Japanese Cooking Class (Superfoods as Medicine)

Learn the secrets to Japanese health and longevity in this hands-on and fun workshop - Japanese Superfoods as Medicine, so you can make your favourite dishes at home.

Follow detailed demonstrations by celebrated chef Yoshiko Takeuchi, who has had over twenty years of experience and has frequented some of Sydney's top kitchens, authored two cookbooks and worked on shows like The Biggest Loser.

This class is MSG-free and we will use only traditional, high-quality Japanese ingredients to make our food yummy and healthy. You will follow traditional methods replicable at home, including essential Japanese seasonings, cooking techniques and a variety of yummy recipes.

The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. Japanese superfoods have bountiful healing opportunities. Start a healthier and happier life for yourself and your loved ones in this health-focused cooking class.

Did you know:

• Japanese superfoods were used as medicine in ancient times
• Some Japanese superfoods are still sold as medicine in chemists today!
• Shiitake is used as a cancer fighter, an immune booster, and powerful cholesterol-lowering food
• Using Japanese superfoods in your meal can help to ward off diseases so you can live a longer, healthier and happier life!

This class is perfect for you if you want to:

• Know how to heal your body naturally
• Boost your immune system
• Have a healthy heart (lower cholesterol level and blood pressure)
• Have a strong gut
• Detoxify and cleanse your body (and mind)
• Increase energy level and Improve overall health

Some examples from our Japanese Superfoods as Medicine class menu:

• Make super easy tasty flu medicine - Kuzu apple in two ways using juice or actual apple
• Umeboshi concoction to heal your flu, ingestion and stomach upset
• Super detox and healing soup made with Japanese dashi, daikon, kuzu, shiitake and ginger

Cauliflower and shiitake fried rice in two ways - one cooked in a wok and another in the oven.

• Amazake pudding with raw kiwi sauce - super nutritious and healing sweets that you can have when you are sick or improve your gut health