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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Wash your Pumpkin. Make sure you buy organic if you have access to a farm or farm stand that grows organic. Sugar pumpkins like the one pictured and cheese pumpkins are perfect for roasting. Cut your pumpkin into wedges. For a smaller pumpkin, 8 edges is about the right amount for roasting. Scoop out the […]
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Happy New Year, Yummies! When we left New York City a couple of weeks ago to go visit my family in California, I planned on just taking a few days’ break from blogging. It seems that I was more exhausted than I even knew. The beginning of this pregnancy, with its extreme nausea, had taken […]
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Spooky Yummies, have a wonderful night tonight, trick-or-treating around your neighborhood! And please don’t throw that Jack-o-lantern away tomorrow… roast that bad boy at 400 F in an oven till the flesh is soft. Scoop the flesh away from the skin, and puree it till smooth. So that your pumpkin may have a life and […]
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Every year when the pumpkins are lined up at the greenmarket, ready to take home and carve or roast, we get excited by all the recipe possibilities. Pumpkin, for all its popularity on Halloween and in Thanksgiving pies, has a season that extends well beyond November. For these sandwich cookies, we wanted to have simple […]
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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…