Cooking Class: Healthful Mediterranean Medley
The healthful, energizing cuisine of the Mediterranean comes to life in this unique cooking class with Chef Vanessa! Learn to use fresh ingredients to create regional classics that focus on nutrition without sacrificing taste.
You'll learn to create a smoky roasted red pepper lentil humus flavored with garlic and smoked paprika and a flatbread prepared using yogurt and whole-wheat flour. Then, you'll prepare chicken shawarma meatballs and fattoush salad featuring fresh tomatoes, parsley, feta and warm spices. And because dessert can be both healthy and delicious, enjoy a lesson in spiced rice pudding.
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Roasted Red Pepper Lentil Hummus
With garlic, smoked paprika and olive oil
Yogurt Flatbread
With flour, whole wheat flour and olive oil
Chicken Shawarma Meatballs and Fattoush Salad
With lettuce, tomatoes, onions, parsley, lemon juice, feta and warm spices
Spiced Rice Pudding
With milk, sugar, butter, Persian raisins and slivered almonds
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 2
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
- This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.
- LabelsCouples, Healthy, Gourmet, Date Night, Mediterranean
Guest reviews for Chef Vanessa
Janet McDonald
11 Jun 2021
I had the pleasure of doing two cooking classes with Chef Vanessa. They were so much fun, such a great personality and the menu was amazing. I have made them a couple of times and everyone loved it. Crab cakes with the yogurt Remoulade were amazing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meet your chef

New chef
Chef Vanessa is a classically-trained chef who left her corporate accounting career to follow her passion for cooking. Since beginning her new career as a chef instructor, she has assumed many roles teaching inner-city teens, parents, seniors and cafeteria staff across Massachusetts healthy cooking on a budget. Chef Vanessa recently launched her own walking food tour business in Worcester and can also be found hosting cooking classes at the Boston Public Market.
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