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Cooking lessons (57)

CSA cooking class, May 3

3 May, Thursday

Healthy Paella Cooking Class

Paella made with sofrito (Spanish mire poix) and socarrat (soh-kah-raht, the caramelized rice at the bottom of the pan)

10 March, Saturday

Caprese Salad, a cheese-free version

The stack: Fennel slice, Apple slice, Tomato slice, Mashed Potatoes mixed with Coconut Milk, Basil Butter, Diced Yellow Bell Pepper

T’was hard to select a star player of our meal when two of the three dishes really stood out. I’ll give my vote to this one, tho, because it clearly can stand on its own. This vegetarian version of the Caprese Salad was very very good! What a beautiful presentation, too.

Sole dinner w/kale salad and a caprese salad

Fish with butter, fennel veggies in parchment wrap, with kale salad and tomato fennel stack

Fish dinner with culinary student was a success! He can use the parchment paper cooking method for many other dishes. He has plenty of Basil Butter to use on other dishes like soups, fish, meats, salads – too!

Cleaning fruits and vegetables

Many times, you find garlic for sale in a net bag.

A ‘free’ scrubbing net, you might already have this! I use the net from garlic bulbs as a mit, or bag, to scrub fruits and veggies. It works well, rinses easily and lasts a couple of months.

Raw food potluck, 1st Thursdays

1 December (1st Thurs)

Cucumber with Raspberries dipped in Malt Vinegar Sea Salt

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Came up with these fruit kabobs during one of my Farmer’s Market cooking demo at Williams-Sonoma in Los Gatos. YUMMM!  the Malt Vinegar Sea Salt tasted great with the sweet cucumber and tart raspberries. I bought the cucumbers and raspberries at the Los Gatos Farmer’s Market. Found the Malt Vinegar Sea Salt on the store [...]

Cooking out of the box, Saturday, Sept 10th, 10am

Green_chard

Recipes and images will be posted after the class.

Lettuce Wraps w/carrots, potatoes and a mock Tarragon Truffle Mayo

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A mock mayo (dairy free and egg free) with truffle oil and tarragon … yummmmmmmm.

Shopping list for “cook, freeze, reheat”

I’ll be joining a woman in the kitchen soon to help her “Cook, Freeze, Reheat,” see the blog post here. NOTE: For those of you interested in PALEO foods, you’ll need to omit a couple of things. … or not, depending on how tight you want to keep within the Paleo guidelines. If you do, contact me [...]