You likely need to stretch your dollars and ingredients, want to break up the day and do something fun and joyful, find a creative outlet, nourish yourself (and your loves), boost your immune system and perhaps learn something new. All this can be supported in the kitchen! During this happy hour, Lauren will answer your questions and can share techniques, recipes and template ideas, meal planning tips, how to make the most of what's in your pantry (and freezer, fridge, garden), and discuss money-saving strategies and ideas about how to eliminate food waste.

PUGS and our Virtual Happy Hour speakers have donated their time and platform to make this event possible. If you enjoy the experience and are in a position to donate, we would be delighted if you could support Growing Gardens.

With more than twenty years of teaching cooking, Lauren Chandler has found the aspects of her work she values most are the ways we connect and build relationships through food and the creativity that cooking warrants. Though she is staying put in her home, she believes that she can maintain and build relationships and creativity by streaming into the kitchens of friends and family near and far and into the kitchens of people in our global community who are friends she has yet to meet. Learn more about Lauren Chandler Cooks.