Chef Anna offers personalized cooking workshops to help you overcome dietary challenges, eat more home-cooked meals, or become more efficient in the kitchen. Whether in person or via Zoom, we’ll discuss your goals and create a customized plan based on your learning style, schedule, and kitchen setup. The focus is on practical steps that boost your confidence, not overwhelm you with unnecessary information. You’ll leave with the skills to cook healthful, rejuvenating meals with ease!
Creativity in cooking starts with understanding the diverse possibilities that open up and how an ingredient will respond when put through an individual cooking method or combinations of different cooking methods. In this class learn techniques like poaching the perfect egg or searing a beautiful steak. You’ll also learn 40 other techniques and how to apply them in your own cooking.
A chef is really no different from you. But there IS a secret: if you understand how to look at each ingredient as a whole, you’ll be able to combine flavors, and with a science and technique knowledge, you’ll be what they call a real chef. This is really the foundation to feeling confident in the kitchen. So what are you waiting for, come cook with me!
Become enlightened on a stroll through Norwegian cuisine, learning to cook fresh fish simply and elegantly, fold cabbage rolls, dip your spoon in lingonberry preserves atop meatballs, sip Fiskesuppe, assemble a smorgasbord, or try traditional Norwegian heart-shaped waffles with “gjetost.” This cuisine does better than any with letting ingredients shine in all their beauty.
The amount of ideas and ways to decorate or plate a dish are endless. Plating and garnishing involves the textures, layers, levels, and colors. It’s knowing when to combine and when not to combine. It’s understanding when less is more and more is OK. This class will teach you how to feel confident no matter what dish or what occasion. Join now to learn!
Did you know there is an art to creating charcuterie boards? From colors, textures, height, region, and vision, learn to create a perfect board that will complement or pair with any party.
Gluten free myself from necessity, I’ve made it a goal to discover through science and techniques how to still enjoy those favorite baked delights. Cinnamon rolls, sourdough, rustic artisan bread, pizza crust, or dinner rolls, holiday treats, and more. We all know someone with a gluten sensitivity who’d give anything for a cinnamon roll, and these recipes can stand the test among any gluten-fans as well!
You’ve probably heard the team Hygge as it became almost a fad a few years ago. But do you actually know what it is and do you really know how to pronounce it? Find out with a chef who’s Norwegian by blood and will take you through a full experience from cooking authentic Scandinavian dishes, to finding what Hygge means to you.Everyone has Hygge in their life but sometimes they need help discovering it. Don’t wait to find yours!
If you’ve ever wondered how in the world you can re-create that dish you had the other night at your favorite restaurant, or simply how to utilize the random ingredients in your fridge and pantry, this class will empower you to make recipes up on the fly and never waste or want again!
What do you do when you can no longer eat your favorite food? This challenge without doubt can be emotional and difficult. I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to forgo and forget these favorite items. When you learn to work backwards and truly understand how food works, you can and will eat these favorite items again! Take it from a chef who was down to five foods. This is honestly one of the most inspiring classes you can take! (prerequisites: The Language of Food and Techniques)
Whatever season it is, there are always delightful and intriguing wild edibles to discover. Join me on an outdoor exploration adventure as we find real food outdoors, bring it in, and get to create delicious, earthy and truly pure dishes, as organically sourced as possible.
1. Natural remedies/ spices: As a nutritional health coach, I’ll guide you through delicious ways to utilize some of the top nutritious and healing foods in your every day cooking. You’ll feel more at ease knowing you’re feeding you and your loved ones with healing foods, and better yet, they’ll taste incredible! You’ll be able to take home an extensive list of ingredients including information on their benefits, and how to use them in your health journey.
2. Cultured fermentations and bone broth: Cultured and fermented foods, as well as bone broths have been used for centuries as true, healing foods. The probiotics we get from fermented foods far outshine those in a pill. Likewise, homemade bone broth is packed with flavor and collagen that can’t be replicated in a box. Come and learn how to give your gut the food it needs to thrive!
3. Brain food/ Power ingredients:
Did you know, even with healthful foods, there are some that are better for the brain than others? The brain needs specific foods to make it function at peek performance. Don’t miss this class if you want to ensure you’re in top shape for that presentation your giving, big test coming up, or trying to impress a special someone!
