Carrots cooking class - creative cook co

Join our live, online and interactive carrots cooking class!

At this moment, it’s not possible to sign up for this live class. But you can:
~ request this class to get back on the calendar and get on the wait list,
~ book it as a private one-on-one class,
~ book it as a group class with friends and family, or a corporate event.
~ buy the accompanying e-cookbook – if available.

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Our upcoming classes

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~ Or learn why we teach these classes the way we do.

Knowing what you can do with an ingredient will make you a better cook, and less dependent on recipes. Take carrots, this humble often cheap ingredient can be cooked in many different ways.

Give us 90 minutes of your time on a Monday night and let us show how you can give carrots the starring role they deserve!
(Or watch the recording at your own convenience.)

Info	Carrots cooking class 🥕
Date & time	January 30, 2023 * 5 pm PT \| 8 pm PT
Type of class	Ingredient in the spotlight
How	Online cooking class, using Zoom Live & interactive Recording will be available afterwards for 6 days

Let’s get carrot away!

Huh? A cooking class only about carrots?

Yes!

Not only because we love carrots so much. (We do!)

But part of being able to cook without recipes is also understanding your ingredients. What are they, how are they grown or made. What can you do with them? How does your cooking technique influences their taste and texture? How can you season them?

In this live online cooking class you’ll get al the answers to these questions.

Why would I take this class?

Because you love carrots?

(Because you hate carrots and want to learn how you can replace them?)

Because you want to learn what you can do with carrots?

Because you are a curious cook and want to learn everything possible, so why not about carrots too?

What can you expect?

What the Learn to cook without recipes classes make stand out from other cooking classes, is that we won’t be simply following a recipe. Everybody else is already doing that. Instead, we will focus on 1 subject only. That could be a cooking technique, an ingredient (carrots), a dish or another theme.

On Monday, January 30th, 2023 we will kick off the series Ingredients in the spotlight with carrots. We will use different cooking techniques to cook them and taste them side by side. This way you can compare what the influence the technique has on the taste and texture of your carrots. We will talk and share our favorite seasoning and ways to use carrots, so you can learn from each other.

Class is open to all dietary preferences, and dishes can be made with meat or vegetable stock.

What you’ll learn

How carrots grow.
Why carrots are orange, and what that has to do with the Netherlands (our national color is orange, will explain!).
What cooking techniques you can use for carrots. Which one will be best.
What other vegetables, herbs and spices love carrots just as much as we do.
How you can replace carrots in recipes if you don’t like or have carrots.

What you’ll need

A stove with space for multiple pots, oven with sheet pan
Carrots!
Full grocery and tools list will be provided after signing up

About your chef

This class will be taught by chef Edie Dourleijn, once a picky eater who couldn’t cook.

She documented her path to eating and cooking everything as one of the first food bloggers of her home country The Netherlands (in 2006!). To learn more quickly, she looked around for classes that would help her understand what is going on in her pots and pans, but they didn’t exist. Eventually, she ended up at culinary school.

Now chef Edie teaches her Learn to cook without recipes classes for curious cooks who want to become free of recipes. Just like she once was.

Edie also hosts all kinds of entertaining and educational virtual cooking classes to celebrate any occasion with family or friends, or as a (real) team building, receiving 5 star reviews.

Get in touch with any questions or requests you have.

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FAQ

What makes this cooking class different from others?

At most, if not all, cooking classes (both virtual an in-person) the focus is on following a recipe, and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a tip of two.
Not at the Learn to cook without recipes classes. In our classes we will break down the recipes and focus more on why we are doing what we are doing.
In our eyes, recipes are merely this one person’s way of describing what to do. Not a rule book to live by. There are many ways to get to a similar end result, and we will focus on teaching you that. To make sure you know how you can derive from a recipe and make any dish the way that works for you!

Why is this an online cooking class?

Thanks to covid-19, chef Edie realized how much you can learn while cooking in your own kitchen. Doing every step yourself, using your own pots, pans and utensils, on your own stove, with the help of a teacher looking in your pans with you. Especially when you compare it to cooking in the chef’s kitchen, where others are stirring the ingredients you’ve chopped into the the pots.

Is this class interactive? Can I ask the chef my questions?

Yes, yes, and yes! Chef Edie does believe in communal learning. She definitely doesn’t know everything and is not afraid to admit so. She believes we all can learn from each other’s experiences and backgrounds. So yes, share your curiosity and knowledge with all of us.
The ultimate goal for this course is to create a curious community of cooking enthusiasts that openly and respectfully learn from each other.

I am gluten free, diary free, vegetarian, vegan (etc), is this cooking class for me?

It depends on the class. A class focused on cooking meat might not be of interested for people with a vegetarian and vegan life style. But with most other classes we will try to make the class accessible to everyone. See the notes above, or email us your questions.

I am an absolute beginner, would that work?

Yes! We aim to make all of our classes open to all cooking levels. As long as you love to cook and want to learn more, you’ll be fine. And, you always can watch back the class (6 days) if you want to revisit what you’ve learned (some classes only!).

I don’t like to see myself on the screen. Can I still participate?

Of course! We do understand sharing your kitchen and culinary skills to strangers is scary. However, we encourage everyone to share their screens, for a better bonding and easier communication throughout the class. We’d loved to see every student feels connected and part of a community of creative and curious cooks.
Alternatively, you can aim your camera at your work station, so chef Edie still can see your work and guide you, if needed.

I would love to attend a class, but can’t make it on the day/time.

We’re sorry to hear that! Maybe one of these options work for you?
* Some classes will be recorded and you can watch it back for at least one week. Check the info above.
* Sign up for the wait list, so we can notify you of future time slots.
* Book a private session with chef Edie. Send her an email to learn more.

What if I need to cancel?

Please read our fine print here.

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