Join me Tuesday, June 28 from 4-5:15pm ET for my next virtual cooking class. Cooks of all skill levels are welcome and our menu is vegetarian-friendly. $40 per Zoomer.
We’ll be making three summer sides so you’ll have recipes you feel confident about going into BBQ season. (I’m looking at you July 4.) Each salad is a riot of colors, flavors and textures. They are each stand alone, knock-it-out-of-the-park sides, but they also complement each other perfectly. This means you will be praised if you make just one of them and will be worshipped if you make all three. Here is our menu…
Orzo Salad with Charred Broccoli, Cranberries and Toasted Walnuts
Corn Salad with Tomato, Cucumber and Basil
Peach and Burrata Salad with Spicy Arugula and Pickled Shallots
The Orzo Salad has all of the flavors of your typical broccoli salad but elevated. First of all, raw broccoli is…meh. It’s good but I’d choose roasted broccoli 10/10 times. We’re giving ours a little char and then we’re adding pasta to the party because who doesn’t love pasta?
Nothing says summer like a corn salad. After toasting corn on the stovetop (or you could use a grill if you have one), we’ll take it off the cobb and toss it in a bright vinaigrette. Then we’ll bulk it out with cherry tomatoes and cucumber and give it extra oomph with fresh basil. There are endless directions you can take this corn salad including the Mexican-ish vibe above with cilantro, lime and tajin.
Finally, we’ll make a peach and burrata salad to introduce a little sweetness into the menu. I think of any salad that includes fruit as a “gateway salad” – salads that entice even those so called “salad haters” out there. I love this salad with any stone fruit, so feel free to swap in cherries, plums, nectarines or a mix of all. Fruit + milky burrata = perfection.
Register for the class here. I will approve your registration, and send you an invoice and more information about the class including a grocery list, our recipes and answers to common questions. If you can’t make it live, the recording will be made available to all registrants after the class.
HOPE I SEE YOU THERE!
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