Category: Soups & Stews

Harira: Moroccan Tomato and Chickpea Soup

27 February 2014

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  In cooking class, we are always trying to walk that fine line between making something with a good shot of being eaten by the mini-chefs, especially the two year olds who have often sworn off most foods, and being adventuresome. Harira, a Morrocan tomato and chickpea dish, straddles both worlds.  On the one hand […]

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Tom Ka Gai: Thai Chicken and Coconut Soup

05 June 2012

My first taste of Tom Ka Gai changed my world.  It happened when I was 15, visiting New York for the first time ever and already in love with the City.  That bite of spicy coconut chicken broth-laced with the sour lime juice and lemongrass sealed my fate as a future New Yorker.  The soup […]

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Noodle Soup with a Magic Bag: The YUMMIES ARE BACK!!!

07 February 2012

The Yummies returneth!  And, they came to make a magical noodle soup. When Mira was six months old, I went over to visit my sister-in-law who lived on the Upper East Side with a very picky little guy, my nephew, who wouldn’t eat anything hardly.  One thing he did love was chicken soup, and my […]

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Meatless Monday Minestrone and Elsie Marley Children’s Sewing Week Challenge

10 October 2011

You know how some women would see that their youngest was nearing 6 months of age and sign themselves up to run a marathon.  They will train and run the extra pregnant and nursing weight off, and you’ll see them a few months later high fiving their baby at the finish line?  Yeah, so not […]

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Fall/Winter Vegetable Tagine with Cous-Cous

21 October 2010

Last winter when we created a kid-friendly chicken tagine in class, a few of the vegetarian parents asked how they could make the dish without the addition of meat.  While vegetarian cooking does take more thought for flavor development and, at times, more creativity to bring up the protein level to make it healthful for […]

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