Chef Lachelle Cunningham and Certified Master Herbalist Eva Garrett have joined forces to create Natural Roots Wellness and the Elixir Kitchen where you can join them to explore the world of plant remedies and nutritional healing. In this session, they will discover what healing agents are right in our backyards. Lachelle will do a virtual tour of her wildflower and vegetable gardens as well as showcasing the strong healing properties of 2 special plants that are often overlooked and disregarded! Using these same special plants, Eva will walk us through the preparation of 2 herbal healing tonics, while Lachelle prepares a simple nutritional healing recipe using these same plants. Expect to be captivated by the healing power of plants combined with the wonderful flavors profiles and deliciousness recipes coming from The Elixir Kitchen
Chef Lachelle Cunningham
Chef Lachelle has been a dynamic force on the Twin Cities’ food scene and is known for cooking globally inspired comfort food that thwarts unhealthy stereotypes and fuses in global flavors. She began her culinary career by launching Chelles’ Kitchen in 2012 and soon became known for her work as the founding Executive Chef of Breaking Bread Cafe (2015) in North Minneapolis, where she received many accolades for her food creativity and social justice work. In 2018, Chef Lachelle began building The Healthy Root Institute, with a mission focused on healing and social justice through food education, culinary arts and entrepreneurship. Through the Healthy Root Institute, Chef Lachelle curates cooking workshops and retreats, teaches culinary arts, food business classes and also provides human resources, menu development and operations consulting to local restaurants and food service establishments. Her greater vision is to grow the Healthy Roots Institute for greater capacity to impact people through food, culinary education and entrepreneurship.
Certified Master Herbalist Eva Garrett
Eva Nyrie Garret was born and raised in North Minneapolis, MN. After graduating from Patrick Henry High school, she took a position with AT&T, where she has worked for the past 20 years, evolving over time from training to hiring to technical support. In 2012, she began working for the nonprofit food justice organization, Appetite for Change, where she assisted in cultivating and managing the northside community gardens, Farmers Market and Community Cooks programs. Working with Appetite for Change helped to deepen Eva’s love for gardening as she became known in her community as Farmer Garrett, providing produce through CSA’s from her own backyard. In becoming an avid gardener, she also grew a deep connection with herbs and in 2020 obtained her Master Herbalist certification and launched her herbal business, Natural Me where she creates healing products that cleanse, nurture and treat ailments. Now she has joined forces with Chef Lachelle Cunningham to create Natural Roots Wellness and the Elixir Kitchen, where they invite the community to explore the world of plant remedies and nutritional healing with them.
Eva’s Fire Cider Recipe
Lachelle’s Power Salad Recipe
Eva’s Rosemary Infused Oil Recipe