Sugarleaf Makati and Jertie’s Kitchen Tie Up for The Green Guide To Eating Right, A Healthy Food Preparation Workshop Series
In another of its signature fun, learning-filled media events, Sugarleaf Organic Market and Café Makati recently launched another healthy food preparation series dubbed The Green Guide to Eating Right workshop series running from October to February 2015 to be held at the Makati Café in MEDICard Lifestyle Center.
Well attended by friends from the media and blogging community, attendees got a sneak preview of vegan dishes included in the four workshops. Sugarleafer Angelo Narciso Songco emceed the event while vegan and gluten-sensitive resource speakers Jertie and Jaclyn Abergas shared their story and knowledge in healthy yet affordable and practical healthy cooking.
In tandem with Jertie's Kitchen, Sugarleaf invites all to any or all of our four exciting workshops from October to February 2015. Each class stands on its own and builds up your stock knowledge on healthy vegan food prep. P1500 per person per workshop. P1300 for early bird, senior citizens, students, pairs and groups. Attend three and get the 4th at 50% discount! Contact Angelo on 0917 8039 055. Pay P1300 one week before each class at Sugarleaf Makati or deposit to Healthy Eats Inc. checking account number 0012 4002 7660 (Union Bank World Center branch) to avail of early bird rate. Please bring your deposit slip which will be collected upon registration.
18 October–Eating A Plant‐Based Diet On A Budget
We all know that we need to eat more fruits and vegetables, that’s a fact. In this workshop, we’ll teach you five easy-to-prepare plant-based dishes that’ll incorporate more of these nutrient dense food into your existing diet. Demo menu includes coconut fried rice, corn and tomato stew, basil pesto, minestrone, chow mein, lettuce wraps, Thai vegetable stew plus bonus recipes!
22 November–Noche Buena Vegan Feast
Eat heartily this Yuletide season without the guilt with these plant‐based versions of your favorite festive dishes! Demo menu inludes ginataang halo-halo, paella, "chick"pea sopas, arroz Valenciana, macaroni/fruit salad, casserole and Christmas dessert!
10 January 2015–Lose Holiday Weight with Green Smoothie*
Had a little or way too much fun during the holidays? Don’t worry, we’re here to help you get back to your old self–or maybe even better! Green smoothies will help you slip back into those skinny jeans without having to jump and down.
7 February 2015–Love, Chocolate
Love is in the air! And chocolate definitely rules this month. Let us teach you new plant-based chocolate dishes to romance your lover (or would-be lover) – mostly sweet with a savoury dish as well.
Sugarleaf and Jertie's promise another info-filled and yummy series complete with handouts, hearty samplings of at least five recipes, bonus recipes and tips. Angelo of Sugarleaf shares “After a long hiatus, we are happy to have partnered with Jertie who shares our commitment in promoting a heathy and sustainable lifestyle. After four separate series over the past three years, we’ll hold another four part food preparation class–not completely raw anymore as healthy can be cooked! With the promise that all ingredients are easy to find and affordable!”
About Jertie’s Kitchen
Jertie Abergas and her sister Jaclyn have always believed great-tasting nutritious food should be accessible to anyone and everyone. And more than that, everyone should be able to make it easily without burning a hole in your pocket. Eating a plant‐based diet should not be any different. Neither should it be complicated, intimidating and boring!
A lot of people hesitate to commit to a plant‐based diet because they believe it to be difficult and expensive to create. Me and my sister Jaq want to debunk that misconception! It can be expensive, especially if you always go for the high-end option but most of the time it’s as affordable as it can get. In The Green Guide to Eating Right workshop series we’ll show you how affordable plant-based dishes can easily be prepared even by those who’ve never stepped into a kitchen before. And the great thing about this workshop, you don’t need lots of fancy equipment. You just need a toaster, a rice cooker or a pan with a stove.
When my sister Jaq became vegan, she pressured me to create vegan pastries she can eat. I felt inspired and added it to my line-up of home-baked goodies. Then, almost at the same time I found out I was gluten‐intolerant and tweaked my products to include gluten‐free and vegan items
Since then, me and Jaq have devoted ourselves to sharing their plant-based and gluten-free lifestyle with the people we meet and those interested. We strongly believe people need to start taking charge of their health and not wait until it’s too late.
Aside from creating great‐tasting food, we teach health and cooking workshops and offer health coaching. We know how difficult it is to transition and want to support other people in their own journey towards health.
Sample of the Vegan recipe shared to us by these two dynamic ladies from Jertie's Kitchen, click on the links to get a full view of the recipe in my food blog.
GLUTEN-FREE AND VEGAN LIFESTYLE: AN OVERVIEW
What is Veganism?
Veganism is a plant-based lifestyle, where vegans do not eat meat, seafood, poultry or any product that came from an animal, including eggs, dairy, and honey. Vegans also avoid purchasing and using products derived from animals, including silk, wool, feather, and fur, as well as cosmetics and bath products. Vegans choose to practice this lifestyle for health, spiritual, ethical, and/or environmental reasons.
A healthy and varied vegan diet includes consumption of real, whole, and unprocessed foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes.
What is a gluten-free lifestyle?
A gluten-free lifestyle follows a lifestyle that excludes all wheat, barley, rye and cross-contaminated oats. These items can be found in food, liquor, cosmetics and beauty products.
A gluten-free lifestyle is a requirement for people suffering from celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that mistakenly reacts to gluten as poison. When consumed, gluten destroys a part of the small intestine that absorbs nutrients. The malabsorption leads to serious illness, including diarrhea, unexplained fatigue, depression, and infertility. The only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten-free diet.
Gluten intolerance is a condition that causes a person to react negatively when ingesting gluten. Gluten intolerant people have the same symptoms with people with celiac disease but do not have intestinal inflammation, flattening of the absorbing villi and long-term damage to the small intestine.
*This is a contributed article from Sugarleaf and Jertie's Kitchen
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