Take the stress out of the holidays, and let us do the cooking for you!
Introducing The Indulgent Experience, edible bliss for your holiday table. The Indulgent Experience is a collaborative culinary creation between Life Chef Asata Reid and The Food Relationship Coach Shelley Chapman, and we've created an incredible menu for your holiday pleasure. How do you order your holiday meal?
It’s easy! You’re invited. All you have to do is…..
View. Choose. Call 404.997.8328. Enjoy!
Holiday Menu available October – December 2010
Thanksgiving orders must be in my November 22nd. Christmas orders must be in my December 22.
(V)Vegan Items
Proteins (Choose 1)
* Jasmine Tea Brined Duck
* Herb Roasted Turkey
* Fennel-Lemon Infused Salmon
* Tofurkey(V)
Sides -
Green Side (Choose 1)
* Citrus Jicama Salad w/ Pomegranate Dressing(V)
* Fennel Apple Parsley Salad w/ Lemon Herb Dressing(V)
* Ethiopian Style Collards*
* Honey Balsamic Kale(V)
* Green Beans w/ Wild Mushroom Gravy & Caramelized Onions
Starch Side (Choose 1)
* Roasted Garlic Yukon Gold Potato Mash
* Roasted Potato Wedges w/ Rosemary Garlic Butter
* Herb Parmesan Mashed Russet Potatoes
* 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese
* Sweet Sage Butternut Squash
* Coconut Pineapple Candied Yams
Dressing (Choose 1)
* Bread Dressing with Apples and Thyme
* Wild Rice Dressing w/ Pecans and Apricots
* Cornbread Shrimp Poblano Dressing
* Rustic Porcini Onion Dressing (V)
Breads (Choose 1)
* Yeast Rolls
* Cheddar Chive Corn Muffins
Complimenting Sides (Choose 2)
* Cranberry & Spiced Orange Sauce(V)
* Wild Mushroom Gravy
* Turkey Gravy
Desserts (Choose 1)
* Red Velvet 3 Layer Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
* Pumpkin 3 Layer Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting and Caramel Drizzle(V)
* Sweet Potato Cheesecakes
* Peach Cobbler
* Cream Cheese Brownies
* Chocolate Truffles
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
What's so great about tomatoes?
Read my Eating Healthy column in the Sept. 11th edition of Cross Roads News to find out more about this Super Food!
Friday, September 3, 2010
September's Calendar
Lots of chances to taste how delicious healthy and nutritious food can be! Catch me at any of these events during the month of September. See you soon!
Friday Sept 10
Kaiser Permanente’s HealthWorks at Georgia Tech
Saturday Sept 11
What’s Cooking at Sevananda Natural Foods Market
All natural foods cooking class from noon – 1:30 p.m. in the Education Room
$10 members, $12 non-members
Wednesday Sept 15
Cooking in the Garden at Truly Living Well Urban Gardens
3-7 p.m.
Free
Friday Sept 17
Kaiser Permanente’s HealthWorks at McCormick
Saturday Sept 18
Private Cooking Class
Tuesday Sept 21
What’s for Dinner at the Cook’s Warehouse in Decatur
Chef Asata Reid is back to help you answer the daily dilemma of “What’s for dinner?” with recipes that are fast, fresh and full of flavor. This class will help you master quick cooking techniques that shave minutes off your evening meal while preserving the wholesome goodness of all-natural ingredients. Forget meal planning and learn how to create smart dinner solutions from seasonal and local ingredients that will make your weekly menus pop with home-grown freshness. On the menu are 7-Minute Cilantro Crusted Flank Steak with a Black Rice Salad, Soft Tacos with Smokey Jalapeno Mayo, and Grilled Plums with Lemon Sorbet and Lavender Syrup. Chef Asata will also discuss ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’, essential items that make throwing together delicious and nutritious meals easy as pie. Healthy meals in a hurry never tasted so good! 7-9 pm $45
Saturday Sept 25
Kaiser Permanente’s Operation Zero: on-going program to prevent childhood obesity
Cooking demo at the Crescent Center location 10 am
-and-
Slow Food’s Day of Action build a garden at Charles Drew Charter School
Cooking demo at 2pm, sponsored by Sevananda
Free
Tuesday Sept 28
Kaiser Permanente’s Art of Healthy Cooking class at the Carver Family YMCA 6:30 pm
Free to YMCA members
Thursday Sept 30
Chefs Series at Campbell HS in Smyrna
Cooking demo and discussion with Culinary Arts Class 10-11:30 a.m.
