Healthy eating shouldn’t feel like another chore
Does this happen to you on busy days?
You’re low on energy, short on time, tired of making decisions and hoping an open fridge door inspires you.
If so, you’re not alone.
Busy days often disrupt even the best health intentions to eat well or cook at home.
The irony is that these are the times when eating well would be most beneficial to your health and well-being, yet it’s often when we struggle the most.
Join Dietitian Chef Michele Redmond in her teaching kitchen for the Better “Fast” Foods Program to learn how to simplify nutrition decisions and use time-saving strategies to easily make nutritious, flavorful meals.
In the BFF in-person kitchen program you will:
- Learn time-saving prep habits and routines that survive busy days
- Use Quick Pick Nutrition™ tips to simplify nutrition decisions
- Refresh your go-to meals with simple nutrient-rich food swaps
- Fill common nutrient gaps without overcomplicating healthy eating
- Practice flavor techniques to jazz up pantry foods and quick meals
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Use the Meal Multiplier™ to turn one recipe into multiple meals
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Save time and energy using common convenience pantry foods
Why this isn’t a typical “healthy” cooking program
This program isn’t about doing more.
The Better “Fast” Food Program is about healthy eating with less effort using real-life strategies and practical meal solutions you can use right away.
During the 4 classes, we’ll focus on these core areas:
Simplify Nutrition & Enhance Health
Learn food swaps to boost nutrition—without extra fuss—focusing on high-satiety fiber- and protein-rich meals that solve common nutrient gaps and support your heart, gut and metabolic health.
Time-Saving Practical Meal Solutions
Give yourself a break with recipes designed for busy schedules that use convenience and pantry ingredients, and master time-saving prep habits to make healthy, comforting meals on busy days.
Enjoying Flavorful Healthy Meals
Use pantry staples and simple flavor techniques to perk up quick meals, make crave-worthy vegetables (fresh, frozen, or canned), and turn healthy eating on busy days into a more enjoyable experience.
The Better “Fast” Foods Program Experience
Classes and Cooking Demos
Join our 4 interactive 2-hour classes over a 10-week period, designed to fit your busy schedule and make nutrition and healthy meals easier.
Small-Group Experience
Enjoy personalized attention in a small-group setting, for a supportive and engaging learning environment in Michele’s Scottsdale Teaching Kitchen.
Interactive Learning
Participate in food tastings, try out ingredient swaps, sample every meal demonstrated and leave with take-home recipes and practical resources.
BFF Program Class Session Topics
Session #1
Simplify Nutrition & Ingredients for Health
Session #2
Fiber Health Benefits & Meal Multiplying
Session #3
Nutritious Protein—Get More Benefits
Session #4
Flex Your Prep with “Pantry Plus”
Meet Your Guide
Hi I’m Michele Redmond, a Dietitian Nutritionist and French-trained chef who understands the reality of busy days. When life gets hectic, I’m a practical, low-key home cook.
I also call myself a Food Enjoyment Activist because we all deserve good health without stressful mealtimes. We’re often exposed to rules about healthy food which can turn eating–a self-care act that should feel good–into a self-improvement project.
This course is one way I help people create habits and actions to meet their health goals and enjoy eating well in ways that simplify choices, save time and make mealtimes easier on time-starved days.
BFF Program Questions
What if I already eat healthy most of the time?
Great! This program is for people like you who want to make sure their meals work harder for their health but with less effort from you. You’ll learn how to close common nutrient gaps and make healthy habits easier to maintain.
What cooking or prep skills are needed?
It’s for all levels of cooking skills and you’ll learn chef-level flavor techniques, time-saving methods, and culinary nutrition strategies that enhance your existing skills.
How are the recipes and ingredients used?
The program teaches you how to easily tweak recipes into new dishes and includes a system that optimizes common convenience ingredients and what’s in your pantry (dry, canned and frozen foods).
What eating style is taught in the program?
The program focuses on flexible recipes and techniques adaptable to most eating patterns with a focus on plant-rich meals that flex to include a variety of protein-rich ingredients.
What is the nutrition & health focus?
To simplify nutrition and focus on high-satiety fiber and protein diverse meals that solve common nutrient gaps without fuss and improve your overall health and especially heart health, gut health and metabolism.
What is Michele’s teaching background?
Michele has taught culinary nutrition in universities, medical schools, corporations and the Cordon Bleu in Paris, but she also does improv comedy so she’s about finding the fun with others and in teaching.
Participation, Schedule and Program Fee
- The 2-hour classes will kick off in May.
- The in-person program is limited to 10 people to encourage individual participation and group fun around food and eating.
- The specific dates for classes over the 10-week period depend on input from participants to accommodate schedules.
- The program introductory fee is $299 for 8 hours of in-person classes, meals, Q & A with Michele and online course resources.