Cooking in Coherence
September 17 - November 5 2024
Live Sessions on Tuesdays
9-11 am or 4-6 pm Pacific
The Most Basic But Essential Skill
Did you know that on average, a person will have 90,000 meals in their lifetime?
So many young people are spending a fortune on eating out (which is not only expensive but often also made with the cheapest ingredients).
Step into a world of culinary exploration with our eight-week cooking series.
Designed specifically for kids, this series offers a holistic approach to learning essential life skills in the kitchen while having an absolute blast.
So many young people are spending a fortune on eating out (which is not only expensive but often also made with the cheapest ingredients).
Step into a world of culinary exploration with our eight-week cooking series.
Designed specifically for kids, this series offers a holistic approach to learning essential life skills in the kitchen while having an absolute blast.
Learning How to Nourish Self & Others
Young chefs will explore basics like food safety and nutritional value of ingredients while also exploring how they creatively show up in the kitchen using Higher Alignment profiling system resulting in self awareness.
But it doesn't stop there—our program fosters creativity and self-expression, allowing young chefs to unleash their imaginations while accommodating dietary restrictions and food allergies. With the integration of math, science, and reading, learning becomes an exciting and practical adventure.
By the end of the series, your child will not only possess the confidence to whip up meals for themselves and their families but also a profound appreciation for food's nourishing qualities, both physically and emotionally.
Join us on a journey where we cook, we eat, and most importantly, we connect—to food, to each other, and to the joy of culinary discovery.
But it doesn't stop there—our program fosters creativity and self-expression, allowing young chefs to unleash their imaginations while accommodating dietary restrictions and food allergies. With the integration of math, science, and reading, learning becomes an exciting and practical adventure.
By the end of the series, your child will not only possess the confidence to whip up meals for themselves and their families but also a profound appreciation for food's nourishing qualities, both physically and emotionally.
Join us on a journey where we cook, we eat, and most importantly, we connect—to food, to each other, and to the joy of culinary discovery.
This Dynamic Curriculum
Works Whether:
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Your child has ever cooked before
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Your child knows their way around a kitchen
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Your child has food allergies (We can work around most food allergies)
Meet Your Guide
Kelly Dearie
Kelly Dearie has a masters degree in education and has decades of experience teaching young children as well as adults in both traditional and alternative settings. She is known for making lessons fun, interactive, and engaging.
About two decades ago, Kelly Dearie took a break from school teaching, and became a therapeutic chef to help her husband heal from two diseases that doctors deemed incurable. Her passion for cooking nourishing, healing foods was unbreakable. Inspired by this experience and her husband's radical healing, she started teaching cooking and nutrition education classes for both kids and adults. She also founded Creative Cultures, crafting and supplying probiotic health drinks to stores throughout Northern CA, then went on to found Gut Healing Wisdom, offering nutrition coaching for disease prevention and reversal.
Kelly has hundreds of recipes and several cookbooks which she provides to her coaching clients and students alike. Kelly designs emergent-curriculum based on the needs, skill levels, and passions of each individual.
Kelly has hundreds of recipes and several cookbooks which she provides to her coaching clients and students alike. Kelly designs emergent-curriculum based on the needs, skill levels, and passions of each individual.
Our Heartfelt Guarantee
We want kids to feel capable of understanding what is nourishing to them and being able to have a basic understanding of nutrition. We want them to have confidence in knowing that they can cook a meal for themselves. If your kid attends the classes, does the exercises, and you don’t witness them feeling more empowered, and able to cook a meal, let us know and we will promptly provide you a full refund.
FAQ
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What is the recommended age range for this program?
We recommend our courses for kids from 8-18 years old. The skills we are teaching apply to kids of any age. The main criteria is their attention span is sufficient. We have had kids as young as 6 years old in our classes.
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What's the time commitment required per week?
2 hours of instruction per week. Carving out a small amount of time for daily practice in the kitchen is highly recommended.
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What materials do I need?
We'll provide you with journal pages, handy reference sheets, and recipes that you can print-out and put into a binder.
Ingredients: You'll be sent a list of ingredients a week before the course begins for each class.
Basic kitchen equipment... everything you would find in a well-furnished kitchen including pots, pans, cooking utensils, and accessories Chef's knife, cutting boards & knife sharpener. Choose a knife that fits your hand well. We will be working on knife and safety skills and playing organization games on the first day of class. High powered blender or a small food processor... a must for sauces, dressings, mayos, pestos, sorbets, nut butters, and so much more! All sizes of mason jars: 4 oz (half pint)- 64 ounces (half gallon). These jars will also be used for storage, guessing games, math, and skill building activities!
Optional equipment: Instant Pot Hand blender (AKA "stick blender") -
Will this course be recorded?
Yes recordings are captioned and available 48 hours after the end of the live session