Carin McKay » Classes

EarthCafe Class #3

carinmckay — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:35:11 +0000

We had a fantastic final class of the Spring Earthcafe Series. Savrah Kramer, owner of Savrakraut in Los Angeles, came up to teach us delicious Raw Cuisine.Her Approach to raw food was so balanced and easy to integrate no matter what a person’s choices are around food. We made a Sea Palm Alfredo, Raw Kale Salad, Cacao Macaroons, and a delicious Green Smoothie. She also taught us how to make our own Saurkraut. Later that day, we talked about how to stock up and create an herbal first aid kit. It was a beautiful day on the farm in Bolinas. I look forward to more food adventures out there.

Here is Savrah Kramer and her delicious beginnings of her Raw Kale Salad. The orange fruits are cherries in the bowl

EarthCafe Class 2

carinmckay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:55:07 +0000

K. Ruby taught our second Earth Cafe Class at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, California . We made homemade yogurt, lemon cheese, and grapefruit lemon sodas made with whey. It was an excellent

day,and I have been feasting on homemade yogurt and sodas ever since…I am looking forward to our final class in the series where we will learn how to make excellent Raw Food with Savrah Kramer and Herbal First Aid….

First Earth Cafe Class

carinmckay — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:12:10 +0000

In a glorious break in the rain, we held the first Earth Cafe class of the spring last Saturday. The Commonweal garden in Bolinas was in full form that day, and I was in awe of how alive and beautiful everything was. We had a great class. I taught students how to gather nettles and cook them with phyllo dough. Nettles are the essence of spring itself. The amazing Chef, Jeremy Peckham, came out and taught us knife skills and how to make yin/yang sushi. I learned many things I did not know before about how to make sushi from him. Tammy, the farm manager, taught us how to prepare soil and plant seeds . Each student has taken home several seedlings and will be learning how to grow food from seeds. After a day on the farm, eating seasonal and wild foods, and being with great people, I felt healthy and alive. I look forward to the next class May 1 when Ruby teaches us about urban homesteading.

I returned home to be further trained in the art of paella by my teacher, Michael Rauner. And the next day I tried out my first attempt at making german style potato pancakes. I am so lucky to get to learn and teach all of this!!!