Check out our nutrition education and cooking demonstration videos on Verdant’s YouTube channel to provide access to the helpful and informative programs many people have come to appreciate offered in person at the Verdant Community Wellness Center. While the wellness center remains closed to the public due to COVID-19 risks, we are now offering virtual opportunities for health and lifestyle education available. We look forward to reopening in the future with guidance from public health.

In this “fall favorites” video, learn how to cut a pumpkin safely and make full use of this vegetable by incorporating pumpkin into a number of delicious recipes. Thank you to our partner Sound Dietitians for this resource.

Check out the Spicy Pumpkin Salad with Lentils and Goat Cheese, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, and Cranberry Pear Walnut Baked Oatmeal recipes. You can also take a look at our Tips for Roasting Pumpkin Seeds handout, and mineral highlights on zinc and magnesium.