Real Vegetarian Food: Mexico

A hands-on, collaborative cooking class culminating in dinner served with a glass of wine or beer.

Eating Mexican food doesn’t require meat or low and slow cooking. Sink your teeth into Mexican food with plant-based flair and bold flavors that are perfect for pulling together in a jiffy. With a just few ingredients, technique, and a dash of ingenuity, you will master a meatless Mexican meal with a dip into Tex-Mex.

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Roasted Broccoli Tostadas with Labneh and Homemade Refried Beans

Southwest Spiced Tempeh Enchiladas in Chile Cheese Sauce

Jackfruit Tinga Tacos

Green Rice

Summer Squash, Corn, Pepper, Tomato Saute

Jamaica Limon Agua Fresca

Annelies Zijderveld was born in Texas and has called the Bay area home for many years. She is the author of Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea, a book for tea lovers about how to cook with tea. As a cooking teacher who teaches at 18 Reasons and Draeger’s in San Mateo, she believes cooking should be fun and flavorful, (and still can’t quite get over the amazing abundance of fresh produce and ingredients available to us in the Bay area). She also volunteers as a chef with Cooking Matters and delights in being a part of the wonderful work of #NoKidHungry in her local community. With a master’s in intercultural studies and a Mexican-Bolivian-Dutch heritage, she’s keen on finding the points of intersection around the table. Her food writing has appeared in Edible East Bay, allRecipes Magazine, The Kitchn, Paste Magazine, and Brit + Co. among other publications. She is the creator of the literary food blog, the food poet and you can follow her food antics on Instagram @anneliesz.