holistic cooking

went to a holistic cooking class with Smitten last night. she had found out about it through an email list she's on and signed us up and paid for it

had a lot of fun as an outing and for something different to do

but it wasn't very holistic. it was a lady who used all organic ingredients to make some really good tasting, but seriously fattening food. and a bunch of ladies who seemed to be there to eat the desserts not learn about holistic cooking (i was the only guy)

lots of organic heavy cream, lots of organic olive oil, lots of unrefined sugar, lots of organic honey

oh, the holism astounded me...

so, we paid $25 a piece to watch someone cook with organic ingredients and then eat some good food - well i ate it. sort of like the food network only inside someone's kitchen

Smitten had told the instructor lady directly that she couldn't do dairy... but the lady used all dairy even if the recipes all said you could use tofu. so Smitten was only able to try a bit - but it caused her pain for about 2 hours after the class. Smitten was able to eat some of the non-dessert foods

$25 a piece for this bit of fun was well worth it. even though we had a number of issues with the class, i am still excited about having done it. i would describe my reaction as "bubbly" even with the problems/criticisms

and got some good recipes

that i can modify

and discovered how easy it is to make home made ice cream/frozen yogurt/frozen fruit concoctions. she steamed her potatoes for the potato salad - that was interesting - i will do that. used quinoa for tabbouleh - again - interesting - will do that

fun class, fun evening - i'm really glad Smitten came up with it

yeah - i'll do that again in a minute