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 In yesterday’s post, we covered the kneading of the pasta dough (and how kids will tackle anything without fear!) Today’s final installment is about taking it home… from a tube of pasta dough to a bowl of yummy pasta, ready to eat. By the way, please check out our course offerings tab or on Facebook [...] Keep reading Pasta Week: Kid Cooks Part III- Finale In yesterday’s post, I prepped for my Catalyst Cooks: Kid Cooks Pasta Class. Tomorrow we’ll finish up with Part III. Today, we’re continuing the journey- hands are washed and we’re ready to go! It’s all about Fun. Yes folks- and to this crew, fun is wearing matching bandanas! "Pick your favorite bandana color" Jen [...] Keep reading Pasta Week: Kid Cooks Part II- Pasta Dough Last weekend, I hosted a class of cuties who wanted to learn how to make homemade pasta. I am so looking forward to sharing that fun with you! This post is all about the prep. For those of you who are parents, and have many birthday parties and holidays under your belt- you know that work up [...] Keep reading Pasta Week: Kid Cooks Part I- Prep I’m a big fan of seasonal cooking. Meaning: I love to cook based on what’s in season. I think this really kicked in for me when I first joined a local farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture, see my post here.) I noticed a correlation - the produce I got from my farmer was also the produce [...] Keep reading Tis the Season (for Fruit Salsa) I’m not sure what to call this week’s lunches- certainly “themed” isn’t the word. Maybe “bookended”?? You be the judge! Tuesday will be pork wild rice burgers from Husnik’s meat, paired with a fruit salad. Wednesday will be Swiss Enchiladas with a side salad and light vinaigrette. Thursday will be Applegate Farms Natural chicken patties (and [...] Keep reading Lunches this Week: Random Here at Catalyst Cooks, it’s the beginning of Pasta Week! (although I reserve the right to diverge from the topic… big cooking week ahead!) I have been doing some research to prepare for the food strategy at Parley Lake Winery this summer. I am investigating the possibility of making gluten-free, vegan pasta salads, to make [...] Keep reading The Gluten Free, Vegan Pasta Experiment Woke up to a cloudy day Found Sunlight in the garden anyway We need the rain, so it’s okay [...] Keep reading My New Buds Spring has sprung- here come the babies! New children introduce the opportunity to use your cooking skills in new ways, or to acquire new skills. What fun a new little person can inspire in your kitchen! To my pregnant buddies out there- sorry to ruin your surprise. I am going to share my favorite cooking and [...] Keep reading A Cook’s Baby Gifts Hi everybody! I’ve missed you… Just back from a trip to D.C. to visit dear friends Paul & Rachel and their lovely kids. One of my favorite moments was putting in some practice teaching pasta-making to Grace, Vera and Peter (ages 9, 6 and 2) in preparation for this summer’s Kid Cooks: Pasta Making and [...] Keep reading Cooking is the Drug I like to live a bit dangerously, a bit on the edge. I like surprises and I like getting out of routines. In cooking this means- always try something new! It’s rare that I break out my tried-and-true specialty recipes. Instead, I like making something I’ve never done before. My Lunch Bunch is the (hopefully [...] Keep reading Samosas: It’s all in the Packaging |      |
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