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Find us at the Lousiville Farmers Market! 8am-1pm along Front Street in Old Town Louisville by the Steinbaugh Pavillion
Buy selections of our current freshly made organic meals with local ingredients plus our Brazilian Cheese Breads (Pao de Queijo).  Every other week starting Saturday,  June 9th:
June 9th and 23rd, July 7th and 21st, Aug 4th and 18th, and Sep 1st and 15th.

Farm to Table Lunch at the Lousiville Farmers Market- June 30th at 12pm at the Steinbaugh Pavilion – a Louisville landmark.  Hosted by Fork Social Lab.

More than a meal, it’s a cultural and community experience.  A wonderful chance to sit-down and taste the bounty of our beautiful state, while building community.   These will be special opportunities to hear directly from the chefs about their seasonal inspirations and philosophies and relationships with local producers.

Ollin Farms Tomato Festival- Sunday, Aug 19th 12pm-4pm at the Ollin Farm Stand (Longmont)

Past Events:

See more of our past events here.

Simple Baby Food To Make At Home- Cooking Class Thurs, Apr 19th 11:30am-1pm

Learn to make tasty, wholesome foods for baby! It’s easier than you think and you’ll have a bundle. We’ll cover the how-to of what you need, choosing ingredients, preparation, and storage.
Location: Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Rd
Cost: $25 resident/$31.25 non-resident
Sign up:   Call the center at (303) 774-4800

Spring Celebration Party! Saturday April 21st,  2:00-6:00pm at Our Kitchen- Food and Drink
Want to try our weekly meals and haven’t yet? Have you been ordering but never met us? Have we just not seen you in forever?! Come socialize and taste some of our new Spring meal service recipes, sample goodies from some of our friends like Hanuman Chai and Esoteric Foods and Cappello’s Grain Free Pasta, mingle and converse. We’d love to see everyone and celebrate Spring! Please RSVP to us at eat@backtobasicskitchen.com if you intend to come so we may plan food and drink accordingly.

Let’s Make Soup! Class  Sunday, April 22nd  1:30 – 3:30pm at The Lyons Farmette
Who doesn’t love a good soup?   Discover the art of nourishing and satisfying soups while learning time saving strategies for getting a great meal on the table.  We’ll cover how to make delicious stock including our favorite bone and vegetable broths.  Learn how to make a variety of soups–brothy, creamy, hearty soups and stews.  You’ll go home with versatile and delicious recipes.

$25 per person     Please RSVP to betsyburton@mac.com
Payment is required to reserve a space in this class.  Please send your check to:
The Lyons Farmette  P.O. Box 312   Lyons, CO 80540

Brazilian Feast at Fork in Louisville Thursday Apr 5th, 6:30pm
Chelsea’s husband is Brazilian, and we’ve been inspired by her visits to Brazil as well as his family visiting the states. Join us for an authentic and traditionally gluten-free Brazilian feast at the lovely intimate venue, Fork Social Lab in downtown Louisville.  Our menu features Muqueca Bahiana – A typical dish from the Northeast featuring market fish filets simmered in a richly seasoned organic tomato sauce and finished with extra virgin palm oil and organic cilantro. Plus we’ll be eating some of the first local greens of the season from Ollin Farms!  View the full menu here. RSVP to Christine at forksociallab@gmail.com to reserve your seats now.

Thursday March 8,  11:30-1:00pm- Cooking Class! Meal Planning 101
With all the recipes and cooking shows out there why is it so hard to get daily meals together? We can help! Learn how to choose satisfying recipes, get organized and make lists, shop efficiently, identify and avoid common stumbling blocks, and tips for prepping ahead. Save time and money and eat well with less stress! Take home notes from class and recipes.
Location:         Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Rd, Longmont
Cost:             $25 Longmont resident/$31.25 non-resident.
Sign up:       Call (303) 774-4800 by 3/5 to RSVP

Regular Affordable Cooking Classes

Topics  include:

• Homemade Stocks and Broths- these are easy and make everything so delicious!
• Menu Planning Techniques and Challenges Discussion- a good intro to our From Scratch Series
• Kombucha Making 101- leave with a mother of your own
• Basic Vegetable Knife Skills- Learn about knife maintenance and use to make cooking much more efficient and fun
• What’s in Season- how to start cooking with more local foods (varies with the season, of course)
• Homemade Salad Dressings- simple recipes that make you even more excited to eat your greens
• Bean Cooking Basics- No need to buy cans: Save money, reduce packaging waste and BPA exposure and enjoy better tasting beans
• We’ll also be inviting guest instructors to help enrich our offerings

If you have a $25 class you’d like to suggest, please let us know!

From Scratch: A Three-Part Cooking Class Series for Busy Moms

Our premiere course is a recurring 3-part workshop designed to give moms the basic skills needed to plan, cook, and eat healthy meals as a family. Coming late Spring/early summer 2012.  Please sign up for our From Scratch information email list if you would like to know more or participate in our first test run series (this course is an updated version of our previous ‘What’s for Dinner? Kitchen Boot Camp’). We promise we will only send emails, infrequently, specifically pertaining to this course.

