Kickstart Your Health: Power of Your Plate
Kickstart Your Health: Power of Your Plate Series with Elaine Jumes, Farsighted Foodie
Start the new year feeling energized and confident in the kitchen. Elaine Jumes of Farsighted Foodie is back in 2026 with a 5-week healthy cooking series designed to help you take meaningful steps toward a plant-based lifestyle.
Throughout the series, Elaine will guide participants through five core topics: Power of Your Plate, Let’s Go, Getting in Gear, Breaking the Food Seduction, and Keys for Natural Appetite Control. Each class includes a live cooking demonstration along with handouts featuring easy, affordable recipes you can prepare at home.
Dates: January 13, 20, 27, February 3 & 10
Time: 6:00–8:00 PM
Registration: Sign up for individual classes or register for the full series.
Cost: $45 per class, or $180 for all five sessions when you register before January 11.
Class 1: The Power of Your Plate
This 1st class in the 5-part cooking-class series will focus on getting ready to start a low-fat, plant-based diet – guiding participants to consider what this diet entails, what groceries to purchase, and what a healthful menu will look like. Discover how power foods are and what a difference a few small changes can make. NOTE: This class may be taken as a stand-alone if unable to commit to the whole series.
Class 2: Diving into the 21-Day Kickstart: “Let’s Go!”
This 2nd class in the 5-part cooking-class series jumps into the Kickstart, implementing best practices, combined with easy tools to successfully start a low-fat, plant-based diet for the next three weeks (21-Day Kickstart). NOTE: This class may be taken as a stand-alone if unable to commit to the whole series.
Class 3: Getting in Gear: Being Empowered w/ Education & Support
This 3rd class in the 5-part cooking-class series embarks on addressing overcoming any challenges and building on positive & often immediate results. Everything from preparing foods at home to navigating how to eat on the road to mastering social situations. NOTE: This class may be taken as a stand-alone if unable to commit to the whole series.
Class 4: Breaking the Food Seduction
This 4th class in the 5-part cooking-class series examines the elephant in the room: Addictive Foods. With a deep dive into commonly addictive foods, what can be done to break food addictions is addressed: tackling triggers & quieting cravings. NOTE: This class may be taken as a stand-alone if unable to commit to the whole series.
Class 5: Keys for Natural Appetite Control
In this 5th & final class of the 5-part cooking-class series, the focus is on a powerful macro-ingredient that plays a huge role in natural appetite suppression. The discovery may surprise you! Learn how to identify nutritional nonsense & replace it with easy to digest nutritional knowledge – paving the way for successful weight-loss, improved health, & disease prevention. NOTE: This class may be taken as a stand-alone if unable to commit to the whole series.
























