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Cooking Demonstrations

Cooking Demonstrations

Qualified dietician Rossana Braga runs our Healthy Cooking program. She educates participants on how to prepare a variety of healthy and delicious meals.
Cooking classes at CASA are fun, interactive and full of fantastic healthy cooking tips.
The program promotes healthy eating for optimal well-being. The sessions are engaging, fun and educational.
Each demonstration runs for 2 hours and includes 3-4 dishes. Participants sample each dish at the end of the class.

Rossana initiates discussion to engage the audience with reliable and practical advice on:

-The health benefits of the ingredients and food groups.
– Healthy ingredient alternatives.
– Shopping tips and reading food labels.
– Time-saving cooking tips.
– How to keep food fresh.

Chickpeas Dip

1 cup of chickpeas cooked and soaked
½ cup of water at room temperature
The juice of 1 lemon
Salt to taste
3 tbsp. of tahini butter
1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (optional)
Blend the chickpeas, garlic, tahini, salt and water.
Blend until you get a very soft mixture.
Add the lemon juice. Keep in a glass container.
Can last for up to 2 weeks.

Red Cabbage with Sprout salad

½ small red cabbage – finely shredded
1 cup of cannellini and red kidney beans, you may use also lima beans
200gr lentils sprouts
6 large spring onions chopped
Dressing:
1 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil
The juice of one lemon
3 large garlic cloves – crushed
Himalayan salt to taste
Combine the shredded cabbage, beans, sprouts and spring onions in a large serving bowl.
Mix together gently. Add the olive oil, lemon and salt. Toss well and serve.