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KITCHEN BLESSINGS

What exactly is a kitchen blessing?

A Nurture Kitchen Blessing is part 1-on-1 workshop, part cooking class, part intuitive coaching session.  It’s a bespoke kitchen curriculum and custom meal prep plan that combines creativity, practicality (and a dash of magic) to bring agency and inspiration into your relationship with your own kitchen and the meals and memories you make there.
Learn actionable ways to make food prep a source of love, connection and delight for day-to-day living.

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Nice to meet you, I’m Sonja! 

My friends lovingly call me a ‘kitchen witch.’ The potential for alchemy in the kitchen is abundant, and I have dedicated my life to exploring how food heals, bonds, tells stories and offers a way in. What better way to get to the heart of what really matters than feeding yourself and those you care about? 

That’s what I’m here to help you do. I don’t have a magic wand, but I DO have the uncanny ability to know exactly the prompts, recipes and approaches you need to make your relationship with preparing food more delicious, nutritious, personalized and, dare I say, FUN! 

 

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With your responses as my guide, I create a personalized ‘kitchen curriculum’. Your curriculum PDF is full of tailored prompts, recipes and spells designed specifically to support your lifestyle, your personal or household dietary requirements and the particular areas of your relationship to food and cooking that feel sticky or uninspiring. Inspired by your personal story around food, I create a few custom recipes that act as a nourishing entry point into the lessons we’ll be covering together.

HOW A KITCHEN BLESSING WORKS:

EACH IS DIFFERENT, YOURS IS SPECIAL!

Questionnaire

You fill out a questionnaire that asks you all manner of logistical and whimsical questions, to help me get a sense of how best to support you.

CURRICULUM

  • PDF with custom recipes and grocery list
  • Prompts and spells to set the scene (and table)
  • Ideas to to reimagine leftovers

live SESSION

Join me in our live virtual prep kitchen where I guide you through your custom curriculum while preparing some key elements together. 

Once a date is confirmed, I pop into your kitchen via Zoom! We discuss your responses, put your curriculum into action and prepare your custom dishes from scratch, integrating skills, aesthetics, and a dash of magic. You’ll be prepared in advance for the groceries we need, via a PDF grocery list and creative prompts to use as you shop. As we cook together virtually, we also assess the practical flow of how your kitchen is set up. Together, we collaborate to streamline your daily meal prep and infuse your kitchen space and cooking mindset with a creative, nourishing spark.

NURTURE KITCHEN BLESSING

$325

  • 'Getting to the Heart of It' Questionnaire
  • Custom Kitchen Curriculum PDF with personalized recipes, spells and prompts
  • PDF Grocery List (*groceries purchased separately)
  • 2hr live Kitchen Blessing Session (via Zoom)
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FAQS…

