Fast & Fabulous Soups Class at Love To Cook in Ogden
I will be teaching a class on Fast & Fabulous Soups at Love To Cook in the Newgate Mall in Ogden on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 11:30 a.m. I am going to make four different recipes. Each batch of soup makes about 9 cups, so everyone should be able to enjoy a hot and hearty soup lunch!
The cost for the class is $20. Paul, who oversees the classes, said he can offer a two-for-one deal if you come in to the store or call at 801-393-2230. Here’s the info on the class:
Making homemade soup or chili doesn’t have to be an all-day kitchen project! You can ladle out a hot and healthy dinner in less time than it would take for pizza delivery. These streamlined recipes
are the go-to solution for busy weeknights when you want to avoid peeling, chopping, and lots of dirty pots and pans. And what’s more comforting in cold weather than a steaming bowl of savory soup?
RECIPES:
Nacho Chicken Soup: An easy, cheesy riff on restaurant tortilla soup. I usually make it in the slow cooker, but I’ll be speeding things up on the stovetop. This is one of my family’s favorite soups, and when I hear from people who have used my cookbook, this is one of the recipes they usually rave about.
Quick Tailgate Chili: Perfect for the Super Bowl parties, or after a day in the outdoors. This comfort classic takes only 30 minutes from start to finish, with no peeling or chopping involved! Let guests customize it with their favorite toppings.
Presto Zuppa Toscana: A quick-and-easy version of the popular Olive Garden soup, with spicy sausage and good-for-you kale. You can make it at home faster than you can drive to a restaurant to order.
Kale Chips. You’ll learn how to use leftover kale from Presto Zuppa Toscana to make your own crispy kale chips — a major savings when tiny bags of kale chips are sold in the health food aisles for $5 a bag. This leafy veggie has been around forever, but it’s enjoying a surge of popularity as a healthy superfood today.
Instructor Valerie Phillips is an award-winning food writer, cookbook author and blogger. She was food editor at the Deseret News from 2000-2010, writes a weekly food column for the Ogden Standard-Examiner, and has a blog, Chewandchat.com. She has edited recipes for cookbooks, magazines and newspapers, most recently the New York Times.
Her cookbook, “Soup’s On!” (Covenant, 2012), features 100 shortcut soup recipes, with 75 that can be made in 30 minutes or less. She has cooked on local TV shows such as “KSL Morning News,” “Studio 5,” “KUTV Noon News,” and “Good Things Utah.”
She has covered eight Pillsbury Bake-offs and five National Chicken Cooking Contests. She has interviewed cooking personalities such as Julia Child, Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Guy Fieri, Alton Brown, Sandra Lee, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, and Kelsey Nixon. She has also visited the Betty Crocker Kitchens, America’s Test Kitchen, the New Orleans Cooking School, and Johnson & Wales’ culinary program.