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I have been waiting for about 6 months to take a vegetarian Indian cooking class that is only *sometimes* offered through the Vancouver School Board.

The day is almost upon us.

On February 12th and 19th I will be learning how to make Indian food… fast and easy!

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COOKING: FAST & EASY SIMPLY INDIAN VEGETERIAN MEALS

Learn how to create dinner meals fast & easy...& economical too! Join Tahera & learn the easiest ways & tips on making Aloo Gobi, Masala, different kinds of Potato Curries, Kholapuri Eggplant cold dish, a variety of Daal dishes & Indian Breads that go with Curries, such as Rotis, Spicy Puris & more! Also learn how to make the famous Puri, Wada Chaat & other Chaat dishes too. Course features Tahera's book "Simply Indian" which will be available for purchase at a reduced rate
in class. Bring a container & apron.

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I am hoping that this will add a little fever to my usual rotation of quick/ tasty/ marginally healthy dinners.

There will be the added excitement of having both Lief and Sarah in the class with me… so if I forget how to do something I can always get them to cook for me. 

To add to the fury, David, Julia and I are also taking a class on making vegan soaps.

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Vegan Hand-Milled Soaps

Great Family Fun! In this hands-on class, create healthy handmade suds with natural herbs, spices, and scents using vegetable based soap blocks. Make a ginger n' ginseng soap, an almond exfoliating facial bar, decorative soap balls, citrus dish soap and men's shaving soap. Recipes for soap on a rope and powdered hand-wash soap. No previous
soap making experience required!

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I can hardly wait for ‘Family Fun’!

After buying David a few vegan soaps while we were down in Seattle at the D.I.Y. craft fair, I feel oddly compelled to try it out. I am not sure if I care, particularly, whether my soaps are vegan or not – but if given the choice I would rather make ‘em myself and know what’s in them. Some of you can already guess what you will be getting as your Christmas/ Birthday/ Snowflake Day/ Housewarming presents in the coming year. Word!

Slowly but surely I am crossing things of my ‘list of things to make happen this year’. I will report back as things develop.

While I am eagerly taking these small session community courses, the question of continuing on with my academic education remains unsolved…