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Cooking with Ankie
Healthy & Sustainable
Inspiring kids & food lovers to cook with confidence.
👩‍🍳Online Teen Cooking Club
🍦 Ice Cream Workshops
Join me in making delicious, wholesome food! We offer professional food styling and photography services to bring your culinary creations to life! 🍨📸

03/11/2025

What our parents are saying

''This cooking course has been exciting and valuable for our whole family. As a Mom I get a night off and we all look forward to the tasty meals. My son's confidence in the kitchen has improved immensely. Highly recommended!''

NEW! Saturday Online Cooking Club timeslot – 50% Off Trial!

We’ve had so much fun cooking together on Tuesdays and Thursdays that we’re opening a few Saturday spots for families who prefer a weekend class!

Join us for the last 4 lessons of the term at 50% off and get a taste of what our Online Cooking Club is all about:
*Cook along live from your own kitchen
*Learn real cooking skills
*Fun, creative recipes every week
*Great for ages 10–16

This is your chance to try it out before our 2025 Cooking Club Membership officially launches!

📅 Saturdays 12:00-13:00
💻 Online via Zoom
💰 Special 50% Trial Offer
Limited spots available!

Book your spot here
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/product/wooden-spoon-kids-cooking-club-interactive-online-classes/

28/10/2025

Last live Gelato for Entrepreneurs class for 2025!!

From next year this will only be available as an online course!

My Gelato for Entrepreneurs Online Workshop will teach you everything you need to scoop with confidence:
✅ Authentic gelato recipes & techniques
✅ Editable Excel costing sheet
✅ Learn how to price, brand & sell

Turn your love for gelato into a sweet business opportunity. Let’s make this summer your coolest one yet! ❄️✨

🔗 Book your spot today:

1 November
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/.../online-gelato.../

A lovely review from one of our students!

Thank you for such a generous and inspiring workshop! Ankie’s teaching style is incredibly beginner-friendly and encouraging. I loved how she broke down every aspect into clear, doable steps. The workshop material is gold! Thoughtfully designed, packed with practical tools, and especially inspiring with its flavor ideas
-Sandra Ntsoele-

08/10/2025

Our monthly newsletter is out, with a lovely No Churn Almond Ice Cream recipe and all our class updates. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep updated with our latest news.
https://mailchi.mp/64bfe6e88e53/septembernewsletter-17990725

02/10/2025

🍳 “I can’t even chop an onion!” — ever hear that from your child? Or maybe you’ve watched them proudly flip pancakes for the very first time.

No matter where your child is in their cooking journey, I’ve put together a complete skills checklist for ages 5–13, plus my favourite recipes to learn before they turn 18. Download it on the link below for FREE
https://mailchi.mp/78929cf2dcc2/scch5eb69n

As the term winds down and things are a bit quieter, you’re welcome to join our FREE cooking class tonight at 17:00
Join our WhatsApp group for all the details.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCUki85uQeS1Ze0KHifZhy?mode=ems_copy_t

💡 Watch your child grow confident in the kitchen — one recipe at a time!

01/10/2025

Join our FREE cooking class on Thursday 2 October

We are baking Boerewors Sausage Rolls
Thursday 2 October
17:00-18:00
Live on Zoom

Boost Your Teen’s Kitchen Confidence!

Let them choose, step back, praise their effort, help gently, and watch them grow. 💪✨

Join our WhatsApp group for the recipe/zoom link and discount code to our weekly Cooking Club.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCUki85uQeS1Ze0KHifZhy?mode=ems_copy_t

23/09/2025

🍦 Last 3 Dates for 2025! 🍦
Summer is here — the perfect time to get market-ready and launch your ice cream business. My Gelato for Entrepreneurs Online Workshop will teach you everything you need to scoop with confidence:

✅ Authentic gelato recipes & techniques
✅ Editable Excel costing sheet
✅ Canva branding templates
✅ Learn how to price, brand & sell

📅 Only 3 workshops left this year — don’t miss out!
🔗 Book your spot today:
27 September
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/product/online-gelato-workshop-for-entrepreneurs-27-september-copy/

11 October
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/product/online-gelato-workshop-for-entrepreneurs-11october-copy-2/

1 November
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/product/online-gelato-workshop-for-entrepreneurs-1-november-copy/

Turn your love for gelato into a sweet business opportunity. Let’s make this summer your coolest one yet! ❄️✨

22/09/2025

September is almost over, which means it’s time for my yearly Achalasia awareness post 💙

Achalasia is a rare disease (only 1 in 100,000 people!) that affects the esophagus and makes swallowing food and liquid extremely difficult.

