I want your kitchen to be affordable.
In this three-part series of classes, I will help you discover how to eat healthy, even when the world seems to want all your money. I’ve got practical tips, but I also ways to make this fun and joyful. Because you deserve to love your life and your food, even if you have a tight budget.
I don’t know how to tell you this, but…things are expensive right now. And not just “things” but really, truly, awfully important things. Like food.
I know. I didn’t mean to shock you, but between you and me, I am a little worried about the state of the world. Sure, people have big screen TVs and tiny computers in their pockets, but the price of an apple, or an egg, is somehow beyond reach. It’s scary.
While I believe in organizing to change reality, I also know that in the meantime, we have to live within this system. And I want to teach you some ways to do that in your kitchen to make it support you – in your health goals, in your community, and even in your budget.
The Classes
These three classes are the foundation on which you can create an Affordable Kitchen.
Class 1: Do it Together, Make it Fun
In the first class, I want to set up the series by explaining who I am, and my approach to eating healthy on a budget. But more than anything, I want to present you with a radical idea: that eating on a budget can and should be done in community and it should be fun. It should be more than just eating –it should be nourishing.
Class 2: Make it Cheaper,
Make it Healthier
In this class, let’s really get into why we’re all here together – good, healthy food at a reasonable price. I want to share with you the tips and tricks I have learned over the years to make food cheaper. I will introduce the grocery list that can buy healthy food for one person for a month, for ~$200. I will then explain what I would add at every budget category, while making sure it is good for you and enjoyable.
Class 3: Making Recipes, Stocking a Pantry
The final official class will help you stock your pantry to make quick, cheap meals, as well as teach you how to chose recipes and actually use the food you buy. Building on what we’ve already learned, I want to help you make decisions in your kitchen that will actually make your life better – healthier, more economical, and tasty as all get out!
Ready to Register?
It would be super weird if I talked up all the benefits of an Affordable Kitchen, and then priced these classes…unaffordably.
That’s why I am offering all three classes, plus a bonus open call, for $30.
CLASS IS OVER. But please email me at [email protected] if you’d like to add your name to a waitlist. Once I have at least 10 people interested, I will run again.
The Details
The Schedule
I have set the schedule to vary, to try to give everyone a chance to come live across time zones and schedules. If you can’t make any or all of the classes, don’t worry – you will get a recording that you have 72 hours to listen to!
An important note:
Though I believe this course will be of benefit to everyone (especially class one), it is best for people who are flexible with their eating, and open to vegetarian and vegan food options. While you will still get something from this if you only eat meat, you will definitely not get as much as someone who is willing to work with plant-based foods.
That being said, people with food restrictions are absolutely welcome, and I will do my best to make recommendations that fit your needs. But please recognize that there may be a limit to my ability to make things cheap when your diet is very limited.
Who Am I?
You might be wondering: “who is this person who has the gall to tell ME what to do in MY kitchen?”
My name is Kristi. I grew up on a farm in very rural Northern Alberta. I helped my family grow and raise and harvest and preserve the food we ate for years. I learned how important community was in this time.
When we moved off of the farm when I was 14 after my dad died, I took on a lot of the responsibility of cooking while my mom was at work. When I moved to the city for university, I suddenly had to pay for those meals (and my education and rent) too. Student loans only covered 75% of my education. I had to work for the rest and for my food and expenses. I learned to budget (badly at times) and how to eat on very little.
I started a business eventually, which was one of the most financially taxing and stressful times in my life. I would go days without eating and I somehow lived on $500 a month. I had to walk home, usually carrying my dog, through rain and snow, after working 10-12 hours, and then make dinner.
In the times since, I have had to limit my weekly grocery shopping to what would fit in my backpack because I didn’t drive. I have spent so many years eating healthy with exceedingly little resources and time.
While things are more relaxed and less desperate now., I have never lost the drive to make sure I never waste, and things always still feel – tentative. .
Throughout every phase of my life, I have had fun and I have (mostly) kept a focus on health. I also love to teach and I would love to teach you how you can learn from the lean years and the more extravagant years to find out how to create your own Affordable Kitchen.