By Lexi Striler, Director of Nutrition Services, Mama’s Kitchen Everyone always assumes the holiday season is the most challenging time for maintaining healthy eating habits, with all the sweets and hearty meals around. But it’s common to overlook how challenging summer can be too. Your home may not be littered with Halloween candy or overflowing… Read the full article »
Mama’s Kitchen Earns Accreditation from the Food is Medicine Coalition
San Diego’s largest non-profit provider of home-delivered meals, and only non-profit provider of medically tailored meals becomes the first organization on the West Coast to receive accreditation, and second in the nation. Mama’s Kitchen, the San Diego non-profit dedicated to providing medically tailored meals (MTM) to people living with critical illnesses, is the first organization… Read the full article »
Announcing our new CEO – Eva Matthews, MPH
Mama’s Kitchen’s Board of Directors is thrilled to announce and welcome the organization’s incoming Chief Executive Officer, Eva Matthews, MPH. Eva joins Mama’s Kitchen with 27 years of public health, non-profit, and research experience having worked in public health and medical research at Yale University, the University of Arizona, Family Health Centers of San Diego,… Read the full article »
Celebrating Our Amazing Pie Sellers!
Thanks to the spectacular efforts of our pie sellers, this year’s Mama’s Pies Thanksgiving Bake Sale raised $114,000! Our gracious sellers assisted with the sale of over 2,500 freshly baked pies throughout San Diego County, but most importantly, helped provide 41,360 meals to our clients and neighbors in need. Thank you to all who participated!… Read the full article »
Celebrating Dedication and Compassion at Our 32nd Annual Tree of Life Ceremony
Last Friday, at our 32nd Annual Tree of Life Ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day, we had the honor of giving two awards in recognition of outstanding individuals who have been crucial in supporting the continued work of Mama’s Kitchen. This heartfelt celebration allowed us to recognize some remarkable volunteers whose commitment has been the… Read the full article »
Mama’s Kitchen Wraps Another Record-Breaking Year
As we wrapped up June, along with our 2022-2023 fiscal year, we are shocked by the total number of meals we delivered. Mama’s Kitchen home delivered a record-breaking 816,920 medically tailored meals – a 22% increase over the prior year. While this number may not seem surprising to all our amazing volunteers who help us… Read the full article »
A New Name for the Home-Delivered Meal Service
Mama’s Kitchen is thrilled to share we have renamed our primary program (formerly the Home- Delivered Meal Service) to the Medically Tailored Meal Service. As San Diego’s only provider of medically tailored meals (MTM), it was time to give the program a name reflective of the quality and distinction that service provides. What exactly is… Read the full article »
An Homage to the Mama’s Kitchen Palentines
Extravagant red rose bouquets, heart-shaped boxes filled with decadent chocolate truffles, fancy dinner outings. These are just a few of the many grandiose gestures that come to mind when we think of the day to celebrate love. A day to sweep your partner off their feet and show them your infinite and undying love to… Read the full article »
Nancy and Sandy Galentine’s
Nancy and Sandy are two close friends with a bond that has spanned half a century. They first met in Tierrasanta, a neighborhood in San Diego, California, and have been inseparable ever since. Nancy, a retired educator, spent her career shaping young minds as a kindergarten teacher and then went on to serve as a… Read the full article »
Mama’s Red Velvet Cookies Recipe
This recipe will WHISK you off your feet! Valentine’s Day has always been a day of showing love. In our attempts to spread the spirit of St. Valentine to our clients, our very own Executive Chef Jason in collaboration with our Registered Dietitians concocted the PERFECT Valentine’s day treat. They are diabetic-friendly, moderated, nutritious,… Read the full article »
Alberto Cortés Receives Spirit of Carol Sigelman Award
On October 28th, our CEO Alberto Cortés was honored by The North County Philanthropy Council for their dedication to our mission and vision. Alberto had the honor of accepting the “Spirit of Carol Sigelman Award” for showing his prowess in the nonprofit sector for 32 years! In the last two years alone, Alberto’s leadership has helped… Read the full article »