Category: Winter

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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Mira’s Masala Chai with Ground Almonds

15 December 2009

When my daughter was a young toddler and we were trying to introduce cow’s milk to her, she rebelled against it for weeks. Mira was an avid nurser, and cow’s milk was, well, just not up to snuff as far as she was concerned. One day, as I was walking with her and sipping an […]

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Brazilian Rice and Beans

11 December 2009

Our cooking class needed a vegetarian lunch dish to power up before devouring our chocolate salami. When I consulted my friend Roberta, she suggested rice and beans, a staple of the Brazilian diets. How fortunate! It is also a staple of our diet and a favorite of the Yummies. Is there anyone who doesn’t love […]

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Chocolate Salami

04 December 2009

A special visitor came to our cooking class this week. My Brazilian friend Roberta’s mama was in town and offered to swing by and teach the children to make a Christmas treat. Sonia has a catering business of her own back in Sao Paulo, teaches within a program that helps low income teenagers become skilled […]

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Chicken Tagine in a Clay Baker

01 December 2009

Happy December, Yummies! Don’t you just crave stews and soups in this weather? Dank days, chilly nights, biting wind, they all seem to call out for something warm and comforting. Something nutritious but super flavorful. In cooking class a couple of weeks ago, we made a tagine so delicious that, excluding one, the entire class […]

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