Peachy’s healthy cooking class
We all make New year’s resolutions, and I am sure at least one of them is that we will either lose weight or start eating healthier the next year. Usually, I am not a big fan of making New year resolutions, but one of my goals for 2018 is to start eating even healthier, so I decided to take some healthy cooking classes.
Finding a good healthy cooking class was pretty tricky, because there are not many in Dayton, which is where I currently live. So I decided to broaden my search parameters, and quite a few people recommended a place in Cincinnati, called Peachy’s healthy cooking class. The place is more than an hour away from where I live, but since it had some outstanding reviews, I decided to give it a shot. And I am glad I did.
Where can you take this class?
Peachy’s healthy cooking class is run by a woman, named Peachy, and she also has an assistant who helps her, and she offers the cooking classes at her house, which she conveniently partly remodeled into a big kitchen with enough space for about thirty attendees. Her house is situated at 7400 Montgomery road, just above Cincinnati, Ohio, and really close to the Kenwood mall, which is, by the way, one of the best shopping malls I have ever been to. And yes, I will describe it in one of my future blog posts.
Look how cute the house is! When driving there, look for the most colourful house. There is also a fairly sign right in front of the house, indicating you are at the right place. If you are driving there from Kenwood mall, the Peachy's house will be on your left.
How much does it cost?
A shoth answer to this question would be - less than you think! If there is more than ten people in the group, the cost of one class is fifteen dollars, but you can buy a package of ten healthy cooking classes (and they never expire) for one hundred and twenty dollars, which is an amazing deal.
Peachy also offers customized cooking classes, meal plans and weight loss programs, and you can find more information about all the programs on her website. The cost varies from program to program, but even the customized offers are not too expensive, which is pretty awesome.
The place
Peachy’s healthy cooking classes happen in a cute little house. Once you enter, you will immediately notice the positive energy that this place has. The front room has panoramic windows, a lot of plants and flowers, and some incredibly comfortable sofas and chairs, where you can wait for the class to begin, in case you arrived too early. The place where the cooking classes happen, is situated in the next room. That room is divided into two parts - the part where the ‘audience’ sits and the kitchen where Peachy prepares food.
This is the 'reception area', where you can also hang your coat.
The place is tastefully decorated.
The house itself only has enough parking spots for about five cars, because, after all, this is Peachy’s house. Therefore, most people just park at the post office across the street.
How does the cooking class look like?
The cooking class itself lasts almost two hours and it is divided into three main parts. The first part is the introduction, where Peachy will explain the two dishes she will prepare (there are always two different dishes per class) and you will get to try them at the end.
The second part is the actual cooking. To make sure everybody can see her preparing food, there are two TV screens on each side of the room, where the video is live streamedso you are basically looking straight at Peachy’s hands, preparing food, and there is also a big mirror on the ceiling, where you can see the preparation.
The view from where I was sitting. Yay, first row!
Peachy is super funny and she always makes the class laugh with some hilarious comments, which might appear a little bit rude to some people, but this is just the way she is. After the food is ready, everyone will get a sample of the dish that Peachy just prepared.
So far, I was amazed about how good the food is, especially because she always uses the healthiest ingredients possible. And this is one of the reasons I decided to take this class - because I want to focus on healthy ingredients as much as I can. And I have to brag a little bit - I am doing a pretty good job so far. Well, of course I will still sneak into a local pastry shop to satisfy those cupcake cravings, but I am doing much better than I used to.
At the end of the class, Peachy is available to answer all your questions, whether they are about the dishes she just prepared, or food in general. You can also buy some of her products, such as homemade ginger tea, spice mix or breakfast mix.
These are some of the Peachy's spice mixes that you can buy. They only cost three dollars.
A few words for the end…
I think that a lot of people do not put a lot of effort into making a healthy meal nowadays. I think that mostly happens because of the lack of time. And I admit it, it happened to me as well. Sometimes, after eating an unhealthy meal, I promise myself that I will make a healthy dinner the next day to compensate, but then I am either too tired from work or I have other things to do, so I just eat the first thing that sounds good, regardless on how unhealthy it might be.
But what I learned at Peachy’s healthy cooking class is that preparing a good, and healthy dish does not have to take you several hours. In fact, she prepared two amazing dishes for almost twenty attendants in less than one hour and a half!
