DSANV Cooking Club

The DSANV Cooking Club is focused on maximizing choice, ensuring hands-on engagement, using adaptations (as needed to ensure safety) and promoting families cooking together.

Offerings alternate between a series of cooking club classes and cooking challenges.

Cooking Club Classes

2023 Summer Smoothie and Sandwich Clinic

Come join us..

For each Smoothie/Sandwich Clinic there will be at least two choices of fruit smoothies, and two choices of sandwiches. For the sandwich choices we’ll offer a meat option such as deli turkey, grilled chicken, or Philly Cheese Steak. We’ll also offer non-meat options such as grilled cheese, banana, strawberry and peanut butter sandwiches. Each month: June, July and August will have different choices.

You can drop off anytime between 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. Parents can relax and chat. YMSL volunteers assist with making the smoothies and sandwiches.Smoothie/Sandwich Clinics are great way to eat a healthy lunch and catch up with friends. Clinic dates will be June 10, July 22 and August 5.

The Everyday Nutrition class will focus on making simple, healthy recipes that help everyone achieve their daily nutritional needs as based on My Plate.gov. We’ll discuss the different food groups – Fruits,Vegetables, Grains, Protein, and Dairy. We’ll also discuss easy, fun ways we can make each group part of our daily lives. At each class we’ll fill out a chart to see how many food groups we can check off.

Chef of the Month

Volunteer Appreciation Chefs

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Cooking Club and Cooking Challenge Recipes

Very Veggie Recipes:

Chicken Avocado Cobb Salad

Avocado Banana Brownies

Zoodles Primavera

Zoodles Bolognese

Fried Cauliflower Rice

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chicken, Broccoli Keto Casserole

Chicken Fajitas in Bell Peppers

Edamame, Bell Pepper Salsa

Broccoli, Banana, Berry Smoothie

Broccoli, Cheddar Corn Muffins

Broccoli, Tomato, Spinach Frittata

Sample Cooking Club Recipes

DSANV thanks Janice Goldschmidt, educator and author of the foundational text we use in our Cooking Club, for sharing the recipes she has compiled in her work at Community Support Services, Inc.: here

Meatball Sub Recipe

Overnight Oats Recipe

Ham and French Toast Recipe

Turkey Skillet Recipe

Pancakes

Trail Mix Recipe

Tuna Salad Sandwich Recipe

Beef Stroganoff Recipe

Christmas Brownie Mix Recipe

Southwest Salad Recipe

Chicken and Stuffing

Turkey Meatball Bake

Honey Mustard Chicken

Taco Recipe

Summer Picnic Challenges

Brunch Recipes

Fruit Kabobs

Fruit Dip

Sausage, Cheese, Grape Kabobs

Overnight Oats

Sandwiches

Peanut Butter, Strawberry, Banana Sandwich

Turkey Sandwich

Chicken, Mozzarella, Pesto, Tomato Sandwich

BLT or BLAT

Picnic Sides

Potato Salad

Watermelon Cucumber Feta Salad

Crustless Blueberry Pie

Recipes from the Spring Cooking Club

Parchment Potatoes and Egg

Parchment Chicken

Parchment Salmon

Parchment Banana and chocolate

Sheet Pan Pancakes

Sheet Pan Gnocchi

Sheet Pan Fajitas

Sheet Pan Chocolate Covered Matzah

Hash Brown and Egg Muffin Tin

Turkey Cheeseburger Muffin Tin

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Cheesecake Keto Fat Bombs

Putting it all together

Ozzie’s Salad

Spinach Artichoke Dip

French Dip Sandwich

Recipes from the Summer/Fall Cooking Club:

Cooking Videos

Videos for 2021 Summer Cooking Picnic Challenges

Videos by Stacy

Cooking Classes

June 18 2020 – Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies; Fruit Dip
Nov 21 2020 – Thanksgiving Sliders; Oreo Turkeys
Dec 12 2020 – Cookies; Holiday Sandwich
Feb 13 2021 – English Muffin Pepperoni Heart Pizza; Bell Pepper Hearts
March 6 2021 – Parchment Packs
March 20 2021 – Sheet Pan Meals
April 10th 2021 – Muffin Tin Meals
May 8th 2021 – Cava/Chipotle Style Bowls
May 22nd 2021 – Coastal Flat Salad

Cooking Resources and Presentations

Janice Goldschmidt is the Director of Nutrition Services at Community Support Services, Inc. at the University of Maryland. DSANV members are welcome to join the weekly Food For Thought Virtual Cooking Class held on Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 via zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85293047878.

What’s for Dinner? is another program offered through Community Support Services, Inc. that offers shopping lists, videos and pictorial recipes.

During the second Cooking Club, Sofia and Jeanette Puritano created a Powerpoint that shows all the options of tortillas and toppings you can use when making tacos.

The 2020 Summer/Fall Cooking Club was a success! Each class featured a pictorial recipe along with follow along cooking demonstration. Four of the classes also featured guest speakers including: