These are classes designed to inspire, motivate & teach you how to live healthier through food choices.
Melissa’s cooking demos include appetizers through dessert, letting you taste & see how to create the health you want without giving up the joy of food!
Get info & tips you can use over and over again at home to feel better, gain energy & live well. Learn how to increase your health span as well as your life span using ordinary foods from the grocery store!
You CAN protect health, halt chronic illness progression and many times reverse lifestyle-related diseases— all by what’s on your plate.
You don’t have to be a chef or even like cooking to eat well and transform your health! Melissa makes plant-healthy cooking easy and simple! She provides information behind the ingredients so you know WHY behind the HOW, equipping you to make informed choices for a future of health & happiness.
Join Melissa, a plant-based nutrition & cooking expert, Lifestyle Medicine Coach & National Board Certified Health Coach to learn, have fun & take more control of your health!
Classes take place in the SW area of Houston, TX.
Spaces are limited - sign up early!
Cooking Classes Build Community
You're not alone. Most people wonder where to start and what to eat when making changes toward a plant-based diet. Getting together with friends old and new creates the motivation, idea-generation and support everyone thrives on!
Change your food... change your life!
Many clients come back month after month to take in the new month's topic, reinforce basic principles and refine their strategies for their own at-home cooking or dining out options.
Lives change as a result of taking classes or courses at Second Youth Wellness! 💚
Who should attend
- Anyone struggling with or wanting to prevent:
- Heart disease (stroke, heart attack)
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- High cholesterol
- Weight gain
- Gut issues (Celiac, Crohn’s Disease, IBS, leaky gut)
- Metabolic syndrome
- Low energy, chronic fatigue
- Arthritis
- Mobility restrictions
- Constipation, bloating
- Menopausal or midlife symptoms
- Skin or hair issues (wrinkles, tone, hair loss, dryness)
- Malaise, moodiness, not feeling like yourself
- Brain fog, dementia
- Stiffness, achiness, joint pain, difficult mobility
- Junk food cravings (sugar, salty, fatty foods)
- Many other chronic illness issues or concerns
- Anyone who is:
- Wondering what to eat that’s healthy
- Wanting to know how to cook plant-nutritiously
- Wanting to cook plant-forward at home when others are not interested in eating this way
- Wondering what to order at restaurants (get ideas for dining out)
- Wanting to find like-minded community and not feel alone
- Confused by conflicting messages and information on the internet or from friends
- Wanting to take more control of their health naturally, with food & lifestyle choices
- Wanting to live well in midlife and beyond
- Curious or willing to incorporate plant foods to their routine
What you'll get
- Cooking demo - watch the strategies in action!
- Food tastings - a full themed menu from appetizers to dessert!
- Workbook - take home for future reference
- Easy-to-make recipes you'll want to use over and over again
- Solutions to food addictions or cravings - how to stop them altogether
- Tips to create a healthy plant-forward lifestyle vs going on a diet (100% WFPB not necessary!)
- Cooking skills & techniques that are easy to apply in your own kitchen so you can create healthful meals at home too
- Ingredient selection and simple swaps for at-home healthful cooking
- Tips on using whole plant foods and minimally processed plant foods to create delicious, nutritious, satisfying meals
- Tips on WFPB SOS cooking & nutrition like: no-oil cooking/roasting/baking, satisfying a sweet tooth naturally, taste preferences, gut-mind connection, more
- Melissa’s CLEANER Concepts© for a ‘Healthy 360’© (including: calorie density, portion control, protein selection, mindset shifts, oxidation, more)
- The list of Healthy Habit Builders© - keys to helping you sustain a plant-healthy lifestyle
- Like-minded community of new friends!
- Door prizes, fun, fellowship with like-minded people!
- Opportunity to purchase signed copies of Melissa’s cookbook at a cash price discount (cash or Zelle accepted)!
What Melissa's Clients Are Saying
“We received MORE than anticipated. The workbook was amazing.
Melissa did a wonderful job... It was engaging, fun & delicious!“
~ Gilbert Amador, Regional Manager
The Perfect Workout, Trainers Virtual Cooking Workshop
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"I feel renewed, refreshed, and recharged!"
~ Teresa B.
Poteau, OK
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“I don’t feel deprived. I feel empowered. I feel this is one of the most positive steps I’ve taken toward using food in a positive way. Not just eating whatever presents itself, but making some choices that are positive influences on my health, as opposed to negative influences on my health as in the past.”
~Kay K.
Claremore, OK
What you'll learn
- How to live a second youth that's better than the first!©
- How to stop fighting your food! Learn what ingredients work FOR the body or AGAINST it (and how to choose foods that promote good health)
- Research-backed info about the relationship between food choices and health outcomes
- Tips on how to eat plant-forward when you’re the only one in the household eating that way
- Ideas on how to prepare quick & easy dishes (even if you’re not a chef or don’t like cooking)
- Options on how to change the trajectory of your health
- Strategies on how you can feel better in less than 3-4 weeks
- Helpful resources for building your plant-forward lifestyle
- Motivation, tips, ideas, research-backed information
- Options for next best step forward for continuing a plant-healthy lifestyle
