“FALL” INTO HEALTHY HABITS
CLASS 4 ADVANCED PREP

We are so excited to cook with you next week and to talk about the impact of food on health and menopause! Our class will focus on being fit for life.   We’ll be cooking Shredded Sprout Salad with Grapes, Almonds and Goat Cheese and Fall Vegetable and Lentil Soup.

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

• 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
Soup pot or Dutch oven
Wooden spoon
Blender or immersion blender
Ladle
Food Processor with slicing blade (optional for Brussel Sprouts)
Large bowl
Whisk

Ingredients - List

Produce:

• 1 shallot

• ¾ pound brussel sprouts

• 1 head radicchio

• 1 cup grapes 

• 1 large yellow onion

• Garlic cloves

• 2 medium carrots

• 2 medium parsnips

• 10-12 ounces butternut squash

• 2 tsp fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme

Pantry: 

• Extra-virgin olive oil 

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

• Apple cider vinegar 

• Coarse grain mustard

• ¼ cup sliced almonds

• Tomato paste

• Smoked paprika

• Bay leaf

• 1 ½ cup french green lentils or black lentils

• Sherry vinegar (or cider vinegar)

• 9 cups vegetable stock or water (or a combination)
  

Other:

• 3 ounces goat cheese
  

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 Brussel Sprouts - have all the ingredients measured and prepped.  

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