I will be doing another FREE cooking demo at Nature's Gift Organic Market, located at 4306 N Saginaw Rd in Midland, tomorrow evening Tuesday, June 16th at 5:30pm.  You can call them at 989.835.4438 to reserve your spot.  Mark your calendars and come join the fun.  You are welcome to join in without a reservation, but you will be guaranteed a seat if you call ahead.  My classes there are pretty popular, so call ahead to get yourself a chair.

I will be whipping up some healthy, tasty homemade salad dressings to dress up all of your summer leafy greens and garden veggies.  I will also be sharing a heartier dish-to-pass type salad for summer picnics and barbecues.  We will have samples for everyone at the end.  All made with delicious healthy produce and ingredients from Nature's Gift Organic Market.  You will receive a handout with recipes and information on Jennifer Parsley Nutritional Healing.  I hope to see you there.

Nature's Gift Organic Market
4306 N Saginaw Rd, Midland, MI 48640
Tuesday June 16th at 5:30pm
Call 989.835.4438 to reserve a spot
Class is FREE


P.S.  Check out my all new coaching packages and information on a FREE Health Transformation Breakthrough Session by CLICKING HERE.

Hello friends!  I am still here, still eating a healthy vegan diet, and still recovering from shoulder surgery.  I am doing very well with physical therapy, but it is certainly a long and painful process.  I hope to be able to offer cooking demos and classes this summer, my physical therapist estimates I will be back to full strength by August.  LONG recovery, I know.  

I hope to never have to go through something like this again.  I am very happy that my healthy diet has allowed me to heal as quickly as possible and not put on any weight even with what seemed like months of basically being in bed.  I am working with my friend on a new exercise routine to build back some muscle tone and firm everything up before summer bathing suit season.  I have really missed regular workouts and yoga.  My friend is great at putting together workout routines and she will work around my still healing shoulder.  I am even considering hiring a personal trainer to get this body in tip top shape again.

I have been doing a lot of research and thinking about my business, Jennifer Parsley Nutritional Healing, during my recovery.  I have SO MANY great ideas floating around in my head and my research has revealed some exciting new action plans for 2015, some I have started, some are yet to come.  Look for great new coaching services and potentially online nutrition classes as well.  Such exciting stuff!  I am BACK and will be blogging at least weekly again, so you can hear all about my exciting new business plans, see what I am cooking, get recipes, see the results of my exercise efforts, all sorts of fun updates.  Stay tuned and let me know if there are any specific topics you would love to have me blog about.

On another note, I am BACK to teaching a few classes as well.  My next class is coming up this Tuesday, March 31st, at Ways To Wellness downtown Midland.

This course gives you information on the food additives found in almost all packaged foods in the grocery store today.  We will review the categories of additives, such as MSG derivatives, food dyes, preservatives, and flavor enhancers.  We will review how these additives can impact your health, energy levels, cravings, and addictions.  You will learn what to look for as you are buying and preparing foods for your family.

We will talk about shopping for, preparing, and packing healthy meals for home, work, and school.  You can avoid harmful food additives and improve the quality of food for your whole family.

Cost:  $20

This class will be offered on Tuesday, March 31st from 6:30 - 8:30pm at Ways To Wellness downtown Midland.  To register, call 989.486.3820 or CLICK HERE.

Join me as I share the dietary changes that helped me finally reach my weight goal.  I have tried many, many, many diets in my life and was usually left feeling HUNGRY and wanting to eat the paint off the walls!  With this lifestyle change to a whole foods plant based diet, I was finally able to reach a very desirable goal weight and maintain it for well over a year so far.  I don't feel hungry, I don't count calories, carbs, fat grams, or anything else.  I am not obsessed with exercise and don't even recommend it at first.  I focus on eating the healthiest foods on the planet and eat as much as I like.  

In this class, I will share advice from top doctors in the area of plant based nutrition on the benefits of this type of diet, not only for sustainable weight loss, but for preventing and reversing chronic disease, increasing energy, and generally feeling better.  I share practical advice on how to implement this diet plan including recipes, meal plans, and support.  If you have a lot of weight to lose, you can EXPECT to lose 10 pounds per month or more, every month, until you reach your goal.  As my favorite plant based doctor, Dr. John McDougall says, "It's The Food."

This class will be offered on Wednesday, January 7th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Ways To Wellness Downtown Midland.  
To register, call 989.486.3820 or CLICK HERE.

Hello friends.  I hope everyone enjoyed your holiday celebrations, we certainly did.  I thought I would share a few pictures and descriptions of the healthy delicious meals/feasts we had on Christmas Day.  We spent Christmas Eve with family and had all day on Christmas Day to ourselves.  I had planned out recipes and did a huge grocery shop early in the week.  I also did some prep earlier in the week so we could have a fairly restful Christmas Day.  

