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Jess Dang – CookSmarts Nourish 2017 – Lesson 1 Cheesy Quesadilla & Green Salad with Vinaigrette
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In 2011 at the age of 30, I quit my corporate job because I was determined to change that. In early 2012 I started Cook Smarts by giving cooking lessons to home cooks from all walks of life and all levels of cooking. Teaching helped me to see first hand the biggest challenges home cooks faced
Jess Dang – CookSmarts Nourish 2017 – Lesson 1 Cheesy Quesadilla & Green Salad with Vinaigrette
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The kitchen can be a stressful place because chances are, no one over taught you how to cook.
Home ec wasn’t an option in school.
Your parents taught you how to ride a bike, read your first words, but never got around to teaching you how to fix a healthy dinner, a life skill that so often gets overlooked.
You know that a home cooked meal is the better choice for you and your family, so you search for recipes. You pick up groceries. But once you’re in the kitchen, it never quite goes as planned.
Chopping takes forever cause you just don’t feel comfortable using your knife. You finally start cooking and follow the recipe to a T.
An hour and a half later, your meal is done(!). You give it a taste only to be disappointed . . . it’s dry, not that flavorful but you don’t know where you went wrong or how to fix it.
Does this sound familiar?
Well it doesn’t have to be this way. Nourish is here to transform your kitchen experience.
In the course of 6 weeks, our lessons will give you the cooking knowledge and teach you the skills you need to cook confidently in your kitchen.
Recipes will just be your inspiration. You won’t be attached to every step because you’ll be able to just wing it with your new understanding of how different ingredients cook.
Your knife will become your best friend. Chopping an onion? No problem. You’ll be able to do it while sipping a [insert beverage of choice] and chatting with a friend (who by the way is watching in amazement).
But best of all, you’ll know how to cook, a skill that will change your entire approach to food, to your health and to how you nourish yourself and your family.
Nourish graduates simply cook smarter and happier
“Jess and the team did a tremendous job! I almost felt like I was taking personal cooking class. It was obvious that Jess really cares for the course and the people taking it.” -Elena M.
“It may sound a little dramatic, but this was a life-changing event for me. It made me realize that I can make healthy and delicious meals for my family and not spend hours in the kitchen. I work full time and spend 2+ hours a day commuting. I don’t have a lot of time to get dinner on the table during the week, but since I started this program, I’ve pulled it off at minimum 4 nights a week.” -Erin B.
“What I love the most about Nourish is that it delves into the reasons behind kitchen techniques. This course has improved my cooking skills and I now have a deeper understanding as to how flavors work together and how to season appropriately.I feel like this makes me a smarter cook!” -Jessica F.
“I loved waking up every Friday morning to a new Nourish lesson! Jess has a great way of training, and her enthusiasm and love of cooking really shines through. It inspires me to be a better cook – she makes it look so easy and fun, and has a laid back way of pulling it all together. Nourish taught me thatconfidence in the kitchen can be built through breaking cooking down into small, easy-to-learn steps.” -Fran M.
“Nourish has greatly increased my confidence in the kitchen. I now recognize what meals I can make with ingredients that I have on hand, without having to rely on specific recipes. My knife skills have improved as well. Now that I know how to chop properly, I not only don’t mind doing it, but I am much faster. This is worth its weight in gold!” -Christy T
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We’ve designed each of our 6 lessons to help you go beyond recipes and actually learn to cook
NOURISH SELF-GUIDED: HOW IT WORKS
- For Nourish Self-Guided, all materials will be made available at the start of course, Friday, June 9th, 2017 and be made available for 4 full months
- Since all materials will be provided online, you can join in from anywhere in the world, anytime you want!
- Each Nourish lesson is made up of easy-to-understand videos, delicious recipes, and beautiful downloadable resources. You’re welcome to print everything out and keep it organized in a binder
Download Syllabus Preview of Materials
BONUSES!
- The course will start with 3 bonus lessons to provide you with the foundation you need for your future Nourish and kitchen success. Everyone will be able to access these lessons through June 7th, 2017. After that period, only enrolled students will have access to these lessons
- Each lesson also comes with an extra credit recipe to strengthen your newly acquired cooking skills
- Cooking is so much more fun with the right tunes to jam to. That’s why each lesson comes with a 10 song playlist to keep you groovin’ in the kitchen!
HOW IT’S DIFFERENT THAN NOURISH LIVE
- Nourish Self-Guided will have access to all the same materials as Nourish Live. You’ll receive materials all in one go, so starting on June 9th, 2017, all enrolled students will be able to access all lessons
- Self-Guided students will have 4 full months (instead of 1 year for Live students) to go through the materials at your own self-guided pace (hence the name)
- What’s missing: Nourish Live is meant to be a high touch program with lots of access to Jess and the Nourish community. For the Self-Guided version, you’ll be missing access to the Facebook community, weekly office hours and email support from Jess (though of course we’ll always help with any website technical issues!). Many go through Nourish Live without taking advantage of these resources, so while they are nice-to-have, they’re not crucial to your learning. You’ll still get all the awesome Nourish materials without the same level of community and staff support.
