Category: spreads

Sweet Pea Hummus and Ricotta Tarts

26 March 2014

Sweet pea hummus and ricotta tarts

In cooking class with the older mini-chefs this week, we endeavored to make a multi step tart especially for Spring. It involved some quick cheese-making, thanks to this wonderfully easy ricotta recipe via The Barefoot Contessa, and puff pastry dough rolling, cutting, and baking, and throwing together some Sweet Pea Hummus in the food processor. […]

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Carrot-Apple-Ginger Spread

26 March 2009

Ok, Bunnies, with Easter coming up in a couple of weeks and Springtime celebrations going on all around, it seemed like we all needed a healthful but luscious sort of treat.  Working with the theme: eggs, fertility, growth, bunnies…ah, bunnies.  Yes. A spread that I used to eat all the time at Angelica Kitchen in […]

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Treat Week Day 3: Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread Homemade Nutella

11 December 2008

Please pardon the small interruption in treats.  When you’re working with Yummies, and in this particular case a one-year-old and 12 two-year-old  Yummies, your plans sometimes go awry, your camera gets highjacked, and Treat Week comes to a screeching halt.  On the plus side, there will be future posts on the chaos and fun that […]

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A Trio of Apple Butters

12 October 2008

After swinging by the UES to pick up our beloved Aunt Sheri on Saturday morning, our family headed out to Rockland County to meet some friends. We had a date to go apple-picking at The Orchards of Conklin, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the City. The Delicious Daddio, my husband that is, did […]

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