Classes & Events

Up-Coming Classes |  2023


Eating as a Way of Self Love
Sunday June 11th 1-4pm
Location: Oak View Park & Resource Center Kitchen
555 Mahoney Dr. Oak View, CA 93022
$75 per person

Our relationship with food greatly affects our moods, self value and overall health. Food medicine chef Bianca Martinez helps us navigate what eating healthy truly means and gives us the tools to create delicious healing meals that can nourish us for a lifetime! Now more than ever we can harm ourselves with foods that are full of chemicals, pesticides and genetically modified ingredients. Our need for the knowledge to help us navigate towards wholeness and healing is essential to our survival and a key to the prevention of illness of all forms emotional physical and beyond.

Teachings:

  • Foods for inflamation
  • Alternatives to dairy (hemp milk & veggie cream sauce demo)
  • Hidden additives that wreak havoc on your hormones & gut flora
  • Deciphering Ingredient Labels
  • Hands on Learning
  • Foods for better digestion (mung dal kitchari - class cooks together)
  • Healthy twists on comfort food favorites (demo healthy mac and cheese)
  • Tips for mindful eating practices
  • Healing our relationship with food
  • Tips for Emotional Eating
  • Cancer and disease prevention (Elixer demo)
  • Recipes for every meal of the day! (selection from recipe handout)
  • How we eat and why its important to be present with our meals
  • Tips for busy families and working professionals


Raw Foods & Healthy Desserts I
Sunday July 30th 1-4pm
Location: Private Residence in Oak View, CA
Address given upon registration
$90 per person

Come cool down in the kitchen with food medicine chef Bianca Rose Martinez and learn some fun raw food techniques. Learn sprouting and dehydrating basics, raw plant milks, veggie chips, seed pates, raw dressings plus a raw avocado mousse with pecan date crust. You don’t have to be a raw foodist to enjoy the incredible health benefits of nutrient dense, fresh organic foods!




Raw Foods & Healthy Desserts II
Sunday August 13th 1-4pm
Location: Private Residence in Oak View, CA
Address given upon registration
$75 per person

Build on your knowledge with more advanced techniques. Learn to make raw bread using sprouted buckwheat, raw sushi with parsnip rice, dehydrated walnut burgers, superfood cabbage cups, raw pizza, raw lasagna plus a raw vegan cheese cake!




Vegan Cheese Class
September 10th 1-4pm
Location: Oak View Park & Resource Center
555 Mahoney Dr. Oak View, CA 93022
$75 per person


Chef Bianca Rose Martinez shows how to make delicious dairy-free cheeses including sliceable rounds, creamy herb cheeses, melty “moxerella” perfect parm and more. Class includes live demos, hands on activities, recipes plus organic wine and gluten-free mini pizzas, toasts and crudite to accompany all our creations!


Gluten-Free Cooking & Baking Class
October 8th 1-4pm
Location: Private Residence
543 Good Hope St. Oak View, CA 93022
$75 per person


Once exclusively available for retreat participants, Bianca is sharing some of her special gluten free recipes with class participants, some recipes for the first time ever! Learn the difference between gluten-free flours and how best to use them, how to make your own custom blends for different applications, trouble shooting common gluten-free baking issues. Menu includes, cake, muffins, pizza dough, Biancas coveted Gluten free bread plus hand made and pressed cassava wraps and corn tortillas!

Call or text 805-701-9858

Registration for this class is now closed


Healthy Holiday Inspiration Cooking Class
November 19th 1-4pm
Location: Oak View Park & Resource Center Kitchen
555 Mahoney Dr. Oak View, CA 93022
$75 per person


This fun, information packed class will take you through a delicious 4 course alternative holiday inspired meal with creative appetizers, salad, sides, main dish ideas and dessert using all organic, gluten-free, plant-based ingredients. Learn GF baking tips, how to make egg-free binders, ways to use low glycemic sweeteners and tips for herb and spice combining to create a wonderfully harmonious taste experience! We will be making 3 different kinds of stuffing, coconut cream butternut spice pie with gluten-free crust, creamy dairy free mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, zesty green beans with lemon dill sauce and capers plus creative mains using our yummy stuffings and tasty appetizer ideas.


Annual Tamale Making Class
December 10th 1-4pm
Location: Oak View Park & Resource Center kitchen
555 Mahoney Dr. Oak View, CA 93022
$75 per person


Hooray for tamale season! Learn to make your own delicious tamales using all organic non-GMO corn masa, made with love not lard!  We will be making 3 different kinds of vegan and vegetarian tamales along with some traditional Spanish/Mexican sides, including guacamole, frijoles and raw hemp milk horchata! as well as learning about the history and health benefits of ancient maize (corn). Class includes hands on learning, recipes and a shared meal at the end of the class. Tamales will be made with shredded jackfruit with red sauce, chili cashew cheese and chili goat cheese tamales.