Cooking Classes

[PR1234]

I am looking for somewhere to take some healthy cooking lessons. Any suggestions? Thanks:icon_hungry:

[kit9240]

Look in today's (Sunday) paper. Red Sauce is have cooking classes and demonstrations for the month of October. Also, check out the Lifetime Learning college.

Kathy

[graciegirl]

Yes, I do.

Since we have been in our new home for less than a week we have made the aquaintance of several gentleman who help new homeowners. One, the Handieman moved our door bell so we could hang a BIG mirror. His number is 352.350.7373. He is excellent and I like his political philosophy too...

I am getting to the cooking part..please be a little patient.

We than called The Village Hangman..YES that is the name of his business and he is returning on Monday to hang our BIG mirror. He helps his wife teach cooking classes..Cooking for Dummies, they are called and his number is 352.430.3244

Both are villages residents and excellent workers and intelligent people.

oh...and Bon apetite!

[spk7951]

My wife & I, along with some of our friends, have taken group classes with Joy Dudis through the Lifelong Learning College. She does offer a variety of classes but also will do private group lessons and work with you on the menu. Hope this helps.

[graciegirl]

My wife & I, along with some of our friends, have taken group classes with Joy Dudis through the Lifelong Learning College. She does offer a variety of classes but also will do private group lessons and work with you on the menu. Hope this helps.


Joy Dudis is married to THE HANGMAN!!

[PR1234]

We will be back down in Nov for the winter and I can't wait to find some classes. Thanks for some tips of places I can start looking! I found a really 'neat' place in Winter Park that teaches Whole Food cooking....an hour and 20mins is a little longer than I would like to drive though....hoping to find something closer.

[graciegirl]

Or from a person who has been trying to cook healthily for a long time. You could use a good cookbook and use fresh fruits and vegetables as much as possible...(I think the organically grown part is hard to prove) and place on your plate predominantly fruits and vegetable and the lesser parts carbohydrate and protein, cutting fats as much as possible and use a wide variety of foods and colorful produce.

I really, really believe that is a healthy way to cook.

[PR1234]

LOL...yes Graciegirl you are SO right!! I just thought it would be fun to find a class with more like minded people. I subscribe to the new magazine 'Clean Eating', where they take traditional recipes and 'clean' them up to be healthy. Apparently a lot of classes have been springing up using this concept....maybe I will check at Whole Foods and see if they know of anything:)

[Barefoot]

We will be back down in Nov for the winter and I can't wait to find some classes. Thanks for some tips of places I can start looking! I found a really 'neat' place in Winter Park that teaches Whole Food cooking....an hour and 20mins is a little longer than I would like to drive though....hoping to find something closer.

I think it would be fun to attend a healthy cooking class! Like me, you're outside The Bubble right now, and I know that it's harder to explore options. I find it easier to look through the "real" Lifelong Learning College catalogue than to access it online. I know the basics of healthy eating and I'm sure you do also. But it would be fun to attend a healthy cooking class. I'm also returning in November for the winter. Please PM me if you find anywhere .. I'm in!

[Boudicca]

Wonderful comments about cooking, healthy lifestyles and home grown veggies. Did you'all see the movie about Julia Child? That lady (and I mean "lady") was years ahead of the cooking industry - stressing fresh foods, and cooking from "scratch" She graduated from Smith College, (was all round athlete @ 6' plus) and had a stellar career worked for the OSS during WWII - Above all, she loved to cook! Bon appetite !

[graciegirl]

Or from a person who has been trying to cook healthily for a long time. You could use a good cookbook and use fresh fruits and vegetables as much as possible...(I think the organically grown part is hard to prove) and place on your plate predominantly fruits and vegetable and the lesser parts carbohydrate and protein, cutting fats as much as possible and use a wide variety of foods and colorful produce.

I really, really believe that is a healthy way to cook.


Sorry. I missed the point. I hope you all share with me some of the new information.

