ARCHES (Alpine Ranch Creative Health and Ecological Solutions) is a non-profit organization, offering classes on healthy cooking, nutrition, and sustainable gardening. We sponsor the school garden classes at Jamul Primary School.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Let’s Make Super Salads!
We had a wonderful morning at the Ranch last Saturday, learning to make delicious salads.
Chef Nancy introduced us to a variety of tasty salads for various occasions. For example, a tabouli salad with feta cheese would be perfect for a summer luncheon entrée. A side salad of marinated black-eyed peas and sun-dried tomatoes would go with any entree. We also learned the secrets to creating family pleasing homemade salad dressings.
Nancy also shared this important information about purchasing produce and choosing oils.
Then came a tour of the beautiful garden at the Ranch.
Last, we had a yummy lunch of salads, bread, and dessert.
Salad recipes:
Arranged Salad Home Fermented Giardineira Black-eyed Pea Salad
Cabbage Salad with Jewels Corn Relish Raw Beet and Kale Salad Tabouli
Making Soup at the Ranch
If you had walked past the ranch kitchen on Saturday morning, you would have heard lots of chopping, talking, and laughing. The Hearty Soup Class was happening. Aromas were intense and inviting. This fun class was followed by a tour of the garden and a lovely lunch of four different soups, salad, corn bread and sourdough bread. Hope you can join us next time!
Here are the delicious recipes from this class:
Cream of Broccoli Split Pea ala Crockpot Winter Squash Soup
Fiesta Chicken Soup Honey Baked Apples
Italian Balsamic Salad Dressing and Za’atar & Tahini Salad Dressing