Need a little something to make with your kids to keep them busy while you run frantically around the kitchen doing all the grazillion things to get ready for the big feast? These dates are that little-delicious-something. Two-year-old hands can even be kept busy with this one. And what a lovely thing to have on […]
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The Tribeca Yummy Mummy kitchen got a whole lot fuller last yesterday when all the kids from my daughter’s pre-K class came over to help me make sweet potato pie. We used the filling for my sweet potato casserole and, instead of marshmallows on top, we cut out puff pastry shapes and sprinkled crumbled amaretti […]
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Yes, more bacon. What? You didn’t think I was done with it just because I ate up a pound of it all by myself five years ago did you? Mmm, this little side is something I could eat for breakfast or lunch or dinner. The smoky, the sweet, the salty all come together so that […]
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One of my big person friends found it a little shocking that we would practice butchering in our cooking class for four-year-olds. “They’ll never eat meat again, ” she said pleadingly. Well, that very well might be true. When we work with meat and animal products, when we cook with them, we are face to […]
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One of my students called these tasty little bites, “ducklings” instead of dumplings the other day. It is easy to see a connection. They are small, cute, and you want to have them around you. Our vegetarian version, made with sesame and spinach, packs in a lot of flavor and vitamins. In general, I hear […]
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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…