SUCCESSFUL START TO 2016
Leahi Health in Kailua Becomes Blue Zones Project Approved
What a great way to start the New Year off on the right foot! Leahi Health in Kailua is now a Blue Zones Project Approved™ restaurant. Owner, Jason Coleman, opened the Windward location last year - his third one on Oahu.
The restaurant is known for its "Plant Slant" menu, and achieved Blue Zones Project Approved status by completing the Blue Zones Project Restaurant Pledge and adopting or supporting a selection of best practices from a list of 35 options, including:
- Sourcing foods and produce from local farms such as Otsuji Farms, Ko Farms Kolea Farms and Mahalo Farms.
- Creating a keiki menu called ‘Leahi Kids’, which offers children the option of warm naan topped with a choice of either almond butter, honey or maple drizzle and goji berries or hummus with avocado. Both options are served with a choice of apples, oranges or bananas.
- Offering alternatives to sugar-sweetened beverages such as homemade kombucha and cold brew coffee.
- Offering a nutritious dessert option called the Ala Moana Bowl made with organic tambor acai
Leahi Health celebrated becoming a Blue Zones Project Approved restaurant with the entire community on Saturday, February 13 at their Kailua location. Attendees enjoyed surfer bowl samples to mark the occasion.
Be sure to visit Leahi Health and try one of their tasty menu items! Snap a pic, and share it with us on our Facebook or Instagram page. We'd love to see which food or drink is your favorite. Here's ours - the Mauna Lowen...yum!
On behalf of Blue Zones Project Hawaii, congratulations Leahi Health!
To learn more about how to register your restaurant to become Blue Zones Project Approved, contact Erika Kobayashi at Erika.Kobayashi@healthways.com.
Healthy Cooking Demonstrations
When healthy food tastes great, better food choices are irresistible! Join Chef Maya Merrifield of `Ai Love Nalo and/or Chef Alyssa Moreau to attend a FREE Blue Zones Project® Cooking Class that will teach you to make great-tasting, plant-based meals. Samples will be provided. Seats are limited, so be sure to RSVP!
With a little nudge from Blue Zones Project, Chef Maya and Chef Alyssa, you can learn how to make simple, healthy dishes for you and your ohana!
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Friday, February 19 6 - 7:30 p.m. `Ai Love Nalo 41-1694 Kalanianaole Hwy. Waimanalo |
Tuesday, February 23 6 - 7:30 p.m. KEY Project 47-200 Waihee Road Kaneohe |
Purpose Workshops
A Purpose Workshop was held on January 19 at KEY Project in Kahaluu and January 23 at Windward Unity Church in Kaneohe. Guests enjoyed talking story with their neighbors and discovering their gifts through the workshop's activities. We encourage you to attend a Purpose Workshop to discover or renew your true purpose - that unique thing that makes you your best. In fact, knowing your purpose could add up to 7 years to your life! Begin the new year by doing something important for you, so that you can start to live a happier, more fulfilling life.
We have two FREE Purpose Workshops coming up:
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1 - 3:30 p.m. `Ai Love Nalo |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sweet Annie |
Worksites
Many of us spend the majority of our day at work – so having healthy choices at our workplace is key. Blue Zones Project offers solutions for worksites to inspire employees to be happier and more productive at work and at home.
Several worksites are now involved with the Blue Zones Project initative, including Castle Medical Center. The hospital has collaborated with Blue Zones Project and the Department of Health's Choose Healthy Now program to transform its cafeteria, The Bistro, into a Blue Zones Project-inspired dining area. There, you'll find healthy snacks instead of candy, minimal soda and sugar-sweetened beverages, and plenty of "Plant Slant", Blue Zones Project-inspired items to choose from, many of which are made with produce harvested right from Castle Medical Center's rooftop garden.
Castle Medical Center is now moving towards the next step, which is to become a Blue Zones Project Approved™ worksite.
If you're interested in learning more about registering your worksite to become a part of the Blue Zones Project movement, contact Erika Kobayashi at Erika.Kobayashi@healthways.com.
