Category: Winter

Cooking Class: Sweet Potato Casserole with Caramelized Pecans and Crunchy Marshmallows

13 November 2008

The Tribeca Yummies are going to have a whole repertoire of holiday classics under their belt before the end of this semester of cooking class.  What Thanksgiving menu could be complete without a dish of sweet potato casserole?   To tell the truth, personally, I’m not a huge fan of the goopy marshmallows that usually […]

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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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Cooking Class: White Bean and Lebanese Cous Cous Stuffed Acorn Squash

07 November 2008

This week the children were ready to get down to business as soon as they arrived at class.  We began by talking acorns.   As a child when I would play “restaurant” with my cousin, acorns went into many of our dishes-whole, cracked with just the little orange balls (“pumpkins” as we called them), or […]

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Election Day “O” Energy Bars

03 November 2008

Hopefully, we’ll change the name of these to “8-Year-Bars” by this time tomorrow.    Crossing my fingers with one hand and eating one of these with the other. Let’s talk about substituting for a moment before the recipe.  If you are allergic to nuts, you’ll absolutely make your own granola or you’ll buy a nut-free […]

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Chicken Veggie Soup in a Beer Broth with Quick Pita Crackers

03 November 2008

Well hello, November!  Our Monday here in the City is gray and calling out for soup and something for dipping and soaking up the broth.  Throughout Fall, Winter, and early Spring, our chicken soup graces the table weekly.  The vegetable ingredients change depending on what is available, but one thing remains the same: our beer […]

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