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Isaac’s Kitchen provides nutritional support to Cali Kids’ families, as well as food education, while increasing their access to nutritious meals and ingredients.

At Cali Kids, we believe nutrition is a key component of one’s healthcare journey. Isaac’s Kitchen provides nutritional support for Cali Kids families and increases access to healthy meals and ingredients during critical periods in their child’s medical journey. Through educational nutrition workshops, meal deliveries, garden access, and resource connection, we strive to make nutrition simple, accessible, and fun.

Menus are inspired by Isaac’s favorite foods, hospital comfort foods, and silly cravings!

Nutrition

Food should taste good and be good for the body! We view food as medicine. The food we eat should work together with the medicines and treatments, providing our body with the vital nutrition needed to help fight.

Allergies and special diets

All meals will be gluten-free, sugar-free, and free from peanuts and shellfish. All allergies and specialized diets can be accommodated. Individual nutritional needs based on specific illness will be considered and tailored when possible.

Meal Delivery

Once a week, Cali Kids Medical Foundation's, Isaacs Kitchen, will provide a few healthy meals to families who are recently discharged from the hospital or are in between in-patient cycles.

Meal service is most needed during this transitional period because families are transitioning from hospital care to in-home care, adjusting to new meds, equipment, routines, etc. Many times during this time period, household chores have accumulated, groceries are needed, and cooking a nutritious meal is typically not manageable during this time. We also recognize that good nutrition is especially crucial during this time period. Oftentimes the child is more susceptible to illness during this transitional time, and the family is under increased distress, making them more susceptible to illness as well. Receiving healthy meals during these critical transitional periods improves physical and mental health, by providing crucial nutrition and by greatly relieving stress.

Garden and cooking workshops

Nutrition is fun! We will be hosting monthly workshops in our garden space. We will be renting the space at St. Lukes in North Park until we are able to obtain a permanent location.

Workshops will include:

nutritional facts about highlighted ingredients,
nutritional support for specific illness/disease.
Nutritional tips supporting improved immune function and mental health.
Easy, space saving garden tips.
Simple recipes.
Cooking/preparing a recipe together using highlighted ingredients.
Therapeutic time in the garden, planting or harvesting ingredients.