Class 2 Advanced Prep

We are so excited to cook with you next week and to talk about the impact of food on health.  Our class will focus on healthy grains. We’ll be making Quinoa and Vegetable Chili and Brown Rice Salad with Kale.

To make the most of our time together, there are a few things you will need to do in advance of the class, so please read closely:

• Ensure that you have all of the ingredients listed for the recipe

• Ensure that you have all the equipment needed on the equipment list

• Have large saucepan with 3 quarts of water boiling on the stove pot

• Measure and prepare your ingredients in advance 

• This is a VERY important step to make things run as smoothly as possible.  Here is a link to a nice video explaining how to prepare your space before cooking: 

  • Simple video (1 min) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2QRgNAdzc

• If you want to get a headstart you can view this video on basic knife skills, some of which we will go over in class.

  • https://stellaculinary.com/cooking-videos/culinary-knife-skills

Equipment - List

Chef’s knife
Cutting board
Measuring spoons
Liquid measuring cup
Dry measuring cups
Dutch oven or soup pot
Wooden spoon 
Ladle
Large sauce pot
Rimmed baking sheet
Large bowl
Box grater
Whisk

Ingredients - List

Produce:

• 1 shallot

• 8 oz Tuscan kale

• 2 carrots

• 1 red bell pepper

• 3 cloves garlic

• 1 onion

• Small bunch of cilantro

• Frozen lima beans (black beans or edamame)

• Frozen corn

• 1 lime

• 1 avocado
  

Pantry: 

• Extra-virgin olive oil 

• Kosher salt (alternative - sea salt or iodized salt) and fresh ground black pepper

• Chipotle chile in Adobo sauce

• Paprika

• Cumin

• Coriander

• 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth

• 1 14 oz can diced tomatoes 

• ⅔ cup quinoa (any color)

• 1 ½ cups short-grain brown rice

• Cider vinegar

• Dijon mustard

• Honey

• ⅓ cup toasted sunflower seeds

• ⅓ cup dried cranberries

Other:

• ¼ cup feta cheese or queso fresco
  

To do ahead:

• Measure all ingredients and prepare your work surface as described in the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2QRgNAdzc

For the Chili- have all the ingredients measured and prepped. 

For the Salad-  have all the ingredients, except kale (we will do that together) measured and prepped.