Community cooking class at the Teaching Kitchen of Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine

Happy Food Day!

I am now almost two months in to my dietetic internship at Tulane. This week I was rotating at the Center for Culinary Medicine, which just opened on 300 N. Broad Street in the same building as Whole Foods and Liberty's Kitchen. The center hosts a multitude of events and one of the ongoing projects are the community cooking classes. These classes run for a six week session, where participants work in small groups with first year med students to make 2-3 recipes. Each group is assigned different recipes, so it's a buffet feast by the end of each evening. 

So two nights ago, I worked with two guys in making a quinoa lettuce wrap with the best spicy peanut sauce and an unbelievably easy to make super creamy chocolate banana ice cream. You got to try these recipes yourself to get how delicious and healthy they are! 

Quinoa Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Peanut Sauce

Filling:

1/2 cup	Quinoa, uncooked
1 cup	Water
1/2 each	Red bell pepper, diced small
1/2 each	Red onion, diced small
2 tbsp	Cilantro, minced
4 cloves	Garlic, minced
2 tbsp	Lime juice
To taste	Black pepper
24 leaves	Bibb lettuce

Peanut Sauce:

1 tbsp	Honey
2 tbsp	Low-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp	Peanut butter
1 tbsp	Lime juice
1 tbsp	Water
To taste	Black pepper
1 tsp	Sriracha

1. Gather all ingredients and equipment.

2. In a small saucepan combine quinoa and water. Cover and simmer until quinoa is tender, approximately 10 minutes. If water is low and quinoa sticks to the bottom of the pan, add 2 tablespoons of water until it is finished cooking.

3. Place quinoa in a medium-sized bowl. Add remaining ingredients for filling and stir until well mixed.

4. To create wrap, lay one lettuce leaf flat and place 2 tablespoons of quinoa mixture in center. Spread mixture slightly and roll leaf into a cigar shape.

5. For peanut sauce: Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl and serve as a dipping sauce with lettuce wraps.

Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

4 each 2 tbsp

Banana, frozen, overripe Cocoa powder

Preparation:

1.    Remove bananas from freezer and allow to sit at room temperature for 5-7 minute.

2.    Add bananas and cocoa powder to blender.

3.    Blend until smooth and creamy. It takes a while. Keep blending!
4.    Enjoy immediately.

Both recipes and a lot more can be found here.