An Indian dish with plenty of flavor, Saag Paneer is a well-loved vegetarian dish. Dee Patel will teach you how to make this dish which is rich in calcium and folate from spinach—and it’s gluten free! The class will also make paratha (bread) and delicious basmati rice. Registration fee includes all ingredients.

It's that time of the year when the sap comes up from the roots of a maple tree and starts to feed the new tree buds. This is when we tap the maples to gather the sap and boil it down to make maple syrup or other yummy, sweet products. Learn the basics of maple syruping and how you could start making your own maple syrup from your backyard! NO REFUNDS UNLESS THE CLASS IS CANCELLED OR RESCHEDULED.

There is nothing like the aroma of baking sourdough bread unless it is biting into a slice fresh from the oven! Students will learn how to care for a sourdough starter, how to knead using two different techniques, and how to mix, shape, and score the bread for baking. The instructor will demonstrate two ways to bake a loaf––using a cloche or a stone with steam in the oven––followed by a taste testing. Students will then shape, score, and bake a loaf of their own in class. Bring a 32-ounce container to take home some sourdough culture for home baking. A $5 ingredients fee is payable to the instructor at class.

You may call it soda, pop, soda pop, or even coke. No matter what you call it, we will learn how to make our own root beer and vanilla cream soda in this class, including how to collect the roots of plants and where you can purchase the supplies. We will also go over how to make your own kombucha and fun ways to flavor it. Each student will walk away with a one-gallon jar and kombucha mama or a half dozen bottles filled with soda. Each student will also build a wooden bottle holder which will include a bottle opener. Another class that builds on the skills for life! No handouts: be prepared to take notes. NO REFUNDS UNLESS THE CLASS IS CANCELLED OR RESCHEDULED.

An Indian dish with plenty of flavor, Saag Paneer is a well-loved vegetarian dish. Dee Patel will teach you how to make this dish which is rich in calcium and folate from spinach—and it’s gluten free! The class will also make paratha (bread) and delicious basmati rice. Registration fee includes all ingredients.

Join Togo native Jordan Benissan as he teaches you how to cook dishes from West Africa. Among the dishes you may be preparing are West African Chicken in Peanut Sauce, Jollof Rice (West African Paella), Gusi Dessi (Spinach, kale, and collard greens, cooked with melon seeds in a reduced tomato sauce; served with white rice), and West African tapioca pudding cooked in lemongrass broth with choice of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Registration fee includes all ingredients. Bring containers for leftovers and be prepared to take notes.

You will prep, cook, and combine ingredients in the kitchen to create a plant-based Pad Thai that can be eaten before you leave class or brought home for later. This variation on the typical Pad Thai will be just as delicious and nutritious without using animal protein, eggs, or fish sauce. This nutreint-packed meal is a delicious and easy way to incorporate more plants into your diet. Ideas and strategies to lean more into a plant-based lifestyle will be discussed as we prep in the kitchen. Ingredients fee is included in registration.

A Buddha Bowl is essentially a grain, a bean, and veggies piled up and topped with a yummy sauce. This nutrient-packed meal is a delicous and easy way to incorporate more plants into your diet. You will prep, cook, and combine ingredients in the kitchen to create a simple Buddha Bowl that can be eaten before you leave class or brought home for later. Ingredients fee is included in registration.