Soul Food Sessions for Black History Month....open to members of the public!

Cooking Club is hosting 4 sessions as part of Black History Month. Tuesdays 7th and 14th October 10.30-2pm and Thursdays 2nd and 9th October 10.30-2pm.
We will be focusing on the cuisine of Africa and The Carribean. This is a very varied palate! The flavours are warm and smouldering,  with cinamon, chilli, ginger and cloves.
Our first session was looking at of West African dishes: Ghanian Jollof Rice (our vegetarian version), roasted sweet potato and plantain chips and a beautiful ginger,lemon and mint punch from Mali.
We learned that Sweet Potatoes are brimming with health benefits. Apart from being ideal for diabetics they contain Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Beta-carotene. All these improve our immune system, eyesight, nerve function, bone density, healthy heart, skin and teeth, energy levels, resistance to stress and Wintertime low moods (SAD).

Our next session on October 7th will feature food from Maurtius, an island between Africa and India which has absorbed cultural influences from it's surrounding neighbours as well as it's colonists, particularly French "Creole" cooking and it's Chinese immigrants.

Lovely Louise and learning to make Sushi

For the whole of September, we were lucky enough to have a guest volunteer: Louise.  She was visiting London from Belgium to improve her English. She lead workshops on how to make vegetarian Sushi and California Rolls. Everyone had a go, made beautiful sushi and enjoyed eating it for lunch. Some members had never tasted it before. 
To accompany it : Miso soup with  mungbean noodles and shitake mushrooms, Tempura fried vegetables and left over veg were converted into a colourful salad with a ginger dressing.
We were all sad to say goodbye to lovely Louise, as she has now gone back to her University course. Cooking Club wish you the best and come back to see us one day!