About this session
Self-care in the kitchen does not need to mean elaborate recipes, perfect meal plans, or spending Sunday afternoon preparing food for the entire week.
Sometimes it means having something decent to eat after a long day, knowing what to make when energy is low, or keeping enough useful ingredients at home that dinner does not become another problem to solve.
This session helps participants make food preparation simpler, calmer, and more manageable.
The group works through familiar situations such as arriving home tired, missing the planned grocery shop, cooking for one, feeding a household with different preferences, relying on convenience food, or having very little interest in cooking that day.
Participants explore easy meal formulas, pantry and freezer staples, one-pan meals, leftovers, shortcuts, low-prep food, and ways to make the kitchen easier to use.
Cooking can also be approached as a chance to slow down and focus on something tangible, while recognizing that ordering food, using prepared ingredients, or choosing a very simple meal can also be perfectly sensible forms of looking after yourself.
The goal is to leave with a flexible kitchen routine that reduces effort and makes eating well feel more achievable across ordinary working weeks.
What your people take away
- Build simple meals for days when time or energy is limited
- Create a useful pantry, fridge, and freezer around foods they genuinely eat
- Use shortcuts, convenience foods, leftovers, and prepared ingredients effectively
- Make cooking feel easier through better setup and fewer unnecessary decisions
- Build flexible routines for busy weeks, low-energy evenings, and changing household needs
- Create a personal self-care kitchen plan based on realistic habits rather than perfect routines
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Build Your Low-Effort KitchenA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen: start with the night you don't want to cook, build three easy meal formulas and use convenience food well.
- Start with the night you don't want to cook
- Build three easy meal formulas
- Use convenience food well
Covers 3 of 4 points in Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Make Tonight's Food EasierParticipants work through a realistic low-energy evening and build several simple meal options using pantry staples, freezer foods, leftovers, and convenience ingredients.
- Module 1 — Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Meals, Shortcuts & Kitchen SetupThe extended session adds grocery basics, fridge and freezer organization, simple meal formulas, leftovers, one-pan meals, and practical ways to reduce decision-making.
- Module 1 — Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen
- Module 2 — Make the Kitchen Easier to Use
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen and Make the Kitchen Easier to Use.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen, Make the Kitchen Easier to Use and Cook in a Way That Fits Your Energy.
Full day
Half-Day — Build Your Self-Care KitchenParticipants work through all four modules using kitchen-planning exercises, meal-building activities, shortcut comparisons, pantry and freezer planning, and personal routine building.
- Module 1 — Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen
- Module 2 — Make the Kitchen Easier to Use
- Module 3 — Cook in a Way That Fits Your Energy
- Module 4 — Build a Routine for Real Working Weeks
- Low-Effort Meal Builder
- Self-Care Pantry & Freezer List
- Busy-Week Food Planner
- Personal Self-Care Kitchen Plan
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
Also available as a 4-week program, for change that lasts. Ask us about it.
What’s covered
Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen
Every length- Start with the night you don't want to cookParticipants begin with a familiar situation: arriving home tired and needing food without wanting a complicated recipe.
- Build three easy meal formulasThe facilitator introduces flexible combinations that can be changed according to what is available, such as a grain or starch + protein + vegetables + flavor, a loaded toast or wrap, or a simple bowl.
- Use convenience food wellPrepared vegetables, canned beans, microwave grains, rotisserie chicken where appropriate, frozen foods, jarred sauces, soups, pre-cooked proteins, and other shortcuts are explored as practical tools.
- Create a kitchen backup planParticipants choose a small collection of meals or foods that can be kept available for particularly busy or low-energy days.
Make the Kitchen Easier to Use
90 minutes and longer- Build a useful pantryParticipants identify shelf-stable foods they genuinely use, such as canned beans, lentils, grains, pasta, sauces, tuna or other suitable proteins, nuts, seeds, cereals, spices, and simple meal ingredients.
- Use the freezer as a shortcutFrozen vegetables, fruit, bread, cooked grains, leftovers, soups, sauces, and individual portions are explored as ways to make food available with less weekday preparation.
- Make the fridge work harderThe group reviews foods that make fast meals easier, including eggs, yogurt, dips, cheese, tofu, cooked leftovers, vegetables, fruit, and prepared ingredients.
- Reduce decisions before dinnerRepeating a few reliable breakfasts, keeping several dependable lunches, or assigning loose meal themes to parts of the week can reduce the number of decisions required every day.
Cook in a Way That Fits Your Energy
3 hours and longer- Choose the right level of effortThe same person may have time for cooking one evening and almost none the next.
- Make one-pan & one-pot mealsTray bakes, soups, curries, pasta dishes, stir-fries, grain bowls, and similar meals are explored for their ability to reduce preparation and washing up.
- Turn leftovers into something differentCooked vegetables, rice, grains, proteins, sauces, and other leftovers are used in examples such as wraps, bowls, soups, omelets, salads, or quick stir-fries.
- Make cooking feel more enjoyableParticipants explore the small things that can make food preparation more pleasant, such as putting on music, preparing ingredients before starting, using a favorite pan or knife, cooking with someone else, or making a dish they know they enjoy.
Build a Routine for Real Working Weeks
Full day only- Plan for the busy weekParticipants identify the kinds of weeks when food becomes difficult.
- Make grocery shopping more usefulA short shopping framework covers breakfasts, lunches, easy dinners, snacks, and backup foods.
- Share the food workloadFor people living with partners, families, housemates, or other household members, food preparation may involve more than cooking.
- Create your personal self-care kitchen planThe final activity brings together easy meals, pantry foods, freezer backups, shortcuts, shopping, and cooking preferences.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind
How long is The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind?
The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen: start with the night you don't want to cook, build three easy meal formulas and use convenience food well. A 60-minute session covers Build Your Low-Effort Kitchen in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Make the Kitchen Easier to Use. A 3-hour session adds Cook in a Way That Fits Your Energy. A full-day session adds Build a Routine for Real Working Weeks. It is also available as a 4-week program.
Can The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open The Self-Care Kitchen: Nourishing Your Body and Mind to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.