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Scratch Cooking Fundamentals - what is it?

🥘Find yourself cooking a lot more, but getting tired of the same old?
🥘Looking for a crash course on how to cook from scratch?
🥘Want to learn new skills + recipes from the comfort of your own kitchen?
🥘Didn't know you could make curry paste yourself at home?
🥘Are you and/or your offspring looking for a fun activity these days?

Listen, this class is applicable to ANYONE wanting to learn new skills in the kitchen. That means YOU.

How it all began…

This class originally came about as a 10-part series for the Junior High set, called the Junior High Cooking Elective. It was a once-a-week Friday afternoon Elective class I honed over six years, with a small group at the Calgary Waldorf School.

When the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, many Jr High students were at home, and many were missing their Friday afternoon electives. That was when my intrepid co-host Eliza (my teen daughter) and I decided to run this whole series online, in a live setting. We and 59 other participants met every Friday for 10 weeks in a row to learn those Scratch Cooking Fundamental skills, to help set them up for life.

Learning to cook from scratch on your own - that is a NLS (Necessary Life Skill). My co-host in this series, daughter Eliza sums it up well: “instead of wasting food at restaurants, you can pay less and make food that is just as good, if not better! You learn how to make food that’s actually good for you, instead of having to rely on unhealthy or packaged food because that’s all you know how to make.”

Cooking from Scratch is where it's at, kittens. Access 10 different topics, go through the content at your own pace.

Build those skills one by one, and in a few months' time, you'll be whipping up nutrient dense offerings for everyone at your table!


When you sign up, you get instant access to 10 recorded video modules on making some of your favourite foods from scratch, along with grocery lists and a bevy of recipes. Each session is 1.5 hours in length. We cover:

  1. Eggs: scrambled / omelettes / fried / poached

  2. Salads: DIY dressings / how to build salads thinking textures + flavours

  3. Foods That Fuel: healthy sports nutrition ideas / what to eat before a workout / during a workout / after a workout

  4. Curries: Butter Chicken / Thai Green Curry / Tikka Masala / curry paste from scratch

  5. Pizza Prep: slow rise pizza dough / pizza sauce / a few pestos

  6. Pizza Make + Eat: how to build a ‘za, and how to bake to perfection. You’ll never go back to take out again!

  7. Learn to Ferment: Dilly Carrots / fermented coconut or whipping cream / pickled hot peppers

  8. Vietnamese Take out: beef, pork or tempeh / salads / fresh flavours / noodle bowls

  9. DIY Wonton Challenge: think of this as Master Chef, where you have a basket of ingredients. How will you make your own dumplings or wontons taste amazing?

  10. Strawberry Shortcakes: shortcakes / homemade whipped cream (dairy and dairy free) / fruit compote for all seasons

Each recipe has the ability to meet any and all dietary requirements. All based in real food, we offer as many options as there are dietary preferences: gluten and gluten-free, grain and grain-free, dairy and dairy-free, meat and vegan options.

Whether you’re following a Paleo protocol, AIP, Gluten Free or Dairy Free diet, or you have food sensitivities; or whether you’re just wanting to learn how to make Real Food at home, each module will give you options that will work for you. Everyone is invited to our table!

Included are recipes + grocery lists for every class, subs for dietary preferences, + nutrition notes.

Cost is $150.
That’s $15 a class, or $10 an hour!

Your hosts, Luka and Eliza

Your hosts, Luka and Eliza

Once you purchase the series, you have access to the content for as long as you like, and you can watch the videos as many times as you like. Keep your own pace, or plan to do a module a week. Go through them in the order that speaks to you! Joining us in the making of the recipes, but getting tied up? Hit the pause button, tend to your task, and jump back in to the flow of the class when things are under control.


Read through some of these images for testimonials from past participants of the program, both the Live in-person version and our Spring 2020 Pandemic run! (Which is the recorded version you will get.)

This is a class for the curious.
This is a class for the foodies.
This is a class for flavour hounds.

This is a class for you!

We look forward to joining forces with you as you make your kitchen
your #1 ally in Keeping Well. A bientôt! - Luka + Eliza

Still have questions about the program? Hit me up.