Lindenlea Cooking Collaborative Group at LCA

Food writer Michael Pollan says everything he's learned about food and health can be summed up in 7 words: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." But many of us have found that to be more difficult than it sounds! It takes time, skill and creativity to pull together satisfying whole-food plant-based meals on a consistent basis. 

Collective cooking is an emerging strategy for creating healthier food in a more time-effective, cost-effective, fun, community-building format. A small group, ideally 6-12 people, gets together monthly to cook big batches of food to eat together and/or to take home. The idea is for everyone to both teach and learn, to share ideas and skills as well as food, supporting each other in developing healthier lifestyles.

We're giving it a try! We'll be cooking together at the LCA community centre. We have times tentatively booked there on Sundays, 2 - 6pm, for 4 sessions:  Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 4, and Dec 2, 

Our initial goals are: 

• To produce delightful, appealing, 100% plant-based foods while following the latest evidence in nutritional science. This means nutrient dense (high nutrition per calorie), very low SOS (salt/oil/sugar), minimally processed, no chemical additives.
• To produce enough healthy, delicious food to to have plenty to take home, and also to invite neighbours and family to a shared dinner at the community center at 6 PM. (We hope we can enlist help from our guests for cleanup!)"
• To develop skills in working together so that both costs and labour are reduced.

If you're interested, please join us at the planning session from 7-9pm on Tuesday, Sept 4.  You can sign up at lindenleacommuniitycentre@gmail.com or contact irenetobis@gmail.com .

The group will decide on how to organise itself and on what to cook.