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The Mindful Appetite Ltd.

The Mindful Appetite repurposes and upcycles surplus food.

We provide food programming education, led by compassionate local chefs and community members, that inspires the artful and thoughtful creation of food.

11/25/2025

Hello everyone! 👋 We need your help! 🆘

We are searching for a photographer to assist with capturing content for our next workshops! 📸Specifically, we are looking for a photographer with availability on Saturday, November 29, from 12:45-2:45 PM.

If you or someone you know would be interested and available, please write us a DM or comment below! ⬇️ A small honorarium will be provided to the photographer. We appreciate your help getting this ask out! 💚

11/19/2025

📣 Two upcoming workshops that you won’t want to miss! 🗓️

📍 Jam Making Workshop, on November 29, from 1-4 PM, at the Genesis Centre! Join us for an afternoon of learning to make jam - which makes for great holiday gifts ☺️ Save your spot through the Eventrbite link in the comments!

📍 Pickling Workshop, on December 6, from 1-4 PM, at the Genesis Centre! Back by popular demand, make sure to RSVP for this workshop (link in the comments), where participants will pickle various veggies of their own choice 🥒

Both workshops are free to participants, with costs covered through grant funding received from 💚 If anyone wishes to make a donation (which helps cover additional costs of liability insurance and extra supplies), please visit our website.

Hope to see you in the kitchen!!

11/06/2025

📆 Mark Your Calendars! We have a whole bunch of upcoming events that you won’t want to miss! (Swipe to see! ↔️)

📍 November 12, 2025: Meet The Makers, from 3:30-6 PM at Italiano Please YYC! Join us for an afternoon of meeting & shopping local artisans! This event is free 🙌

📍 November 13, 2025: Make Your Own Pasta from 5-8 PM at Italiano Please YYC 👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳 Learn how to make gnocchi from scratch! Tickets include dinner! Please RSVP through the link in the comments below ✅

📍 November 20, 2025: Learn To Make Chilaquiles from 6-8 PM at Carya in East Village! This event is free for community members, made possible through generous grant funding. Spaces are limited, so claim yours through the link in the comments below ✅

More events to come, but we hope to see you at one (or all) of these upcoming events. Please share among friends, family, & colleagues!! 🙏🏼🥰

10/29/2025

📣 We are super excited to roll out this upcoming event, in collaboration with Italiano Please YYC!

Please join us for a pasta making experience! Learn to make your own (dairy-free) gnocchi from expert Italian chefs! 👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳 Details below to RSVP! Spaces are limited!

When: November 13, 2025. Doors open at 4:45pm. Workshop to start at 5pm.
Where: Italiano Please, located on the second floor of the AMEC building.
What: Learn to make your own gnocchi from scratch!
Cost: Includes dinner, chef’s expertise, and gnocchi to take home for your enjoyment post-workshop 😋
RSVP: Check out our Eventbrite Link to secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/make-your-own-pasta-tickets-1911072863379?aff=oddtdtcreator

We hope to see you in the kitchen! 🙌

10/20/2025

📣 Announcing 📣 our next upcoming community cooking class! Save the following details & register through our link below! Space is limited.

Date: October 29, 2025
Time: 5pm to 8pm (class will start right at 5pm, doors open at 4:45pm)!
Where: Carya East Village Community Teaching Kitchen
What: A Thai Community Cooking Class, co-facilitated with Gail Haitaitham of .creative 💚
Cost: Free! Participants can make a donation if within their means, but this is not necessary and does not impact your registration in the class 💓
RSVP: Through our Eventbrite page - link below! ✅

Keep your eyes out for other upcoming announcements! Hope to see you in the kitchen! 🧑‍🍳👩‍🍳

📸: .the.photographer 🙏🏼

10/16/2025

HI, HELLO 👋 We are back in action (after our founder took a break to get married…jeez!! 😜)

The Mindful Appetite is being considered for a Take Action Grant through the Arusha Centre 😊🤞🏼 This is the second step in the application process - please take a listen to our video describing the project & our budget allocation!

