July 2023 Newsletter
July 2023 Events at a Glance
July 8 – 8 am – Gardening at Blackshear Elementary – Saturday
July 15 – 9 am – Meditation – Saturday
July 15 – 9:45 am – Yoga – Saturday
July 15 – 11 AM – Cooking Class with Leah and Avital – Saturday
July 16 – 5 PM – Dinner at Veegos – Sunday
July 22 – 4 PM – Super Salad Bar Potluck – Saturday
July 23 – 1 PM – Presentation and Potluck – Sunday
July 26 – 5-6PM EST/6-7PM CST – CNS Cooking Class with Donna
July 28 – 6:30 PM – Potluck and Panel Discussion – Friday
August Events
Welcome to the July Newsletter!
It’s a busy month again at PlantPure Houston. We have potlucks in Richmond and Houston, dinner outings, live and online cooking classes, gardening, meditation, yoga, and a vegan potluck with a climate discussion panel.
Join us at Blackshear Elementary this Saturday to work in the school garden.
Welcome to attend for 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Sign up on EventBrite!
- Location: Blackshear Elementary School; 2900 Holman, 77004. The entrance to the parking lot is off of Ennis. Gated parking lot but volunteers will let you in.
- Date and Time: July 8, 8:00 – 9:30 AM
Ready to take it easy for one evening?
Join Harmony N Houston Pod for dinner out at Veegos.
- Location: 10932 Westheimer Road, Houston, 77042
- Date and Time: Saturday, July 16, 5 PM
- Please RSVP to Susan Marsh
Get inspired to fill your plate with tasty salad helpings.
Please bring a vegan and whole food plant-based dish, using little or no oil if possible, and an ingredient list or recipe of your dish.
- Location: Bridlewood Estates subdivision in Richmond, TX
- Date and Time: Saturday, July 22, 4 PM
- Please contact Lisa Arnold for registration
The talk will be followed by the popular whole food plant-based potluck. Please bring a dish to share.
- Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite 355, Bellaire, TX 77401
- Date and Time: 7/23 at 1 PM – 2:30 PM
- Click here for additional information.
Do you need more ideas for what to cook? Two great classes will be offered this month, in person and online.
All About Dressings Part 2 with Leah and Avital If you are curious to create delicious, oil-free, plant-based dressings, you will want to attend.
- Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite 355, Bellaire, TX 77401
- Date and Time: 7/15 at 11:00 AM
- Please register for free cooking class
One can make so much more with eggplant than parmesan or baba ganoush. Be tempted by Grilled Eggplant and Tomato Salad with a Basil Lemon Pesto, Caponata, and a Dark Chocolate Almond Eggplant Torte. All made the WFPB way.
The class is offered through CNS Kitchen
This time, Nan Hildreth will present seven posters summarizing our climate accomplishments so far, both globally and in Houston. (www.HoustonClimateBoulder.org)
The panel after the potluck will discuss “What our churches are doing for our climate”.
- Please register here.
- Location: 5200 Fannin (access parking from Southmore or Oakdale)
- Date and Time: 7/28 at 6:30 PM
Lifestyle Docs July 2023 Events
Guided Meditation with Dr. Munish Chawla
- Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite 355, Bellaire, TX 77401
- Date and Time: 7/15 at 9:00 AM
- In-person or join Zoom Meeting
- Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite 355, Bellaire, TX 77401
- Date and Time: 7/15 at 9:45 AM
- Join Zoom Meeting
Replays
Catch the latest episode of Drs. Chawla from 6/28, covering the final Lifestyle Medicine pillar, “Avoid Risky Substances”, with a discussion on addictions and how to break free.
Future Dates
Sunday, August 13 @ 2:00 PM Field Trip to Lone Star Mushroom Farm
Friday, August 18 @ 6:30 PM Vegan Potluck at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
Sunday, August 27 @ 1:00 Lifestyle Docs and Bayou City Beet Potluck
Saturday, October 7, 9 am – 3 pm, 5th Annual PPF Retreat
Looking forward to seeing you at one of these events!
Susan and Karlina (aka Karoline)
(832) 647-2220
