Lets get in the kitchen and cook something good for our soul and brain health! This class will focus on healthy summer salads using healthy ingredients. She discuss how these salads can work as a side dish…or stand alone as a meal because of the ingredients used. Summer is still sizzling and these salads are cool and refreshing. We will focus on the healthy benefits of salads, some reminiscing, and popular summer activities related to salads. While we cook, we will practice mindfulness, heighten our senses and recall past memories. So grab your measuring spoons and spatulas…and join us for “Cooking with Melissa.”

“All About Apples” Recipes

• Honey-Mustard Chicken and Apples
  8 bone-in chicken thighs (skin removed)
  Salt and pepper
  2 tablespoon olive oil
  1 large onion, cut into large chunks
  2 cooking apples (such as Cortland), cut into chunks
  1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
  2 to 3 tablespoons honey mustard
  1½ teaspoons butter, softened
  1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (gluten free all purpose is fine, or corn starch)
  1 to 2 tablespoons roughly chopped parsley (or 1 teaspoon of dry parsley) 
• Apple Crumble (Vegan & Gluten Free)
  6 medium to large cooking apples (Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp)
  1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger (or ½ tsp of ground)
  2 tablespoons lemon juice
  Zest of ½ lemon
  ½ cup of sugar (or sugar substitute equivalent)
  2 teaspoons cinnamon
  1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg
  2 tablespoons cornstarch
  ¼ teaspoon kosher salt (or regular salt is fine) 
• For the Crumble:
  ¾ cup almond flour
  ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  1 cup rolled oats (gluten free if making gluten free)
  ½ cup chopped walnuts
  ¼ teaspoon kosher salt (or regular salt is fine)
  1 tablespoon vanilla
  8 tablespoons refined coconut oil (room temperature)

This event will take place at the AFA Teal Room: www.alzfdn.org/afatealroom.