Christmas Aga with Sarah Whitaker

Christmas Aga comes around again so quickly!

Sarah was here today, showing us some great new ideas and recipes for Christmas, whilst showing everyone around the Aga, how to use it efficiently and effectively.

We discussed what can be made ahead and frozen for the festive period.

Talked about pans, trays, dishes

Sarah shared tips galore and answered some great questions.

Here is just a small selection of what Sarah managed to cook in just 2 hours!

Shredded stir fried brussel sprouts, delicious!

Courgette and carrot bake, perfect for vegetarians or as a side dish

Banana and pecan pudding cake

Here's the glorious slow cooked turkey, along with smoked haddock tart, chicken & apricot casserole, cauliflower souffle and everyday sides such as roast potatoes, rice, beans and gravy!

Sarah will be back at Treetops in the New Year.

Autumn Aga with Sarah Whitaker

Great to have Sarah back at Treetops this week for Autumn Aga.

Sarah shared some great recipes including roast pork, casseroles, brownies, sponge pudding, roasted root vegetables and more!

The group shared tips and ideas throughout the morning.

There was plenty of food for a delicious lunch, a glass of wine and time to buy some books and goodies from Sarah's travelling shop.

Sarah is back for Christmas Aga on Thursday 14 November, the class is filling fast, so please book your place soon.

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

An update on this term's classes

Hello Everyone

Please find below a list of our classes this term that still have spaces remaining:

Autumn Aga

Tuesday 15 October

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

Root Chakra AromaYoga

Wednesday 16 October

7pm - 9pm

£25

Capturing the Light in Oils

Friday 1 November

9:30am - 3pm

£80

Stormy Seas & Stormy Skies Watercolour

Tuesday 5 November

9:30am - 3pm

£75

Venice Watercolour

Wednesday 6 November

9:30am - 3pm

£75

Festive Papercutting

Tuesday 12 November

10am - 3pm

£60

Immune Support AromaYoga

Wednesday 13 November

7pm - 9pm

£25

Christmas Aga

Thursday 14 November

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

Winter Scene Watercolour

Thursday 5 December

9:30am - 3pm

£75

Luxury Christmas Wreath Making

Tuesday 3 December

6:15pm - 9:30pm

£90

Luxury Christmas Wreath Making

Wednesday 4 December

9:45am - 1pm

£90

Festive Oils AromaYoga

Wednesday 11 December

7pm - 9pm

£25

To book any of these classes please email me

Autumn Classes Announced ......

Autumn Classes are now out and we are taking bookings for some great classes, including Art, Luxury Christmas Wreaths, Autumn & Christmas Aga, Free From Cookery and Christmas Papercutting

We start with Coastal Blues Watercolour with Claire Warner on

Thursday 5 September

The class runs from 9:30am - approx 3pm and costs £75, this includes all of your materials, a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine.


Later in the term Claire will be here on:

Beginners & Refreshers
Tuesday 1 October

Autumn Woodland
Thursday 10 October

Swathes of Sunflowers
Friday 11 October

Capturing the Light in Oils (£80)
(inspired by the artist Sorolla)
Friday 1 November

Stormy Skies & Stormy Seas
Tuesday 5 November

Venice Watercolour
Wednesday 6 November

Winter Scene Watercolour
Thursday 5 December

Winter Scene Pen & Wash (£80)
Friday 6 December

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Luxury Christmas Wreath & Flowers Class with Lindsey Kitchin of
The White Horse Flower Company

Tuesday 3 December
6:15pm - 9:30pm

Wednesday 4 December
9:45am - 1pm

£90
Beautiful luxury foliage, flowers, feathers, ribbons and other decorations.
The eco friendly technique of wiring a moss wreath will be taught.

Mulled wine and cake will be served.

*

Christmas Papercutting Class with Lucy Nichols from Lucy Dorothy Art


Tuesday 12 November
10am - 3pm
£60

light lunch included

Create beautiful cards and lanterns

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Aga Cookery Classes with Sarah Whitaker

Autumn Aga
Tuesday 15 October
Christmas Aga
Thursday 14 November

9:45am - 1:30pm
£65

a tasting lunch of the food cooked along with a glass of wine and a copy of the recipes to take home


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Free From Cookery Class with Emily

Friday 4 October
10am - 1:30pm
£50

Great gluten, dairy, egg, soya and nut free recipes with a delicious lunch of everything cooked afterwards

*

AromaYoga with Rachel Windsor

Root Chakra Workshop
Wednesday 16 October

Immune Support Workshop
Wednesday 13 November

Festive Oils Workshop
Wednesday 11 December

7pm - 9pm
£25
includes a warm drink and nibbles

These workshops are a blend of gentle hatha and restorative yoga, essential oils, relaxation and meditation.

