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Yesterday, as I was making falafel for dinner, I recalled teaching a private hands on cooking class to my dear friend Alisa. Not only did she want to learn how to make falafel from scratch, but [...]

  Alisa wanted to learn how to make falafel without garlic and onions. So, I showed her how to use a variety of spices to make this tasty dish. Then, adding sunflower seeds to the batter [...]

For a very special occasion, their mother turning 70th birthday, 2 daughters called me to make a celebratory meal for 3 people. They loved that I focus on local, seasonal, organic, vegetarian [...]

Organic Chick Pea Pâté Salad Platter is a nourishing vegan, plant based, organic gluten free meal or snack. And most of the organic veggies, herbs and nasturtium flowers are picked fresh from my [...]

Happy June Everyone, I hope you are all enjoying good health, happiness and safety. And if you are looking for those delicious new recipes for pastries, that I created for the Teff Company, here [...]

Asian Cole Slaw is a popular vegan, gluten free, delicious, healthy recipe I like to teach in hands on cooking lessons and as a speaker for to a group on zoom.

  Fresh picked from the garden. Summer’s last tomatoes, salad greens and edible flowers seem extra special as we move into fall. Heartier seasonal meals await us. Grateful for the [...]

Red bell peppers and red cabbage add color to this garden fresh salad, recalling memories of delicious lunches at my Grandma Charlotte’s, who also was quite colorful with a great sense of [...]

Teff’s moist poppy seed like texture and naturally sweet flavor stands in for croutons in this delicious summer salad. The quick and easy salad with mint, parsley, tomatoes and cucumber cools you [...]

Fresh picked, from my organic garden, arugula, chives, red Russian kale and lettuce garnished with raw sunflower seeds makes a great first course salad. You can make a composed salad with many [...]

You can make your own organic Marinated Dried Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs: marjoram, basil, thyme and garlic. YUM! Eat them from the jar or put them on salad, pasta, pizza; thicken tomato sauces [...]

Join Leslie Cerier, The Organic Gourmet chef/teacher and cookbook author on May 3 from 11AM-12:00PM EST on Zoom. Leslie will demonstrate how to make a delicious, quick and easy  Asian Slaw [...]

By ANDY CASTILLO Staff Writer Published: 4/29/2020 7:00:19 AM   With quarantine orders keeping everyone indoors, everything from putting gas in the tank to shopping for groceries has become [...]

  Hope you are staying healthy and optimistic. I had so much fun teaching last week’s class on Zoom. Full to capacity. 🙂 Don’t miss my next class on Zoom this Sunday, May 3rd; 11AM-12:30PM [...]

Please join me this Sunday, May 3rd from 11AM-12:30PM EST for a Cooking Demo with Foods that Enhance Your Immune System on Zoom.   Thanks to all that joined me on April 26th for my Zoom [...]