Thrive’s mission is to reconnect people with food, their bodies and the earth.  We achieve this through education in nutrition, cooking, food sourcing, time management and sustainable household practices, from field to table and beyond. 

So much of our food is prepared for us. We hand over those essential steps from field to table; where so many nutrients and flavour can be lost, to an unknown factory or industrialized  process.

This is my mission, to see as many people as I can share in the joy of growing, cooking, sharing and eating food essentially: thriving!

Thrive Food coaching facilitates a practical and sustained improvement in people’s lifestyle choices.

We work with clients in learning how to live a life that nurtures you and allows your body to thrive.  From someone who is a ‘foodie’ to someone who only knows how to microwave instant noodles, there is always more to learn.

upcoming workshops

Read about "The Spirit of Food" by Ruth Cohen in the March/April issue of ORGANIC NZ, www.organicnz.org

January 2010

• Fermented Foods demonstration, Parihaka Peace Festival, Eco Forum Jan 9-Introduction to Kefir, Kombucha, sourdough and lacto fermented vegetables
• Fermetned Foods and Breadmaking, Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)course, Jerusalem, Whanganui, Jan 21-23

February/March 2010

• Fermetned Foods and Breadmaking, PDC Taranaki Environment Centre, Inglewood, Taranaki Feb 6-7
• Fermented Foods-An introduction,
• WOMAD festival, New Plymouth, Taranaki March 14, 2:30pm
• Regeneration Tour Taranaki: Okato Festival March 20
• Regeneration Tour Taranaki: Inglewood Harvest Festival March 24

July 2010

• Fermented Foods workshop, Whanganui, July 3 3pm

March 2011

• Fermented Foods and Sourdough Bread Making, Permaculture Design Course Module, Inglewood, Taranaki, March 26-27

Future dates in Palmerson North, Whanganui and Taranaki to be announced, please contact us to express interest in these locations

SERVICES

Thrive Food Coaching can help make lasting life style changes in these areas

• shopping tours
• cooking lessons
• kitchen make overs
• nutrition consultation
• sustainable kitchen audit
• food knowledge
• and of course, enjoying food!

Personal coaching
Coaching can be done in person or via telephone or Internet, please contact us and we will design a program that best suits each client. Join the "What is? and How do I....?" club, for a monthly or weekly fee you can have Thrive Food Coaching on retainer to answer your cooking and nutrition questions.

Courses and workshops

Sourdough bread making-Learn how to make your own nutritious delicious sourdough bread using a flexible, no knead method taught in a fun environment with an emphasis on practicality, time saving, nutrition and, of course, taste

In an evening and half a day learn this easy method, recipe included, all ingredients and snack provided. Learn to make small hand pizzas while waiting for the bread to rise. Take home your loaf of bread and some sourdough starter. This course includes four months support from Thrive as you learn to add this new skill to your lifestyle. This is a two day course consisting of an evening and half a day.

• Demonstration of how to care for sourdough starter
• How the ancient milk culture Kefir works
• How to care for Kombucha to produce immune boosting tea.
• Discussion of lactic acid fermented vegetables.

Gluten free cooking an information session which includes recipes and a discussion of what is gluten and how to cook yummy food with out it. Question and answer session at the end.

Other cooking demos and workshops available

Contact us now to arrange and design a workshop at your home for you and your friends!