Ideas for cooking club meetings
- Pure Michigan – Explore and prepare recipes popular in Michigan restaurants or considered local favorites.
- Herb & Spice Blends – Everyone mixes take home blends. Discuss and sample blends so we leave knowing how to use our blends.
- Herbs & Spices – Educational meeting – each attending member selects and brings an herb or spice. Members come to meeting with their herb/spice and info about uses, price, storage, etc., ready to share with group. Possibly a dish to share containing herb/spice.
- Bread Substitutions
- Pasta Substitutions
- One Meat: Multiple Meals – ham, turkey, beef roast, pork roast or loin, chicken
- Quick/to-go breakfast
- Healthy substitutions – crunchy, sweet, salty, savory, etc. Explore better choices rather than going without.
- Wine Tasting
- Picnic – prepare and package a picnic and then go to a park to eat and play
- Quick meals for kids
- Draw a cultural cuisine
- Draw a course/ Draw an ingredient – dish has to combine the two
- Pool Party – fun snacks for kids at the pool
- Salads – easy homemade dressings, greens comparison, non-typical ingredients
- Flambé
- Plating & table presentation
- Raid the kitchen – start with a few base ingredients and then cook a meal using ingredients found in the kitchen
Themes we have used
- Low-Carb Lunches
- Wine Like Kings
- Fondue
- Fall Harvest
- Pizza Night
- Personal food vision and mission statements
- Tapas
- One Year Anniversary Christmas Party
- Seafood Holiday Party
- Breakfast Club
- Foil Dinner on the Fire
- All Thai’d Up Night
- Mediterranean Night
- Sushi at the King’s
- Brunch at Lynnette’s
- Organizational Meeting
