Cooking is the Highest Form of Self Care
How you choose to NOURISH yourself MATTERS and it affects every aspect of your life, including your relationships + work in the world.
My mission is to make cooking not only easier but to make it more accessible to fit into your very full life.
More About Me:
I’m a professionally trained chef with a stacked culinary resume (yes, I was on CHOPPED! on the Food Network).
I am also Nutritious Life Certified, a Certified Holistic Health Coach, a food stylist, photographer, and recipe developer for wellness brands.
I am excited to support your cooking journey!
Eat Well,
Chef Carla
Cut Down on Your Cooking Time
“Tons of tips and advice for saving time, reducing waste, and direction on what to actually cook. Something I often struggle with. Would highly recommend to anyone trying to cut down cooking time during the week while still eating healthy!" — Nicole
Cook + Chop: Online Cooking School
What's Included:
- Valuable access to me (my 24 + years as a pro chef and 10 years as a health coach). This is the difference between cooking out of a book or from a Pin, you get to ask me your questions + be supported.
- Video Library of Foundational Cooking Technique videos that are designed to help you slice an onion, dice a sweet potato, and cook the fluffiest quinoa. You can always use these as reference.
- Real Life Meal Plan. This is the way I set up my actual home cooking. I teach you how to create your own grocery list so you can pick and choose what recipes YOU want to make (and to actually use the ingredients you purchase)!
- Set up your kitchen like a pro which includes my: Grocery List, Pantry Staples, Prep List, Menu Planner + MORE.
- Ask questions, directly under each lesson in our online learning platform (without logging into social media). We have a private Community with busy people like yourself.
Take the Pressure Out of Meal Prep
"Carla doesn’t only teach you tons of valuable tidbits, but she also makes it simple. She totally took the pressure off of my meal prep. I always made it a much more time-consuming ordeal. As a mom, she gets it, too, and is very relatable to my busy life." — Lyndsey
Is this you? If so, you are in the right place!
- Putting yourself + your health last on your list is making you feel awful and is not allowing you to show up fully in any part of your life.
- You are so sick of throwing away groceries + ordering take out when you have a fridge full of food that you know will nourish you.
- You are overwhelmed. There is so much food information out there. You want recipes and a plan you know will work.
- You have a fridge full of food, and cooking is the last thing you want to do at the end of you day. Gosh, can’t someone else do it?
- Your fridge is completely empty, unless champagne, ketchup, and last night's take out containers count.
Feel Less Intimidated in the Kitchen
“Chef Carla teaches you things that you maybe, sort of know how to do, like cutting with a knife, feel less intimidating. I like how I can watch the videos when I need them and how she is so open to suggestions and helping!" — Allison
Preview of Cook+Chop
Uplevel Your Cooking Skills
“This is the first online class I took on cooking. I'm so stoked about it! It feels like Carla is actually there with and for you. I'm still amazed by how much I was able to learn. It has truly up-leveled my skills in the kitchen! — Náyade
Build Your Foundation in the Kitchen for Your Future Self
The Cook+Chop Bundle Deal
$99
one payment
What's Included:
1. Video Library of 21 Foundational Cooking Videos including how to hold a knife, slice an onion, dice a sweet potato, and make the fluffiest quinoa.
2. Meal planning for your REAL LIFE. Learn how to plan like a pro with my Weekly Meal Planner, Grocery and Prep List that will keep you + your kitchen organized.
3. Ask questions + get support from me without having to log on to social media.
Bonuses:
1. MORE Than Salad Course: Insta-worthy Salads are a drizzle of olive oil away.
2. Pantry Refresh: How to Shop like a Chef + Health Coach — Clean, organize and stock your pantry, fridge and freezer.
4. The Cooking Mediations: Cultivate presence while you shop, cook, clean, and eat food that nourishes you (and others in your life).
