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Get comfortable — your kitchen is your new living room

You’ve returned from the grocery store after plunking down $150 for food to feed your family for the week. Now, it’s time to get cooking. But then life distracts you — work, the soccer schedule and the dog has to go to the vet. And, what bothers you most is that...

Meet a Vegan Ninja: Sapna Von Reich

What is a vegan ninja? Someone who eats vegan and is also awesome, basically. Get to know some amazing people while they share what eating a plant-based diet means to them. Meet Sapna Von Reich. Sapna Von Reich is a certified Physicians Committee for Responsible...

Getting kids involved in meal prep teaches good skills

It happens at every family dinner table. The adults are ready to dig in, but the kids look at what’s being served and ask, “Are we supposed to eat THAT?” Whether you have picky eaters or kids who don’t appreciate all that goes into making a meal, one of the best...

Hey Mikey, you’ll like it: Cooking a meal might help get kids to eat different foods

Sapna Von Reich wants to eliminate the fear of cooking at an early age. By offering kid-friendly, hands-on classes, she believes she’s making progress. With a goal of getting kids aged 6 to 12 comfortable in the kitchen, she encourages them to try new foods. Von Reich...

Cooking teacher hopes to pass love of healthy eating on to area children

Sapna Von Reich wants to help children start healthy cooking practices early. It runs in her family, and she learned to cook at a young age, but a few years ago she noticed that outside her family, not many of the children around her were cooking for their families....

Recipes: ‘Kickstart your health’ with avocado, tasty tacos

It is never too late to kick-start your New Year’s resolutions. Local food educator Sapna Von Reich is offering a “Kickstart Your Health” series starting Jan. 25 at the Fort Collins Senior Center. These classes offer a chance to discover optimal foods for weight and...

Share your favorite foods to celebrate Thanksgiving

Each Thanksgiving the rituals of gratitude abound. Yet gratitude should be a year-round perspective! To be mindful, to be kind, and to be positive enhances every day and every meal. Sharing your favorite foods and recipes is a thoughtful way to reach out to others —...

Simple and effective food rules

If your New Year’s food resolutions seem overwhelming, plan to read Michael Pollan’s best-seller, “Food Rules.” You will find his food guidelines straightforward and worth considering. Here are a few of my favorites: Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother would not...

Plant-based diet can do you good

Don’t just “kickstart your heart” during February, but plan to make healthy eating part of your Food for Life daily plan. Sapna Von Reich, a Fort Collins Food for Life instructor, offers valuable, life-saving nutrition information at her classes. Sapna explained how...

Food for Life classes help Northern Colorado children learn healthy eating info

Bang-up breakfasts, rainbow lunches and dinners you can dig all add up to a healthy eating program for kids. A series of classes this month in Loveland, Windsor and Fort Collins will include cooking instruction for these healthy meals, under the guidance of Sapna Von...