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Chicken Freezer Meals 101 (Sept 10)
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Chicken Freezer Meals 101 (Sept 10)

$65

with Leah Bodine

Calendar Sep 10, 2024 at 5 pm

Learn the basics of cooking poultry from Blue Dragonfly Catering owner Leah Bodine at Chicken Freezer Meals 101 on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion Carriage House. 

In this workshop, students will learn knife skills by cutting vegetables, mincing herbs and cutting a whole chicken. Two easy sheet pan meals will be prepped to take home and cook later.

$65/person. Register by Sept. 3. All sales are final.

If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at owarren@illinois.edu.

About the instructor

Leah Bodine calls herself the ‘accidental chef’ with years of experience in the food industry. She started her catering company, Blue Dragonfly Catering, to express her creative mind in food preparation and cultivating recipes. She loves sharing her skills with others and seeing the fascination on students’ faces when they realize how creative they can be and how easy it is to do so.

Her experiences in the food industry have led her to live in Paris and cater for rock and country legends.

Chicken Freezer Meals 101 (Sept 15)

$65

with Leah Bodine

Calendar Sep 15, 2024 at 5 pm

Learn the basics of cooking poultry from Blue Dragonfly Catering owner Leah Bodine at Chicken Freezer Meals 101 on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion Carriage House. 

In this workshop, students will learn knife skills by cutting vegetables, mincing herbs and cutting a whole chicken. Two easy sheet pan meals will be prepped to take home and cook later.

$65/person. Register by Sept. 8. All sales are final.

If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at owarren@illinois.edu.

About the instructor

Leah Bodine calls herself the ‘accidental chef’ with years of experience in the food industry. She started her catering company, Blue Dragonfly Catering, to express her creative mind in food preparation and cultivating recipes. She loves sharing her skills with others and seeing the fascination on students’ faces when they realize how creative they can be and how easy it is to do so.

Her experiences in the food industry have led her to live in Paris and cater for rock and country legends.

Family Pasta Night

$70

with Leah Bodine

Calendar Dec 10, 2024 at 5 pm

Experience Level: Beginner

Experience the fun of cooking together as a family at Family Pasta Night on Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion Carriage House.

In this family-friendly workshop led by Blue Dragonfly Catering owner Leah Bodine, you will learn how to make gnocchi, basic marinara, meatballs and tiramisu.

$70/family. Register by Dec. 3. All sales are final.

If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email owarren@illinois.edu.

About the instructor

Leah Bodine calls herself the ‘accidental chef’ with years of experience in the food industry. She started her catering company, Blue Dragonfly Catering, to express her creative mind in food preparation and cultivating recipes. She loves sharing her skills with others and seeing the fascination on students’ faces when they realize how creative they can be and how easy it is to do so.

Her experiences in the food industry have led her to live in Paris and cater for rock and country legends.





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