Cooking for Healing - Online

This is a live, interactive, hands-on cooking class held online via Zoom. See our registration policies here. Please register in advance of the event so we can communicate important class information.

This is our 3rd edition of Cooking for Healing! Our first two Cooking for Healing classes focused on those dealing with cancer, yet we met several passionate home cooks with broad interests in healing. Students mentioned having other medical conditions and/or interest in this style of cooking for themselves and loved ones. We’re evolving this class to support home cooks interested in cooking foods for a variety of healing journeys. 

Besides delicious food, here's what you can expect from an online class with Camila: Chef Camila has a broadcast-quality multi-camera setup with professional microphone and lighting, creating top notch video quality. Some visuals and graphics are included for clarity and visual aid. The class is fully interactive; Camila can see your home setup and respond to questions in real time on substitutions, cookware, technique, and the recipe. Classes are paced so that you can cook along in real time, or, if you prefer, sit back, watch, enjoy, and learn. Registrants will have access to the class video to rewatch as many times as your heart desires! Click here to see a sample video of what to expect in class.

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Green Minestrone: More gentle on the system than your typical tomato-based minestrone, this soup combines many green vegetables, which have healing properties for many reasons: they have fiber, support the liver, help detoxify and cleanse. Your choice of stock can be adapted to make the soup lighter or more nutrient-dense. 

Savory Grain Porridge with Spinach, Mushrooms And Miso: Camila adores savory porridges and this recipe allows cooks to choose their grains. Miso paste supports the digestive system as a fermented food. Mushrooms are good for the immune system, but can be omitted if we need a lighter dish.

Camila's Beloved Sardine Salad: Camila recommends eating fatty fish three times a week. That's not an easy feat, but sardines as conservas (aka tinned fish) can help! Sardines are inexpensive, extremely nutrient-dense, and high in omega-3 fatty acids. Eating the bones adds important minerals to your diet. Not everyone loves sardines, but this recipe tends to win over even the most reluctant. We will discuss ways to make variations that can create different flavors and textures, as well as make it even easier to digest.

Equipment and Ingredient list can be found here; please check before buying a ticket.

This menu contains the following common allergens: Fish, Soy. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions that concern your ability to cook along, please e-mail info@18reasons.org before purchasing a ticket.

Let’s Cook Together!

If you’re new to 18 Reasons Online, please read this guide: How to Take an Online Class at 18 Reasons. Five calendar days before class, 18 Reasons may decide to cancel this class if not enough tickets are sold. We will notify registrants by email about cancellations.

Camila Loew holds a Ph.D. in Humanities and is a trained natural chef and certified nutrition consultant. Having lived alongside the Mediterranean for over a quarter of a century, she believes that the best cooking relies on simple recipes with outstanding ingredients. That's the Mediterranean way she conveys in her classes, along with the concept of sobremesa, which happens to be the name of the company she runs. Sobremesa is the leisurely time we spend gathered around the table. In addition to running Sobremesa Culinary Tours, through which she offers cultural and culinary experiences abroad for fellow food-lovers, Camila founded and directs the Food Studies & Gastronomy program at the University of Barcelona, and teaches academically about Mediterranean food culture to American students abroad. Since 2014, Camila has been sharing her love of regional Spanish and Mediterranean cuisines at 18 Reasons. While living in the Bay Area, Dr. Loew worked Academic Dean at Bauman College for Hoslitic Nutrition and Culinary Arts. Additionally, for over 10 years, she has been teaching classes in person and online for cancer survivors and their caregivers and for the Cancer Support Community of the SF Bay Area.  For more information visit her website www.sobremesa.life  

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