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Festive Spring Salads


Adult Enrichment / Cooking & Nutrition -
Adult W-SP 26

Celebrate the season with vibrant and refreshing salads that are perfect for brunch or light entertaining. Learn to prepare wild rice and chicken breast salad or a vegetarian version with mushrooms and cashews. Discover a colorful main dish made with quinoa and a variety of fresh peppers. Enjoy fruit based options like cantaloupe and strawberry salad with orange sauce, and a beautiful raspberry and spinach salad with glazed pecans. To complete the evening, you will make three easy dressings to complement your favorite garden greens, including feta cheese, creamy blue cheese, and orange dressing. Course fee includes a $15 food supply fee. 

Laurel Severson

Laurel Severson is a University of Minnesota graduate with a double major in Home Economics and Education. Her career has centered around food—from editing a series of international cookbooks and testing recipes to managing dining services at 3M for 30 years. Her roles included overseeing executive dining, employee buffets, conference meals, and special events before transitioning into hospital and hotel food service industry.

Today, Laurel teaches hands-on cooking classes across multiple Community Education districts in the metro area. She has lived abroad in the Philippines and London, traveled extensively, and is an avid cookbook collector. Known for sharing practical culinary tips, she frequently entertains in her historic 1882 St. Paul home and is an active community volunteer within her St. Paul community. 

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  Laurel Severson


Osseo Middle School : 174 FACS
Wednesday, May 6
6:00 - 9:00 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

$ 55.00
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