Sevananda’s Member Mixer at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Retreat House
6-8 pm Food Sampling with recipes
Free for Sevananda members, $5 for non-members
Friday Sept 10
Kaiser Permanente’s HealthWorks at Georgia Tech
Saturday Sept 11
What’s Cooking at Sevananda Natural Foods Market
All natural foods cooking class from noon – 1:30 p.m. in the Education Room
$10 members, $12 non-members
Wednesday Sept 15
Cooking in the Garden at Truly Living Well Urban Gardens
3-7 p.m.
Free
Friday Sept 17
Kaiser Permanente’s HealthWorks at McCormick
Saturday Sept 18
Private Cooking Class
Tuesday Sept 21
What’s for Dinner at the Cook’s Warehouse in Decatur
Chef Asata Reid is back to help you answer the daily dilemma of “What’s for dinner?” with recipes that are fast, fresh and full of flavor. This class will help you master quick cooking techniques that shave minutes off your evening meal while preserving the wholesome goodness of all-natural ingredients. Forget meal planning and learn how to create smart dinner solutions from seasonal and local ingredients that will make your weekly menus pop with home-grown freshness. On the menu are 7-Minute Cilantro Crusted Flank Steak with a Black Rice Salad, Soft Tacos with Smokey Jalapeno Mayo, and Grilled Plums with Lemon Sorbet and Lavender Syrup. Chef Asata will also discuss ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’, essential items that make throwing together delicious and nutritious meals easy as pie. Healthy meals in a hurry never tasted so good! 7-9 pm $45
Saturday Sept 25
Kaiser Permanente’s Operation Zero: on-going program to prevent childhood obesity
Cooking demo at the Crescent Center location 10 am
-and-
Slow Food’s Day of Action build a garden at Charles Drew Charter School
Cooking demo at 2pm, sponsored by Sevananda
Free
Tuesday Sept 28
Kaiser Permanente’s Art of Healthy Cooking class at the Carver Family YMCA 6:30 pm
Free to YMCA members
Thursday Sept 30
Chefs Series at Campbell HS in Smyrna
Cooking demo and discussion with Culinary Arts Class 10-11:30 a.m.
Sevananda’s Member Mixer at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Retreat House
6-8 pm Food Sampling with recipes
Free for Sevananda members, $5 for non-members
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Where's the Life Chef?
Hey gang, summer's almost over so I'm back to the grind! Here's where you can catch me for classes, demos and more:
8/7/10
Saint Philip AME Annual Health Fair
Join me for a free healthy cooking demo at Saint Philip AME Church during their annual health fair! Learn how healthy food choices can impact your well being without counting calories and weighing your food. Healthy cooking can be fun, easy and delicious! Cooking demo will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Youth Café. FREE
8/14/10
CRN’s Back to School Expo 2:30 p.m.
Cross Roads News presents this all-day expo at the Mall at Stonecrest will get you and the family ready for the exciting 2010/11 school year! I’ll be on the Demo Stage to show you some healthy snack and lunch ideas the kids will love to make and eat! Secret to getting kids to eat healthy? Get them in the kitchen! FREE
Free Family Workshops: Healthy Eating @ Oakhurst Community Garden
August 21 from 1-3pm
Families that come rotate through 3 different stations: Healthy Snacks, How to Eat Healthy on a Budget, and Nutrition 101/How to Read Food Labels. We are also collaborating with Les Dames d’Escoffier’s local chapter (local chefs committed to educational outreach), the Dekalb County Cooperative Extension, and volunteers from Emory University.
