Treat yourself to a perfectly refreshing summer salad! This salad is the perfect way to use up the other half of a large watermelon you didn’t eat. We also seem to have a little bit left over in the fridge after cracking open a melon. I love a savory application of watermelon, and the vinegar,…
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Soy Braised Chicken Tacos
These tacos are the perfect combination of sweet, salty, savory, and tangy. All the flavors mingle so well and will be a flavor symphony in your mouth. The quick pickled veggies are delightful on top. They are pretty sweet and vinegary. Perfect to round out the intense soy flavor of the chicken. Soy Braised Chicken…
Ham & Cheddar Scones
All over the country, we are having snow and cold in unexpected places. These ham and cheddar scones are the perfect antidote to this polar vortex. Not only does morning baking warm up my kitchen, but it draws my grumpy, cold kids out of bed with a smile on because they smell something yummy happening…
Lemon Custard Tarts
Frozen puff pastry is one of the greatest gifts ever given to the home cook. With very little effort, we can include our kids in the making of extremely fancy feeling desserts. I keep some in the freezer almost all the time, especially during the summer when we often have last minute get togethers. When…
Easy Strawberry Shortcakes
This shortcake recipe takes my super easy 2-ingredient biscuit and adds a little sugar and lemon zest to perk them up. We macerate the strawberries to pull out their juice and make the whole mess syrupy. Let that sit and get juicy while you bake up some fluffy, crispy biscuits, and then get ready for…
Fruit Nachos
A yummy, easy treat! I love this recipe with peaches. You can use fresh during the summer peach season, or frozen all year long for a perfectly balanced snack. With peach nachos, you flip the script and the peaches become your “chips”. Fruit Nachos Ingredients 2 cups peaches (fresh or frozen work best) 1 cup…
Raspberry Hand Pies
Hand pies are one of my favorite things to make in class. They are small enough for each kid to get their own to make and personalize. Often we go into the basics of pie embellishment and students will add some cute decor to the top. They are delicious and usually a crowd favorite. We…
Fruit and Yogurt Parfait
This isn’t really as much of a recipe as it is a reminder that fruit and yogurt parfaits are perfection. It’s full of fat if you use full fat yogurt (which I recommend as it’s especially important for kids and teens), calcium, probiotics, fiber from the granola and fruit, vitamin C from the fruit, and…
Orange Stew
Often for class I plan foods and flavors I suspect may be challenging for students. I think it’s important to have a mix of fun, easy-to-like recipes and some that may be unfamiliar. I base it on the type of curriculum I would want for my kids, if I signed them up for a class….
Mini Carrot Cake Muffins
Carrot cake is my favorite cake. There. I said it. My mom makes this incredible carrot cake that she is famous for. Everyone asks for it for their birthday. I won’t tell her secret (yet), but just know it’s the most tender, moist, sweet thing you’ve ever eaten. She often used to come visit me…
Sparkling Orange Sunshine Drink
We don’t keep many drinks in the house for kids. They mostly get water and milk. Occasionally we will have juice or leftover pouch drinks if we’ve had a backyard party recently. Every now and then I like to make a festive drink for them. This one is so fresh and easy, that even my…
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