Healthy Hacks
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 Superfoods and Soy.  We’ll be cooking Edamame Fritters and Irish Brown Bread.

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:

Preheat the oven to 450 

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
8-inch cake pan or sheet pan
2 large bowls
Rubber spatula
Serrated knife
Pastry brush
Small saucepan
Food processor
Small whisk
1 small bowl
Large non-stick skillet
Microplane grater

Ingredients - List

Produce:

• 10 ounces frozen shelled edamame

• 5 ounces baby spinach 

• 2 cloves garlic

• 1 Fresno or Jalapeno chili or dried chili flakes

• Small piece of ginger

• 2 small Lebanese cucumbers or ½ English cucumber

• 4 radishes

• 3 scallions
  

Pantry: 

• Extra-virgin olive oil 

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

• All-purpose flour

• Whole wheat flour 

• ½ cup old fashioned oats

• Sugar

• Baking powder

• Baking soda

• Sesame oil

• Sriracha

• Rice vinegar

• Honey

• Sesame seeds (optional)

• Vegetable oil or neutral oil

Other:

• 1 egg

• ½ cup nonfat Greek yogurt

• 2 cups buttermilk

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 Fritters - have all the ingredients measured and prepped. Will prep cucumbers, radishes and scallions together. 

For the Bread - all the ingredients measured and prepped.