After over a decade offering cooking classes in and around Vancouver, BC, we are changing things up! A reloaction to the beautiful Sunshine Coast means that most of the live workshops will be held in the Gibsons and Sechelt areas.

However, we are still offering online cooking classes and workhops. Online events will be posted on this page.

You can inquire about online private classes for yourself or your group, click below for details

The classes below are past events. They are currently available as private cooking classes in person for small groups or as virtual events for your private group.

Join us for this hardy winter cooking class!

FREE

Thursday Jan 19th 5:30pm-6:30pm

Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition leads us thorough a cook-along that results in nourishing Borscht (chunky beet and root vegetable soup)

And make your own instant noodles with wholesome ingredients. You can prep them ahead for quick and healthy, nourishing meals at work or home.

This class has plant-based and meat options.

Wed Oct 19 from 5:30-6:30pm

Register in Advance- class is FREE

Join us for this seasonal and nourishing fall themed cooking class- right from your own home! We are partnering with Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to offer this class for FREE. All are welcome.

Fri Oct 21 from 5:00-6:00 PST

$20 + ticket fee

Cook-Along from home with Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition as she leads a workshop on how to put up the harvest by making tangy, crunchy pickled vegetables, all without the fuss of canning.

This class is in collaboration with the wonderful folks at Deep Roots Farm

Food preservation through fermentation is an ancient method that not only preserves the food, but greatly enhances the nutrition. Fermented foods such as naturally brined pickles, sauerkraut kimchi and many more are powerhouse foods for digestive and immune health.

Participants:

Get hands-on, creating unique pickled veggies using local produce

Learn about the science, nutrition and food-safety of fermented veggies

Receive an in-depth recipe-handout

About the Instructor

Andrea Potter is a Chef, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Mom of 2 young kids. After over a decade of teaching healthy cooking classes in and around Vancouver through her business Rooted Nutrition , she has transplanted to the Sunshine Coast and is loving it.

May 22- June 1

Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition contibutes a talk about fermentation, food preservation and reducing food waste while contributing to human health. (Day 4 of the Summit)

Discover how the food you eat every day is both part of the problem, 

and the solution, to the climate crisis.

We will pin point actions you can take, starting right NOW, 

to move yourself and your community 

closer to sustainability, resilience, and food abundance!

That's over 20 practical actions to choose from to make 2022 the year 

you step-up, lean-in, and be the change-maker!

June 9 from 6-7:30

Online, hosted by UBC Farm

$18

Andrea Potter, author of DIY Kombucha- Sparkling Homebrews Made Easy, offers this workshop, where food-science meets ancient fermentation traditions. Learn how to make wild-fermented ginger beer as well as other unique homemade sodas using a ‘ginger bug’ – a yeast culture that you can make ane perpetuate right in your very own kitchen. We’ll be making sodas the oldest-fashioned way using roots, fruits, leaves and flowers from your own backyard or from exotic plants to create fizzy and refreshing sodas. In this workshop, participants will be welcomed and encouraged (but not required) to make the product(s) during the workshop. An ingredient list will be sent in advance.

June 17 from 6-7:30

Online via Zoom

$15

Join Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition as she leads a workshop on how to put up the harvest by making tangy, crunchy pickled vegetables, all without the fuss of canning.

Food preservation through fermentation is an ancient method that not only preserves the food, but greatly enhances the nutrition. Fermented foods such as naturally brined pickles, sauerkraut kimchi and many more are powerhouse foods for digestive and immune health.

Participants:

-Get hands-on, creating unique pickled veggies using local produce

-Learn about the science, nutrition and food-safety of fermented veggies

-Receive recipe-handout

-Enjoy tasters of various homemade fermented pickles

Instructor:

Andrea Potter is a Chef, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Mom of 2 young kids. After over a decade of teaching healthy cooking classes in and around Vancouver through her business Rooted Nutrition , she has transplanted to the Sunshine Coast and is loving it. 

June 19 from 1- 2:30

Robert's Creek One Tiny Farm

$10- Members of One Straw Society

$20- Non- Members of One Straw Society

Scholarship (pay what you can available)

Join Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition as she leads a workshop on how to put up the harvest by making tangy, crunchy pickled vegetables, all without the fuss of canning.

Food preservation through fermentation is an ancient method that not only preserves the food, but greatly enhances the nutrition. Fermented foods such as naturally brined pickles, sauerkraut kimchi and many more are powerhouse foods for digestive and immune health.

