Learn to cook from the comfort of your own home
I am a lover of all things food. I believe that healthy cooking can be fun, fast, and delicious and that cooking is a fundamental skill of life... you gotta eat to live! So, why not make it enjoyable and tasty too? I'll show you how from the comfort of your own home.
What better place to learn to cook than your own kitchen? This allows you to master your own cookware and utensils. My cooking style is efficient and my kitchen is functional. A great meals needs only real, simple ingredients and a working kitchen needs only certain tools (a very nice butcher knife and saute pan for starters). You can skip the gadgets and gizmos for peeling, chopping, slicing and storing different vegetables... they aren't necessary. During our cooking lesson, I'll go through all the basic supplies you'll need to create delicious meals.
What better place to learn to cook than your own kitchen? This allows you to master your own cookware and utensils. My cooking style is efficient and my kitchen is functional. A great meals needs only real, simple ingredients and a working kitchen needs only certain tools (a very nice butcher knife and saute pan for starters). You can skip the gadgets and gizmos for peeling, chopping, slicing and storing different vegetables... they aren't necessary. During our cooking lesson, I'll go through all the basic supplies you'll need to create delicious meals.
Why learn to cook?
Fast food has become the way of life in America and we have lost appreciation for the art and magic of cooking. Cooking connects us to the food we eat and can help bring us together as a family and as a community.
Processed food has been stripped of it's nutrients and provides little more than protein, carbohydrates, and fat but our health depends on much more than that. Nutrition comes from whole foods. Vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are essential for all the functions in the body, from immunity, to digestion, to hormone production. Without these important micronutrients, protein, carbs, and fat do us little good... Cooking with whole foods offer the maximum nutrition possible; eating a home-made meal provides the nutrients we need to keep our bodies in balance.
Processed food will make us sick. The lack the nutrients, added sugar, damaged fats, pesticides, preservatives and other non-food items they contain will leave us depleted and on the road to chronic disease. Cooking allows us to choose exactly what goes into the meals we eat.
Processed food has been stripped of it's nutrients and provides little more than protein, carbohydrates, and fat but our health depends on much more than that. Nutrition comes from whole foods. Vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are essential for all the functions in the body, from immunity, to digestion, to hormone production. Without these important micronutrients, protein, carbs, and fat do us little good... Cooking with whole foods offer the maximum nutrition possible; eating a home-made meal provides the nutrients we need to keep our bodies in balance.
Processed food will make us sick. The lack the nutrients, added sugar, damaged fats, pesticides, preservatives and other non-food items they contain will leave us depleted and on the road to chronic disease. Cooking allows us to choose exactly what goes into the meals we eat.
In-home cooking lessons start at $145 per lesson. Sessions last about two and a half hours, depending on the recipe, prep-time, and clean up. We can cook any of your favorite recipes together, learning the basics of knife skills, sauteing, baking, broiling, etc in the process. Or, select something new from the many recipes I have to choose from. Below are some ideas to get you started... I can cater to vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, or paleo preferences.
Salads
- Chiffonade kale salad dried cherries and pumpkin seeds (vegan)
- Spring/Fall salad with green onion, strawberries or apples (seasonal), avocado, walnuts and goat cheese with homemade balsamic vinaigrette
- Greek salad with red onion, kalamata olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta cheese
- Arugula salad with lemon, Parmesan, and olive oil (vegan)
Soup
- Creamy potato leek soup with spinach topped with goat cheese and parsley
- Creamy coconut curry soup with butternut squash (vegan) topped with pumpkin seeds and julienne spinach
- Hearty lentil soup (vegan option), served with cornbread, butter and honey
- Creamy cauliflower and potato soup, topped with bacon and parsley
Mains
- Stuffed chicken breasts with sautéed greens, Parmesan cheese, and crisp bacon served with roasted sweet potatoes
- Curry lamb meat balls with creamed chard and roasted cauliflower
- Ginger-date glazed salmon and pineapple kabobs with garlic roasted asparagus
- Stuffed delicata squash with wild rice and sausage or tempeh pilaf (vegan option)
- Black beans and mangos with rice and sautéed shrimp or roasted broccoli (vegan option)
Dessert
- Chocolate peanut butter cups (vegan)
- No-bake peanut butter cookies (vegan)
- Coconut Magic Bars (vegan)
- Chocolate pudding with coconut whipped cream (vegan)
