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Green Smoothies for Saint Patrick’s Day

12 March 2014

green smoothie

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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Black Bean and Vegetable Chilaquiles

11 February 2014

Black Bean and Vegetable Chilaquiles

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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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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Potato and Kale Samosas

14 January 2011

Ok.  Confession: I have been craving Indian food almost since the beginning of this pregnancy and totally bent our cooking class to my whims this week!  Even in the throes of my worst morning sickness, Chicken Tikka Masala with a side of fresh spinach was one of the only things I could even consider eating. […]

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