Fueling the Warrior:
The Power of the Plate
Learn how the right foods can reduce inflammation, support healing, and give your body what it actually needs. Then cook a meal with us, live, that puts it all on your plate.
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Here's what you get for showing up
Two hours. Real science. A meal you can make tonight for about $10.
Sickle cell nutrition education
The real connection between what you eat and how your body handles inflammation, oxidative stress, and healing. Not theory. Science you can use today.
Live cooking demo with recipes
Cook along in your kitchen or just watch. Either way, you leave with downloadable recipes and a grocery list that won't break the bank.
A room full of people who get it
Warriors, support partners, and families. Ask questions, share what works, and connect with people who understand what you're navigating.
What you'll walk away with
This isn't a lecture. It's two hours of practical, interactive learning you can use in your kitchen tonight.
- How nutrition directly affects sickle cell disease
- Anti-inflammatory foods that support healing
- How to build meals that fill nutrient gaps
- Practical plant-based cooking you can actually do
- Recipes and a grocery list to take home
Who you'll be learning from
Two nurses who built this workshop specifically for the sickle cell community.
Meryl Fury
Over 30 years as a public health nurse. Physicians Committee Food For Life Instructor. Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Former Board of Directors, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Meryl designed this workshop and she's the one cooking with you.
Jocelyn Mallard
Over 20 years specializing in sickle cell disease care at an academic medical center in Chicago. Former Medical Advisory Board, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Rouxbe Forks Over Knives culinary program graduate. Presenting at Lifestyle Medicine 2026 on culinary medicine for sickle cell.
"True resilience for a Warrior is a team effort. It takes strength to navigate the daily realities of Sickle Cell, and that strength is even more powerful when shared."Meryl Fury, MS, RN
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Warriors, support partners, and families welcome.
Completely free. Virtual. Open to anyone.