Total Value: $997.00
Organize your Kitchen + Pantry
“Cleaning my pantry was hugely helpful! In the middle of day-to-day chaos and stress, it’s so refreshing and reassuring to open a pantry cupboard and easily find something and see what I have on hand. Especially since I’m essentially prepping five meals a day for a demanding toddler—every second counts!” — Layla
Frequently Asked Questions
Maybe you’ve tried, but you have a family or a full-time job that leaves you zero time to yourself.
You barely have the energy to order takeout, let alone go to the gym tonight, which leads you to eating popcorn for dinner (AGAIN).
You’re busy! Let me teach you how to cook (fast and efficiently) so you can have the energy (and the time) to fit in cooking and love every delicious minute of it.
You have lifetime access to the videos. You can go at your own pace. Plus you are 100% supported. You can ask questions under each video!
You can ask all your questions right under each video in the course.
If you need extra support can book a one-on-one health session with me so I can personally help you with your challenges in the kitchen, meal prep and everything in between.
I’ll be your partner in crime! I’m doing this with you and I am far from perfect, so there will be no judgment coming from me when you’re eating a box of Easy Mac for the third time this week.
(If you need more help, you can always book more one-on-one culinary health coaching sessions with me.) Email me directly [email protected]
No problem! You can cook in any kitchen.
You get a list of the essential tools and equipment I use in my kitchen. And no, you don't have to buy everything.
I am all about a minimal + functional kitchen.
I give you my Real Life Meal Plan. This is the way I set up my actual home cooking. I teach you how to create your own grocery list so you can pick and choose what recipes YOU want to make (and to actually use the ingredients you purchase)!
This plan includes: meat, fish, poultry, dairy, and vegetarian.
I will always give you options and you can ask me your questions in our monthly Q&A, in the Community, or below each video.
If you need one-on-one support with a meal plan you can always upgrade to a one-on-one health coaching session with me.
You can totally do this if you are cooking for one, in fact, I encourage it! Cooking is the highest form of self-care.
I will give you tips and tricks for making this fit into you life no matter what the size of your household.
If you have a family or are cooking for a picky partner, I got you! Sometimes, it takes embracing a new way of eating and cooking yourself first, for other's to get on board.
The foundation of this program is getting more veggies and greens into your life (and your gut).
Most of the recipes are free of the following: gluten, dairy, refined sugar, coffee, and alcohol. There will always be substitutions offered.
You can also swap out proteins to suit your needs to be vegan/vegetarian.
If you have gut health issues, follow a special diet, or need a more individualized plan, you can always book a session for one-on-one health coaching with me.
NOTE: This is not a diet, nor is their diet culture language used in Cook+Chop. I personally believe that food is pleasure and there is always room for a conscious indulgence.
Yes! And you can ask your questions right underneath each video.
Aren't you SO thoughtful! Yes, this is the gift that keeps giving!
Please email me directly [email protected] and I will set you up with a digital gift card.
This is such a great question! You sure can! But here are some of the benefits to having access to Cook+Chop:
1. This is the difference between cooking out of a book, or from a Pin, or a video, you get to ask me your questions + be supported.
2. All the videos are in one place + no searching or scrolling and wasting your time to find the best videos.
3. If you need extra one-on-one support, you can always book a Health Coaching Session.
Due to the immediate nature of this product I do not offer refunds. Be sure you want to purchase before you buy.
Do you need wifi? Yes!
Can I download these videos? No, but you can watch them on your desk top or in the Kajabi app. on your phone.
Is there a free trail? No
You will have unlimited access to this content. Anytime + anywhere you have wifi during the life of your membership.
Your first class starts as soon as you sign up!
- As soon as you purchase, there will be an email waiting for you from Kajabi with your login info.
- You can start watching the videos + join the private community right away.
- If you lose your login or password for any reason, you can always email Chef Carla for help.
I am partnered with Grow NYC + the Union Square Greenmarket to offer this digital membership to college students in their CSA program at Hunter College.
Finally Figure out Food
“I recommend Chef Carla to anyone who wants to cook but has no time to figure it out on their own. She is professional, knowledgeable, and truly listens to you. She will give you what you need to feel so much better!”— Ellie
