Lackawanna College Offering ‘Essential Eating’ Programs

Lackawanna College President Raymond Angeli has announced that the college has joined forces with the Essential Eating Lifestyle & Cooking School to provide a far-reaching program to the community that teaches a complete eating lifestyle aimed at improving an individual’s well-being.

Essential Eating is characterized as one of the most significant food movements in America today, helping thousands understand that eating easy-to-digest real food is the key to weight loss and restored health. Classes offer how-to plans that utilize fresh, local, chemical-free, sustainable foods – “real food grown by real people for real results.” Students learn how to cook just once or twice a week while still providing for meals can be conveniently served in minutes all week long.

The Essential Eating Lifestyle & Cooking School was founded by Janie Quinn who has been teaching its classes for past seven years. The school will now operate from a recently completed organic kitchen in Lackawanna College’s Academic Hall at 415 North Washington Avenue in Scranton as part of the college’s Continuing Education Department.

“ Lackawanna is delighted to be able to offer a comprehensive program to area residents that will improve their nutrition and their overall health,” said Dr. Ann Marie Stelma, Ph.D., Lackawanna’s Vice President for Continuing Education. “By linking up with Essential Eating which has a proven track record, the college can now offer a practical, easy and delicious ways to change people’s lives for the better.”

Janie Quinn is the originator of Essential Eating, a family of green companies that includes the Essential Eating Lifestyle & Cooking School, Essential Eating Sprouted Foods and Essential Environments. She is a food educator, organic whole foods chef and an expert on how to get more enjoyable real food into your diet. Ms. Quinn is also the author of a series of Essential Eating books, with a new release planned for October, Essential Eating Sprouted Baking (Azure Moon Publishing).

Ms. Quinn is overjoyed to finally have a permanent location for her programs. “There are enormous benefits to having our community eat better,” she says. Her classes are based on a simple philosophy she developed which restored her health and allowed her to drop from a dress size 16 to a six and maintain it for over a decade – “without deprivation, weighing in or counting calories,” she adds. “I hope to inspire others to make better food choices.”

Essential Eaters are taught to protect themselves from the onslaught of fake foods and harmful chemicals by simply buying and preparing better food. Currently, a large percentage of Americans suffer from indigestion, a malady that can be avoided by eating more digestible foods. The Essential Eating program shows what to eat and how to cook it. Its core foods even include such items as pancakes, pasta and pumpkin pie.

The program is built on a three-hour Introduction to Essential Eating class which will be offered throughout the year. In this course, the concepts and rules are set out. The initial introductory class is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon in Lackawanna College’s Academic Hall.

Thereafter, two-hour specialty classes are offered as follow-ups for those who have completed the introduction. Specialty classes focus on topics such as Breakfast Baking, Perfect Pizza, Soup Surprise and Muffin Medley. The first Breakfast Baking class is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m., and the first Perfect Pizza on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 6 to 8 p.m. Additional classes and subjects will be added to the schedule on an ongoing basis. Classes also can be customized for corporations, schools, families and themed groups.

According to Ms. Quinn, “The Essential Eating concepts lead to making better food choices, weight loss and promoting good health. What have you got to lose but pounds and health problems? Try it, you’re worth it.”

For more information and a listing of future class dates, visit either of these websites: www.essentialeating.com or www.lackawanna.edu. To register for a class, call the college at (570) 961-7813 or email essentialeating@lackawanna.edu. The class location has easy on-site parking available and is handicap accessible.