👩‍🍳 Cooking Level 2

Foundations

• The Five Levels of Cooking

• Goals for Level 2

• Bone Broth ⚡️

Roasting/Baking - Level 2

• Baked/Roasted Fish 📓

• Shakshouka

• Roasted Leeks

• Roasted Potatoes

• Garlic Bread

• Spanish Omelette

• Quiche 📓

• Frittata 📓

• Pizza 📓

• Chicken & Rice 📓

• Roasted Chickpeas

• Chicken Pot Pie

• Meatballs

• Casserole (e.g., kugel, mac & cheese)

Lunch 3.0

• Pesto Pasta Salad

• Green Smoothie

• 8 min Toast & Eggs

• Dressing Up Canned Soup

• The Open Faced Tortilla

• Udon/Ramen 📓

• Grilled Cheese

• Egg Salad Sandwich

• Gravlax

• Smorgasbord (e.g., herring & pickles)

• Sausage & Spinach

• Homemade Hummus

Boiling - Level 3

• Chicken & Vegetable Soup 📓

• Puréed Vegetable Soup ⚡️📓

• Lentils & Beans

• Basic Curry

• French Onion Soup

• Poached/Sous Vide Chicken

• Amazing Bolognese

Knife Skills - Level 2

• How to Slice a Melon - video 🎬

• How to Mince Garlic

• How to Peel a Kiwi

• How to Prepare Strawberries

• Butchering Butternut Squash

The Elevated Salad

• Salad with Fruit, Nuts & Cheese 📓

• Arugula & Parm

• California Kale Ceasar

• Kale & Root Vegetable Salad

• Anna’s Salad Nicoise

• Bitter Lettuce Salads (Radicchio, Fennel, Endives, Frisée)

• Rotisserie Chicken & Veg Salad

• Steak Salad

• Homemade Croutons

• Homemade Aioli/Mayonnaise

Pan Cooking - Level 2:

• How to Sauté Greens 📓

• How to Caramelize Onions 

• Pan-Seared Chicken (Chef Dennis Mabasa) 📓

• How to Pan Cook Bacon

• Stir Fry 📓

• Fried Rice 📓

• Burgers 📓

• Chicken Lettuce Wraps

• Omelette 📓

• Pan-Fried Tofu

• Garlic Eggplant & Shrimp

• Chicken Schnitzel

Striding Ahead (Meal Prep & Shopping) - Level 2

• Selecting & Storing Produce 📓

• Trader Joe’s Best Of 📓

• Costco Best Of 📓

• Sauces for the Week 📓

• Spreads & Dips for the Week 📓

• Healing Soups

“Non-Recipe Guides”

• Beef Stew (aka Brisket/Cholent/Goulash/Boeuf Bourginon)

• Braised Chicken (aka Coq au Vin)

• Chili 📓

• Lasagna 📓

• Pasta Salads 📓

• Risotto 📓

• Sausage Soup

• Stuffed Cabbage

• Carnitas

• Short Ribs

• Creamy Potato (& Leek) Soup

• Nachos

• Toasts

DIY/Projects

• Homemade Applesauce - video 🎬

• Homemade Jam ⚡️

• Homemade Butter in a Jar

• Compound Butter

• Whipped Cream

• Challah Bread

• Popovers

• Rugelach

• Gluten-Free Sandwich Bread

• Matzo Balls

• Chopped Liver

• Gravlax

• Hummus

• Guacamole