Cooking classes - the basics

[Anonymous]

My husband has indicated an interest in taking on more of the cooking responsibilities in our house (my job is more demanding than his; he's leaning in at home), but he readily acknowledges he could use some classes. Goal is to cook healthy, but interesting, meals for our family dinners (we have three kids - ES, MS, and HS). Anybody have suggestions for the Fairfax/McLean/Vienna area?
Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

I’d look online. YouTube has plenty.

[Anonymous]

Tell him not to worry about interesting to get started. He’ll get annoyed by it all and give up.
The goal is for healthy meals that people want to eat.
He can look on Pinterest for ideas, or just google. I don’t enjoy cooking hug I’ve never needed a class.
Tonight we’re having roast chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli/carrots, gravy.
I don’t usually have time for all that but it’s a no activity night so I’m doing it tonight.
Tomorrow is a shit show so I’m also making tomorrow’s dinner tonight. Pasta in pesto sauce with leftover roast chicken mixed in, and broccoli. Just needs heating up.

[Anonymous]

Do a sur la table knife skills class to start.

LOVE that he wants to take this on. My dh can manage simple things when I tell him, but I would adore if he wanted to do more of the planning and prepping too.

[Anonymous]

Does he need meal ideas?
Recipes?
Making variations on classic foods (for ex: there are 2.1 million ways on how to jazz up the basic lasagna)?

Or

Does he need the basics on how to cook (cross contamination, food safety, menu pairing).

Just Google it - want make a lasagna? There are a

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP - knife skills is #1 priority. It is not hard to find recipes for simple, healthy food online but cooking from scratch often involves chopping, vegetables, herbs, garlic/onion. It can take a minute and a half or 15 minutes, depending on if you have knife skills.

[Anonymous]

Look up your local adult continuing education provider. There will be a “cooking 101” or “cooking fundamentals” class.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for suggestions. Online classes are a fine idea, but I think there's something more fun and engaging about doing something in person. Maybe a couples class as a gift.

He wants to take on meal prep and cooking. He readily admits that his go-tos for cooking dinner for our kids aren't healthy. We've done food prep services in the past, and those have been good, but he's truly interested in learning to do it himself (and I really want to encourage him.)

[Anonymous]

Depends on the commitment (time and financial) you want to make but check out Cookology in Ballston. They do a cooking basics/essentials type class for 6 weeks, 3-4 hours every Saturday I believe? I have been considering it.

[Anonymous]

Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. Go to Wonder books and find one of the older versions, like from 1990s. No oatmeal raising cookies do not need baking powder like some of their newer version indicate.
That will be a good base for most recipes. It is a solid cookbook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d look online. YouTube has plenty.

There are many cook cooking channels, but there are more of the bad ones, where recipes suck. As in, pie recipes that are just soups if you follow what they instruct. And many are just gimmicks.