Salads don’t have to be boring, with lettuce, tomato, and maybe some soggy cucumber! This course teaches you how to compose vegetable, grain, and fruit forward salads that are paired with easy to cook proteins for a simple family meal. Transform your cooking to create healthy meals with a variety of texture, flavour, and colour that all family members will enjoy. In addition to learning how to create beautiful salads, I will also teach you the best ways to cook lean and healthy ‘quick-cook’ proteins that are easy to cook up on a weekday and pair beautifully with the salads. Lunch will be provided by your handiwork in the kitchen.

Techniques you will learn:

How to compose salads
How to make homemade vinaigrettes
Knife skills
Cooking quick cook proteins like chicken, steak, lamb, and fillets of fish

Example Meals:

Kale, roasted pumpkin, roasted pumpkin seeds, pomegranate and feta salad paired with cumin grilled chicken
Roasted red pepper, roasted aubergine, bulgar wheat salad with coriander dressing paired with fried haloumi
Roasted curried chickpeas, carrot, and pickled raisin salad paired with roasted lamb loin

*Exact recipes are subject to change to reflect seasonal bounty