COOKING & NUTRITION WITH ARASH & SHELLEY: Making tasty & healthy Sauces, Salsas, Dressings and Herbs on June 24

Who likes flavorful food? Everyone, we'd hope! A great way to add flavor, freshness AND nutrition to your food is to learn the basics of making tasty sauces, salsas, dressings and herbs. What components do you have to include to make a tasty sauce (hint: acid and fat are two of them)? How can you make the most of summer's bounty to add unique flavor to your food? And how do you make it all HEALTHY? So, skip the bottled dressings, marinades, and prepared sauces (they're packed with preservatives and other bad stuff) and join Shelley and Arash on Thurs., June 24th at 5 p.m. PST as they share their secrets in ‘'Making tasty & healthy Sauces, Salsas, Dressings and Herbs” which you can register for HERE.

This latest installment is part of “NorCal SCI Presents: Virtual is the New Reality Series” and is funded thanks to our generous donors. Once you register, you will immediately receive a confirmation e-mail from us which you should keep for access information to the virtual event.

Arash experienced his SCI in 2012 as a result of a fall. A Bay Area native, Arash credits his California upbringing for his love of the outdoors, nature, and cooking, activities he still cherishes as he continues to travel, explore and enjoy new experiences.

Shelley is a lifelong advocate of nutrition. When she isn’t working with her patients, she can be found in her greenhouse or kitchen. She obtained her B.S. in Nutritional Science from San Jose State University in 2012 and has been working at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, one of the top spinal cord injury rehabilitation hospitals in the country, since 2013.