Category: Summer

Smoothie Party! and the Big Apple Smoothie

12 May 2011

For our last cooking class of the year a few weeks ago, we threw a smoothie party. My own children have shown me and my students have reiterated that you can add a bunch of very healthful things to a smoothie, add just the right amount of things they love, and they will slurp it [...]

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Spinach Tofu Rice Balls Served in Cumin Tomato Sauce (Meatless Monday)

14 March 2011

You’ve heard that saying, “Like white on rice”?  Well, any time rice is incorporated in what we’re making in class, the mini-chefs are… like white on rice.  NOM, NOM, NOM!  They all love it. This past week, we made one of our favorite ingredients the star of the show in a main course dish.  These [...]

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Tribeca Yummy Mummy Barbeque Sauce and Vegan BBQ Beans

17 February 2011

This week our cooking class worked on a traditional Southern recipe, barbeque (usually baked) beans.  Of course, we changed things up by leaving out the pork fat that’s normally used and balancing our barbeque sauce so that it is a bit tangy, not too spicy, and just generally delicious. One of my mini-chefs, O., has [...]

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Chocolate Pot de Creme

10 February 2011

When I was a little girl, my mom would serve us pot de creme only once or twice a year, and we could not wait to have it.  Her presentation was so elegant.  We received our pots in lusterous ivory china demi-tasse cups and served with real silver demi-tasse spoons.  I felt like a princess. [...]

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Raspberry Almond Muffins

21 January 2011

About this time of year, when the world (at least in New York City) is a bit dark gray and dreary, we start to crave bright, pretty things.  Things that will remind us that Spring and even Summer will come again one day. This is usually the time I head to the frozen food aisle [...]

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