Toddlers Make Semolina Pasta? — from Scratch
If you didn’t yet catch it, catch it now while it’s hot– my recent 2/3 year old cooking class was featured by the (new) website HooplaHa. Check out the crazy that happens in my classes. See where some...
View ArticleHey Mother’s Day- The Jerk Store Called
First, let’s talk Mom’s Day. It’s sweet as strawberries, fluffy as a pancake, and most importantly, not a jerk. Do you have your plans mapped out for the day? Flowers, phone call, dinner, a cheesy...
View ArticleCarrot Zucchini Patties
It takes all kinds in a kids cooking class. Or perhaps this year’s group of students in my after-school crew were a special one. There was the Know-It-All. The student who knew before we were cooking...
View ArticleGrowing Kid-Friendly Herbs and Using Your Bounty
Growing up I loved helping my mother in the garden. Not only is gardening an excuse to get dirty, which many children love, it is also an opportunity to tend to something, watch it grow and in the...
View ArticleGnudi Class Special
“Bleh! I don’t like spinach!” She says at the beginning of class. From parental demand and specially scrawled complete with sauce stains from Chef Molly of Vesta Trattoria comes our Spinach-Ricotta...
View ArticleChef Michelle’s Tortilla Soup
We kicked up our chef-led classes a notch at Pachanga Patterson this past month with a great skill class in knives. Students were beyond excited to learn how to cut and begged for more, more, more to...
View ArticleChef Molly’s Socca with Carrot Ribbon Salad
We love Socca (Farinata or Chickpea Pancakes) here at Allergic to Salad. They are light, high in protein, and are a perfect vehicle for pretty much any taste we’re craving — You can go sweet, say with...
View ArticleZucchini-Cucumber Carpaccio
My after-school students tend to be my guinea pigs. I see approximately 75 kids over the course of a week, kindergarten through middle school. Being kids, they’re pretty honest with their opinions....
View ArticleThai-Style Coconut Vegetable Soup
If you have ever taken a class series with me (like my ongoing after school classes) you know I love soup. Soup might just be the perfect food. I can make a stock from my kitchen scraps (whether meat...
View ArticleZucchini Lasagna
“We’re going to make pasta today.” “Yesssss!” The cheers rise from my students, “I luuuuuuuuuv pasta.” “But not really pasta.” “Huh,” a little less enthusiastically. “Well, it’s pasta, but it’s made...
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