OUR WELLNESS JOURNEY 2024
Living your Best life
presented by lisa miller, nutrition consultant and chef olive said
Reflecting on traditions, history and food is a good place to start as you embark on a journey. Throughout the year we will talk about a variety of healthy practices and traditions as we embrace the importance of nourishment to support a health lifestyle.
Join us as we continue our Wellness Journey for 2024 to make positive changes toward Living Your Best Life through traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goal setting.
See you for our next session, Friday, December 6th at 1 pm!
Healthy Chocolate Treats for the Holidays
Living Your Best Life: Join us monthly as we continue our wellness journey with the Kitchen on Fire team to make positive changes for living our best life – powered by traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goals.
This month we indulge our senses with traditional chocolate decadence. Chef Olive will show you how to make Grand Marnier Chocolate Truffles, to share with loved ones and toast to the holidays with the ultimate hot chocolate, Champurrado! Join us for a year-end celebration of chocolate, trivia and prizes!
Quality ingredients make a difference. Create memories together in the kitchen
Lift your spirits with healthy treats SMART goals to enhance your holidays!
Bonus: Trivia questions and prizes throughout the session!
Oktoberfest: Apple Harvest and Hops
Living Your Best Life Join us monthly as we continue our wellness journey with the Kitchen on Fire team to make positive changes for living our best life – powered by traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goals. Living our best life starts with uplifting our spirit! Gather with friends and family, learn about a new culture or tradition and celebrate simple blessings. Chef Olive will demonstrate a traditional Apfelpfannkuchen – German Apple Pancake, and share some beer pairing ideas! Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller will teach us about the benefits of seasonal eating and cooking from the heart.
The enjoyment and significance of bringing people together for a meal is an essential part of living our best life. * Expand our cultural experiences * Incorporate seasonal foods * Celebrate often and inspire others * Set SMART goals for daily gratitude Bonus: Attendees will be entered into a raffle for an Oktoberfest-themed prize! Live session:
Hispanic Heritage Month September 2024
Hispanic Heritage Month
The HOLA team will join us to help us better understand and appreciate their traditions and culture. Chef Olive will demonstrate a traditional Carne Asada and Mexican Raw Salsa Verde in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Lisa Miller will join into the conversation to talk about healthy grilling practices.
Bonus! We will have one lucky raffle prize winner that will enjoy a collection of items selected by the HOLA team to help appreciate Hispanic culture through food!
The enjoyment and significance of bringing people together for a meal is an essential part of the Hispanic Heritage. Let’s embrace the opportunity to learn more and share stories today.
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Why Your Heart Loves Olive Oil August 2024
Why Your Heart Loves Olive Oil
Chef Olive will demonstrate a delicious use of olive oil for a summer favorite, Ensalada De Aguacate (Avocado Salad), sharing the history and process of making olive oil and how to ensure you get the quality you pay for. Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller will share olive oil’s role in a heart-healthy diet and talk about the similarities and differences between oils and their health benefits.
* The history of olive oil
* Demystifying this elixir of well-being
* Identifying real olive oil
* Best uses and storage habits
* Set SMART goals with nature’s gifts. Bonus! Test your knowledge of the Mediterranean Diet with trivia questions and win prizes!
Join us monthly as we continue our wellness journey with the Kitchen on Fire team to make positive changes for living our best life – powered by traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goals.
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Fun with Flavors at Your Farmers' Market July 2024
Fun with Flavors at Your Farmers’ Market
Join us monthly as we continue our wellness journey with the Kitchen on Fire team to make positive changes for living our best life – powered by traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goals. Chef Olive will demonstrate the creation of a perfectly balanced and flavorful French summer favorite, Tomatoes Provençale with Basil Pesto, with options to add a variety of proteins. This is an ideal summer classic that benefits from fresh seasonal ingredients.
Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller will lead us through a discussion about the phytonutrients and micronutrients of seasonal produce and the important role they play in our health.
* Phytonutrients – rainbow of nutrition
* The benefits of micronutrients
* Support our farmers and our health with seasonal produce
* Celebrate the summer season
* Set SMART goals to fuel your fun
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Cooking Demo: On-the-Go Summer Meal Essentials. June 2024
Healthy on-the-go meals that will fuel your summertime fun!
Healthy on-the-go meals that will fuel your summertime fun!
Chef Olive will demonstrate the creation of a nutritionally-balanced and flavorful Picnic Turkey Salad Sandwich as a go-to for summer meals with friends and family. Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller will lead us through a discussion about healthy on-the-go meals that will fuel your summertime fun!
Diverse and delicious sandwiches
* Balanced and nutrient-dense meals to-go
* The power of protein
* Digestion benefits of fermented foods
* Set SMART goals for summer
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Here is another video on how to Braise a whole Turkey Breast below;
Quick & Healthy Demo & Tips on The Food - Mood Connection May 2024
Using nutrient-dense foods to support focus, clarity and balance.
Chef Olive will demonstrate the creation of a traditional Seafood Cioppino while Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller leads us through a discussion about the importance of using nutrient-dense foods to support focus, clarity and balance.
Essential nutrients for brain health
Support the gut-brain connection
Calm the mind with omega-3 fatty acids
Hydrate for brain energy and clarity
Set SMART goals to invest in yourself!
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Quick & Healthy Demo & Tips on Health is the First Wealth April 2024
Investing in Yourself through Nutrient Dense Foods
As AssetMark focuses on Financial Literacy this month, join us as we discuss another form of investment education – the importance of investing in your health and understanding the true value of food as medicine.
Chef Olive will demonstrate the creation of a traditional while Nutrition Consultant Lisa Miller lead us through a discussion on investing in yourself through nutrient dense foods, in light of traditional menus, with actionable steps for each of us!
Valuing your food as medicine.
Retaining nutrients with optimal cooking methods.
Preserving foods to maximize nutrients.
Spending your food dollars efficiently.
Set SMART goals to invest in yourself!
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Quick & Healthy Demo & Tips on the Mediterranean Diet & Why it is Always in Season March 2024
Is the Mediterranean diet worth the hype?
Join us monthly as we continue our wellness journey with the Kitchen on Fire team to make positive changes for living our best life – powered by traditional foods, healthy habits, and SMART goals. Today Chef Olive will prepare a delicious Mediterranean Mezze Platter while Lisa Miller, NC leads us through a discussion on nutrition tips about the Mediterranean diet and why it’s always in season.
Embrace the benefits of traditional foods
Explore the roots of the Mediterranean diet
Build your personal well-being community
Unlock the healing power of nutrition
Set a SMART goal to get started!
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Meet Chef Olive and Lisa Miller
Chef Olivier (“Olive”) Said is the founder and co-owner of Kitchen on Fire and one of the East Bay’s most popular culinary personalities. Chef Olive teaches many of the most popular Kitchen on Fire classes, leads team-building and other events, and is also a Nutrition Professional.
Lisa M. Miller, BS, NC is a Nutrition Consultant who teaches classes with a nutrition focus, promoting healthy living through meals made with high-quality ingredients and traditional cooking methods. She earned her certification with honors from the state-licensed Bauman College, College of Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts in Berkeley. She has a private nutrition practice, Ocean View Nutrition, and is also a Co-Owner, Nutrition Program Director, and Instructor of nutrition and cooking classes at Kitchen on Fire.
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Lifestyle for Disease Prevention
AssetMark Wellness Recipes 2017
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