I have been very busy since my last blog post! I completed my Holistic Health Coach Certification at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, started a website and a Facebook page for Another Health Adventure and began teaching cooking classes at the Sheppard Mansion Kitchen in partnership with the Carriage House Market. I will admit, I have a lot of work to do on my website. The basics are there, but I need to take some time now and add everything I have been doing with the cooking classes. Those classes kept me very busy this Fall. If you missed them, we tailored the classes around local, seasonal food and made some really great stuff! Jacquelyn, from Jacquelyn's Bakeshop taught a breads class, a pumpkin scone class and a holiday cookie baking class. I taught a class on turkey and prepared a great tasting kale and quinoa salad to go with it. We also provided a class on slow cooking and braising. Let me tell you, braising is a great way to create some absolutely fabulous dishes with very little hands on time. This can be done in a crock pot, but I do most of my braising and slow cooking in the oven with a big cast iron casserole pot. We made a Braised Cuban Pork with Red Peppers and Onions that was absolutely delicious!! In addition we offered a class on the savory side of winter squash and pumpkin. In that class we made Sherried Butternut Squash Soup, Wild Rice Stuffed Pumpkin, and Oven Roasted Butternut Squash flavored with Blood Orange Olive Oil and finished with Pomegranate Balsamic Vinegar and Ancho Chili Salt from Abithat's, a local artisan oil and vinegar shop in downtown Hanover. It was so good! I finished off the Fall Cooking Class Series with a Holiday Sides Class. We made Sweet and Creamy Carrot Soup, Autumn Harvest Brussels Sprouts and Prosciutto Wrapped Butternut Squash as an appetizer. I am working on getting these recipes on my website, so stay tuned!
This Spring we will be offering our Spring Cooking Series at the Mansion. We are in the process of developing the classes right now. We decided to stay away from group classes in the Winter because the weather can be so unpredictable. In the meantime, I have had a very exciting development and that is private cooking classes! I am very excited because this is something I have envisioned since the first time I came up with the idea of offering cooking classes!
So, my plan is this; I will be offering private classes at the Sheppard Mansion kitchen or your home kitchen at a mutually agreed upon date and time. I am developing menus and price lists and will have them available on my website soon. You can pick one of the menu packages at the fixed price, or we can develop a menu to meet your individual needs for an additional cost. Please keep in mind that I am NOT a registered dietitian. While I will be happy to work with you on any individual needs you may have, I am not licensed to develop meal plans based on medical needs. That being said, my focus is creating great tasting food that is good for you, so let's get cooking!
If you are interested in private classes, please email me at Krista@AnotherHealthAdventure.com