Delve a little deeper into the philosophy of yoga and leave feeling grounded, secure and present.

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Our Relax & Restore Yoga Tutor Laura is now on maternity leave.

  

To book any of these classes please send me an email

Aga Fish Class with Sarah

 A Delicious Aga class today with Sarah Whitaker

Ocean's Catch

So many great fish recipes, we learnt how to slow roast, grill, bake and steam.

Sarah guides us round the Aga explaining how it works and how to get the best out of it, whilst finding different recipes to fit in with her demonstration.

Above is a warming cassoulet and below a very tasty smoked mackerel and spring onion tart.

After the demonstration, everyone enjoyed a tasting lunch of all the food cooked, along with a glass of wine.

Today's recipes included scallops, tuna, a cassoulet, salmon, the tart, baked cod with crust, steamed sea bass, a smoky fish pie and a risotto!  Full of flavours, marinades and dressings.

Aga Demos are great!

Sarah is back on Tuesday 18 April for

AGA BAKING

Places are going fast, so EMAIL me to book your place

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

Aga Class with Sarah Whitaker

Just a selection of the delicious food created at this morning's Aga Class with Sarah Whitaker.

Sarah managed to cover baking, simmering, roasting, boiling, melting, stir-frying, grilling, warming and more in her demonstration this morning.

Sharing top tips along the way, on how to get the most out of your Aga, and your ingredients!

After the demonstration there is tasting lunch of all the food cooked served with a glass of wine.

 

I seemed to have forgotten to take a photo of the chocolate fudge cake!  Maybe because it went so fast!

Bookings are open for our Christmas Aga class on Tuesday 27 November 2018

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

A little update .....

Latest new from Treetops....

All of our Art classes are booked until the end of the year.

We will be announcing 2018 Spring classes starting in February very soon, so keep your eye on this blog and your email, as once out they will book very quickly.

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There are spaces available on our Christmas Parties Aga class next Thursday, the 30 November

9:45am - 1:30pm

£75

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A great gift voucher idea would be an invite to our next Relax & Restore Retreat day on Saturday 20 January

11:30am - 4:30pm

£75

A mix of yoga, relaxation, mindfulness, meditation, healthy eating, a creative activity and a gentle walk.

A great way to start 2018

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Before then if you would like to come and try Yoga or Meditation (or both) with Laura, you are very welcome to come to our Monday morning sessions, we have 2 left before the end of the year.

Monday 4 December

Monday 11 December

9:30am - 11:30am

£25 per session

September - Welcome to the New Term!

It's the start of the new term and we have a lot going on, so I thought I would update you with what's new and which classes still have spaces available.

Firstly starting next Monday, the 11th, for 6 weeks we have our new Relax & Restore class with Laura.  This is from 9:30am - 11:30am and is a great start to the week.  Enjoy restorative yoga and meditation in peaceful and relaxing surroundings.  We will provide all the equipment you need plus fruit, cake and water.  The cost for 6 sessions is £150.  Small group.  3 spaces left.

Our Relax and Retreat Day with Laura on Saturday 30 September sold out in record time, so we have another one in the diary for Saturday 25 November.  A perfect day to escape and treat yourself to yoga, meditation, relaxation and delicious food.  The day runs from 11am - 4pm and costs £75.

Sarah returns for 2 Aga classes this term, we have Autumn Treats on Tuesday 26 September, this will include warming recipes such as stews, soups, pies, tarts and pudding, whilst also demonstrating how to use and make the most of your Aga this season.

 

On Thursday 30 November we have a NEW Christmas Class, called Christmas Parties, from canapes to roulades and tarts to flapjacks this will be full of delicious ideas full of festive flavours.  This is a great class for learning what can be made ahead and frozen at this busy time of year.

Both Aga classes run from 9:45am - 1:30pm and cost £70, this includes a tasting lunch of all the food cooked, a glass of wine, refreshments and a booklet of the recipes to take home with you.

Claire has a full Art term here, with only a few spaces available.  There are 2 spaces on our Acrylics class on Thursday 14 September.  The Pen & Wash class on Tuesday 5 December has 3 places available and our Winter Scene Watercolour on Wednesday 6 December has 6 spaces available.

 All the classes run from 9:30am - approx 3pm and cost £75 (Acrylics £80).  This includes all of your materials, lunch, wine and refreshments throughout the day.

Our local Framemakers store has been in touch; they are holding a local Art Exhibition and wondered if any Treetops Artists would like to display their work.  If you are interested in submitting up to 3 pieces of work, please email me asap, as all forms and photos need to be in by
27 September.
  There are prizes available, you can sell your work and there will be bubbly on launch day
Saturday 7 October!