Please give us some love & cross your fingers for us! 💚 We hope to see you in the kitchen soon! Keep your eyes out for incoming announcements! 👀👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳

09/03/2025

🤩 WOW! Summer absolutely flew by! Likely because we launched our community cooking classes this summer - which were FILLED with delicious repurposed food, community connections, all while reducing food waste in Calgary!

Here’s capturing our first FOUR community cooking classes, where we:

➡️ Created flautas & enchiladas at The Alex Community Food Centre, taught by Daisy Espinal 💚

➡️ Pickled SO MANY VEGGIES at Italiano Please YYC, led by Daisy Espinal 🥒

➡️ Created pupusas & bread pudding for dessert The Alex Community Food Centre, Daisy Espinal 🍞

➡️ Created jollof rice & fried plantains YWCA Calgary, taught by Ms. Dooshima 💜

We could not have done this without financial support received from Righting Relations: Adult Education for Social Change/Apaji-wla'matulinej & The Alex Community Food Centre along with your donations 🙏🏼💚 A special thank you to .the.photograher and .creative for capturing beautiful footage and moments in our workshops 📸 Most of all, we’re so grateful to our workshop participants for coming out, learning, laughing, and navigating bumps along the way (because we’ve certainly learned A LOT through hosting these workshops)!

If you’ve yet to join us for a class, we’re working to roll out our fall offerings!! Join our newsletter OR keep your eyes on our website for our next classes 👀

Interested in leading a class? Or have ideas for a type of class you’d like to see offered? Comment below or DM us! ☺️
♻️

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08/22/2025

✨Feeling super grateful ✨ Throwing it back to last week’s pickling class with this reel 🥒😍 Such an amazing class with an even more amazing group of people 🙌 A massive thank you to Italiano Please YYC for hosting us!! (Check out our reel recapping this amazing event 🥰)

We just finished our THIRD community cooking class on Wednesday evening, held at The Alex Community Food Centre and are SO excited to share photos & content with you 💚 We made veggie pupusas & bread pudding 😋

Thank you so much to each and every one of you for your support, enthusiasm, and for showing up 🥰💚 The Mindful Appetite started as an idea years ago and is now reality because of YOU 🙌💚 If you haven’t caught our cooking classes, check out our class on August 28 (it’s nearly full - so do so quickly!!) AND keep an eye out on our website OR join our newsletter to be the first to know about classes coming this fall 🧡

That’s it for now. ☺️ Thank you for being here 💚
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08/10/2025

Happy Saturday everyone! We’ll be out & about at several community markets this week! 🛍️ We’d love to see you - so grab a friend or family member & come by to support local Calgary small businesses!

Here’s our pop-up schedule for next week:

📍August 13 Killarney-Glengarry Community Association from 5-8pm! Food trucks will be onsite! Come down for a bite, socialize, & shop ☺️

📍August 14 Dalhousie Farmers’ Market YYC from 3:30-7:30pm! There is ALWAYS fresh local fruits & veggies onsite - so you don’t want to miss local produce + supporting local vendors ☺️

📍August 17 Change Makers Collective Markets for a Sip & Shop Eco Friendly Market & Fundraiser, held at The Attic Bar & Stage from 11-5, in support of The Alice Sanctuary! The Attic & Vegan Street YYC will have deals ALL DAY LONG, so swing by for a drink and/or bite in addition to shopping eco friendly vendors! 💚

Will we see you there?? 🤞🏼 Please share among anyone who lives in these areas or who might want to come out 🙌

08/08/2025

Happy Friday everyone! We are pleased to announce that our Pickling Workshop on August 12 is completely FILLED UP 👏 Thank you for your enthusiasm & we're excited to see you next week!

Swipe to check out our next Community Cooking Classes, happening on August 20 & 28! They are free (with the option of adding a donation, but this is not necessary to participate!) August 20 will feature a dinner + dessert facilitated by Daisy Expinal, while August 28 will be a Nigerian-inspired experience facilitated by Ms Dooshima 🥰

Grab a friend or family member, save your spot through our website (www.themindfulappetite/ ), and we will see you in the kitchen! 😊

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