Arthritis Expo
8/26/10
A Healthworks program presented by Kaiser Permanente
Delta Dental
8/27/10
A Healthworks program presented by Kaiser Permanente
8/28/2010
Professional Kitchen Primer Hands On for Kids (Ages 10 - 17)
The Cook's Warehouse Decatur Store 10:30 AM - 1:30: PM
So you wanna be a professional chef? Think you have what it takes? Come learn the ins and outs of the professional kitchen, whet your knife skills, and transform basic culinary skills into a delicious final meal. Chef Asata Reid brings her professional experiences as a restaurant chef, personal chef, caterer and cooking instructor to help young ones explore a future in the culinary industry. On the menu this afternoon: Vegetable Soup with Handmade Dumplings, Spanish Inspired Chicken Pilaf, and Peach Crumble Turnovers with Dark Chocolate. Chefs-in-training will be introduced to the Mother Sauces, put their knife skills to work while learning basic soup making, break down a chicken, work with puff pastry, temper dark chocolate, and discuss the stations on a working kitchen line. Budding chefs can bring lots of questions and learn ways to turn their passion for food into a professional career. $50
Awaken 2010 Expo: Living Your Soul Purpose
Bliss Brunch
Promoting the exploration of the connection between spirituality and health and life path awakening. On an individual level, AWAKEN inspires and nurtures soul evolution, bringing attendees closer to purposeful living through the discovery of innate talents, gifts, and life path. On a collective level, AWAKEN creates the foundation for the journey of oneness recognized, honored, and realized, or the unification of one mind, one heart, one soul, united in consciousness with no earthly boundaries; in other words, collective soul evolution. View the event schedule and details here: www.awakenexpo.com
8/31 Carver YMCA
6:30-8pm
Art of Healthy Cooking Demo presented by Kaiser Permanente at the Villages at Carver Family YMCA. Learn how cheap and easy healthy cooking can be! No special purchases are needed to pull together fast and fantastic dishes that nourish your body and satisfy your taste buds. Low in fat and calories but high in flavor and charisma, these dishes will add to your healthy cooking repertoire. FREE
9/11/10
What’s Cooking? Natural Foods Classes noon-1:30 p.m.
Join me at Sevananda Natural Foods Market and learn how to transform organic and locally grown foods into delicious, nutritious meals that you’ll love! Our information-sharing sessions divulge a wealth of healing and wellness knowledge that will benefit you and your family. Discover how food truly feeds your body and soul. $10 members, $12, non-members.
9/21/2010
What’s For Dinner? - Foreign and Flavorful!
The Cook’s Warehouse Decatur Store 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Chef Asata Reid is back to help you answer the daily dilemma of “What’s for dinner?” with recipes that are fast, fresh and full of flavor. This class will help you master quick cooking techniques that shave minutes off your evening meal while preserving the wholesome goodness of all-natural ingredients. Forget meal planning and learn how to create smart dinner solutions from seasonal and local ingredients that will make your weekly menus pop with home-grown freshness. On the menu are 7-Minute Cilantro Crusted Flank Steak with a Black Rice Salad, Soft Tacos with Smokey Jalapeno Mayo, and Grilled Plums with Lemon Sorbet and Lavender Syrup. Chef Asata will also discuss ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’, essential items that make throwing together delicious and nutritious meals easy as pie. Healthy meals in a hurry never tasted so good! $45
10/9/10
What’s Cooking? Natural Food Classes noon-1:30 p.m.
Join me at Sevananda Natural Foods Market and learn how to transform organic and locally grown foods into delicious, nutritious meals that you’ll love! Our information-sharing sessions divulge a wealth of healing and wellness knowledge that will benefit you and your family. Discover how food truly feeds your body and soul. $10 members, $12, non-members.
8/7/10
Saint Philip AME Annual Health Fair
Join me for a free healthy cooking demo at Saint Philip AME Church during their annual health fair! Learn how healthy food choices can impact your well being without counting calories and weighing your food. Healthy cooking can be fun, easy and delicious! Cooking demo will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Youth Café. FREE
8/14/10
CRN’s Back to School Expo 2:30 p.m.
