My First You Tube Demo

   If you haven't already seen it, here is my first attempt at a cooking demo. I recorded it myself using my laptop. Got to love apple! It wasn't rehearsed, and since I have recieved a lot of great feedback on how to improve for the next time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvrCtCIw868

The End Is Near

Our Last few Therapeutic Classes

   It is so hard to believe that I am in the home stretch, the last few weeks of Bauman's Natural Chef program. Soon I will be a certified natural chef! I can't say its been an easy ride, or that I wish that it wouldn't end. I can say that I have learnt so much, and worked harder than I ever have before. Still have a few big hurdles to climb - the final project on childhood obesity, a business plan and the class showcase dinner. 
   The last few weeks were jammed with such important and fascinating information. We learnt how to prepare food for specific needs - heart health, diabetes, weight management and cancer. These are the tools that will propel me into becoming the thoughtful, caring, and well educated chef I want to be.

   Some of the better recipes were a Red Beet Rice, Raw Butternut Squash Salad, and my favorite was a Sweet Potato and Sauteed Kale. 

Thereuptic Cooking Month

January is Therapeutic Cooking Month


   We began the new year with Therapeutic cooking, the very essence of Bauman's Culinary program and for what I had been waiting. It is the sum of all the nutrition we have been studying since September, and the reason for attending a Natural Chef school.
   The recipes read kind of blah - boring, not so sexy. I must say though after 2 weeks it has been some of the most fun and best food we have made in our class. But also these foods have major health benefits and have taught me how to cook for people with specific health issues.
   There are some definite standout dishes, recipes I would have never dreamed I'd enjoy.  Some examples - Chicken with Cilantro-Pistachio Pesto, Roasted Curried Cauliflower, Beetroot Salad with Onion and Horseradish, Kasha and Sauerkraut-Stuffed Cabbage with Honey Mustard Sauce, Russian Cabbage Borscht, Kohlrabi with Spanish-Style Spiced Almonds, Gluten-Free Ginger-Coconut Muffins, and Baked Millet Croquettes with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce.
   Here are the pictures - some are not as visually pleasing as they are pleasurable tasting.

The recipes are as always available. If you don't know how to reach me directly - post a comment and I will respond.