Garlic Ramp Pesto with Tortellini
Hi everyone! I am sooo loving this warm weather! I also love going to get fresh vegetables to prepare large dishes for warm weather BBQs. Sometimes having a special ingredient like garlic ramps can help get us inspired to make something deliGcious and easy. Enjoy! Garlic Ramp Pesto: 1 cup garlic scapes 1 cup grated […]
Cilantro Lime Orange Chick Pea Salad
Hi everyone. This has been a tough year it seems. So many natural and not so natural disasters affecting so many families. I am thinking of everyone in Oklahoma and hoping they receive the help they need both practically and emotionally. Once again, this tragedy reminds me of how important it is to spend time […]
Crazy Good Taco Pie and The Ingredient that Makes the Dish…
Hi everyone! Sometimes a single ingredient can make the dish. Take, for example, the Taco Pie I made tonight. The soy chorizo from Trader Joe’s combined with my leftover prepared black beans gave this easy and healthy dish so much flavor and ease. I hope you like it! P.S> A big shout-out to my new […]
Brian’s Mother’s Day Blog 2013
American Jew is to farming as fish is to bicycle. I think I remember that one (or maybe it was screwdriver– whatever) from my SATs 30 years ago. Or perhaps Maimonides said it. Nonetheless, I will be out in the yard today building a raised bed for Alma’s Mother’s Day present, so that we can […]
Kahane’s Chicken and Kale Casserole with a Smoked Tofu Twist :-) That Saved the Weekend
Hi everyone! What a wild week I had; A Saturday performance with my band, the No Rehearsals and the incredible healthy cookie bake off sponsored by Take Back the Kitchen. What fun but how busy! It was very hard to cook which is why I was THRILLED to have a vat of one of the […]
Where’s Your Kid’s Cookie Recipe????
Hi everyone! We need your recipes so enter our cookie bake-off for a great cause today!! The event is on Sunday, May 5th but you can register now. Please email me at alma@takebackthekitchen.com and I will get your kid FAMOUS on channel 34 and share their recipe with the world!!! Please read the poster for […]
Marinated Golden Beet Salad and the Free Swap!
Hi everyone! I just had an extremely busy weekend and was so glad to have these delicious beets to come home to. Preparing food ahead of time may not always seem like a good use of time ….until you are really busy. Then you are psyched. I won’t detain you with info on every activity […]
Homemade Corn Dogs in a Muffin Shape! and Michael Pollan’s Cooked!
Hi everyone! I know what you’re thinking: Corn dogs are terrible for you! Hey, well guess what? Not these! Sure, it’s not the most nutritious dinner but if your kids are jonesing for corn dogs filled with garbage additives, this is a great alternative if paired with a nice helping of vegetables. And who doesn’t […]
Traveling Through Amish Country and the Friends We Made (and recipes we got!)
Hi everyone! As many of you know from my take Back the Kitchen facebook photos, I just returned from a wonderful trip to the Amish Country. We stayed at the Country Log Farm House (see brochure up above in the photo ) with Farmer Jim and his wife Mim and thoroughly recommend you stay there […]
Please Participate In our Kid’s Bake-Off May 5th and Win BIG!
Hi everyone! I just returned from an incredible trip to Amish country and I will be telling you all about it soon. For now, I want to tell you about a healthier kids cookie bake off that Take Back the Kitchen is organizing to help Toni’s Soup Kitchen AND to inspire Healthier baking with kids. […]