This may be a bold statement here, but tortillas are just one of the most fun things to make with kids. They get to smear shortening around in the bowl with their hands, squish the dough, and use a rolling pin (always a hit!). Maybe it’s growing up going to Tex-Mex restaurants where the best…
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Fresh Tomato Pizza Sauce
This sauce is perfect for late summer when tomatoes are cheap and flavorful. You squeeze out the water to create a sauce that is more concentrated tomato-ness. Grown Ups Corner: One reason I like using fresh tomatoes instead of canned is to create a positive tomato experience for students that may have not had one…
Muffin Tin Popovers
I am not a big single use kitchen tool owner. I’d rather things take 30 seconds longer than have to store an extra bulky item. Don’t even get me started on avocado knives. I am here to tell you you don’t need a popover pan to make delicious popovers. Do they come out a little…
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Use this to top our Vanilla Cupcakes. This is a great, easy to accomplish, recipe for chefs starting out in baking. Make sure it is thin enough to be easy for them to pipe (if you are going that route). If you need to thin it a bit, just dump it all back into the…
Whipped Cream
This is your calling to make your own whipped cream. It is beyond easy. It tastes so good, and it makes a ton! It is such an impressive flex to any event or dinner when you bring a nice, cold bowl of freshly whipped cream. There is something so vintage about it. Like making your…
Wonderful Waffles
A hazard of the job of a recipe developer and culinary class instructor is that I am always trying new recipes. I am on the hunt for ways to simplify recipes for students and also ways to broaden their horizons. I want to find food that is yummy and also some recipes that may challenge…
Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce
If you’re like me, about March you’re ready for some summer produce! Here is the perfect tomato sauce for the height of tomato season (late summer) when tomatoes are cheap, flavorful, and plentiful. Make sure a grown up does the grating of the tomato, unless you have a rotary grater or food mill like we…
Sheet Pan Peach Cobbler
I developed this recipe out of a need for a quicker, out of season peach cobbler for our Outstanding Orange course. We only have an hour and a half from start to finish, which can be tricky when baking with 10 student chefs. Often cobblers will have you bake it for 45 minutes to an…
Mini Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine is loved by my father. I never understood it until I made my own version. The creamy custard was wholly different from the tasteless, eggy things I had experienced thawed from the freezer at various gatherings over the years. Quiche had always been “fine”, but nothing to rave about. Then I made my…
Brilliant Blue Pasta with Cream Sauce
Every time I test this pasta, I go to take a taste, and end up eating the entire bowl right there over the counter. It is shockingly good. There is something about super fresh, hand made pasta dough covered in incredibly rich cream sauce that is irresistible to me. If you have a pasta attachment…
Brilliant Blueberry Smoothie
This gorgeous smoothie is a staple in my house! The color is a win for the kids, and the fiber is a win for me! I love that they can get such a burst of antioxidants from the load of blueberries that gets chucked in there, and the seeds give some great fats and fiber….
Gremolata
Gremolata is an Italian condiment. It is sometimes called a green sauce, but is really more solid than that. If you have ever sprinkled parsley on the a dish at the end for a pop of color and flavor, gremolata is kind of like that, except with way more flavor. In my house we use…
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