People often ask me how I get my ideas for recipes. Sometimes, I try to recreate a dish I had in a restaurant or that I saw on TV; sometimes I just try something wacky; and sometimes my ideas come from a desire to create a healthier version of a mainstream food. This recipe for Fast Fruity Yogurt is an example of the last type—an attempt to create a healthier version of what one can buy in the store. Many of my friends and family love to eat store-bought yogurt with fruit already mixed into it. I too love to
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teeny tiny foodie has some fun and exciting news! We are now sharing short videos we call “2 Minute Tips with teeny tiny foodie.” These videos will contain quick tips and lessons pertaining to cooking, prepping and storing food. Today we are debuting these videos with: How to Wash Leafy Greens and How to Massage Kale. The links below will take you to our YouTube channel to watch them. If you have any kitchen questions or tips you want us to explain, please leave them in the comment section below or email me at [email protected]. 2 Minute Tips with teeny
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This week’s Monday Meal, Rainbow Pasta, is a dish I love for a bunch of reasons. Besides being colorful and tasty, below are some of the other reasons my teeny tiny sous chef and I like to make and eat this dish. I’ve included some tips, as well. 1. You can customize this dish to use any vegetables you have on hand or that you prefer to eat. You can also enjoy it warm or cold. If you want to enjoy this dish cold, cool down your pasta by spreading it out onto a baking sheet after you’ve drained off
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This fruity milkshake is a delicious, heart-healthy treat your teeny tiny sous chef can help make as a nutritious snack or dessert! You can use any frozen fruit you like but we like to use strawberries, cherries or raspberries for a beautiful pink color in honor of Valentine’s Day. Make a vegan version using unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened soy milk. Related Posts:Rock The Lunchbox!Cooking with Eliana & October Unprocessed 2015How did our garden grow?Bibs are made to get DirtySimple Blueberry PuréeCinnamon Squash Pie: {Kids Cook} Monday Meal
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I love to add purées to dishes as a way to include some healthy goodness from a fruit or vegetable and for an extra bit of yummy flavor. I also love using purées because they can add a punch of all-natural chemical-free color to your food for an extra bit of fun. Since my little lady is a huge fan of pink, she often requests pink pancakes, which I (or my husband) happily cook up for her. Pink Pancakes get their naturally beautiful color from roasted beet purée. This recipe for Pink Pancakes is a slightly adapted version of the
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Here it is! Our first official recipe written just for kids! These “Toddler Recipes” are written for toddlers and kids to follow with minimal support from a grown up. I am not suggesting you send your little ones into the kitchen on their own (Eek!) so a grown up is always included in the list of “Supplies”. My hope is that you will print this free animated recipe using the “Print This Post” button on the top right corner of each post and get cooking with your own little chef(s). Eliana and I have been collecting these Toddler Recipes in a 3-ring binder
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I’m BEYOND EXCITED to introduce you to my little friend: Eliana the Chef. I’ve been hard at work creating something new and exciting for all those teeny tiny sous chefs out there to help them gain a bit more independence in the kitchen. Stay tuned because it’s coming soon! Happy Cooking with your teeny tiny sous chef! Related Posts:Carrot Cake Muffins with Very Vanilla Frosting: {Kids Cook} Monday MealCooking Classes and Menu Planning Now Available!Surviving Airline Travel 2.0Helicopter MommyOur Visit to Gotham Greens and a SURPRISE #GothamGreensGiveaway!We love the Love
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Are you looking for that perfect Super Bowl meal that will let you get your prep out of the way early so you can hang out with your guests? Or, are you hoping to wow your hosts with an easy and delicious potluck contribution? Here’s my suggestion for you: Sweet Potato Chili! While it will be delicious the day you make it, chili usually tastes better the second or third day after cooking it and that makes it a great make-ahead meal. For this recipe you can use orange or white-fleshed sweet potatoes. One difference I’ve noticed between these two types
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With winter in full swing, this Florida native just wants to hide under a blanket and hibernate until spring! But, since that’s not realistic, instead I like to keep warm from the inside out with yummy hot drinks like tea, hot water with lemon and honey or hot chocolate. This week’s Monday Meal, Homemade Hot Chocolate, was a recipe Eliana and I made recently for #WeCookWednesday. Something I love about this recipe is that the amounts of ingredients you use are up to you. You can use our measurements below as a guide and add or remove chocolate to make
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This sandwich is a great make-ahead meal that with a little pre-planning can serve as a quick and easy weeknight meal. Up to four days ahead of time, you can make the yogurt sauce. Up to three days ahead of time you can wash and dry the lettuce and one day ahead of time you can broil the fish. Serve the sandwich with a vegetable crudité (you can use extra yogurt sauce as a dip) or a green salad and, voila, dinner is served. Some storage tips: 1. Store the yogurt sauce in an airtight container and mix it well before
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Happy New Year! For our first Monday Meal of 2015, I’m sharing our newest recipe for muffins that we’re calling Carrot Cake Muffins with Very Vanilla Frosting. This recipe was one of Eliana’s picks since we made it together as part of #WeCookWednesday. It’s been really fun to let her take control and explore cooking the items she’s interested in cooking. Wait! You don’t know about #WeCookWednesday? In short, on Wednesdays, Eliana and I cook any recipe that she wants to cook. Learn more about it here. Anyway, back to this recipe, I love that even though she wanted to
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