May 29, 2012

June schedule of classes

June schedule up! With the kids going back to school, get ideas for healthful, plant-based meals from the line-up of classes here (great for office lunches, too, by the way).

Veggie burgers make the world go round on the 9th. Greek out on the 13th. More vegetable juices and smoothies to be had on the 16th (bonus material from past sessions). Vegan food to go with liquor on the 23rd. Raw food 101 on the 27th. And come over to the dark side with Pies on the 30th.

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General info on classes here.

Cancellation policy here.

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May 29, 2012

What a summer.

Wow. When I made my schedule for April and May, I did not expect things to get crazy. In a good way.

A lot has happened for Kitchen Revolution…

I started summer cooking classes for kids.

And in the process, two of my former colleagues and I had a mini reunion when they sent their daughters to class!

I taught a couple of cooking workshops for public school kids in partnership with Hands on Manila and Starbucks Philippines. It’s all about starting ‘em early, folks.

Post workshop laughs

I conducted an eco-friendly cooking workshop at Maribago Bluewater in Cebu over Earth day.

Somewhere between Cebu and Bohol.

Knowing the resort had this killer view sealed the deal.

Photo above – this was for work, too. I conducted a healthy cooking demo for Landco Pacific in Hacienda Escudero, their luxury residential community in Quezon Province.

Unfortunately, no photos of the actual demo except for this of me and Diego, a friend who was the event’s official photographer and seemed to enjoy smoothies of the green persuasion as much as I do.

Of course, more cooking classes. Fantastic Salads 1.0, above (a repeat).

Especially in Makati, which was a first. Above — my vegan sausage factory.

Yummy Magazine came to shoot my column. Six dishes in one day, between Makati class the day before and class for kids the day after. That was one hectic week, followed by…

My cancer-fighting cooking workshop at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City. Seventy-five people attended – I’m floored! No photos yet.

The Yummy Eats fair happened last weekend and I conducted a vegan cooking demo — a first for Yummy, woohoo! Recipes to be posted on this blog, by the way.

And one of my greatest accomplishments… The kids graduated from summer cooking classes!

What a summer — I cannot be more grateful and I’m excited for the rest of the year. Now that I don’t have 8 to 12 kids bombarding my kitchen on Tuesdays and Thursdays, what’s a girl to do? I now have time to make donuts, get a tan, and get back into yoga!

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May 14, 2012

Vegan cooking demo at Yummy Eats on the 26th, aka the sky is falling

I really should get back to recipe testing (last na ‘to, promise!) but I just wanted to let you all know that the world must be coming to an end because — well, the reasons are 4-fold:

  1. Vegan cooking appeared on mainstream television last year (link here)
  2. Vegan cooking appears regularly in one of the top food magazines in the country starting this year (link here)
  3. Cosmo magazine celebrates a vegan chef as one of the fun, fearless, females of 2012 (link here)
  4. last but not the least…

There will be a vegan cooking demo at Yummy Eats, one of the biggest food(ie) fairs in the country.

Seriously, I never thought I’d see the day… But it’s happening.

On Saturday the 26th, stop by Yummy Eats at the Rockwell tent and watch me demonstrate a few of my favorite plant-strong recipes. I’m on at around 5:00pm so make sure you pass by then!

Philippines, I’m going to turn you plant-strong, just you wait. But in the meantime, it’s back to the kitchen.

For Yummy Eats updates, check out YUMMY’s Facebook page and Twitter .

Edited to add: (05/16/12)

Check out the line-up of chefs and cooking demos here. I’m the only vegetarian chef on the program, by the way (and by the looks of it, probably the only female?). While I’d love meat eaters to try the food I’ll be cooking, herbivores I’m counting on you to come veg-represent. There will be limited samples so sit close to the stage.

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May 14, 2012

So, Cosmo Philippines is giving me an award…

I’m one of the 15 Cosmopolitan fun, fearless, female awardees this year. Check out this video about why Cosmo thinks what I do (Kitchen Revolution!) is admirable.

I have a little blurb in the May issue as well — check it!

Like my eyebrows? If you’ve seen me in person, you know I don’t have any :)

The awards night is this Thursday during Cosmo’s 15th birthday bash at the NBC tent. That night, I will celebrate then it’s back to the trenches prepping for my cancer fighting cooking workshop at St. Luke’s QC happening on Saturday.

 

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May 9, 2012

Cancer fighting cooking workshop on Saturday the 19th in St. Luke’s Medical Center, QC

Mark your calendars, Northerners. On Saturday the 19th at St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City, discover how a whole food, plant-based diet can prevent cancer and support cancer treatment. If you or a loved one is currently battling cancer and would like to learn how to prepare mouth-watering dishes using cancer-fighting foods, this is the workshop for you. This 2-hour session is information-packed and you will get tastings of the dishes prepared.

RSVP is required. Please contact Joselyn at 723-0101 ext. 5427. Workshop fee is P100 — super affordable, yo!

In partnership with Corridor of Hope, St. Luke’s cancer support group and Ryan Fernandez, cancer fighting boy wonder.

*This is the second time I’ve been invited back to give a workshop at St. Luke’s. Last October I was asked to conduct a green juice and smoothie workshop which was pretty well attended. I think there were 50 people who came to see me talk about the benefits of vegetables in liquid form.

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April 26, 2012

In the kitchen: summer cooking classes for kids – first 2 weeks

Today marks the fourth cooking / baking class I’m holding this summer for kids. I’m having a blast sharing my passion for healthy, plant-based cooking to kids who aren’t vegetarian and aren’t necessarily big fans of vegetables. My goal is to get them to learn knife skills, cook with herbs and spices, and play around with unconventional ingredients such as beans, cashews, tofu, and homemade vegetarian sausages. It warms my heart to see them enjoy veggie meatballs, whole wheat pizzas, and lentils!

Four things I’ve learned so far:

  1. Kids will eat healthfully if you let them prep and cook food right from the start.
  2. You can’t impose your love for vegetables on them but you can tell them to try something unusual at least once before they decide they don’t like it.
  3. Kids will respect you if you treat and talk to them like adults (it also helps if you have a fat cat chilling in the garden begging for tummy rubs). One of my fears while preparing for these classes was that I might lose my cool. Back in my elementary school days, there definitely were occasions when my whole class would push our teachers’ buttons. We took pride in it, too. No button pushing in Cucina Revolucion, though. So far, so good!
  4. You won’t feel old until you spend time with people half or a third of your age.

True story:

6-year old kid from pasta class: “How old are you?”

Me: “How old do I look like?”

Kid: “38?”

Me: “WHAT!!”

Anyway.

I’d like to share some class photos with you. These classes make Kitchen Revolution truly feel like a revolution. Next week I have 11 kids for Mexican class and I cannot wait!

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April 23, 2012

2 classes in Makati this May

Hi Makati! Are you ready for some plant-powered cooking? I’m bringing 2 of my most popular classes to your city this May! Check it. Sign up. Eat well.

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General information on cooking classes here.

Cancellation policy on cooking classes here.

Photos on past cooking classes here although the Kitchen Revolution Facebook page is more updated.

Summer cooking classes for kids is upon us! Read the blog post here, check out the brochure here.

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