We started the day with gingerbread scones.  This is an adaptation of the Protective Diet (PD) Lemon Blueberry Scones where you leave out those flavors and substitute with gingerbread spices.  They turned out beautifully.  We enjoyed them topped with PD Soy Yogurt which tastes like cream to me now that my tastebuds have adapted to not being overloaded with sugar/fat/salt which is packed into everything in a Standard American Diet (SAD).  We didn't go overboard on breakfast as we knew we would have  big dinner.  We had breakfast quite late, enjoyed at a leisurely pace with a cup of tea.

For our main Christmas Day meal, we assembled (some things were pre-prepared) all of the following PD recipes:

• Holiday Loaf
• Mushroom Gravy
• Roasted Potatoes (just cut into quarters, put face down on a baking sheet, roast in the oven at 400-425 degrees for about 40-45 minutes, they get all browned and lovely)
• Stuff Yourself Stuffing
• Green Bean Casserole
• Cranberry Sauce

The picture above is actually of a plate of leftovers, because I forgot to take a picture of my Christmas dinner.  The leftovers heat up wonderfully and we have plenty of them!  We may freeze some as well.  All of the effort to make these healthy vegan versions of traditional recipes was so worth it.  We had a wonderful meal early in the evening, then enjoyed watching some classic Christmas movies with a lovely fire blazing.

To end the day, we made a Chocolate Cherry Cake with a sweet potato based chocolate frosting.  The cake is 2 layers with a layer of sweet dark cherry filling.  This was so good!  We have lots leftover and I have been snacking on it all week.  It is a Protective Diet recipe, so I know it is healthy for me and have a slice without the guilt any time I like.  I am so looking forward to sharing the details of this sustainable weight loss plan at my January 7th weight loss class at Ways To Wellness.  I will share details on the class soon.  

All Protective Diet (PD) recipes can be found HERE. 

Have a wonderful New Year's Eve and New Year's Day my friends!

This Wednesday evening, December 10th, I will be offering a class about the impact of diet and lifestyle on diabetes.  I would love to have you join me for this informative course.  Please call or register online to reserve your spot.

Here is some information from the class description.  More details can be found in the Education section of my website.

In this course, I share information on the most recent research for preventing, controlling, and even potentially reversing diabetes with key dietary changes.  No calorie counting, carb counting, small portions, or exercise regimes.  I share information from Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes and many other experts.  The same diet that is so helpful for controlling diabetes also has wonderful side benefits of weight loss, improved heart health, more energy, and overall well being.

Cost: $20

This class will be offered on Wednesday, December 10th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Ways To Wellness Downtown Midland.  To register, call 989.486.3820 or CLICK HERE.

On Saturday, September 27th at 3pm, I will be doing a demo at Bean Me Up Coffee Shop in Coleman, located at 231 E Railway Street.

I will be partnering with Janet Roman, a Naturopathic Doctor in Coleman, Michigan for this demo a bit further West of Midland.  This will be part of the Coleman Business Association's event, Walk Through Town.  Janet will be giving a talk about enzymes from 2-3pm and I will be doing a cooking demo from 3-4pm.  

I will be making a healthy vegan version of the picnic & potluck favorite - Creamy Macaroni Salad.  It will have lots of fresh raw veggies which are full of healthy enzymes to help our digestive systems.  Come check it out and get a sample of pasta salad and information on my upcoming courses and events.

It's last minute but not too late if you want to join in for tomorrow's Benefits of Plant Based Nutrition class at Ways to Wellness located at 122 Main Street downtown Midland.  The class starts at 9:30am and goes until 1pm with a cooking demonstration and healthy lunch included.  Call Ways to Wellness at 989.486.3820 and leave a message or just show up tomorrow morning if you would like to join us.  There is a $49 fee for this course.

In September, I am offering two courses at Ways To Wellness located at 122 Main Street in downtown Midland.

All About Food Additives
Thursday, September 25th, 6:30-8:30pm

I will share information on food additives found in almost all packaged foods on the store shelves today. I will review categories of additives such as MSG derivatives and how these additives impact cravings, health, and addictions. I will help you understand what to look for as you shop and prepare healthy foods for your family.


Benefits of Plant Based Nutrition
Saturday, September 27th, 9:30am - 1:00pm

I will teach the basics of healthy plant based nutrition and the implications for your health and well being. I will share information on the huge changes that can made with diet and the impact on weight loss, preventing & reversing chronic health issues, having more energy, and simply feeling better overall. I will give you practical tips on how to get started with healthy diet changes. You will enjoy a tasty, filling, and healthy plant based lunch before heading out to enjoy the rest of your weekend.

To register, call 989.486.3820 or CLICK HERE.

More information on these classes and other fall classes which include Preventing & Reversing Heart Disease and a Healthy Plant Based Cooking class at The Menu Manager on Eastman Road in Midland can be found in the EDUCATION and COOKING sections of www.jennifer-parsley.com.

I hope to see you in an upcoming class.