I laugh when I am at the check out and they will ask...what is this? And it will be parsnips or kohlrabi or turnips or something else we have always eaten. I think cooking healthily is quickly going away and most people are living on fast food and packaged snacks. One thing I know I do now that I didn't used to do is eat less meat, fish, protein and more fruits and vegetables. The reason that I said that about organically grown is that it is hard to tell if they have had pesticides on them and the preservatives that are on some fresh produce smell like the stuff we used to smell in disection lab.

I wish we could grow more stuff here.

I know that I am going to try to have a lemon and an orange tree for sure. I hate paying IN FLORIDA so much for those fruits. Two dollars for three lemons? That is a crime!

[PR1234]

I DID see that movie and fell in love. I then found her book 'My Life In France' and couldn't put it down. Now you probably don't think that is so odd....but coming from someone like me, that is quite a leap from only cooking meatloafs and mac an cheese for 6 kids...LOL. You just never know where life is going to lead you:)

Barefoot, if I hear anything I will let you know;)

[wendyquat]

Sign me up ------- (as she puts the sausage balls in the oven)! I suspect my upcoming lab tests will get me back to cooking healthy! I think we all know HOW to do it but some tips would be welcome!:icon_hungry:

[Barefoot]

Sign me up ------- (as she puts the sausage balls in the oven)! I suspect my upcoming lab tests will get me back to cooking healthy! I think we all know HOW to do it but some tips would be welcome!:icon_hungry:

Exactly, the trick is making healthy food taste yummy! It's amazing how many hidden calories and fats and carbs are lurking in some innocent souinding sauces.

[wendyquat]

Exactly, the trick is making healthy food taste yummy! It's amazing how many hidden calories and fats and carbs are lurking in some innocent souinding sauces.



Sauce ---- mmmm --- I think I will make a sauce for my sausage balls. Thanks!:a040:

[Ohiogirl]

I wish we could grow more stuff here.

I know that I am going to try to have a lemon and an orange tree for sure. I hate paying IN FLORIDA so much for those fruits. Two dollars for three lemons? That is a crime![/QUOTE]

Gracie,

I just got back from Ohio last weekend a week ago and found that my Meyer lemon has 12 nice-sized lemons on it - just starting to turn yellow (I think they ripen in October). It's only about 2 feet high and maybe 3 feet in diameter.

I planted it in a pot last November (it was on clearance at Home Depot for $10), covered it last winter during all the freezes and just put it where the sprinklers would hit it when we left in early May.

I overwatered it last spring and many tiny lemons turned black and fell off or I'd probably have more. Now I'm trying to figure out if I have room for a Persian lime somewhere or if I can put it in a pot as well.

You can do it!

[PylutDood]

I have been cooking and eating heathy for years. This is one of my favorite topics!
With cooler weather coming in, a hot pot of Chili on the stove is sure nice to come home to!

Here's how I make it.

You will need...

1# 93/7 lean ground beef. Brown in a soup/stock pot. Do not drain.
1 24oz jar of Chunky Salsa. Mild, Medium or HOT...your choice.
2 15oz cans of "Joan of Arc" Spicey Chili Beans. Do NOT drain! Add it all.
1 28oz can Diced Tomato's. Add it all.

Thats IT !!!

Of course you can "Jazz" it up if you like. Add some chopped onion, bell peppers, Red or green Chilis, etc. I like it just the way it is.

It's so easy and quick to make. Just dump everything in a pot bring to a boil then turn down the heat and simmer for a few minutes...about a 1/2 hour or so and enjoy !

I think the WHOLE POT is less than 1700 calories and 19 gr of fat.

"A piece of french bread wit'ch to sop your bowl...good for the body...good for the soul"!

Hope this helps. More later!
Dave

[Barefoot]

You will need...

1# 93/7 lean ground beef. Brown in a soup/stock pot. Do not drain.
1 24oz jar of Chunky Salsa. Mild, Medium or HOT...your choice.
2 15oz cans of "Joan of Arc" Spicey Chili Beans. Do NOT drain! Add it all.
1 28oz can Diced Tomato's. Add it all.

