Our first cooking class at Mary Helen Rogers

May 29, 2015 marked our first monthly cooking class at Mary Helen Rogers Senior Community, and it was a great success! Each monthly class consists of 5 residents and the Service Coordinator. We learn about each ingredient, nutritional facts, and flavor profiles. All of us work in harmony chopping, slicing, and sauteing a main dish and at least one side dish. The best part? Sitting down to eat the fruits of our labor after we're done!

May's menu, taken from Cooking Light, was:
Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Balsamic Reduction
Grilled Peaches, and 
Wild Rice Salad

You eat with your eyes first, right? Look at what we made:
 

Starting our balsamic reduction with shallots, rosemary, garlic and balsamic vinegar

Grilled peaches. Or, rather, what would have been grilled peaches if I had remembered to bring my grill pan from home. Whoops! We improvised.

Pork Tenderloin Medallions served with our reduction

Wild Rice Salad

Delicious!

Our inspiration from www.cookinglight.com