Category: vanilla

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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For Mother’s Day: Strawberry-Blueberry Shortcake with Vanilla Whipped Cream

08 May 2012

It can be frustrating waiting for the berries to show up at the Greenmarket.  When they do, we pretty much swoon and buy cases to enjoy. For Mother’s Day, the mini-chefs needed something that they could throw together and with which to impress their mamas.  Since we couldn’t wait to use fresh berries, we settled […]

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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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Black and White Butter Cookies

04 March 2009

What do you do when it’s a snow day, too cold and windy to actually play outside for very long, and you only have basic ingredients on hand to bake something-as per request-“chocolate and guh-nilla”?  Time to crack out the cookbooks that have been languishing on our shelves. After bundling both kids up, which of […]

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Real Carrot Cake with Maple Vanilla-Cream Cheese Frosting

11 November 2008

Birthdays complete with special cakes get celebrated nearly every day in our home.  My daughter naturally mothers all of her toys from her “kids” (assorted baby dolls) to her animals (this category ranges from a very large stuffed dinosaur to a Lego with a shoestring tied to it that she says is her dog on […]

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