Health Minds Healthy College

Campus Well-Being

Cooking for Wellness

April 12, 2022

Show yourself some love by cooking a delicious and balanced meal!

Learn how to make the Filipino classic, pork adobo, while cooking alongside your instructor, Abby Legaspi! This workshop is part of our Thrive event series, hosted by the RRCSA and Healthy Minds Healthy College. Spend some time cooking with your peers and colleagues, and enjoy a night filled with laughter and fun!

The Instructor

Abby Legaspi is a Nutrition graduate from the University of Manitoba with 10 years’ experience running cooking programs for different non-profit and grass roots organizations. She now works at Norwest Co-Op Community Food Centre and is passionate about almost everything related to food, from gardening to cooking. Abby sees food as a means to connect people while recognizing that food insecurity can be experienced by so many. As an advocate for good food, it is Abby’s hope that one day everyone will be food secure.

Bring Your Own Ingredients

• pork or chicken (thigh, legs, ribs or wings suggested)
• vinegar
• soy sauce
• pepper
• garlic

*You can also cook rice if that is you would like!

Register for Cooking for Wellness Here

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We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.

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