Little Sprouts Week 3
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 breakfasts and easy take to work meals.  We’ll be making Mini Egg Bites with an optional Simple Salad dressed in the bowl and Pear and Crystalized Ginger Overnight Oats, if you want to make one of the other variations of the oats, see the recipe and have those ingredients on hand.

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

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

• 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
12-inch nonstick skillet
12 cup nonstick muffin tins (or silicone baking tins,  8x8 baking dish or 9 inch pie plate)
Blender or food processor
Wooden spoon or rubber spatula
Offset spatula (optional)
Whisk
Large mixing bowl
Med mixing bowl
3 small mason jars or small plastic containers with lids

Ingredients - List

Produce:

• 1 box arugula, baby spinach or mixed greens (optional, if you want to make a salad to turn your egg bites into dinner tonight plus any vegetables you have on hand)

• 1 shallots

• 8 oz cremini mushrooms (or white mushrooms)

• ½ bunch parsley

• 1 small ripe pear 

Pantry: 

• Extra-virgin olive oil 

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

• Non-stick cooking spray

• Red wine vinegar (optional, for salad)

• 1 cup old fashioned oats

• Honey, maple syrup or other sweetener

• Vanilla extract

• Crystallized ginger

• Chia seeds

• Toasted sliced almonds

Other:

• 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese

• 8 large eggs 

• 3 oz Gruyere cheese 

• 1 cup milk or milk substitute

• ½ cup Greek Yogurt
  

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 Eggs- have all the ingredients measured and prepped. 

For the Overnight Oats - have the ingredients measured and prepped.