In this course, BoomerTECH Adventures guide, Chris, shares his love of cooking and enjoyment of many different foods. You will learn how to prepare several tasty stir-fries using traditional Chinese flavorings, make fresh pasta, turn leftover sweet potato into gnocchi, stir up great fried rice, and give ramen soup a delicious upgrade. In addition, discover an easy way to make your own pita pockets, flatbreads, and tortillas. Plus, you will see a way to combine the benefits of cooking on cast iron with your love of grilling. We haven't forgotten dessert! Who can resist a delectable chocolate brownie torte or apple pie? This course is video-based.

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The Cooking Matters Maine program provides Mainers with hands-on cooking and nutrition classes led by volunteer chefs and nutritionists. Learn ways to shop, cook, and eat healthy on a budget in this FREE six-week class series. The Cooking Matters for Adults course provides hands-on cooking and education led by a local nutrition educator. Each class provides additional home groceries to make a recipe at home.

Have fun learning to save money, time, and calories while dishing up delicious, healthy, food. Whether skilled culinary artists - or a family member who’s starting to cook - there’s something for everyone in these engaging, live-stream kitchen adventures. Experience heaps of tips and techniques with lots of laughs. . . and come away having our standout meals, and recipes to share and cherish.

I designed this lively series of cooking class events for GF/vegans/vegetarians/and omnivores alike. Without added processed sugar, excessive sodium, gluten, or chemicals. Fearless Foodies® use leftovers, pantry, and everyday ingredients while scattering everything (when possible) with fresh, local, organic, and homegrown ingredients for countless, powerful benefits and superior taste. 

Your receipt will give you a list of needed items for the recipes to be prepared—an anticipated cost of $15.

Pat has been a lifelong healthy gourmet chef, restaurateur, organic gardener, Producer of LifeRecipeMagazine.com, and your host at Fearless-Foodies.com cooking class parties.

May 22 - Upscale Tuna (or Chicken) Mélange

Upscale Tuna (or Chicken) Mélange w/Homespun Mayo, Piled onto Garden Gifts and your Croutons

This is a simple yet elegant lift to a classic hit: No one will believe it’s super easy and “pennies apiece” yet so glamorous to serve; paired with a limeade fizz to remember. VEGANS/GF can dive into this recipe too, given the carefully crafted options researched for you…Creamy and fulfilling, yet elevated and provocative. This dairy-free-optional recipe takes the humdrum out of tuna or chicken salad.

Chris Toy, author of six popular cookbooks and private chef, has taught Asian fusion cooking for many years. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created.

Mary Laury, an accomplished watercolorist and highly esteemed teacher, encourages students to believe they can be successful. Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. If you have never painted in watercolors, we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you will pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together!

Step back to a time when President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor, and their family escaped to their beautiful little island. in the Canadian Maritimes, Campobello Island. We will be exclusive guests of the international park, staying in historic Victorian cottages. All meals are included in the workshop fee as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day's workshops, including a private concert by award-winning Celtic Fiddle player, Katherine Moller, and A Special Program in October, for Indigenous People's Day weekend, an evening program about Native American Basketry by Catherine Hunter, in the Victorian parlor of Hubbard House.

Register for the retreat then call Sherry Mitchell at 506-752-2922 to make room reservations. For more information go to: acadianarts.com