This is a vibrant green sauce that I love serving with tostones. The vinegar and lime juice make it like a brighter version of a chimichurri. Mojo Verde Ingredients 1 limes 2 cloves garlic 1/2 bunch cilantro 1 jalapeno 1/4 teaspoon cumin 1 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 tsp salt…
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Tostones
I absolutely love these crispy little discs. Tostones are a twice fried green plantain. They are crunchy and shatterable on the outside and soft in the middle. They are found most often in Latin American and the Caribbean. I like serving tostones with a mojo verde sauce, which is a vinegary sauce full of cilantro…
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…
Citrus Shrimp Tacos
Growing up on the Gulf Coast made shrimp a familiar protein for me, but I find that is not the case for many of my students that grew up in Colorado. These sweet-glazed shrimp tacos are an easy way to introduce a somewhat unfamiliar food. The orange flavor can help with the strong flavor shrimp…
Skillet Elote
This side dish has the street corn flavors we love so much, but it is 100 x easier for kids to help with and comes together in 15 minutes or less. I love making it to top grain bowls and salad for the week, and it is the perfect thing to bring to a summer…
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