Last week I made this recipe in a Manhattan PS where I taught a group of food-passionate 7th graders and despite the dull peelers we had at our disposal, the salad was a big success. They loved it! I would never have imagined that raw vegetables, especially asparagus, could be […]
The trick to making perfect guacamole is using good, ripe avocados. How do you pick the right avocado? The ready-to-eat avocado feels slightly soft under your fingers when you press on its skin. If it’s very firm allow a few more days before eating. photos coco zordan Once you have cut your […]
From my friend Rosario a peruvian recipe with an italian twist. Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) has the highest nutritional profile and cooks the fastest of all grains. Fully gluten-free it’s an extremely high energy grain (actually a seed) that has been grown and consumed for about 8,000 years on the high plains […]