The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every week we have been sharing our WoW. This is when something happens with our culinary program that goes above and beyond. We receive many wonderful comments from the participants (which as always, have become friends), as well as businesses picking up the program.
Our WoWs of this week includes LJ's Fitness Center in Womelsdorf has picked up the program (see the end of the blog for details) and Judy Warner, freelancer for the LDNews, wrote an article on a lady's night out, cooking style :
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| Walnut Hors D'Oeuvres Chop beans, walnuts, red pepper, onion, ginger and cilantro. Add a drizzle of soy sauce, stir to mix. |
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| Blanch collard leaves and add the bean mixture. |
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| Roll |
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| Slice into bite-size pieces, almost sushi-esque |
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| Almost Salad Nicoise You will need wedges of salad greens, we used Romaine. Add a half of a hard boiled egg if ovo-vegetarian, a few oil cured olives, and red onion. |
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| Steam green beans, add red pepper, sundried tomatoes, capers and a wedge of lemon. Drizzle with dark green olive oil, squeeze lemon over the all. |
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| Chicken Salad Waldorf Style -Sans chicken! We used organic whole grain tempeh (millet, barley, brown rice and a little soy). Chop into chicken salad type pieces. We proceeded to make our own mayo; cannelini beans, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and a little water to lossen it. Add to the "chicken". Stir in dried cherries, pecans, carrots, celery,onion, poultry seasoning and parsley. |
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| Add greens - of course! |
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| Scoop the chicken salad on top of the lettuce, add sliced apples and grapes to add sweetness and more fiber. |
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| Roasted Root Salad (altough we sauteed it). We used rutebaga, turnips, jicama, radishes, onion, carrots and sweet potatoes. |
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| I am always blown away by the beautiful colors. |
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| Roast or saute until soft and cararmelized. |
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| Add olive oil, lemon juice, cilantro and horseradish to a ramiken. |
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| Pour. |
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| Surprise Brownies Surprise! More beans. Mash black beans and prunes. |
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| Add cocoa powder, agave, instant decaf coffee, and Enjoy Life chocolate chips (only 3 ingredients comprise this delectable sweet sin of a chocolate mini morsels - a must have on / in hand :) |
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| Mix everthing together. |
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| Don't forget to get your hands dirty! |
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| Add extra chocolate chips on top if you have an extra sweet tooth. |
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| Yeah, we know. |
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| Or add sliced almonds or your fav nut or seed. The following pictures are from our Everything Herbal Class at the Goggleworks. We make an Entree, side and desrrt plus a craft and natural body care product - all with herbs, of course. |
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| To make a feet softening scrub we started with a base of oats, cornmeal, baking soda, and wheat germ. Cut is coconut oil, lanolin, honey to resemble wet sand. Add the healing/softening/astringent herbs such as: calendula, chamomoile, comfrey, eucalyptus, fennel, lavender, lemon balm, peppermint, rose, rosemary, and sage. |
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| Mix together. Use a small handful, moisten with a little water and gently massage our hard working feet, hands, or try on legs to slough off dead skin to ready our body for the summer. |
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| We also made a moth / insect repelling potpourri. Cedar shavings, cloves, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon peel, lemon verbena, peppermint, rosemary and thyme. |
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| Stuff into baby socks |
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| Or fancy organza bags, muslin bags or old hankies, tie off with ribbon. Add to pockets of woolens or into the container of stored seasonal clothes. |
Please call the businesses below to join our classes:
Hands-on Culinary Classes
- All of the recipes are vegan and or raw but we offer dairy cheese for those who have digestive issues with the faux cheese, and sometimes we offer honey, which make the classes vegetarian
- There is no tofu, white all purpose flour, white refined or artificial sugar, meat, fish or seafood of course
- Everything is supplied including cutting board, recipes, food and knives. Our knives are not the sharpest in the block, you may bring your own
Businesses that have accepted the culinary program: All supplies are provided.
The best part is you eat what you make!
v The Goggleworks Reading PA 610-374-4600 www.goggleworks.org/
4 weeks session 3 hours per week; members $85.50 non -$95 App, soup, salad, entree, side & dessert. Plus $8 per person per class paid to me for the supplies.
v The African Shop (think 10,000 villages) located next to JOY Bookstore
Penn Ave in Sinking Spring PA Angie; 610-670-4400 www.africanitems.biz/ 1 1/2 hours $25 Entree, side & dessert, inclusive.
v The Tea House and Gift Shoppe on State Hill Rd in Wyomissing PA
Ming; 610-374-8821 www.teahousegifts.com/ 2 hrs $25 App, salad & dessert made with tea. Plus, learn about the tea of the month, inclusive.
v YMCA 4920 Penn Ave Sinking Spring, PA 19608 Chris; 610-678-0484
v Twin Valley
LJ'S Fitness Center: 102 N 3rd Street, Womelsdorf, PA 19567 610-589-5213
http://www.ljsfitness.com/ 1 1/2 hours $25. Entree, side and dessert, inclusive.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Herbal-Peasant/#!/pages/The-Herbal-Peasant/176050219125669
For more info please contact me: theherbalpeasant@yahoo.com
For more info please contact me: theherbalpeasant@yahoo.com
To register for the classes, please contact the businesses.
Peace and health,
Kelly Wisner
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