Participants:

-Get hands-on, creating unique pickled veggies using local produce

-Learn about the science, nutrition and food-safety of fermented veggies

-Receive recipe-handout

-Enjoy tasters of various homemade fermented pickles

Instructor:

Andrea Potter is a Chef, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Mom of 2 young kids. After over a decade of teaching healthy cooking classes in and around Vancouver through her business Rooted Nutrition , she has transplanted to the Sunshine Coast and is loving it. 

This class is kindly sponsored by the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver and all are welcome!

Jan 28 from 5:30-6:30 PST

Online via Zoom

Creating healthy habits in the New Year starts with mastering a few versatile and nutritious meals that your taste-buds love!

Join Chef and Nutritionist Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition for this online cooking class.

In this class, we will be making a whole grain bowl. Grain bowls are a versatile meal that can change with the seasons, use up what you have available and match what's for dinner to what you crave.

We'll make 3 sauces and learn key elements needed for balanced, appetising dinner/lunch bowls.

This class is plant-based and GF-friendly.

Oct 22 from 5-6 pm PST

We are partnering with the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to bring you this special FREE online cooking class!

All are welcome:-)

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Quick, simple, nutritous school lunch ideas, nut-free of course!

Join Chef and nutritionist Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition in our monthly cook-along. This month the theme is tasty and healthy school lunch ideas, plant-based and appropriately nut-free. This is a kid-friendly class, so please join with your children. 

By the way, studies show that children who are involved in the planning and preparation of food are much more likely to eat it!

Sept 24 from 5-6 pm PST

We are partnering with the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to bring you this special FREE online cooking class!

All are welcome:-)

Join Chef Andrea Potter as she leads us through some basic fermentation processes to make healthy, probiotic pickles- without the fuss of canning!

About this event

Enjoy healthy garden produce for months to come by fermenting them!

T'is the season for preserving your garden treasures or farmers markets finds! Chef Andrea is well-known for her fermented foods prowess and you will go away with a firm basis for making a wide variety of healthy, high pro-biotic, fermented veggies.

This is an optional "Kids in the Kitchen" session, with Chef Andrea's delightful daughter as sous chef.

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Brined Pickles

Here is what you will need to pickle-along in class:

1lb total of any single or combination of the following ingredients to pickle:

Pickling cucumbers

Hot-house mini cucumbers (long English do not work well for pickling)

Radishes

Daikon

Carrots

Green (or yellow) beans

With the optional addition of any single or combination of these flavoring ingredients:

Garlic

Dill

Ginger

Chilies (fresh or dried)

Also needed:

Salt (and natural rock or sea salt, not Pickling salt, preferably non-iodized)

1 bay leaf or grape leaf

2 Mason jars 500ml (pint) preferably wide-mouth

Knife and cutting board

Looking forward to pickling some veggies together!

Thu July 8 from 5:30-6:30

Sliding Scale Donation- $20-60

Summertime Eats

Move over, flavourless veggie burger patty! Impress your family and friends with your homemade burgers, made with wholesome and tasty ingredients. In this class, we will make a batch of my fabulous Smoky Black Bean Burgers, and construct a drool-worthy DIY Burger platter, serving up dinner by the finale!

100% of proceeds go to to the Indian Residential School Survivor's Society, offering counseling and other supports to survivors and their families.

Students receive the grocery and equipment list in advance to get prepared for class.

Class is small- limited to 20 people for an intimate and interactive class.

We are partnering with the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to bring you this special FREE online cooking class!

All are welcome:-)

Fri June 25 from 5-6pm (pst)

In this month's cook-along, Chef Andrea is making pulled jackfruit and Mexican rice burritos. It's super easy!

About this event

Join our monthly vegan (or vegetarian) cook along with Rooted Nutrition's Andrea Potter, a chef and holistic nutritionist. Her workshops are engaging and the finished product always gets rave reviews. 

The main theme is quick, delicious and nutritious meals for busy families. Recipes are kid-tested- by Andrea's own 2 girls. 

Never heard of jackfruit? 

It can be found in large grocery stores that sell imported and ethic food. Here in Vancouver it can be found at No Frills, for example and most small Asian grocery stores. You are looking for the young, green jackfruit in brine. It is very bland and fibrous so will take on the flavour of any sauce and is often used in plant-based cooking to simulate the texture of meat.

We are partnering with the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to bring you this special FREE online cooking class!

All are welcome:-)

April 23 5pm-6pm (pst)

Learn how to make tasty, fresh salad dressings and salads with Chef Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition

About this Event

Learn how to make tasty, fresh salad dressings and marinades that take simple ingredients to the next level.

We will make salads that make a meal- a great template for summer picnics and easy weeknight dinners.

You will be sent the recipes and ingredients list ahead of time, so you can follow along with Chef Andrea and prepare a hearty salad for your family!

