Ottawa Cooking Workshops with a Dietitian
Hands-on cooking workshops designed to build confidence and real-life kitchen skills. Spend less time figuring out what’s for dinner—and more time enjoying meals you feel good about.
Meet Your Instructor
Catherine Pouliot, MSc, RD, CDE
Join Cat, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator, as she blends evidence-based nutrition with practical, real-life cooking strategies.
Each workshop is designed to help you build kitchen confidence, simplify healthy eating, and create balanced meals so delicious you’ll be excited to cook at home more often.
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE
Our Fall Cooking Workshops
Fall Workshop Registration is Now OPEN!!! 🎉
Mocktails & Meal Prep
Join from the comfort of your own home and prep balanced meals and snacks for the week ahead, in real time.
Perfect for busy families or 9-5ers who need quick, healthy and tasty weeknight meals ready in 10 minutes or less.
Next Session: Monthly on Sunday (click below for details)
Location: Virtual
Cost: $20
Stock Your Freezer: High Fibre Meals & Snacks
We’ll put a nutritious spin on some of your favourite comfort foods — because eating well doesn’t mean giving up the foods you love. Leave with 40+ servings of homemade meals and snacks ready to stock your freezer.
Bring a friend and make a fun (and seriously productive) morning or afternoon out of it. And yes, we even take care of the clean-up!
Next session: October 24th, 2026
Location: 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Cost: $279
From Scratch: Fresh Pasta & Sauces
Learn new techniques and discover how satisfying it can be to make foods you usually buy from scratch. A fun and productive activity for you and a special someone — stay to enjoy a meal, then bring some of what you made home for later.
Next session: November 14th, 2026
Location: 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Cost: $169
Plant-Based 101: The Secret to Actually Good Tofu
Learn how to season, prepare and cook tofu in completely different ways to transform its flavour and texture. Cook, taste and discover techniques you’ll actually want to use at home — no need to give up meat.
Next session: November 28th, 2026
Location: 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Cost: $149
Stock Your Freezer: Healthy Comfort Food
Show up, follow along, and leave with 40+ servings of healthy, ready-to-go meals and snacks to stock your freezer.
Bring a friend and make a fun (and seriously productive) afternoon out of it. Did I mention we even take care of the clean up?
Next session: November 29th, 2026
Location: 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Cost: $279
These workshops are for you if:
- You’re tired of scrambling to figure out dinner.
- Healthy eating feels time-consuming or overwhelming.
- You rotate the same few meals week after week.
- Takeout is becoming the default more often than you’d like.
- You want to cook more — without decision fatigue or extra stress.
After the workshop, you’ll:
- Build meals faster and with more ease
- Feel more confident in the kitchen
- Reduce decision fatigue
- Waste less food
- Make healthy eating feel effortless
Feel good about what you’re eating—every day.
FAQs
Why join a group cooking workshop instead of meal prepping at home?
Group workshops are a social, productive, and educational experience designed to build confidence and real-life skills in the kitchen—plus the accountability to actually follow through with meal prep (instead of putting it off).
You’ll learn practical, evidence-based healthy eating tips—guided by Registered Dietitians—so you’re not just following recipes, but understanding how to build balanced meals, adapt to your preferences, and make choices that support your energy, health, and lifestyle long after the workshop ends.
What if I or my family are picky eaters? Will this work for us?
Yes! Our recipes are flexible, balanced, and designed to please even the pickiest of eaters. Many recipes include mix-and-match options, swaps, or seasoning adjustments, so you can tailor them to your household’s preferences.
Plus, learning cooking skills from scratch helps you adapt recipes at home with confidence.
I’m a beginner home cook — are these workshops for me?
Absolutely! Workshops are designed for all skill levels.
Step-by-step instruction, hands-on guidance, and support are provided so you can learn, practice, and gain confidence in the kitchen.
Mocktails & Meal Prep gives quick wins in the comfort of your own home, our Stock Your Freezer workshops teach you meal prep strategies with hands-on support available from our dietitian and volunteers, and the From Scratch workshop series focuses on teaching you new cooking skills to limit intake of processed foods and make delicious food with staples you already have on hand.
Can I attend with a friend or family member?
Yes! You can bring a friend, partner, or teen. These workshops are designed to be social and hands-on—cooking together makes the experience more fun, motivating, and memorable.
For virtual workshops: You’re welcome to invite friends or family to join from your location (one registration required), or have them join from their own home (separate registrations required).
For in-person workshops: You can encourage your friend to sign up with you (each of you will prepare and take home full servings), or choose to share a spot (divide the servings between the two of you).
What do I need to bring?
For virtual workshops: You’ll need to purchase ingredients (a grocery list and Instacart link will be provided). We recommend starting with a clean kitchen and having your ingredients and equipment laid out ahead of time.
For in-person workshops: We provide all ingredients, equipment, and guidance—you just need to show up and enjoy the experience!
How do these workshops support healthy eating?
All workshops are led by a registered dietitian, combining balanced, nutrient-rich recipes with practical cooking strategies.
You’ll learn how to cook tasty meals that fit your health goals, reduce processed foods, and make time for strategic meal prep to keep these healthy eating habits sustainable.
Do You Have Private Health Insurance?
Did you know you may be eligible for partial or full reimbursement of your workshop registration? Some insurance providers cover group nutrition workshops when they’re facilitated by a Registered Dietitian.
Consider submitting an estimate or pre-approval request to your provider to see what’s covered.
Either way, consider this an investment in your health—because building confidence in the kitchen is key to creating healthy habits that truly last.
