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Cooking Parties, Classes, and Demonstrations

Do you love great food, but feel gourmet cooking is an art you have yet to master?
If so, the Skinny Gene Project offers many fun and exciting ways to help you bring the sizzle back into the kitchen but leaves the extra pounds behind.

Join a pre-scheduled class or demonstration, or invite your friends over for a cooking party. You bring the appetite; we will provide the food, wine, and the chef.

See Calendar of Events to find a class or demonstration in your area, or email us about how to host a cooking party with your friends.

Skinny Gene Dining Events - All the quality you expect with fine dining, but without the guilt

Beginning in San Diego County, we will host Skinny Gene Project Dining Events throughout the year. Each event will consist of a 3 -5 course meal that has been prepared in accordance with our strict nutritional guidelines (low glycemic, low fat, high fiber, appropriate calorie intake, and portion control). Each head chef will be given the challenge of making the most creative and healthy dinner menu using his or her specific cuisine style or distinction (e.g. French, Italian). Skinny Gene Project dinners may also offer a paired wine tasting to accompany each dish.
See Calendar of Events

* Contact us if you know of a restaurant in your area that would like to provide Skinny Gene Project Quality Option on their menu. Lmartin@jmossfoundation.org

Featured Recipes- Healthier Alternatives for Thanksgiving

Click on each of the pictures above to see the recipe.


Previously Featured Thanksgiving Recipes (click on recipe title to see recipe):

Pear, Prosciutto & Hazelnut Stuffing (diabetes appropriate)

Cranberry, Cherry & Walnut Marmalade

Lemon-Garlic Roast Turkey & White-Wine Gravy (diabetes appropriate)

Cider-Glazed Roots with Cinnamon Walnuts

Green Bean Casserole (diabetes appropriate)

Think you can do better? Here's your challenge:

Send us your favorite "Skinny Gene Project approved" recipes. The overall dish must be low fat, low glycemic, low calorie, and have high amounts of fiber. If your delectable dish meets our nutritional guidelines, we will post your recipes for other members to try at home and vote on. Maybe you will be the next "Skinny Gene Project Chef of the Month".

* You must be a member to apply. Email us to find out more Lmartin@jmossfoundation.org

Get the "Skinny" - How to Eat Right on the Go

Too busy to cook? If your notion of making dinner is making reservations or placing an order, and you're also trying to eat more healthfully, a new website may be the answer to your quandary. Log onto www.HealthyDiningFinder.com to search for restaurants around the country that offer a selection of healthier menu items. Up to 10 menu items are listed for participating restaurants, along with the nutrition information - fat, calories, sodium and other key nutrients. You can "search" by geographic location, price range, and availability of take-out, delivery, or catering.

Dieting Tips and Recipes

We would like to make your transition into adopting a healthy lifestyle as smooth as possible. To aid in this process, we are providing you with our TOP 10 TIPS for  losing weight and becoming a healthier YOU.
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Become a member and search through over 100,000 recipes* from Better Homes & Gardens, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Food Network, Food and Wine, Gourmet, SELF, Southern Living and many more. Simply follow our suggestions, and tranform these popular recipes into delectable dishes that will tantalize your tastebuds and ignite your metabolism.

Let us show you how to incorporate these delicious creations in a healthy lifestyle.  We took many of these recipes and applied them to our RULE OF 2.  Eating healthy has never been so EASY!

RULE OF 2 - Eating your way into a healthy body is a simple as 1, 2, 3*:

Feel like dieting is too much work? Don't worry, we did all of the work for you! The Rule of  2 is designed to give your metabolism a BOOST! We compared the fat, fiber, and glycemic index on a variety of everyday foods and gourmet recipes, and we sorted them according to 3 simple levels- 1, 2, and 3. Each level tells you how often you can eat a specific type of food - Several times a day, limit to once a day (specific quantities), or limit to once a week.

Simply choose from your favorite ingredients, food items, and recipes and eat your way into a healthy body.

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79 million people have prediabetes and most don't even know it. If not stopped, they will soon develop full-blown diabetes. We are committed to educating those at-risk and empowering them to make positive lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes.

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Shattering the Silence

My aunt Gloria, the center and strength of our family, was needlessly taken by diabetes - the Silent Killer. For years diabetes ruthlessly attacked her body, making an already petite woman increasingly fragile. We watched as her health deteriorated, but we didn't know the reason why. She suffered in silence. She experienced chest pains and extreme exhaustion but said nothing.

Only after an infected stubbed toe, did she reveal that she had diabetes. She went to the hospital to have it examined. My aunt Gloria never came home again. She had a heart attack in the hospital before her toe had been treated. Her cause of death may have been diabetes, but I'd say silence was death's accomplice.

M.B San Diego, CA