CLASSES
Experience the world of clean eating with The Chopping Block's Wellness Chef Alia Dalal. These demonstration classes are fun, healthy and delicious!
Healthy Digestion
This Holistic Nutrition cooking class with Health and Wellness Chef, Alia Dalal, focuses on cooking techniques, ingredients and nutrition to help build a vibrant, whole foods-based diet from a holistic perspective.
In her new "Flow, Go and Glow" classes, Chef Alia will explain to get healthy digestion, naturally-derived energy, and a leaner, glowing body. Good digestion is at the core of a healthy person. An unhealthy gut can lead to digestive upset, autoimmune problems, skin issues, brain fog, depression, allergies, and frequent illness.
Chef Alia kicks off this Clean Eating class with the basics of healthy digestion, showcasing easy-to-make and tasty breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and more that will help you get your flow back and treat your tummy to the good stuff. Students will learn which inflammatory foods might be aggravating their digestive system and how to add more gut-healing foods like pro- and prebiotics and plant fibers to their diets.
Class will include realistic recipes for busy weekdays: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, 1 snack and--new this season!--one kitchen pharmacy home remedy.
Menu:
During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef. 1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$60
Wednesday 9-19-18
7PM - 9:30PM
$60
Wednesday 10-24-18
7PM - 9:30PM
Improving Energy
This Holistic Nutrition cooking class with Health and Wellness Chef, Alia Dalal, focuses on cooking techniques, ingredients and nutrition to help build a vibrant, whole foods-based diet from a holistic perspective.
With Flow, Go and Glow, we'll be focusing on how to get healthy digestion, naturally-derived energy, and a leaner, glowing body.
What couldn't you do with more energy? Unfortunately many of our go-to energy boosts--caffeine, sugar, even protein shakes--can actually deplete our energy by spiking and lowering our blood sugar too rapidly.
In this class, health and wellness chef Alia Dalal will go through the basics of how to eat for vibrant, long-lasting energy. Students will learn which "healthy" foods might be slowing them down and how to construct a meal or snack so that it provides sustaining energy. No food comas here! Chef Alia will highlight some new superstars in your pantry that have been hiding at the grocery store and will help you master new techniques like making noodles from vegetables.
No one is going to pry the coffee and donut from your hands, but you'll learn some great substitutes so you may choose to ditch them on your own.
Each class will include realistic recipes for busy weekdays: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, 1 snack and--new this season!--one kitchen pharmacy home remedy.
Menu:
During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef. 1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$60
Wednesday 10-17-18
7PM - 9:30PM
Slim Down, Radiate Out
This Holistic Nutrition cooking class with Health and Wellness Chef, Alia Dalal, focuses on cooking techniques, ingredients and nutrition to help build a vibrant, whole foods-based diet from a holistic perspective.
With Flow, Go and Glow, we'll be focusing on how to get healthy digestion, naturally-derived energy, and a leaner, glowing body.
One of the perks of eating clean? You'll not only feel great but start to look your best as well.In this class, Alia shares tricks to building filling and slimming meals. She'll also highlight key ingredients to keep your skin supple and clear, and hair and nails strong. Healthy eating never looked so good.
Students will learn how to build decadent, highly flavored meals based on plant superfoods instead of flour, sugar, dairy, processed ingredients, and low-quality meat. You'll leave prepared with a breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks that give you a power boost to look and feel radiant.
Each class will include realistic recipes for busy weekdays: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, 1 snack and--new this season!--one kitchen pharmacy home remedy.
Menu:
During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef. 1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$60
Wednesday 11-7-18
7PM - 9:30PM
Healthy at the Holidays
Treat your family this holiday season with dishes that are both delicious and good for them.
Using abundant fall produce like squash, kale and cranberries as inspiration, Health-supportive Chef Alia Dalal will showcase a holiday spread full of flavorful healthy dishes, ranging from a crunchy kale salad that stands up to hearty fall flavors to a knockout plant-based entree.
Whether you are scrambling to come up with a dish that will satisfy your gluten-free niece or just want to bring along something fresh and contemporary to a traditional gathering, you find plenty of dishes here that are simple enough to repeat on weeknights throughout the season. All dishes are make-ahead and take-along friendly as well.
Menu:
During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef. Class is vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free friendly! 1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$60
Wednesday 11-14-18
7PM - 9:30PM
Clean Eating: Omega-3 Fish
Tiny fishes are delicious! In this demonstration class, Wellness Chef Alia Dalal unlocks the secrets beneath the sea with recipes for fish rich in anti-inflammatory Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Many Americans consume far too many inflammatory Omega-6s (like from vegetable oils, processed foods and factory farmed meats) and too few Omega 3s, leading to widespread inflammation.
Cooking fish can be intimidating (not to mention expensive), but when you know a few tricks, it's a great way to put together a quick meal. In this class, we'll use easy-to-find fresh fish like lake trout and salmon as well as nutrient-rich, low toxin, and affordable canned varieties of fish like sardines and herring. We'll make canned fish not taste gross!
You'll learn how to select fish that's not just high in Omega 3s, but also sustainable and low in mercury. Chef Alia will also share resources for shopping locally and researching as the seasons change to help you avoid pollutants, overfishing, and unfair labor practices.
Like with all other Clean Eating classes, we'll steer clear of refined carbs and let whole plant foods shine.
Menu:
During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef. Class is gluten-free, dairy-free, and free of meats other than fish. 1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$70
Wednesday 12-5-18
7PM - 9:30PM
Global Healing Kitchens: The Mediterranean
In the global healing kitchens series, wellness chef Alia Dalal explores authentic, home cuisine from cultures with strong food-as-medicine traditions. In this class, we'll explore the Mediterranean diet, famed for health and longevity. You'll be encourage to have a glass of (high quality!) red wine, while we explore Mediterranean staples like extra virgin olive oil, legumes, whole grains, dark leafy greens and herbs. The Mediterranean Diet is known to reduce the risk of heart disease, certain cancers, Alzheimers, depression and more. Learn other healthy habits from this region for a long and happy life.
Menu:
Class is vegetarian and vegan with the exception of an optional honey in one dish. During class students will sample all the dishes prepared by the chef.
1-week cancellation policy.
Location: Lincoln Square
$60
Wednesday 8-15-18
7PM - 9:30PM
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