Best Healthy Cooking Classes in San Diego

Broaden your culinary skills with this roundup of the best healthy cooking classes in San Diego – choose from vegan, Mediterranean, Italian, Indian and more!

Converting to a plant-based, vegan, or vegetarian diet? Or just trying to eat more fruits and veggies and taste the rainbow? Spice up your meals with some new culinary tricks and recipes from local chefs — virtually or in person!

1. Best Italian: Cucina Migrante

Cucina Migrante takes inspiration from the Mediterranean to craft unique social events, both virtually and in person. Cucina Migrante provides a full farm-to-fork experience, tying up with local farms to source the best sustainable and seasonal ingredients for their classes. Classes range from vegan and seafood to traditional Italian.

$40-$290, cucinamigrante.com

2. Best Self-Paced Class: Katie’s Healing Kitchen

If you’re exploring plant-based eating, Katie’s Healing Kitchen is a perfect place to start. Katie offers online self-paced courses to teach you how to prep and cook healthy vegan recipes including Copycat Cauliflower Chick-Fil-A Sandwich, Cookies ‘n’ Cream ‘Milkshake’, and Easy Lasagna Roll Ups.

$15-$20, katieshealingkitchen.com

3. Best Kids Classes: HipCooks

Start healthy habits together with your kids! HipCooks offers virtual and in-person classes for all ages and are based on recipes with simple, easy-to-source ingredients such as Kale Chips and Cordials, Scallion Pancakes, and Mini Chocolate Lava Cakes.

HipKids Classes are recommended for ages 10+; some supervision may be necessary.

$20, hipcooks.com

4. Best Mediterranean/Kosher: Spice It Up with deb

Have spices in your cabinet that you’d like to try but not sure how to use them? Deb, owner of the spice company, SPICE + LEAF, will help you gain confidence in easy to follow recipes in her virtual healthy cooking classes. Sample recipes include Moroccan Meatballs (Veggie Balls) with Garbanzo Beans and Apricots in a Tomato Ragu, Preserved Lemon Crostini with Avocado, Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad.

$18-$60, spiceitupwithdeb.com

5. Best Vegan: Veg-Appeal

Transitioning to a vegan, plant-based diet can be overwhelming. Join Tracy of Veg- Appeal to learn how to make vegan cheese, shop for plant-based alternatives to animal products or how to build a weekly meal plan that meets your nutritional needs. Along with offering online virtual healthy cooking classes, Tracy can help you through dedicated one-on-one coaching sessions to help you move into a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle.

$30-$200, veg-appeal.com

6. Best indian/Ayurvedic: Sattvik Foods

Explore new cuisines through healthy cooking classes with Sattvik Foods. All classes are vegetarian-focused, fun, instructive and hands-on, giving you the skills you need to make delicious vegetarian food for yourself, friends and family. Learn how to make chocolate desserts, fresh pasta, Ayurvedic-focused entrees and more.

Varies, sattvikfoods.com

Looking for More Healthy Food Recs?

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