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…

Lemon Creme Patissiere

If this sounds too technical for you to attempt with your kids, don’t be fooled! We made this in a class designed for 8-11 year olds, and I would bet most kids within that range can easily make this with light adult supervision. If you aren’t familiar with creme patissiere, it is basically fancy French…

Build Your Own Nicoise Salad

Nicoise Salad is one of the first composed salads I learned how to make. I had never even tasted tuna steak before, and it blew my mind. The only exposure I had had thus far with tuna was my mom’s tuna salad chock full of diced apple and boiled egg. I didn’t realize it could…