LESSON ONE
How to Chop Like a Pro & Make Your Own Vinaigrette
Make your knife your best friend and say goodbye to those bottled
salad dressings cluttering your fridge
salad dressings cluttering your fridge
Cheesy Quesadilla with Pico de Gallo // Mixed Green Salad with a Balsamic Vinaigrette
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LESSON TWO
How to Get Your Stir-Fry On
You’ll always have a quick, healthy, and tasty dinner on hand with our smart stir-fry steps.
Chicken Stir-Fry with Carrots & Celery // Fluffy, Light Rice
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LESSON THREE
How to Prepare Tender Juicy Chicken
Never eat dry, tough chicken again with our fool-proof, sear, simmer and sauce formula.
Pan-Seared Chicken Breast with Pan Sauce // Kale & Apple Salad
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LESSON FOUR
How to Create Fluffy Scrambled Eggs & Roast Veggies
Get the tricks for the lightest eggs and golden, caramelized roasted veggies.
Egg and Roasted Potato Breakfast Burrito // Beats-Any-Restaurant Guacamole
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LESSON FIVE
How to En Papillote Fish & Saute Veggies
You’ll never be afraid of cooking fish again once you learn this simple (but fancy-looking) method.
Salmon en Papillote and Sauteed Broccoli with a French Vinaigrette // Rice Pilaf
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LESSON SIX
How to Cook Pasta Like an Italian
Toss together a pasta dish as good as your local trattoria with our easy Italian secrets.
Spaghetti with Sauteed Shrimp // Mixed Green Salad with Your Choice of Vinaigrette
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About Jess, Your Nourish Guide & Cheerleader
Hello! I’m Jess Dang.
I believe learning to cook is the best thing you can do to nourish your health but for so many reasons, most of us just never learned how to cook.
In 2011 at the age of 30, I quit my corporate job because I was determined to change that. In early 2012 I started Cook Smarts by giving cooking lessons to home cooks from all walks of life and all levels of cooking.
Teaching helped me to see first hand the biggest challenges home cooks faced in their kitchens and all the reasons why they often avoided cooking. People were frustrated by not having proper knife skills and feeling like they were completely bound to the requirements of a recipe.
I was determined more than ever to take everything I learned to create a course that could be available to everyone, not just those who lived in the Bay Area.
So in 2014, I came up with the curriculum for Nourish. My team got busy planning, filming, coding, and designing all the materials for the course. It was such an exciting time and we launched the course in May of 2015, just 3 months before I gave birth to my daughter.
We had an amazing first class and I loved “meeting” all my students from all over the world. I hope I get to meet you soon too and learn all about why you’ve decided to join Nourish and how we can help you be successful in the kitchen.
I’d be honored to serve as your guide and your cheerleader through this journey, but first, I’d love for you to get to know me (after all, we might be spending a good amount of time in the kitchen together).
Click on the video below to learn more about my cooking journey and why I’m so excited to have you join Nourish:
3 Reasons to Learn to Cook
For your family
Wouldn’t it be lovely to end the day by enjoying a simple home cooked meal with your family?
Becoming a mother has been one of the best things that has happened to me, but it’s also been one of the most challenging.
Pre-parenthood, I already felt like I didn’t have enough hours in the day to get everything done. Now I long for all the free time I had!
However, understanding how to cook and therefore how to whip up a meal just by looking in my fridge and pantry has made my to-do list so much lighter. Instead of being stressed out at meal time, I feel completely in control.
Plus, I’m so excited to be able to pass on my love of cooking to my daughter (and future children). They may not love everything we cook and probably will go through various phases of picky eating, but hopefully when they’re older, I’ve equipped them with the skills to care for themselves through cooking.
For your health
Are you worried about how your current food choices might affect your health later on?
There are so many food options out there these days, and unfortunately, not all of them are great for us.
I by no means feel that we need to make the healthy decision 100% of the time. We are human, and if we choose cooking most of the time, we will never have to worry when we make the decision to indulge in that sinful (but well deserved) treat.
When we choose cooking, we choose to take control over what goes in our bodies. We choose to treat our bodies with love, respect and nourishment.
The meals offered in Nourish’s lessons are not about depriving yourself. Instead, they’re all about empowering yourself with the skills to cook real, whole foods.
Because you deserve it
When was the last time you invested in yourself?
As adults, we often forget that we still deserve to gather new skills and develop new interests. But life is long and it’s never, ever too late to make changes that will positively affect how we enjoy our days.
It’s easy to think of cooking as another chore you have to do, but I’m gonna ask you to think about it as a time for self care, which is another thing we so often neglect in our demanding lives.
When people are sick, our first inclination is to bring them something comforting and nutritious to eat. You don’t have to be sick to realize that good health starts with good food, and we need to start treating ourselves in the same way.
You deserve to carve out time to care for yourself, to create, to nourish.
Invest in a lifetime of health and delicious homemade meals
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We totally get that $129 is a significant investment for a 6 week online cooking course, but Nourish is so much more than that.
You’ll be acquiring skills that will help you care for yourself and those around you for a lifetime.You’ll be more empowered when making food decisions because cooking will actually feel like an easy option.
But most importantly, you’ll be doing something really fun for yourself that’ll lead you to so many more fun moments in the kitchen!
Learning to cook doesn’t have to be complicated. You won’t be a master or be able to open your own restaurant in 6 weeks, but you will have what you need to navigate the kitchen with more confidence and a lot more joy.
