Healthy Living Inc: Transforming Lives One Meal At A Time

I am Juliette Tahar, a Washington, DC area chef and cooking instructor, involved in whole foods cookery for the past 20 years. 

I am passionate about teaching people how to prepare simple, delicious, healthy meals.  Meal preparation is sacred, and I also emphazise making meals visually attractive.

Embedded in the teaching is raising students' awareness of their relationship to food and how much food choices affect the whole person. With greater awareness and the skills to cook, students can choose to cook foods that support their health and  enhance their lives. To further this mission, I created Healthy Living, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching natural food cooking.

As an IRS certified 501c3 entity, HL educates people of all backgrounds, regardless of income, on how to plan and prepare healthy meals in an environment that fosters community spirit.  HL serves both the public at large through fee-based cooking classes and an outreach program for communities at risk that functions thanks to volunteer work and donations. At present, HL has three successful outreach programs, teaching healthy cooking at two shelters for homeless women, and another one to the residents of Washington, DC Ward 7, an economically-challenged area.

My goal also is to open the first natural cooking school in the Washington DC area that will offer job training in the field of natural cooking. The school will be located in Washington, DC and will hold cooking classes, wellness programs and other educational events.

To achieve all of Healthy Living goals, we need your help! Your donation makes a difference because you are supporting an organization that is making a difference in someone's life. Teaching people to learn how to cook simple, delicious healthy meals creates big tangible shifts in someone's life. At times, it saves individuals' life as well.

It takes around $55,000 to keep us afloat for one year. This includes insurance, staff salaries, website maintenance and Internet connection. Other costs are absorbed through fee-based programs.

Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. Firstgiving will deposit your tax deductible contribution directly into our Healthy Living Inc. account.

We thank YOU for your support. Over the years, we have prospered because of your generosity. Don’t forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!

Wishing good health to all,

Juliette G. Tahar