COMMUNITY:

During the summer, local social enterprise Recovery in Mind got in touch asking if they could use Treetops as a venue to run Wellbeing Workshops.  RinM run classes in West Berkshire for those with mental health challenges, they are all free and are providing a much needed service.  They rely on funding, grants and donations.

To support them, we thought a great day here for you, with all the proceeds going to RinM would be a great way to support them.

We will have various tutors throughout the day, running classes in pilates, yoga, mindfulness walking, a creative activity, healthy eating and it will be great fun, as our guinea pigs discovered on our recent pilot day!

We have two dates booked; Friday 29 September and Friday 13 October;

timings are 9:30am - approx 3pm and the cost is £80.

Please help us support Recovery in Mind.  For more information about them please click on the link: 

Recovery in Mind

That is all for now!  We hope to see you this term

Best wishes

Emily

Some new dates for the diary

I have some new Autumn dates for you and the diary, for Art and also Aga.

We have an Acrylics and Collage day with Claire Warner

Thursday 14 September

A Cafe Scene

followed by an Oils class with Claire

Wednesday 27 September

Inspired by Turner

Both of these classes run from 9:30am - approx 3pm and cost £80.

This includes all of your materials, a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine and refreshments throughout the day.

We have two brand new Aga classes next term with Sarah Whitaker; 

Autumn Treats

Tuesday 26 September

A brand new set of recipes from Sarah.  I'm looking forward to this one already; warming stews, soups, pies, tarts and puddings.  All the great autumnal meals that the Aga is so fantastic at during the autumn and winter months. 

Christmas Parties

Thursday 30 November

Another NEW class, full of delicious ideas to start the festive season, from canapes to roulades, tarts to flapjacks with lots of festive flavours.  Sarah will show what can be prepared ahead and how to make the most of your freezer as well as the Aga at this time of year.

Both classes run from 10am - approx 1:30pm and cost £70.

This includes a tasting lunch of all the food cooked, a glass of wine, refreshments on arrival and a copy of all the recipes to take home with you. 

Takeaway Aga with Sarah Whitaker

Sarah was back at Treetops last week for

Take-Away Aga

She showed everyone some fantastic ideas and dishes for creating delicious quick and easy meals.

Dishes included meals such as;

Hot and Sour Noodle Soup

Sticky Chinese Chicken

Chicken Tikka Masala

Pork and Ginger Stir Fry (photo above)

and a very popular Toffee and Date tart.

The kitchen smelt amazing with herbs and spices galore.

Whilst cooking all of the above (and more!) Sarah was also showing us how to use our Aga, whether it be frying, roasting, grilling, baking, simmering etc

We were shown the best ways to keep it clean and the most economical way to use it.

After the demonstration, we enjoyed a delicious tasting lunch of all the food cooked.

Sarah will be back later in the year.

Christmas Aga Class 2016 BOOK NOW!!

Our Christmas Aga class is slightly earlier this year:

Friday 4 Nov

There are a few places left, so please get in touch to book your place

CONTACT EMILY

The class is with Sarah Whitaker, an Aga accredited chef.

It runs from 9:45am - approx 1:30pm and includes a tasting lunch of the food cooked.

We alternate each year with either a beef or turkey menu.  This year it's the Beefs turn to take centre stage!  So even if you came last year, do come this year and get yourself another set of recipes to help with Christmas.

Sarah is great at giving you ideas of things you can make and freeze ahead of time, helps you with juggling the ovens on the day, and how to retain the heat.

There is plenty of time to ask questions.

Sarah also brings her travelling shop, there are some great present ideas, useful kitchen and Aga things, as well as her brilliant recipe books

The class costs £65 

Aga Class with Sarah Whitaker

It was great to welcome Sarah back to Treetops on Friday. 

Fantastic recipes and plenty of top tips.

Sarah showed everyone how to get the most out of their Agas, whether they are 2 door, 3 door, 4 door, with a module or without, gas, electric, oil, 20 years old or brand new dual control!  We had quite a variety this week.

A delicious oven baked tomato and parmesan risotto.

A plum cobbler, it's topped with a crunchy scone topping.

This prawn and plum stir fry was full of flavour.

A very useful Salmon roulade, that can either be rolled this way to be cut into slices as a starter, or if you roll it in the other way it can make small canapes.

There were so many other things made during the morning, a joint of ham, gammon steaks, beef, a prawn flan, beetroot mash, raspberry muffins.....

Lots of different things to plate up for a tasting lunch

  

After lunch there is time to look at Sarah's travelling shop, full of useful kitchen bits and pieces, her recipe books and Aga pans.

 

It's hard to believe that this time last week it was freezing cold and snowing!

Sarah will be back in September and November, email me if you would like to go on the mailing list.