It’s not curable, but it is manageable. Some weeks I feel completely fine, and other times the smallest thing — stress, eating out, even excitement — can cause flare-ups. Night choking, food getting stuck, and spasms are all part of the reality.

I share my story to help create awareness, because chances are you’ve never heard of Achalasia — and many doctors haven’t either. Awareness matters.

I also spent way too long designing this carousel 😅
But it needed an update🤪🤣

20/09/2025

Find joy in the small things 🍋
This enamel bowl was such a little treasure I stumbled upon in a tiny supermarket in Yzerfontein earlier this month. With its beautiful blue-teal rim, it’s been whisking eggs in my cooking club, and this week it found its way into some photos too. Just look at how perfectly the blue plays with the sunny yellows. The striped cloth is from H&M, another small touch that somehow makes me smile.

It’s funny how something so simple can brighten a whole month. In between the disappointments and challenges, these small things whisper: slow down, look closely, notice. 💛

Some Saturday rambles…😉

18/09/2025

Join our heritage month FREE cooking class for teens and tweens

Calling all young foodies across South Africa!
Before the new term kicks off, come join our fun and FREE online cooking class and discover what our teen cooking club is all about.

Cook along with teens from all over the country
Make dinner for your family
Get a taste of our weekly cooking club fun

🔗 Join our WhatsApp group to receive:
✅ The Zoom link
✅ The recipe we’ll be making
✅ Reminders and behind-the-scenes excitement!
✨ Whether you're a beginner or a kitchen pro, this is your chance to get inspired, build skills, and join our foodie family. Don’t miss it!
Join the WhatsApp group.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCUki85uQeS1Ze0KHifZhy
Let’s get cooking together!

18/08/2025

New recipe up on the blog, High protein & Fibre, Blueberry Smoothie. This is a great one for busy moms, especially over 40's. Hope you try it.
https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/try-my-high-fibre-high-protein-blueberry-smoothie/

13/08/2025

We’re making something delicious in Food Club this week… and you can have the recipe for FREE! 🥣✨

This week’s recipe is a roasted red pepper & tomato soup served with golden puff pastry twists – warming, vibrant, and so easy to make at home. Perfect for lunch, dinner… or showing off to your family!

💡 It’s the exact recipe our Food Club kids will be making in class this week — now you can cook along from your own kitchen.

📥 Want it?
Click on the link and download
https://mailchi.mp/a89b92dce414/pu4gnsnpgg

🔥 Fresh. Healthy. Fun. Get ready to turn your kitchen into a little cooking club this week!

06/08/2025

This isn’t a big launch. Just a quiet invitation to something I’ve been working on since January but in truth, it’s been in the making for the past 20 years.

I didn’t wake up one day and decide to start a cooking club. This has always been close to my heart—the belief that cooking is more than a skill. It’s a way to nourish ourselves and the people we love.

If your child enjoys cooking—or you’d like them to learn—I’d love to welcome them into our little corner of the kitchen.

This is more than just a cooking class. It’s a place where tweens and teens grow in confidence, independence, and a genuine love for food.

We meet once a week on Zoom. I share everything you need: recipes, videos, and support to make it simple and stress-free at home.

Every recipe is chosen with care—seasonal, nourishing, and designed to teach real skills that last long after the meal is finished.

Health and nutrition matter deeply to me. But so does joy, creativity, and helping kids discover what they’re capable of.

Bookings are now open for Term 4. Follow link to booking page.

https://woodenspoonkitchen.co.za/product/wooden-spoon-kids-cooking-club-interactive-online-classes/

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Our Story

Eat well, laugh often, love much

If you are looking for inspiration to fall in love with cooking and your kitchen again you have come to the right place.

I am Ankie Niesing, founder of Wooden Spoon Kitchen, an online food blog for those who can, can’t and won’t cook. Simple, wholefood made easy.

I am a trained Home Economics teacher with a creative approach to cooking and styling food. I have been teaching cooking skills for the past 17 years. Over the years I have also developed a keen interest in nutrition and how food can affect our health.