Cookery Lesson ideas

leni

hi, have'nt been on in ages, need your help though.

I need to do 5 cookery lessons that have 1.5 hours with limited money. I've been asked to do a quiche one and a banana bread one but stuck for the other 3.

Any ideas? Theirs 7 people at the sessions.

leni

purpleivy

Biscuits and muffins are nice. Cookie style biccies and muffins are also expensive to buy.

ragu or bolognese sauce/hm tomato sauce is a good basic to make other meals.

Scones.. so much more delish than from a pack.

Pastry.... see my pastry economics thread for reason why!

A basic adaptable soup recipe.

I used to teach cookery at adult ed classes, can have a look and see if there's anything suitable.

liz545

Are you teaching adults or kids, or special needs adults? I teach a class for 12 8-12 year olds, and while it can be challenging it's also great fun. Baking's good if you have sufficient oven space for it - muffins, scones and cut-out cookies are all easy to follow and don't take particularly long in the oven. Soda bread or cornbread are also good if you want to bake something savoury. In terms of main meals, I've had success with fajitas, chicken & vegetable kebabs (under the grill or on a griddle pan), pancakes, burgers, omlettes, macaroni & cheese, tomato pasta sauce (you can also show them how to build on this to make spag bol/chili/lasagne). HTH!

sandy2_2

Twinks hobnobs, some sort of vegetarian dish, a chicken dish

Sharra

I second teaching pastry making - you could make jam tarts if you want the rest of the recipe to be simple.
You could do that the week before they make quiche - then they get 2 goes at pastry making.
Bread rolls.

carol_a_3

Pizzas are good with home made tomato sauce as mentioned above, and can show bread making skills at the same time with less proving required.

scotrae

Soup gets my vote. Pizza and those hobnobs would be great too. (I made the biscuits for the first time ysertday and they are going down very well indeed!)

dronid

I'd go for something like dealing with leftovers. It's one thing most people have but few know what to do with them!

Katgoddess

HM beef burgers
Chicken Curry

leni

thanks everyone, its for adult but adults that didn't stay in school past primary, if that.

thanks

some really goo suggestions for me to be getting on with!:beer:

belfastgirl23

I always think a basic bread and/or pizza recipe is a good one. People are a bit scared of anything with yeast (I was like that myself a bit until recently). Also some kind of casserole with lots of veg and pulses since it's healthy and also cheap (I'm guessing these might be people on low incomes). The biscuits sound like a good idea too btw

Good luck