Experiential Classes

Hands-on classes for anyone who eats food.

Learn Simple, Nourishing Food & Health Skills

When it comes to preparing nourishing, delicious, affordable food, many people struggle to navigate a complex food environment and balance the realities of time and cost. Often we know what to eat, or what we want to eat, but lack the time, skills, support and/or confidence to put this knowledge into practice. 

The good news is that food skills — such as meal planning, budgeting, cooking, food preservation, or how to find quality, nourishing ingredients — can be learned.

Beyond food skills, other health skills can also have a huge impact on our health.

Like any skill, what we practice grows stronger and easier.

Feed Your Health classes are for people in groups of 2 or more, in all kinds of places: homes, clinics, senior centers, wellness spaces, farms, schools, community organizations, and online. Experiential classes typically range between 30 and 90 minutes.

Learn or improve skills such as:

  • planning and organizing a week’s groceries

  • preparing delicious, simple and nourishing meals and snacks

  • navigating food at work or school

  • budgeting and cost-saving practices

  • mindful eating for adults and children

  • reducing food waste

Experiential Class Themes

  • Foundational food skills

  • Health and nutrition

  • Food for specific health conditions

  • Nutrition in medical education

  • Mindful eating and nutrition

  • Food systems and health

  • Environmental sustainability

  • Traditional food ways

  • Regenerative agriculture

  • Nature, environment and health

Favorite Classes

These are popular class topics that I come back to again and again. Many of my classes could be a series. Contact Kate to discuss these or other topics.

  • Pesto, hummus, and sauces

  • Anti-inflammatory eating

  • DYI products for a less toxic home

  • Quick and delicious breakfasts

  • Greens greens greens!

  • Cook once, eat 3 times

Dr. Kate Shafto and Chef Jenny Breen teach an online hands-on cooking session for medical students participating from their kitchens.

Past Classes

We can design a class together based on your needs. The following are examples of past or ongoing classes. Follow links to past class videos and classes that are open for registration.

  • “Food Matters for Health Professionals”

    Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing
    6-week online class for Graduate Health Sciences students, 1 credit

    “Food Matters for Health Professionals: Continuing Education”

    Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing
    3-week online class for any practicing health professional

  • “Nourishment to Lighten Stress and Support Metabolic Health”

    Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing
    Online cooking class

    “Cooking for Your Health”

    Pillsbury United Communities — Minneapolis

    3 week in-person class series

    “Cooking for your Health”

    Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota
    Monthly summer virtual cooking class

    “Cook Smarter, Not Harder”

    The Good Acre — Saint Paul
    4-week in-person cooking class series

    • Session 1: Delicious Soups and Dinners

    • Session 2: Reimagining Breakfast … and why it matters

    • Session 3: Nourishing (and easy!) Lunches

    • Session 4: Putting it all together

How to Get Started

Feed Your Health offerings can be customized to your needs and interests with flexible pricing depending on setting, group size, prep time, duration, and other factors. Contact Kate to learn more.