Cross Roads News presents this all-day expo at the Mall at Stonecrest will get you and the family ready for the exciting 2010/11 school year! I’ll be on the Demo Stage to show you some healthy snack and lunch ideas the kids will love to make and eat! Secret to getting kids to eat healthy? Get them in the kitchen! FREE
Free Family Workshops: Healthy Eating @ Oakhurst Community Garden
August 21 from 1-3pm
Families that come rotate through 3 different stations: Healthy Snacks, How to Eat Healthy on a Budget, and Nutrition 101/How to Read Food Labels. We are also collaborating with Les Dames d’Escoffier’s local chapter (local chefs committed to educational outreach), the Dekalb County Cooperative Extension, and volunteers from Emory University.
Arthritis Expo
8/26/10
A Healthworks program presented by Kaiser Permanente
Delta Dental
8/27/10
A Healthworks program presented by Kaiser Permanente
8/28/2010
Professional Kitchen Primer Hands On for Kids (Ages 10 - 17)
The Cook's Warehouse Decatur Store 10:30 AM - 1:30: PM
So you wanna be a professional chef? Think you have what it takes? Come learn the ins and outs of the professional kitchen, whet your knife skills, and transform basic culinary skills into a delicious final meal. Chef Asata Reid brings her professional experiences as a restaurant chef, personal chef, caterer and cooking instructor to help young ones explore a future in the culinary industry. On the menu this afternoon: Vegetable Soup with Handmade Dumplings, Spanish Inspired Chicken Pilaf, and Peach Crumble Turnovers with Dark Chocolate. Chefs-in-training will be introduced to the Mother Sauces, put their knife skills to work while learning basic soup making, break down a chicken, work with puff pastry, temper dark chocolate, and discuss the stations on a working kitchen line. Budding chefs can bring lots of questions and learn ways to turn their passion for food into a professional career. $50
Awaken 2010 Expo: Living Your Soul Purpose
Bliss Brunch
Promoting the exploration of the connection between spirituality and health and life path awakening. On an individual level, AWAKEN inspires and nurtures soul evolution, bringing attendees closer to purposeful living through the discovery of innate talents, gifts, and life path. On a collective level, AWAKEN creates the foundation for the journey of oneness recognized, honored, and realized, or the unification of one mind, one heart, one soul, united in consciousness with no earthly boundaries; in other words, collective soul evolution. View the event schedule and details here: www.awakenexpo.com
8/31 Carver YMCA
6:30-8pm
Art of Healthy Cooking Demo presented by Kaiser Permanente at the Villages at Carver Family YMCA. Learn how cheap and easy healthy cooking can be! No special purchases are needed to pull together fast and fantastic dishes that nourish your body and satisfy your taste buds. Low in fat and calories but high in flavor and charisma, these dishes will add to your healthy cooking repertoire. FREE
9/11/10
What’s Cooking? Natural Foods Classes noon-1:30 p.m.
Join me at Sevananda Natural Foods Market and learn how to transform organic and locally grown foods into delicious, nutritious meals that you’ll love! Our information-sharing sessions divulge a wealth of healing and wellness knowledge that will benefit you and your family. Discover how food truly feeds your body and soul. $10 members, $12, non-members.
9/21/2010
What’s For Dinner? - Foreign and Flavorful!
The Cook’s Warehouse Decatur Store 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Chef Asata Reid is back to help you answer the daily dilemma of “What’s for dinner?” with recipes that are fast, fresh and full of flavor. This class will help you master quick cooking techniques that shave minutes off your evening meal while preserving the wholesome goodness of all-natural ingredients. Forget meal planning and learn how to create smart dinner solutions from seasonal and local ingredients that will make your weekly menus pop with home-grown freshness. On the menu are 7-Minute Cilantro Crusted Flank Steak with a Black Rice Salad, Soft Tacos with Smokey Jalapeno Mayo, and Grilled Plums with Lemon Sorbet and Lavender Syrup. Chef Asata will also discuss ‘The Well Stocked Pantry’, essential items that make throwing together delicious and nutritious meals easy as pie. Healthy meals in a hurry never tasted so good! $45
10/9/10
What’s Cooking? Natural Food Classes noon-1:30 p.m.
Join me at Sevananda Natural Foods Market and learn how to transform organic and locally grown foods into delicious, nutritious meals that you’ll love! Our information-sharing sessions divulge a wealth of healing and wellness knowledge that will benefit you and your family. Discover how food truly feeds your body and soul. $10 members, $12, non-members.
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