Cooking with Melissa: Snack Your Way to A Healthy Heart

Presented by: Melissa Gallagher-Cashman, CTRS, CDP, CADDCT, CMDCP, NASM-CPT

Join Recreational Therapist Melissa Gallagher-Cashman for a 4-part virtual cooking class series! Melissa will show you how heart-healthy ingredients can be both delicious and easy to make! You will practice mindfulness, heighten your senses, and recall past memories. In this class you will make dark chocolate and oat clusters and Cheerio’s snack mix. Grab your measuring spoons and join AFA for “Cooking with Melissa”!

This event will take place at the AFA Teal Room: www.alzfdn.org/afatealroom.

List of ingredients:

Dark Chocolate & Oat Clusters
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons 1% low fat milk or almond milk
¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips (or dark chocolate)
¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats

Cheerios Snack Mix
8 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
2 cups sea salt whole almonds
1 ½ cup dried blueberries
1 ½ cup golden raisins
1 ½ cup dried cranberries

Cooking Tools:
Saucepan
Spoon
Wax Paper
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Large Mixing Bowl