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Duration

13 hours

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Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 3 of 3 in the Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy Cooking Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level No prerequisites for this course. We recommend taking the other courses in this specialization as well.
  • Approx. 13 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • Cooking is one of the most powerful ways in which we can optimize our enjoyment of great quality food while protecting our health. Even on a tight budget, cooking can be a cost-effective, joyful and rewarding way to love the food that will love us back for a lifetime. In this course, you?ll learn some basic recipes from a home cook and two professional chefs who prioritize healthful eating. You?ll also learn some of the fundamentals of principle-based cooking that can help you break free from the chains of having to follow recipes exactly. Better health and creative expression lie in the ability to improvise in the kitchen, using whatever is available to make tasty, simple meals. We can?t wait to welcome you into our kitchens in this mouth-watering course! Here?s to your health and the home cooking that can support it!
  • Special thanks to course contributors: Israel Garcia, Jacopo Bene, Jesper Baanghaell, Sejal Parekh, William Bottini, Perry Pickert and Friday Films
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Curriculum

Foundations for Healthy Cooking

Cooking for Busy Healthy People: Introduction

The Rationale for Cooking More at Home

What Do You Need in Your Kitchen?

Principle-Based Cooking

Shopping Tips for Planet-Friendly Home Cooking

The Anatomy of a Healthy Meal

Cooking with Variety and Moderation in Mind

How to Master 5 Basic Cooking Skills by Gordon Ramsay

Looking for a Cookbook?

James Barber: The Self-Taught Cook Extraordinaire

How Cooking Can Change Your Life - Michael Pollan

Reflecting on the Rationale for Cooking More at Home

Reflecting on What Do You Need in Your Kitchen?

The Anatomy of a Healthy Meal Quiz

Reflecting on Cooking with Moderation and Variety in Mind

Cooking with Maya

Indian Tomato Chutney and Eggs

Cottage Cheese Cake

Oatmeal Breakfast Delight

Veggie Omelette

Dark Chocolate Bark

Almond Olive Oil Cake

How to Use a Whole Chicken

Maya's Recipes

Eggs and Tomatoes, a Global Favorite

All About Cottage Cheese

Why Steel-cut Oatmeal

The Origin of the Omelette

Health Benefits of Eating Dark Chocolate

All About Olive Oil, the Healthy Fat

Cooking with Israel Garcia

Meet the Chefs: Israel Garcia

Roasted Potatoes with Fresh and Dry Herbs

Fresh Quinoa Salad

Black Bean Soup with Fresh Pico De Gallo

Easy Creamy Corn Chowder Soup

Classic Chimichurri

Dal Salad with Spring Mix

Chickpeas with Coconut Milk

Egg and Avocado Toast

Watermelon Salad

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Cauliflower and Mushroom Bolognese and Parmesan Cheese

Israel's Recipes

The Health Benefits of Quinoa

10 Surprising Ways to Use Black Beans

How Chimichurri Got Its Name

All About Lentils

Garbanzo Beans

The Health Benefits of Avocados

Cooking with Jacopo Beni

Meet the Chefs: Jacopo Beni

Halibut, Peas Puree, Spicy Broccoli

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Vegetables

Peach and Goat Cheese Salad

Tomato Gazpacho, Quinoa, Celery and Celery Leaves

Snapper Cooked Cartoccio Style

Winter Squash Soup

Spinach and Clams Risotto

Roasted Chicken with Mushrooms, Barley, and Basil Pesto

Roasted Beets with Tahini Pistachio Sauce

Salmon with Black Rice, Fennel, and Chard

Lamb with Couscous, Cumin Carrots,? Roasted Garlic Yogurt, Brussels Sprouts, and Pomegranate

Jacopo's Recipes

Halibut: A Sustainable Choice?

Is Whole Wheat Pasta Really Better for Us?

An Unlikely Duo: Salty and Sweet

Cold Soup?

Italian Cooking Terms You Should Know

Health Benefits of Squash

Why Oysters, Mussels, and Clams Could Hold the Key to More Ethical Fish Farming

What Is Tahini?

The Forbidden Rice

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    May 25, 2024
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