Join Chef Luca for Cookshop’s newest class, Squirrel Meals: Dinner Edition! At this class, you’ll prepare and cook the components of 3 delicious dinners that you can eat throughout the week, taking the worry of recipe research, shopping, and prep time off your plate!
Menu 4/8/24 :
Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Shells
Posole Verde
Citrus Crunch Salad with charred cabbage, puffed rice, hazelnuts and citrusy vinaigrette
What to Expect:
Chef Luca will provide menus, recipes and notes to help execute your meals in an efficient manner.
Each participant will take home 3 dinners that feed 2 average diners (or one person, with leftovers for lunch)
Some demo plus plenty of hands-on work. Having some basic knife skills and being familiar with common kitchen tools and terms is important.
Your average meal will take about 10-15 minutes to finish preparing back at home later in the week.
This week’s menu is vegetarian/vegan friendly, with the option to add animal or plant proteins at home.
CLASS DATE: Monday, April 8th, 2024, 5:30 - 7 pm
About our Instructor:
San Francisco native who has lived in Oregon since 2010, Luca Ponti has been helping in the kitchen since he could talk. He started cooking professionally at Veritable Quandary, a quintessential Portland restaurant, where he developed his skills ranging from osso buco to pastry. He later became Lead Baker and Kitchen Manager at Sweedeedee in North Portland. where he became known for his exuberant energy, creativity, and the best pie in the state of Oregon, according to People Magazine. He is now the owner & creator of SquirrelmealsPDX: an at-home, private chef experience.
The Squirrel Meals Origin Story
During the early days of the pandemic, Chef Luca’s friend, who’s childhood nickname was ‘Squirrel’, reached out to ask him to cook his family some meals. Luca devised a plan for him to pick up 3 meals every week to feed his family during the middle of the work week. There was just one catch: Luca would design the menu that HE wanted to cook. In just a few weeks, the simple idea became routine. The meals became more refined. The instructions became more clear. A few neighbors caught wind of the concept and decided to join in on the weekly spread. Just like that, Squirrel Meals was created.
Whether you think of Luca’s friend, Squirrel, or you think of it as “squirreling away” nourishment for the week, this class is designed to help YOU be a more organized cook and show you tips and tricks to our version of meal prepping. Hopefully, you’ll leave with new knowledge, some delicious food, and a little bit off your to-do list for the week.