“Crock-Pot Cooking — Gone German” was held Friday afternoon at the Culinary Corner located on the first floor of the Wellness Center. This class is one of many demonstrative kitchen classes that are offered throughout the year at Culinary Corner.

It is a great way to learn about cooking healthy, fast and cheap meals on a college student’s budget. It covers the physical, social and emotional dimensions of wellness.

One of the classes offered teaches participants how to make “super smoothies,” where they are able to make two smoothies per class, with options including a protein smoothie, a vegetable smoothie or a fruit smoothie. There also is a “delightful desserts” class, which focuses on healthy alternatives to classic desserts and a “ready, set, snack” class which details how to prepare and make healthy homemade snacks instead of greasy, fat laden ones.

The benefits of taking the culinary corner classes allow socialization with students, faculty, staff members from UND and other people throughout the community. Individuals also learn many culinary techniques and nutrition benefits, grocery shopping tips and knife skills.

The only ingredients required for the soup were a bag of frozen potatoes mixed with green and red peppers, three cans of low sodium chicken broth, one jar of sauerkraut, a package of turkey sausage and a tablespoon of dijon mustard.

Regina Gallagher is the culinary corner program manager and was the instructor of the class for the German potato soup class.

“There was supposed to be another instructor to talk a little about German history and cooking techniques, but he was not able to attend,” Gallagher said.

This healthy alternative soup only took four hours to cook on a high setting, or nine hours on a low setting. When it’s finished it serves about four people.

Classes are held on Fridays from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.

The only thing individuals need to bring is a crock-pot and lots of motivation to cook. Registration is required a few days in advance and a fee of $15 is also needed to cover the materials.

Culinary corner is a great way to get involved with the community for those who like cooking, or just want to learn how to cook healthy meals.

Colin Johnson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected].