What we’re about
**ABOUT THIS GROUP (**This is a "ladies only" cooking club - Ladies Night Out! :)
We are a blog-based cooking club for foodies and cooks of every kind! We are all about REAL people, eating REAL food, with REAL ingredients from REAL cooking blogs having REAL FUN! We are the "Real Deal" :):) IF YOU…
- are on a special diet
- are not on a special diet :)
- love good food
- love cooking
- love exploring new recipes & techniques
- are a seasoned cook
- are just learning how to cook
- want to connect with people through cooking
This group is for you!
Simply put, we believe in real unprocessed foods, real ingredients, good old fashioned scratch cooking, local seasonal ingredients, and real fun in the kitchen! Anything goes – meats, fruits, veggies, pasta, breads, grains, desserts (yes please!), drinks, and anything else you can find on the blogs we post! You can choose recipes that accommodate your personal diet and preferences or you can explore recipes that you might not normally try! Whatever you’re style, whatever your preferences, we aim to choose blogs that will offer a good wholesome variety of foods and cooking styles that we can enjoy and learn from together!
Heard of “Ancestral Cooking”? “Clean eating”? “Whole foods”? We’re aiming for the good stuff :)….the REAL DEAL!
WHAT TO EXPECT
Each month, we will post a food blog, and each attendee will choose at least one recipe from the blog, prepare it at home, and bring it to the event. We will sample each dish “buffet style”, and discuss the recipes. You can stick to the recipe as written, play with the recipe and make it your own, or adapt it to a special diet. It's up to you! If you do adapt the recipe, you can let us know how you adapted it, and if it accommodates any special diet during the group discussion. We will go around the room at each event, introduce ourselves, discuss our recipes and cooking experiences, and talk a little about life as well, so we can build some friendships!
Even if you are more apt to choose recipes that don't involve cooking (such as special salad recipes from the blogs) we would love for you to join! If you are willing to bring a prepared dish from the blog in some capacity, you are welcome to join this group!
If the event is "full" just jump on the waitlist no matter how long it is! As events get closer it is likely that you may be moved to the "going" list if people drop off, or if we decide we can fit a few more people in.
A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZERS
CHRISTINE: I love to cook and eat ALL kinds of food – I eat meat, veggies, gluten, sugar, you name it! I love cooking and eating real food, and I love exploring new recipes. I am also an avid baker. In addition to this group, I have a baking group which has been existence since 2016, a social group started by my church, and a foodie instagram page.
ALISON: I'm a trained natural foods chef who specializes in gluten-free, dairy-free, anti-candida and healing foods in general. For the last 12 years I've cooked for and coached people helping them achieve optimal health through diet and lifestyle. I have a website and an instagram page focused on healthy, natural food, and cooking and lifestyle tips.
We can’t wait to meet you and we are looking forward to trying all of your dishes as we explore different blogs, recipes, and cooking styles! We hope that everyone will benefit from this fun adventure and that all of us will be able to add new recipes to our cooking repertoire!
