We will explore ways to stretch your food budget with meal prepping, creative recipes using seasonal ingredients and odd items from the pantry as well as ways to save time and effort using online grocery services. Students will prep meals for the fridge or freezer for fast dinner solutions, enjoy an outing to the local farmer's market, learn about ways to create small batch tasty meals at home and navigate the ins and outs of alternatives to the traditional grocery store trips.

Sometimes it is difficult to make special meals when it is just you, or maybe two. Learn how to make tasty and nutritious meals in small quantities. Meals will be more enjoyable when you pamper yourself in the kitchen. And when you eat better, you feel better. Learn together and learn to really enjoy cooking and then eating what you are learning to make! Hands on – everyone will get a chance to use the tools. I am a self-taught cook. I owned and operated a restaurant in LaSalle, IL for seven years. For the last 15 years, I have operated a home bakery, specializing in sourdough and puff pastry. $10 fee will cover all food, including a sit-down meal the day before Thanksgiving.