🚨 FREE LIVE COOKING CLASS 🚨
Cook for Your Heart. With a professional Chef.
Mediterranean No-Cook Sauces That Make Even a Boiled Potato Exciting
Join chef Christine for a free live cooking class where you'll learn to make vibrant, flavor-packed Mediterranean sauces — no heat required. Simple ingredients. Stunning results. And a way of eating that's scientifically proven to protect your heart in midlife.
📅 Date: Wednesday, March 18th
🕕 Time: 7 PM Eastern Time
💻 Where: Online. Live via Zoom
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Brenda C.
“I’ve taken Christine’s classes in person and online over the years and have always loved how uncomplicated and delicious her recipes are.”
One class. Five sauces. A kitchen that feels alive again.
These are the sauces that turn a plain piece of fish into something you'd serve at a dinner party. That make roasted vegetables taste like they came from a restaurant. That take a boiled potato from boring to brilliant — in minutes, with no heat required.
And every single one of them is built on Mediterranean ingredients that your body will thank you for.
WHAT YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH
5 No-Cook Mediterranean Sauces
Herb-forward, olive oil-based, and flavor-packed. You'll make them live and take the recipes home.
The "Boring Meal" Fix
How to take anything — grains, proteins, vegetables — and make it taste extraordinary with one sauce.
Why These Ingredients Work For You
The science behind Mediterranean eating and what it does for your heart, hormones, and energy in midlife.
A Simpler Way to Plan Your Week
How structure (not willpower) is what makes healthy eating actually stick.
MEET YOUR MEAL PLAN MAVEN
Hi, I’m Christine! Chef for 25+ years, cooking teacher, and your new kitchen cheerleader.
After 25+ years as a chef, a heart attack made me rethink the way I cook.
I cooked professionally for over 25 years. Taught thousands of people. Ran a cooking school. The kitchen was always where I felt strongest.
Then in 2020, I had a heart attack.
After decades of teaching, catering, and cooking for my family, life (and menopause!) taught me to rethink how I eat, and how I want to feel.
Everything shifted. I wasn't cooking for a crowd anymore — I was cooking for my health and my future. Flavor still mattered to me. Joy still mattered to me. But suddenly so did longevity.
I went deep into culinary nutrition, trained through the American College of Culinary Medicine, and spent months testing everything in my own kitchen.
My capstone project?
Menopause and the Mediterranean diet.
"After my heart attack, I rebuilt my kitchen — and found the most delicious way of eating I'd ever discovered."
What I discovered surprised me.
Eating for your health doesn't mean eating less. It doesn't mean giving up flavor.
It means building a rhythm around food that loves you back.
That's what the Collective is built on.
Woo hoo! Now let’s cook, shall we? 💛
THE RESEARCH
The Science Behind How We Eat
The Mediterranean way of eating isn't a trend. It's one of the most studied dietary patterns in the world — and the data on midlife women is remarkable.
Reduction in hot flashes & night sweats
Women who followed a Mediterranean-style diet had significantly fewer vasomotor symptoms (those lovely hot flashes and night sweats)
Up to 30% lower risk of heart disease
Following this way of eating supports heart health - a major win during and after menopause.
Lower risk of stroke
The benefits go beyond the plate. This way of eating supports your whole system — brain, mood, and energy included.
Source: Antonio Cano et al., Maturitas; study involving 6,000 women. Elizabeth M. Ward, The Menopause Diet Plan.
The cooking class is free! Join us March 18th at 7pm ET