Cultivate Health Cooking and Gardening Classes
Join me in Wasson High School's fabulous kitchen for plentiful workspace and fun, healthy food!
Classes can also be hosted in my home or yours with friends; ask for details if you want to host a cooking party.
Receive recipes, nutrition information and hands-on learning. Choose from cooking, baking and basic skills classes and meet others who are interested and excited to be there too!
The Art of the Savory Tart: Savory tarts, whether heavy on the eggs or the other ingredients, make healthy, inexpensive and delicious entrees. Learn how to make pie dough as well as choose your fillings. Wednesday, January 27, 5:30pm. Class lasts approximately 3 hours. Bring your own apron, towel and 8" chef's knife. Please wear closed-toed shoes and long pants. $8 materials fee
Easy Gluten-Free Baking: So many people are learning they have issues with wheat and gluten. In this class, you will learn to make some of the easier sweet treats with gluten-free flours and see how tasty it can be. We'll discuss some of the alternatives and why certain things work well. Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 1pm. Class lasts approximately 3 hours. Please bring your own towel and apron and wear closed-toed shoes and long pants. $8 materials fee
How to Cook without a Recipe: Faced with a table full of ingredients, together we'll learn how to choose ingredients to cook a healthy free-form meal. This class explores tastes, cooking times, and will likely include at least one ingredient which you've never used. Recipes will be provided as food-for-thought, but will not necessarily be what we make. Monday, March 29, 2010, 5:30pm. Class lasts approximately 3 hours. Bring your own apron, towel and 8" chef's knife. Please wear closed-toed shoes and long pants. $8 materials fee
Seed Starting Basics: Learn what edibles to start indoors and when in order to get a jump on the summer season. Learn different methods for starting seeds and discuss why and what kind of grow lights are best. Monday, February 22, 2010, 5:30pm. Class will last approximately 1 1/2 hours. You will go home with the basics for a six-pack of vegetables to get started for this season. $5 materials fee
Knife Skills: Learn about the essential knives, a few specialty pieces and how to use them while creating a couple of tasty snacks. Wednesday, March 31, 5:30-7pm. Materials fee $5
Growing Fresh Herbs: Learn about annual and perennial herbs: How to propagate, grow, and ideas for using fresh herbs in cooking. March 17, 2010, 5:30-7pm. Materials fee $4
For class costs and registration information, visit the D-11 Community Education website: www.d11.org/CommunityEd/
Every Spring, 8 Classes, Starting February
Beginning Organic Vegetable Gardening
Hands-on classes meet approximately every two weeks, February through May, to learn what you should be planning and planting to have the best garden yet. Topic covered include: seed choices, starting indoors, soils and amendments, pest control, companion planting and more.
February 10, 24, March 10, 20(Field Trip), 31, April 14, 28, May 8 (final class field trip)
Wednesdays 5:30-7pm, Saturday Field Trips 9-10:30am, $225
The Peak to Prairie Landscape Symposium is slated for February 26 and 27, 2010. For lectures providing the latest information on ornamentals, water use, and more, plan to attend. There are great speakers this year, some of whom I have worked with. For more information, or to register, the website is http://getthegreenback.net/default.aspx.
For more information, email me at cultivatehealth@gmail.com or call (719) 231-6265.