Thats IT.Of course you can "Jazz" it up if you like. Add some chopped onion, bell peppers, Red or green Chilis, etc. I like it just the way it is. It's so easy and quick to make. Just dump everything in a pot bring to a boil then turn down the heat and simmer for a few minutes...about a 1/2 hour or so
Dave

Sound simple and fast, four ingredients, I like that.:icon_hungry:
I assume that if you make it in a crockpot, you would need to brown the ground beef or ground turkey first on the stove?

[PR1234]

[QUOTE=PylutDood;402169]I have been cooking and eating heathy for years. This is one of my favorite topics!
With cooler weather coming in, a hot pot of Chili on the stove is sure nice to come home to!

Here's how I make it.

You will need...

1# 93/7 lean ground beef. Brown in a soup/stock pot. Do not drain.
1 24oz jar of Chunky Salsa. Mild, Medium or HOT...your choice.
2 15oz cans of "Joan of Arc" Spicey Chili Beans. Do NOT drain! Add it all.
1 28oz can Diced Tomato's. Add it all.

Thats IT !!!
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Sounds good!! One of the things that the 'Clean Eating' movement is promoting is to not used processed foods. Using your recipe as an example, they would say...make your own salsa, whole tomato's and soak uncooked beans overnight, not from a can.

I am not sure how much I buy into ALL of it....but it does intrigue me when I start investigating how processed our foods have become:undecided::undecided: One of the things I find so interesting is how many people are gluten intolerant.....I think they might be on to something, although I agree, it sure is easier just to open up a can.

[flamingo]

I, too, am coming to TV (from Ohio) for the winter and would love to take a class in healthy cooking and eating. If we can't find one, we could form our own group.

One way, or another, I'll get to meet you, Gracie Girl. :a040::a040:

[PylutDood]

...I do grow a lot of my own fresh veggies and fruits. I have been an avid gardener for a long time but I WILL use pesticides before I allow the bugs to wipe out my crop and hard work! I grow year round on a small plot at my home. I live near Jacksonville, Florida but TV is certainly in my future as well.

It would sure be nice if the Villages had a small parcel of land set aside as a communal vegetable garden. It would'nt be difficult to do and could be managed as "Allotments" like they do in Great Britain. You rent a small plot to grow your veggies on and everyone pitches in to keep the entire parcel neat clean and attractive.

I'am sure many people in TV would enjoy growing there on vegetables and it can be done year round! Depending on the level of interest an acre at most or even a half acre would be all thats needed. The individual allotments could be roughly 20' X 30' and even a plot that small is capable of producing a tremendous amount of produce if properly cared for!

I would be glad to offer what expertese I can on "Gardening in Florida" to help get our Northern friends off to a good start.

Once you taste fresh picked from the garden straight to the table, nothing...and I mean NOTHING can compare. BIG difference!

More later,
Dave

[mgjim]

This reminds me of a chili recipe I used to prepare back in my college days. Very simple, very healthy. A few of my friends had, how do you say, high foreheads, and it was funny to see them all wiping their brows while they enjoyed the meal.

I'm going to make this the first cool weekend we get here.

Thanks for the recipe.


1# 93/7 lean ground beef. Brown in a soup/stock pot. Do not drain.
1 24oz jar of chunky salsa. Mild, medium or hot...your choice.
2 15oz cans of "joan of arc" spicey chili beans. Do not drain! Add it all.
1 28oz can diced tomato's. Add it all.

[ssmith]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe there is a communal garden in TV. The catch is that the harvest all goes for charity. At least that is how I remember it!

[flamingo]

I would be interested in a community garden where space is rented and the produce is used by the gardeners. How can we make this happen?

[Barefoot]

I would be interested in a community garden where space is rented and the produce is used by the gardeners. How can we make this happen?

There is an annual residents' survey with a space for write-in comments. If enough people ask for the same thing, there is a good chance it will happen.