Classes at the Big Carrot

COOKING FOR IBS:

Learn to prepare delicious dishes using fresh ingredients and spices that aid in digestion. We will bake and cook with low allergenic grains (quinoa, brown rice, rice & arrowroot flours), a variety of vegetables and easy to digest mung beans. Pro-biotic foods such as kefir (fermented dairy) and beet kvass that are also important for good bowel function, will be prepared. Recipes are vegetarian, gluten free and some contain fermented dairy and eggs.

• Kefir (delicious, easy to make, easy to digest fermented milk)
• Whey & Kefir "cheese"
• Kichadi (Rice, Mung Beans, vegetables & spices)
• Butternut Squash & Red Lentil Soup
• Quinoa Tabouli
• Aloo Gobi (Cauliflower & Green Peas)
• Sprouted Almond bites
• Rice Flour Carrot Muffins
• Raisin & Coriander Chutney
• Beet Kvass (Fermented Beverage)
• Crème Fraiche
• Creamy High Enzyme Dessert
• Kefir Smoothie

HIGH ENZYME FOODS and SPRING DISHES:

Participants will prepare "spring dishes" and high enzyme condiments that enhance taste and digestion of our meals. We will soak, spout and ferment ingredients to use for delicious appetizers, chutneys, salads, desserts and beverages that are full of nutrients and flavour. Recipes are vegetarian and some contain gluten, fermented dairy and eggs.

• Kefir (delicious, easy to make, easy to digest fermented milk)
• Whey & Kefir "cheese"
• Fresh Thai Spring Rolls
• Sunflower Seed Pate
• Watercress Soup
• Palak Paneer (Spinach & Fresh Cheese)
• Tropical High Enzyme Salad
• Papaya Chutney
• Spelt Waffles
• Orange Peel Power (non-cooked orange marmalade)
• Crème Fraiche
• Sprouted Almond Bites
• Kefir Smoothie

Nourishing Traditions, The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. Revised Second Edition, Sally Fallon with Mary G. Enig, Ph.D.

Several Recipes are adapted from this cookbook.

Group will be divided into small teams and each will prepare two or three recipes. Not all recipes will be prepared if low number of participants. Kefir, whey, crème fraiche are demonstration by instructor.

The group will sample all dishes prepared and take leftovers home, if any.