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Improvising from a sourdough recipe from my first cookbook, The Quick and Easy Organic Gourmet (1996) I have been making delicious, moist, and chewy sourdough breads with leftover cooked rice. No [...]

Hope you are feeling joyful, healthy and safe. Please join me, The Organic Gourmet chef/teacher and cookbook author on Thursday, May 28, from 4-5PM EST on Zoom for “Ask the Chef: How to Eat [...]

You all know how much I love cacao.  Years ago, the morning after a late night flight, I made this delicious, energizing cacao maca smoothie for breakfast. Quick and easy to prepare. All [...]

  Hi Everyone, I hope you are staying healthy and safe. I had another fun and full class last Sunday on Zoom.  Don’t miss my next class on Wednesday, May 13 from 4-5PM EST on [...]

Quick, and colorful, this vegetable stir fry is rich and flavorful. Especially wonderful this time of year with the local, organic bok choy in season. You can use any of these organic, healthy [...]

  Hi Everyone, I hope you are all staying well and healthy. I want to encourage your creative side to follow your instincts and go wild in your kitchen adding, changing or substituting [...]

This is a delicious elegant dish. At its heart are sautéed broccoli and onions with Mediterranean herbs. Baked slowly with eggs and feta for a perfect main course. Delightful served hot for [...]

As vegetarianism continues to gain momentum, organic foods are making their way to the forefront of a health-conscious nation. Author and expert chef Leslie Cerier is crazy about the great taste [...]

Organic Hemp Seeds are powerhouses of nutrition. Full of beneficial nutrients like zinc, protein and Omega 3 & 6 that can help give our immune system a boost. This creamy dressing is an [...]

Today, I taught my first private 1 hour cooking class on FaceTime. From my kitchen, I could see my client, Mara in her kitchen and instruct her how to prepare her first Coconut Curry Lentil [...]

FACETIME AND ZOOM SESSIONS AVAILABLE In this customized real time private hands-on organic farm to table cooking class, I present whole foods that are healthy, fun to prepare, delicious and [...]

Nettles is a wild green that taste like fresh peas. A great wake-up to our senses after a long winter. Nettles grows wild from spring to fall in my New England yard. You can also get dried [...]

Team Building Hands on Cooking Classes/Come for Lunch or Dinner Looking for a fun, healthy, delicious way to bond with your office team, and get to know your co-workers? My private hands on [...]

MMMMM Sweet Potato Pie! You can be creative making pies. Make different pie crusts and mix and match the filling. I like to bake sweet potato pie with a pecan cookie crust. And you can use sweet [...]

Is it possible to spend hours in the sun protected without using sunscreen. Leslie Cerier, The Organic Gourmet offers cooking and eating tips for thriving in the sun. It has been about 10 years [...]