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Saint Thomas Heart Healthy Cooking School Classes: Cajun Encore

Presented by Saint Thomas Heart at Saint Thomas Hospital

February 7, 2012

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Saint Thomas Heart, the cardiac division of Saint Thomas Health, is pleased to announce the 2012 Winter/Spring schedule for its Heart Healthy Cooking School, a series of free cooking demonstrations and tastings.
Classes will be held throughout the winter and spring and are free and open to the public. Due to previous response for the Heart Healthy Cooking School, space will be limited to the first 75 registrants. To register for the classes, please call 1-800-588-3270.

Each month, the class will have a different heart-healthy theme. The following classes will be held in the Saint Thomas Hospital cafeteria and will begin at 3:00pm The schedule for this series is:

· Jan. 10, 2012 – Chili Cook-off

· Feb. 7, 2012 – Cajun Encore

· March 6, 2012 – St. Patrick's Day

· April 3, 2012 – Easter Brunch

· May 1, 2012 – Father’s Day Prelude

Registered dietician, Kitty Fawaz, and executive chef, Julian Osmond, will lead the classes. Classes also feature Saint Thomas Heart cardiac specialists who will discuss the importance of healthy eating in improving overall cardiac health.

“Our schools are designed to help people make healthy choices while cooking. We believe a proper diet will not only make you feel better but help you live longer,” said Fawaz.

The Heart Healthy Cooking School presented by Saint Thomas Heart began in 1996 and has helped tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans learn to prepare easy, heart-healthy meals. The Heart Healthy Cooking School offers classes throughout the year at Baptist Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center and other locations throughout Middle Tennessee.

ABOUT SAINT THOMAS HEART

Saint Thomas Heart is the cardiac division of Saint Thomas Health and includes the cardiology programs at Baptist Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Saint Thomas Hospital. With approximately 60 cardiac specialists in more than 25 regional clinics throughout Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and Tennessee’s largest network of accredited Chest Pain Centers, Saint Thomas Heart offers greater access and experience, seeing more patients than anyone in Tennessee. www.saintthomasheart.com or www.moresurvivors.com.

ABOUT SAINT THOMAS HEALTH

Saint Thomas Health is the market share leader in Middle Tennessee and a faith-based health ministry with more than 6,500 associates. Saint Thomas Health’s regional health system consists of five hospitals – Baptist Hospital, Saint Thomas Hospital and The Hospital for Spinal Surgery in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville – and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. Saint Thomas Health is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit www.sths.com.