Saturday Feb 25th,  1:30-3:30pm- Meal Planning 101- Regular
With all the recipes and cooking shows out there why is it so hard to get daily meals together? We can help! Learn how to choose satisfying recipes, get organized and make lists, shop efficiently, identify and avoid common stumbling blocks, and tips for prepping ahead. Save time and money and eat well with less stress! We’ll sample a few of the recipes for an inspirational snack. Take home notes from class and recipes.
Location: Longmont Rec Center, St Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont
Cost: $25 Longmont resident/$31.25 non-resident.
Sign up: Call the center at  (303) 651-8404

Saturday Feb 18th,  1:30-3:30pm- Meal Planning 101- Paleo Style- Cooking Class
With all the recipes and cooking shows out there why is it so hard to get daily meals together? We can help! We’re hosting a Lafayette Paleo-style menu planning class at the request of personal trainer Nicole Irlbeck of Restoration Fitness. Learn how to choose satisfying recipes, get organized and make lists, shop efficiently, identify and avoid common stumbling blocks, and tips for prepping ahead. Save time and money and eat well with less stress! An emphasis on Paleo Diet recipes.  We’ll have some of our Paleo recipe tastings and a Paleo dessert.  Take home notes from class and recipes.
Location: Lafayette- at our kitchen at 1280 Centaur Village Dr #4
Cost: $45
Sign Up: RSVP to Nicole at nicole@restorationfitness.net

Friday Feb 10th,  6-9pm- Love and Chocolate- A Valentine’s Day Cooking Class
Do something different for Valentine’s Day! Join us at our Lafayette kitchen for a decadent class taught by our friend and fellow chef Trusan.

Learn the Seductive & Sensual Properties of Chocolate
Simplify Romantic Cooking
Treat your Sweetheart with “Food of the Gods and Goddesses”
Recipes and desserts to take home and share
All items are “Gluten Free” and delicious!
Location: Lafayette- at our kitchen at 1280 Centaur Village Dr #4
Cost: $45
Sign Up: RSVP to Chef Trusan at trusan@trusancuisines.com or 303-517-6225

Thursday, Jan 19th 7pm- Moroccan Vegetarian (and gluten-free too!) Feast at Fork Social Lab
Join us for our third dinner at Fork Social Lab in Louisville for a cozy and intimate dining experience. Check your phones at the door and meet new friends. Our organic menu will feature a Moroccan style dish of organic chickpeas slow cooked in a flavorful sauce with Savory Spice Shop’s ras al hanout spices, tomatoes, spinach, Monroe Farm onion, and Isabelle Farms eggs.    See the full menu and RSVP information here.

Sunday, Jan 22nd 1-7pm- Inaugural Event for the Imagine Yoga Project at Soul Tree Studio
A celebration of love, yoga, friendship and community. A fundraiser for the Imagine Yoga Project, sponsoring low income members of the community to find the healing and healthy shift that yoga brings.  We’ll be serving a tasty meal and 50% of the profits will be donated to the Project.   Meet the Soul Tree instructors, take demo classes, enjoy live music and Hanuman Chai, and much more! Find more details here (scroll down).

Saturday, Jan 28th 1:30-3:30pm- Cooking Class! Winter Warm Up with Soups & Stews
Discover the art of hearty soups while learning time saving strategies for getting a great meal on the table. We’ll cover making great stock, plus  brothy, creamy, and chunky soups and stews, and send you home with versatile, delicious recipes and new skills.
Location:   Longmont Rec Center,  St Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont
Cost:          $25 Longmont resident/$31.25 non-resident.
Sign up:     Call the center at  (303) 651-8404

Saturday Dec 4th 9am-2pm- Boulder County Farmers’ Holiday Market
Check out our demos using the seasonal and local produce still available!  Taste the deliciousness of Colorado winter and learn to do it yourself. Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont.

Thursday Dec 15th 7pm- Holiday Dinner at Fork Social Lab in Louisville
Join us for our second dinner at Fork Social Lab in Louisville for a cozy and intimate dining experience. Check your phones at the door and meet new friends. Our organic menu will feature local Jodar Farms chicken braised with olives, tomatoes and wine (with a vegetarian mushroom option) and Isabelle Farms butternut squash polenta, and the Tasterie Food Truck‘s delicious Candy Cane Red Velvet Cups for dessert.  Find out more and RSVP here.

