Free Heart Healthy Winter Cooking Demonstration

Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen will host a free health education program and a cooking demonstration to help individuals boost their heart health this winter.

Heart Healthy Winter Cooking will be Thurs., Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. at The Griffin Center for Healthy Living at Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road, Oxford. Former executive director of Massaro Farm and sustainable nutrition expert Caty Poole will demonstrate how to incorporate root vegetables and healthy staples such as sweet potatoes into winter recipes while preparing Winter Pasta Primavera and a Winter Wheat Berry Bowl inspired by Forks Over Knives Wheat Berry Salad.

Space is limited for this event, so registration is required. Visit http://www.griffinhealth.org/events-calendar/heart-healthy-winter-cooking or call The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369 to sign up.

The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen is part of Griffin Health’s commitment to the Planetree patient-centered care model, which promotes greater well-being in communities through access to health information and assistance in helping individuals address the social determinants of health such as access to fresh nutritious foods and how to prepare them.