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Pittsburgh East-Suburban
PLANT-BASED NUTRITION SUPPORT GROUP
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, September 28, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Open to anyone interested in learning & sharing information about healthy, plant-based food choices.
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At the August meeting, everyone completed a survey to discover preferences for topics for the upcoming year; results are below.
Possible Meeting Topics
Recipes:
- Salad dressings, incl. spicy Thai dressing
- Desserts + sugar-free baking & cooking
- Using plant milks
- Lunches
- Pasta
Cooking demonstrations:
- Salad dressings
- Aquafaba
- Cooking w/out oil
How to use specific cooking utensil/appliance:
Other ideas:
- Spices & herbs
- Grains, incl. what to add & how to cook
- New food items
- Reading food packaging labels
- Meat-free holiday meals
- Sweet potatoes/yams: benefits & recipes
- Salt dangers
- Nutritional yeast
- Topics from Nutritionfacts.org
- Anti-cancer benefits of foods
- What to say to doctors
- Chia seeds
- Nutrition facts re. different vegetables
- Movies/DVD’s re. plant-based diet
Note: Some topics (salad dressings, nutritional yeast, plant-based milks, DVD's) have been in past newsletters. See Index of Topics on my website.
September 28 Meeting Topics
New Food Items: Do you have a product, fresh or packaged, to share? Ex: I'm bringing packaged riced cauliflower and corn/quinoa pasta.
Spiralizer Demonstration: I will bring a spiraliizer + zucchini from my garden. You bring any recipes or experiences you have had using a spiralizer.
Salad Dressings: Bring a favorite recipe. I will demonstrate my balsamic vinaigrette recipe. Also, Forks Over Knives now is selling their brand.
October 26 Meeting Topics
In preparation for November + December holidays:
- Spices & Herbs (with Roberta & Donna)
- Sweet potatoes + yams
- Desserts
- Meat-free holiday meals
Recipes!
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Thursday, Sept. 29, 7:00 pm.
Speaker: Uma Purighalla, M.D. "The Personality of a Plant Based Practice"
Sponsor: Freedom of Choice in Health & Nutrition
Where: ACME Club, Cheswick, PA
Cost: $8
Thursday, Oct. 20, 10 am.- 2 pm.
Wellness Fair for patients, caregivers, & staff to connect with wellness providers in the Pgh. area
Sponsor: UPMC Cancer Center
Where: Cancer Pavillion, Centre Ave., Pgh.
Food for Health (that's me) will be there, thanks to Roberta's advocacy!
Open to all -- you don't have to be Jewish to join in this event at Temple David, Monroeville, PA:
Vegan Potluck Dinner Friday, Oct. 21, 6:15 pm.
Sabbath worship: 7:30 pm. celebrating Sukkot, the Fall Harvest Festival
Speaker: Jeffrey Cohan, Executive Director of Jewish Veg.
Questions? contact Stan Beck stanbeck@aol.com, 412-491-0313.
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Below are links to organizations committed to educating physicians and healthcare practitioners about plant-based eating. Share these with your physicians!
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