Friday Oct 14th, Paleo Challenge Kick Off at Twin Freaks Crossfit in Longmont
Ever considered the Paleo Diet?  Try it out for 30 days with a cool bunch of folks at Twin Freaks Crossfit and both Chelsea and Susanna! The Kick Off will feature our homemade almond milk demo and recipe and Hanuman Chai. To sign up Contact Vanessa .  It’s free by the way:)

Saturday October 15th- Colorado Haiti Project Fundraiser
Back to Basics Kitchen Appetizers 5:30-7:00pm,  Dinner 7:00-9pm
Join us and the amazing butterflies at the Butterfly Pavillion for appetizers and a glass of wine in support of the Colorado Haiti Project. Make a whole evening out of it and enjoy the following dinner program.  RSVP online here.

Sunday October 23rd, 5:00pm-7:30pm- Slow Food BoCo’s Slow Down and Enjoy Potluck
Back to Basics Kitchen is hosting this Food Day potluck sponsored by Slow Food Boulder County. Bring your favorite homemade dish to share featuring at least one local and/or organic ingredient to celebrate Food Day. If this is just not going to happen, don’t worry! Come anyway. Slow down, enjoy delicious food and socialize over some real food. BYOB. Learn more about the activities of Slow Food Boulder County too. RSVP here to attend.

Saturday October 29th, 8:30am-2:00pm- Cooking Demo and Samples at the Longmont Farmers’ Market.
Get ready for Halloween and learn some great pumpkin and other winter squash recipes.

Saturday November 5th, 6pm- Harvest Moon Seasonal and Organic Dinner at Fork Social Lab

Saturday November 12th 11am-6pm- Fork Holiday Market
Check out our booth at this Holiday Market hosted by Fork featuring handmade and artisan items with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Louisville Fire Department and their September 11 Memorial Fund.

October 7th, 6pm- Farm to Table Dinner and Cooking Class at the Lyons Farmette
Celebrate the beginning of Autumn with us at the beautiful Lyons Farmette! This is our last farm dinner of the season.  We’ll start with  cooking demo based on our menu featuring fall harvest stars like local winter squash and apples. Then we’ll enjoy dinner and dessert in the meadow by the campfire while being serenaded by David Leonard’s beautiful guitar playing.

$65/ person. RSVP to Betsy of the Farmette at 303.746.6266 or betsyburton@mac.com

August 28th- 10:30am-4:30 pm- Soul Tree Yoga Studio’s Annual Triathlon
We sampled and sold delicious Rosemary crackers at this fun event. Find out more about the triathlon- yoga, pilates and dance- here.

August 26th, 6pm- Eat Local! Week Farm to Table Dinner at Ollin Farms- A Slow Food Boulder County Benefit
Kick off Eat Local! Week in style at the beautiful Ollin Farm in Longmont.  In addition to being a delightful and delicious evening, this event also benefited Slow Food Boulder County- making it doubly exciting to attend. As much of the menu as possible was sourced from Ollin itself with other local producers highlighted. Everything was organic!  See the menu and photos of our farm dinner here.

Eat Local! Week Event Line Up August 27th-September 4th
Check out Transition Colorado’s webpage (the organizer of Eat Local! Week) for the full listing of exciting events.  Some highlights: Tour de Coops, a fun bike tour of the area’s inspiring chicken coops and other urban agriculture and the keynote speaker, a fascinating and dynamic farmer Joel Salatin at Chautauqua.

August 14th, 6pm- Farm to Table Dinner and Cooking Class at the Lyons Farmette
Experience the magic of cooking “from the field”.   Learn and about the freshly picked local ingredients on the menu and how to prepare delicious seasonal dishes.  Then enjoy an amazing dinner featuring the Lyons Farmette’s own harvest.   We’ll dine alfresco in the meadow with chickens at our feet.
$65/ person. RSVP to Betsy of the Farmette at 303.746.6266

Slow Food Boulder’s Annual Meeting and Honor Thy Farmer Event

See more photos on our Facebook page from this event!

April 17th 2011 from 2-5pm  at the Lyons Farmette.
Get all the details about Honor Thy Farmer at Slow Food Boulder’s site
We’re delighted to be on the board of Slow Food Boulder County and are very excited for this event!
RSVP by emailing info@slowfoodboulder.com- RSVP is necessary; event is by donation at the door.

Pickling Beyond Cucumbers: Exciting Ways to Serve and Store Your Winter Veggies

See photos from this class on Facebook!

January 16th,  1:30-3:00pm. Boulder location and payment details given with RSVP.
Part of Slow Food Boulder’s class series.
Learn how to quick pickle and pickle by fermentation. We’ll use a variety of locally harvested veggies such as onions, watermelon radishes, scarlet turnips, and beets from Abbondanza and Red Wagon organic farms. Both types of pickles make beautiful condiments to add flavor and flair to your dishes. Use fermented pickles to keep your veggies longer!

Class is $15/ Slow Food member, $20/ non-member. Includes hands-on and demos.
Bring your own jar (pint or smaller mason or other clean jar) or bring $1 and get a mason jar to take some pickles home. Please RSVP to info@backtobasicskitchen.com by January 14th.