Start the New Year off on a healthy foot by attending the Mālama Learning Center’s upcoming workshop on macrobiotic cooking with locally grown foods on Saturday, January 16, 2010
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Kapolei High School.

Macrobiotic cooking involves eating a wide variety of foods grown locally, organically and in season, and utilizes a variety of simple cooking techniques. Attendees will learn how to cook tasty dishes using locally grown vegetables.

Macrobiotic Hawai‘i’s Leslie Ashburn will teach the cooking workshop. Ashburn will share tips on finding seasonal vegetables and how to cook them.

The workshop costs $7. Participants will also be provided with seeds from plants used in the demonstration to start their own vegetable garden. Registration is required; contact Janice Staab at janicestaab@gmail.com or 808-542-9107.