About Puāwai - Kai

Puāwai - Kai is a free healthy lifestyle course for all ages. It runs for eight sessions, two hours per week. It is delivered in small groups of up to 16 participants by trained facilitators.

  • eggs

    Session 1

    • Enjoying a healthy relationship with food.

    • Having a routine

    • Share kai - breakfast foods

  • soup

    Session 2

    • Filling up with whole foods

    • Making water your friend.

    • Share kai - curried kūmara soup with bread and spreads

  • salad

    Session 3

    • Sleeping well

    • Moving

    • Taking care of you

    • Eating mindfully

    • Share kai - make your own salad bowl

  • fish

    Session 4

    • How to read a recipe

    • Knife skills

    • Cook tuna baked potato and bean salad

  • pizza

    Session 5

    • Know what you eat

    • Make homemade pizza and green salad

  • quiche

    Session 6

    • Learn different ways to cook eggs

    • Cook mini vegetable quiches and make easy coleslaw

  • nachos

    Session 7

    • Making multiple dishes from one recipe

    • Learn more about legumes

    • Make nachos using our savoury mince recope

  • curry

    Session 8

    • Learn how to cook rice

    • Cook chickpea and vegetable curry

“I feel more confident in my skills. I am also teaching my sons new skills and they are trying new foods.”

- Course Participant

  • Is it about dieting?

    Puāwai - Kai is not a diet. Instead it focuses on many small lifestyle changes that together add up to a big change in health. The emphasis is on health gain, rather than impossible weight loss goals, allows people to lose weight slowly, maintain their weight loss and enjoy the process throughout.

  • Who is it for?

    Puāwai - Kai focuses on health through food. It’s for people of all ages who want to gain motivation and confidence in cooking budget-friendly kai that looks after health. Puāwai - Kai is for anyone in Otautahi Chris church who wants to improve their health or the health of their whānau.

  • Does it cost?

    No, there is no cost, course participation is free. And we get to share delicious food each week plus a comprehensive participant book loaded with information, tips and recipes.

 
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