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If I am fully cooking a vegetable and shocking with ice water, do I have to serve it cold or can I warm it?

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on October 8, 2024

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Nolan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Camille Campbell

If I am fully cooking a vegetable and shocking with ice water, do I have to serve it cold or can I warm it?

Answer

I like to dry them on a, on a kitchen towel, uh, you can reheat them whether you're going to make a stir fry or whether you're going to throw them into a soup or a stew, you would throw them in towards the end so they don't turn that gray color that the broccoli I had growing up was because my mother would overcook it for hours and hours. So yes, you can cook those vegetables that have been cooked previously that have been shocked with that beautiful, beautiful green. You don't wanna overcook them because you still wanna see that beautiful deep green or orange or whatever color your vegetable happens to be.

Char Nolan

Chef Instructor

Char Nolan is a serious crusader for plant-based education, armed with a degree in public health from Philadelphia’s Temple University. She teaches nutrition and plant-based cooking throughout Philadelphia, and in many underserved communities. Char holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Certification course in 2015. In 2019, Char completed post-graduate course work in social media marketing at the University of the Arts. When she is not cooking or teaching, she manages social media accounts for several plant-based influencers. Char prides herself on learning everything she knows about cooking from growing up in her grandparents’ Italian restaurant. Her favorite vegetables are Brussels sprouts and kale, of course. Char originally hails from Queens, NY, but has lived in Philadelphia most of her adult life. She is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.