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Summer Collard Wraps
For our “Kitchen Pharmacy” weekend at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, we received The Balanced Plate by Renée Loux. This was a pleasant surprise as it is not a book I already owned, nor was I familiar with the author. The book focused on whole foods, macrobiotic living, and healthy living tips. I chose to […]
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Blueberry Polenta Cake
When I took the first few bites of this dessert at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, I wasn’t impressed. I’m used to much sweeter desserts and typically don’t consider something a dessert if it doesn’t have chocolate infused somewhere. The more I ate though, the more I started to enjoy this different take on polenta. […]
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Zucchini Rice Cakes
One of my favorite recipes we made recently at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School were these fabulous zucchini rice cakes! Using a base of cooked brown rice and delicious seasonings and fresh parsley, these cakes were cooked on a cast iron skillet and came out to perfection with a crunchy outer coating. We topped them […]
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Kinpira Style Vegetables
My last weekend of homework for the Natural Kitchen Cooking School is quite bittersweet. This weekend of recipes was titled “Kitchen Pharmacies” and focused around home remedies and other great-for-you foods. An interesting dish that I never made or tried before attending this culinary program was kinpira style vegetables, which is a Japanese style of […]
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Spiced Blueberry Cobbler
I’ve had Ani’s Raw Food Desserts cookbook by Ani Phyo for awhile now and have made a handful of recipes from it. It was a pleasant surprise to see this book in our goodie bag for our April classes at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School. Armed with the task of picking one recipe from the […]