Category: Soy-free

Treat Week Day 1: Chocolate Bark with Dried Goji Berries and Crushed Pistachios

08 December 2008

With Christmas only a couple of weeks away and Hannukah only three weeks away, we thought that you might enjoy a week of easy treats that you can make with your children.  First up is this glam chocolate bark bedecked with Goji berries and Pistachios.  We, fortunately, live right down the street from nut Shangri-la, […]

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Risotto Part 2: Risotto Cakes for Cooking Class

04 December 2008

What could possibly be better than risotto?  Fresh, local mozzarella surrounded by risotto and baked until golden on the outside and gooey in the middle.   At our very last Yummy cooking class of 2008, we made these risotto cakes.  The children got to scoop up the risotto, smash it into a pancake, pop the […]

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Risotto Part 1: Horton’s Corn Risotto with Sage

02 December 2008

My post-Thanksgiving adrenaline letdown resulted in a subsequent day-after laziness.  Not only that, but I had no real drive to cook anything at all for a while nor to eat any of the loads of leftovers that had been filed away in the freezer and back of the fridge.  Leftovers in general?  Enhh.   However, there […]

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Peace and Love Latke

29 November 2008

Now that you’ve eaten your huge feast and most of your leftovers, are you ready for a little something to make with your Yummy? Here’s a recipe for weekend brunching that is healthful, fun, and colorful. Try substitutes here as you like: carrots, zucchini, regular potatoes, parsnips, apples, pears, different spices, and any other things […]

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Green Beans al Dente in a Luscious Warm Rosemary Vinaigrette

24 November 2008

What with all the delicious mushy orange things going into our feast  for Thursday, there seemed to be a derth of green,  crunchy things. The traditional dish is, of course, the Green Bean  Casserole, which can be good, but you know what? So  often in those casseroles the green beans are these sad, little limp  creatures that fail to […]

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