join our board on Thursday, August 27 for a virtual listening session at 7 p.m. This time of transformation is an important moment to be together as a community in hope and cooperation. We also hope to reflect on our identity and future work as a community cooperative. Please join us and share your thoughts; RSVP to board@seward.coop.