"Go Red for Women" - Healthy-Cooking Program

Here at Home Cooking Consultant, we strive to promote healthy eating habits and cooking techniques through a variety of personal chef services. Because we believe so strongly in a healthy diet to support a healthy heart, we've banded together to support a worthy cause.

During the next month, we are preparing to dish out donations in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” program. For every gift certificate sold from now until Valentine’s Day, our chefs will donate $5 to the American Heart Association.

My family has a history of heart disease, so this is an important and personal cause for me. Here at Home Cooking Consultant spend time teaching people how easy it is to create healthy meals right in their own kitchens using their own tools. Our clients find that it’s a very relaxing way to learn new cooking skills or a new cuisine that is light and healthy.

This “Go Red for Women” program is the perfect tool for us to support more awareness of how to prevent heart disease through healthy eating habits. It would be a pleasure for us to be able to help our clients and at the same time send in a big donation to the American Heart Association this year!

In case you aren't in the know, the “Go Red for Women” movement is an initiative by the American Heart Association to raise awareness that heart disease, often viewed as a man’s disease, is the number one killer of women today. To support the program, the American Heart Association started “National Wear Red Day” on February 1^st. Many companies ask employees to wear red and make a $5 donation. We won’t necessarily be wearing red that day, but there are many healthy red foods out there for us to cook!

My friend, Chef Glenn agrees that raising money for the program is a great opportunity. He tells me, “There are a lot of cardiac issues on my wife’s side of the family. When my friend Chef Lia came to me with this idea, I signed on immediately. It just makes sense that we can help people in a unique way to become more aware of how to cook healthy and at the same time give something to help support the overall program.”

Many people think that cooking healthy meals has to be a time consuming chore. My friend, Chef Donna explains “Cooking healthy doesn’t have to be stressful. Our lessons take all the guesswork out of preparing simple dishes that include a variety of whole grains and vegetables along with lean proteins. A cooking class in your kitchen can give you a good jump start to heart health.”

We will be promoting this cause now through Valentine’s Day. And what a perfect gift this could be for your special someone - a heart-healthy private cooking class from a Home Cooking Consultant. Of course, they would have to be here in the NY Metro area for us to accomodate them. (Unless you want to fly us by private jet to our cooking destination! - just kidding).

For more information, please visit our website www.homecookingconsultant.com/gored.html