Upcoming Events
Fresh and Healthy Indian Breads – 2 Parts
Presenter Pratibha Shah
Workshop has been cancelled due to insufficient registrations. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Cooking healthy meals at home does not have to be a boring and challenging task. Add zest and fun to your cooking routine, while also making your meals healthier for you and your family. Join Dr. Shah to see, learn and experience hands on, how to make 3 types of simple and common Indian breads. Everyone gets to enjoy the fruit of their labor with a fresh healthy Indian lentil and a green vegetable dish. This will be followed by Part 2 in which Dr. Shah will demonstrate filled breads and special dough mixes.
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.
Past Events
What Not to Eat?
Presenter Basmaa Ali, MD
November 5th 2011 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dr Ali talks about what not to eat and making smart choices for diet every day to her patients. Here is a workshop that answers the questions that she gets asked all the time.
- How to read food labels?
- What foods need to be organic and which ones are OK as inorganic?
- Why is it important to eat whole wheat bread rather than white when they both often have the same number of calories?
- What are Omega 3 fatty acids and why is it important to eat them?
- What are the different components of your cholesterol profile and which foods can you eat to improve each one of them?
$15 | $10 if you are a Zanjabee patient | $15 for 2 if a Zanjabee patients joins with friend/family who is not a patient.
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.
Ayurvedic Cooking for Fall
Presenter Pratibha Shah
October 29th 2011 09:30 am – 11:30 am
Join Dr. Shah in cooking two types of dosha specific vegetable and lentil khicharis. Khichari is a traditional Ayurvedic dish, made with mung beans, basmati rice, seasonal vegetables, ghee and spices. It detoxifies the body and balances all three doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. Learn which one will work best for you. You will also be given a list of 10 herbs and spices which will keep you healthy and energetic throughout this season. Meet, eat and learn with Dr. Shah this Fall, for an eclectic experience!
$40 per person | $70 for two
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.
Fall Transition with Ayurveda
Presenter Pratibha Shah
October 7th 2011 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
In this workshop Dr. Shah will discuss diet, lifestyle, yoga postures as well as easy to use herbs and herbal concoctions that will ensure optimal health and a robust immunity to transition through the Fall season. You will also learn simple and dosha specific home detox methods.
$40 per person | $70 for two
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.
Ayurvedic Cooking Workshop
Presenter Pratibha Shah
September 23rd 2011 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Come experience what eating according to your constitution can do for you! Ayurveda believes that each one of us is unique and has unique nutrition needs. Food and Spices can be combined in tantalizing blends that taste heavenly and nourish us body and soul. This workshop is meant to be a celebration of deliciousness and healing properties of food that is right for you.
Living Social Voucher Holders are welcome.
Program for the Evening
- The evening will start with constitution diagnosis for each participant.
- Pratibha Shah will then briefly go over optimal foods for each constitution type.
- Instructors will lead the preparation and cooking of a four course meal.
- Food Tasting and conversation
- Recipe cards distribution
Meal Plan
- Butternut Squash Soup with Garlic & Red pepper flakes
- Kichdi (Basmati Rice with Lentils)
- Chicken in Garlic and Mint Marinade
- Spice Tea
$50 per food lover | $45 each if you join with a friend.
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.
September 23rd is the last time this workshop will be offered. Please make sure you sign up if you want to attend. Thank you!
Pranayama: Using Breath as Transforming Life Force
Presenter Basmaa Ali, MD
September 16th 2011 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Breathing is unique in our bodily functions as having dual control. It is involuntary in that we breathe all day every day without paying the least attention to our breath yet when we pay attention, we can prolong, shorten, hold and accelerate our breath over a wide range. Yoga Sutra teaches over 250 breaths that can help us cool or warm, sleep or focus, calm or become vigilant and take away cravings and fill yearnings in our heart. The workshop teaches the basic five breaths that can help you manage your mood, efficiency and irritability with minimal effort and great effect.
Workshop may be canceled if we do not have a minimum of 10 people sign up for a date.
$60 per participant | $100 for 2 if you join with a friend.
Looking for gift ideas? What better than a gift of health? Gift Cards for workshop are available!
Please call 781 933 7000 or Email Ask@zanjabee.com for details.