Category: greens

Celebrating Green: Spanakopita (Spinach Pie)

15 March 2010

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, a nice, green, traditional Greek dish. Yes, we are mixing our metaphors, but this dish is universally delicious. In writing the recipe for this spanakopita, I really tried to pare it down to its essential ingredients so that it will come together quickly and very simply. The basics […]

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Sweet Potato and Quinoa Croquettes with Rainbow Chard

09 February 2010

When my class of 3 year-olds requested a few more lunch ideas, these croquettes came to mind, and I decided to rework them for a gluten-free diet, using crushed rice crackers instead of bread crumbs. By sheer accident-as often happens when new recipes are born-we forgot to roll the balls in the crumbs at all […]

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Vegetable Lasagna

23 December 2009

If you are anything like us, you have probably eaten way too many treats this week, done too much partying and might need a good home cooked meal to take your family through the next few days. Our cooking class made this veggie lasagna in their own personal ramekins. We loaded up the layers: tomato […]

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