GF, VG 

Set yourself up for a successful week of healthy eating! Chef Andrea Potter offers practical, tasty and healthy recipes that can all be made ahead and enjoyed through your busy work week, so you have a basis for every meal through the week only having to cook once! 

• Get tips on batch-cooking healthy soups and stews 

• Making salads and vegetable dishes with seasonal veggies that stay fresh for days

• Versatile dishes and munch-able snacks

• Learn Andrea’s proven strategy for stocking your fridge and freezer with delicious, healthy foods in less time than you’d think!

This class includes hands-on and demo as well as nutrition education. It is free from gluten and animal products.

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series.

GF, VG

In this popular class with Guest Instructor Ellexis Boyle, learn how to make authentic, homemade cheeses without the dairy!

Join Ellexis on a foray into fermented and fresh, soft and hard dairy-free cheeses based on nuts, seeds and grains.

Learn how to get real tangy cheese flavour naturally by fermenting your own nut-based cheeses!! This is a totally life-changing for people who are dairy-free and want a better alternative to both dairy and (often heavily refined!) non-dairy commercial products!

Sample and learn key recipes and methods for shaping, aging, flavouring and beautifully presenting your hand-made cheeses to impress your dinner guests.

Recipes:

Almond Feta (new)

Cheddar Nut/Seed Parm

Nacho Cheese Dip

+ DIY (GF) Pizzas! (new)

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series

GF, VG

This class combines the best of Andrea's popular fermented foods as well as fermented beverages classes. 

Fermented foods and drinks are making waves with a massive revival! Only a few years ago, many thought that yogurt had the market cornered for foods that are probiotic, but the humble, traditional, tangy side-dishes of sauerkraut and kimchi are making a big 'ol comeback! 

And while fermented tea drink, kombucha has taken over store shelves, Instructor Andrea Potter, author of DIY Kombucha: sparkling homebrews made easy, is a local expert on fermented food and drink, inviting you to join the fermentation revolution! 

In this class:

• Make sauerkraut (you customize your jar and bring it home to ferment!)

• Kimchi (make and take home)

• Enjoy a vegetarian meal featuring some fermented vegetables! (Recipe included of course!)

• Kombucha demo, tasting and SCOBY to take home

• This class includes nutrition education about the importance of these functional foods, hands-on learning, tasting and demo as well as resources for continued learning.

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series

GF, VG

*All new recipes* 

There's no need to spend all evening cooking or compromise your budget and health by eating out all the time! You can create family-favourites that accommodate vegan-friendly and gluten-free diets and are chock-full of nutrient-dense vegetables in 30 minutes or less.

Get tips on:

• How to improve flow and efficiency in the kitchen
• Which packaged products are still healthy and will save you time  
• And create 3 versatile main meals that are easy to re-create or switch-up to speed up your meal prep on busy nights.

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series

GF, VG

Spices are powerful tools in your culinary toolkit- enabling you to create rich, aromatic and flavourful meals from simple, wholesome ingredients. Spices are also important food-medicine. Many spices have anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties, and when artfully combined in foods, create beneficial effects for digestion, circulation and overall wellness. 

In this class, you will:

• Be introduced to key spices that are commonly used in many Global cuisines, helping you identify and become familiar with individual spices. (Building your Spice pantry.)

Create flavourful plant-based meals to show off how delicious that healthy cooking should be!

• Learn scientifically proven benefits of each spice

• Become familiar with how to combine spices to create flavour profiles from your favourite cuisines

• Learn cooking techniques that maximize the flavour as well as beneficial qualities of culinary spices

• Recipes for spice mixes that will transform everyday meals into truly satisfying and flavourful meals.

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series

GF, VG  

*All new recipes* 

In this class, learn the craft of creating fewer dishes, helping you get healthy meals on the table in less time and with minimal clean-up. These meals are dinner party-worthy.

• Learn 'set it and forget it' healthy veg-based meals for the crock-pot, insta-pot or oven
• Flash-in-the-pan meals
• Sheet-Pan Meals
• Expect a satisfied tummy in this class!

This class is part of the Cook, Eat & Be Well Series

We are partnering with the Eastside Family Place in Vancouver to bring you this special FREE online cooking class!

All are welcome:-)

May 14 from 5-6pm (pst)

Learn how to make tasty, and healthy sweets and treats with Chef Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition

About this event

Healthier Sweets Cook-Along

Learn to make grab-and-go healthy snack or breakfast- berry-licious chia pudding, & apple-almond muffins (GF, flourless, high protein, no refined sugar)

Click Register below to download recipes and reserve your spot

Chia Pudding (we are making the Berry-licious option)

Almond Apple muffins (gf)