In cooking class this week, we began celebrating St. Patrick’s day a little early. Because we were also making Irish Soda Bread, the recipe for which we will share in another post, we needed something fresh and GREEN to balance out our meal. Enter The Green Smoothie. We like drinking our greens, but we prefer […]
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My mini-chefs are back in the kitchen this semester, and we began our session with what has become a major favorite with our own family and our friends: Chilaquiles! As I explained to the kids yesterday, it’s like a Mexican lasagna, layered with tortillas and a vegetable and black bean mixture, and topped with cheese. […]
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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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Happy Spring, Yummies! After a beautiful, warm Friday here in NYC, our weekend got progressively colder, and today it’s a cold, dark world out there. Now it’s pouring, and it’s in the 30’s/40’s. After dropping my son off at his play group this morning and splashing my way home, I was soaked to the bone. […]
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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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I'm a New York City mum of three children—Mira, 8, Liev, 6, and our littlest Yummy, Genevieve, 2. I teach mommies, preschool kids, and grade school age children (or "Yummies" as I like to call them) how to make delicious things. Read more…