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Batch Cooking Made Easy

Gluten-free and dairy-free meals
no recipes(!)

Saturday, October 17th
9 – 5pm

a one-day workshop

$130 per person
includes breakfast drink, lunch
and tea/water throughout the day

Pay through PayPal, or contact Joni for other arrangement

see outline of the class, below

(This workshop is offered again on Sunday, Nov 22nd.)

Batch cooking is for those who want …

• minimal preparation time before meals
• minimally processed foods, reduce waste
• to serve home-cooked food to a multiple people (family)
• to cook a variety of home-made foods for one or two people
• to be successful with a healthy diet
• to learn how to make a variety of foods
• on-the-ready real meal … at home, at the office, on the road
• to learn meal-planning strategies with practical application and practical experience
• to learn how to recreate favorite ethnic foods

I'll share with you ….

• intuitive cooking techniques
• nutrition information, biochemistry of food and the body
• instruction, guidance
• knife care, skills
• cooking techniques
• cooking and kitchen tips and tricks
• discuss ways to incorporate meat into the meals

You bring ….

• an apron
• hand towel
• knife (6- or 8-inch knife is best)
• cutting board

BONUS offer ….

The food we make will be available for purchase. Contact me, order/pay in advance to ensure your portion.

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Here is the class outline:

9am – 5pm

Prior to the workshop, I will:

– Create handouts
– Make a shopping list
– Shop for the food: produce, grains, canned goods, products, etc.
– Wash all produce

Our time together….

Here's the hour-by-hour outline:

9am: Arrival, introduction….
• A balancing morning drink available upon your arrival.
• Meet/greet/introductions.
• Overview of the day's schedule, the recipes.
• Overview of cooking
• Energetics of – and combining – colors, flavors, textures
• Cooking liquid (broth, juice, wine, nut milk and function of)
• Cooking methods (dry heat, wet heat, oil heat, no heat, pressure)
• First- and second-stage cooking
• Seasonings (herbs, spices, condiments, vinegars, oils)
• Flavors (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent)

10am: Cook and discuss 5 grains, cooking liquids, cooking styles…
• Quinoa
• Millet
• Wild rice
• Buckwheat
• Steel-cut oats

11am: Discuss and chop veggies, make a mineral broth….
• knife care, knife skills
• slicing and chopping tips and tricks
• cooking with colors, shapes, textures
• mineral broth discussion

12pm: Make and eat lunch …
• Steamed veggies, pairing with one of the grains
• Kale, seaweed salad
• Pureé veggie soup

2pm: Cook the veggies, using various methods and spices
• Sauté
• Steam
• Simmer (braise)
• Ferment

4pm: Packaging and storing
• Tips / tricks
• Do's / don'ts

5pm: Homeward bound, food purchases, clean up

EXTRAS ….

I'll feature a few specialty gadgets:
these are items I use to speed up production. You may have some of them already, or have something that's similar.

I'll feature a few specialty products, too:
• orange blossom water
• nutritional yeast
• seaweeds
• oils
• other

REDUCED RATE AVAILABLE….

i.e. “will-work-for-discount” – workshop fee will be $80, this is $50 off. What's expected of you: Be my assistant for one day. Arrive at 8am to help out for one hour before class, help throughout the day (lunchtime, too), stay until 6pm to help out for one hour after class. Contact me and pay soon to ensure getting this position.

PRIVATE one-day WORKSHOP:

For those who want a private Batch Cooking session.
• You shop, wash, prep, clean up $400
• I'll provide a shopping list, gadgets

I'll be doing a Raw food demo

at the Orchard Nursery

Harvest Festival

Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette

11 – 1pm

details to come, stay tuned….

TGIF!

Friday, Oct 9th

Let's cook dinner together… this Friday, 7pm

Bring one (or two) food item(s) from your fridge and/or pantry. Or, buy/bring a food item that you've been curious about, wanted to try, yet didn't know what to do with it.

We'll make a meal with whatever food shows up.

I've been instructing classes calling this “Intuitive Cooking.” People love it b/c they can cook without relying on recipes.

So, come on over, this Friday, 7pm, here at my home in Lafayette.

Drinks:
I'll provide water and tea

or… bring your own drink

Alcohol is fine, yet keep in mind that
this is a healthful bunch, we indulge
in healthy activity, not anti-healthy.

Institute for Frontier Science
invites you to an event:

Research on Live Blood Analysis and
What It Means for Health & Wellness

With Beverly Rubik, Ph.D.,
President & Founder, IFS

October 6, 2009, 7:30 to 9 pm, free event

DINNER, too!
Join me for a quick, simple, tasty (and warming, if need be)
RAW food dinner beforehand, my home, $10, 5:30pm.
And/or carpool with me.
See the other calendar listing on this same day.

Beverly will show photographs and videos
of live human blood.
Witness the remarkable effects of
certain dietary supplements and other factors.

Studies on nutrition and drinking water in relation to health and wellness have been done using life blood analysis, in which the blood is magnified and visualized under a special microscope 8,000x. Exciting visual data in the form of photographs and videos of live human blood as seen under the microscope will be shown and explained. Witness the remarkable effects of certain dietary supplements and other factors on health and wellness at the cellular level.

Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., is internationally recognized for her research at the cutting edge of science and medicine. She is also a faculty member in Integrative Health both at California Inst. of Integral Studies and Saybrook. She also maintains a holistic educational practice advising clients about nutrition, drinking water, exercise, stress reduction, and more, to enhance performance and well-being.

RSVP to Beverly:
Please call or email to reserve now, as space is limited.
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Institute for Frontier Science
4067 Watts Street, Emeryville, CA

Institute for Frontier Science is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to research and education on the frontiers of science, health, and wellness.

NO REMINDER NOTICE:
Also, I have unchecked the “Send automatic reminder” button, so, mark your calendars, RSVP soon.

Busy People Can Do Raw, too!

Tonight:

PAD THAI
THOM KHA SOUP
COCONUT CREAM DESSERT

This is the second of four classes in a series.

In this series we'll use two books:

“Raw Foods for Busy People,” by Jordan Maerin. www.RawFoodsForBusyPeople.com

and

“Raw in 10 Minutes,” by Bryan Au. www.RawinTen.com

plus a few of my own recipes
and from other books, online, etc.

Many people have asked me for quick and easy raw recipes…

* they want to incorporate more raw foods into their diet
* they need quick fixes
* they want to reduce their consumption of packaged/processed foods
* they need to avoid certain foods
* they want to be in control of the ingredients, avoid added sugars, salt
* they want to create their own power bars
* they want to give their kids more raw foods

We'll do dips, dressings, desserts, salads, soups, nori rollups, entrees and more.

Most recipes require a blender and/or food processor. Some recipes require dehydration.

You're invited, spread the word … save the dates … rsvp to reserve your spot at the table