  • My cooking skills are not advanced. Is this offering suitable for me? Absolutely! I built this offering to meet folks where they're at. If you can chop, stir and follow a recipe, you’re good!
  • How many people can participate? You know what they say about ‘too many cooks’ lol. Nurture Kitchen Blessings are best suited for 1-2 people. For bigger families or households a custom Nurture Workshop might be a better fit.
  • What if I (or people in my household) have food allergies or sensitivities? Working with (instead of around) food allergies and sensitivities is a value I hold dear. I like to reframe any restrictions as creative restrictions – this is part of the fun!
  • How much are the groceries, exactly? While your grocery costs will fluctuate depending on your unique meal plan design, what you already have in your pantry and which store(s) you typically shop at, my aim is to keep your costs as low as possible. Unless you wish to splurge on organic or specialty items, or can only shop at a super expensive grocery store, accessibility is the name of the game here.
  • What if I have questions before or after our Kitchen Blessings session? Do you offer another form of support that's ongoing? Indeed! My email inbox or Instagram DMs @nurtureretreats are always open. Within reason, I’m happy to answer your questions there via text or voice memo, outside of our session time.
  • Will I need any specialized cooking equipment? Aside from a safely sharp kitchen knife, not necessarily! My aim is to work with what you already have, although from time to time I may recommend a new kitchen implement if I feel it aligns with your desired lifestyle and/or will 'unlock' a whole new set of recipes for you.
  • Is there a deadline for the questionnaire answers? As the custom elements of your menu take significant time to research and design, I would sincerely appreciate you filling out your questionnaire as soon as possible! Ideally three weeks before our session.
  • When will I receive my custom Nurture Curriculum PDF? Your custom PDF will be emailed to you a few days before our session so that you have time to organize and get any ingredients you need.
  • I have a friend who really needs something like this. Can I book a blessing as a gift? Of course! Simply contact me and I can set you up with a printable gift certificate with a booking link for your friend or loved one.
  • What do you mean when you say "a dash of magic?" To me, anything that has been 'magical' in my life has come about thanks to the presence and power of love. In my eyes, a kitchen witch is someone who knows how to intentionally make room for love in interactions with food, and, with an accompanying eye twinkle, understands that acts of love have a tendency to resonate synchronistically in areas of our lives beyond the act itself. Here's some proof, from NKB participant Ange: So! Sonja forced me to turn my desk into a kitchen table (to be honest, I never used it as a desk). One of the things that came up in our conversations was that I'd had a much harder time cooking for myself since I had started living on my own, instead of with roommates. I was also incredibly single, and longing for a partner to cook and eat with. Sonja encouraged me to create a space where I could connect with someone — romantic or not. I went along with it, uncertain but willing. I think she even said something along the lines of, "Who knows? Sometimes when you move energy around and make space for something, magical things can happen." Cut to a month later, when I met my now-girlfriend, who I love cooking and eating with. Now, I'm not saying that Sonja's Kitchen Blessings will for sure help you find love, but they very well might..
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"Sonja started by just talking with me — about my experiences, my hopes, what was going on."

Then we got to work. She came in and fully overhauled my kitchen, working with me to see what was and wasn’t working, some ways to optimize. And then she showed me her own food philosophy and how it might work for me. It really did help me reconnect with my own desires when it comes to food — there was zero judgment or shame in our work, just a way to reconnect and get inspired and really own my own desires and tastes — and find a way to make that all work for me. I ended the day feeling inspired and reconnected, and with some great, practical, actionable ideas.

ANGE

"Years later, I still tell people about the day Sonja came into our home and made magic in our kitchen. "

From start to finish, this process with Sonja was a delight. Not only did she create the perfect menu for us, but she showed us that we (with minimal cooking skills) in our kitchen (with minimal counter space) could turn out a truly spectacular brunch (our favourite meal)! Sonja’s love for food shines through in everything she does. She left us with full bellies, amazing leftovers, a better organized kitchen, and big smiles.

Laura & Mike

"Working with Sonja is like having a wonderful kitchen witch/domestic goddess come into your house and bring this infusion of clarity and brilliance and nurturing and just pure, beautiful energy into everything.."

I felt safe with her, and I wanted that energy in my own life and kitchen. It’s about all of the things food is — not just sustenance, not just flavour, but all of it combined. A complex layering of things, that’s so personal and can also be so fraught with our own stories and ideas about food and body. Sonja felt safe, and wise, and kind. It’s like wiping out the cobwebs (possibly literally, but definitely figuratively) and shining light onto everything about your food life — what’s working, what’s not, and how to make everything work just a little bit (or maybe a lot) better. It was an incredible experience bringing her into my kitchen — just the way I wanted it to be. Sonja can teach you how to cook and eat and use your kitchen in a completely new way — one that’s simple, beautiful and completely nourishing

ANGE

"Sonja's Nurture Kitchen Blessing was like the spark of a fairy godmother's wand."

She sent magic to my kitchen cupboards (and, by proxy, my soul).

MONIKA