Detoxification is a process that your body is doing all the time. Supporting your body’s efforts to maintain balance does not need to include cleansing kits and severe restriction. Instead, a “detox” can be nutritious, delicious and creative. Springtime in the northern hemisphere is a great time to put some intentional effort into this nutrient-hungry process. Join Jesse Haas to demystify the detoxification process and take some seasonal tips home for supporting your body this spring.

Jesse Hass, Wellness Minneapolis

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Learn how to use culinary herbalism to elevate your mental health. We think about teas, tinctures and salves as herbal medicine, but we have a pharmacy in our spice cabinet ready to impart healing benefits to every dish. Herbs and spices reduce inflammation in the body and provide nutrients to fuel a positive mood, cognitive functioning…and they taste good!

Jesse Haas, CNS, LN, Wellness Minneapolis

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As we slowly transition from heavy winter food to lighter spring food, we can make the most of our creativity while generating the least amount of dirty dishes whist preparing a hearty and refreshing plant-based pasta and salad dinner.

In this class, Chef AmyLeo will demonstrate how you can make one-pot pasta and a hearty salad; all in one dinner bowl. No fancy methods, just a bit of efficiency and technique.

AmyLeo Barankovich, Vegan Affairs MN

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A seed is a miracle waiting to happen! Come celebrate seeds and get ready for this season’s sowing with Midwest Food Connection. We will start seeds indoors together, learn how to care for and transplant them. We’ll talk about what this means and how you can grow food to help your community! Supplies to grow along will be provided for attendees to take home in advance of this virtual class.

Instructors from the Midwest Food Connection

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What your body, mind and spirit need to feel balanced shifts and changes throughout the seasons, especially in a climate like Minnesota’s where we have 5 distinct seasons. Spring brings a lot of energy up from the earth, which we may experience as forgetfulness, anxiety, lethargy and brain fog. Jesse Haas, functional nutritionist and co-founder of Wellness Minneapolis, draws the connection between the changes we see happening outdoors and what we’re experiencing in ourselves in this conversation about eating seasonally for mental wellness.

Jesse Haas, CNS, LN; Wellness Minneapolis

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Shojin Ryori is a Buddhist vegetarian cuisine in Japan that has been around for centuries. Meals contain soy products like tofu, grains, seasonal vegetables, and dishes are carefully put together using long-established cooking methods that balance body, mind, and spirit.

Tonight’s menu is inspired by the temple stay at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano prefecture, and we will prepare together a healthy vegetarian menu.

Menu:
Tofu Steak with Mushroom Sauce
Kimpira (Sautee burdock roots, and carrots)
Sunomono (Cucumber, apple, and seaweed in vinaigrette)
Brown Rice

Koshiki Smith, The Japanese Kitchen

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