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Category Archives: Recipes
Easy mid week dinners – cooking with kids – salmon in your slow cooker
We love salmon and sometimes can get our grand-kids to eat it. Although their favorite is Teriyaki salmon ( basic grilled salmon under the broiler with a little lemon juice and Teriyaki sauce mixed together, and drizzled on top) – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fish, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker
Tagged Feta, fresh dill, lemon juice, salad, salmon, slow cooker
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Slow Cooker Heaven – try this one! It is fast and easy – especially when cooking with kids
This is a good dish to serve with chicken or even as a dessert! I like it less spicy as an accompaniment and more spicy as dessert. Cabbage Pear Apple Slow Cooker Casserole Ingredients: 2 lbs red cabbage, shredded finely 4 large onions, peeled … Continue reading
Scallops – my new favorite food! Low calorie, high protein and easy to cook – also when cooking with kids!
Large scallops are delicious – whether in a salad or as a main course. Pair them with pine nuts, couscous and grapefruit or orange slices with a light lemony olive oil dressing and you have a dish fit for queens! ( … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad
Tagged chopped parsley, couscous, grapefruit slices, grapes, meyer lemon, mixed greens, olive oil, orange slices, pepper, pine nuts, salt, scallops
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Sea Bass and Meyer Lemon and Cilantro – Cooking with kids!
In our area, Santa Monica Seafood is one of the best purveyors of sea food in Los Angeles. Fortunately AMAZON FRESH delivers products from there, directly to my home. I use AMAZON FRESH two to three times a week. It … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged bake, Brown rice, cilantro, cooking with kids, Fish, Grandma, healthy, light meal, meyer lemon, olive oil, omega oils, quick and easy cooking, saute, Sea Bass, sea salt
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Bircher Muesli – with amendments!
My niece in Switzerland gave me the recipe that follows for Muesli. It is divine. I have made one change on occasion – which my trainer Michael Cavalieri is not in favor of – but it is a special treat … Continue reading
A really healthy no calorie drink that costs very little to make – try it!
Our three year old grandsons are getting cuter every day. And they love to go to the farmers market ( as well as to come to the Little Farm) . Last week they enjoyed face painting. This last weekend they … Continue reading
Portabello mushrooms and onions – a great easy side dish
This is an easy side dish to whip up and it goes well with just about everything – especially with fish. Ingredients: 3 large portabello mushrooms sliced thick 1 large onion 4 tbsp of Olive oil 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Vegetables
Tagged cooking with kids, onions, parmesan, Portabello mushrooms, saute, side dish, vegetables
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Cabbage Salad – with raisins – a healthy delicious side
We grow red and green cabbage ( as well as cauliflower, brussels sprouts and broccoli – all part of the same family). This salad is truly delicious. Try it! Ingredients: 1 head of white cabbage chopped 1 head of red … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged Cabbage, cooking with kids, family, feta cheese, Golden Raisins, Kale, olive oil, raspberry vinegar, Red Cabbage, red onion, sweet white onion
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A great easy salad using Brussels sprouts
In my youth I did not enjoy Brussels sprouts. At the Little Farm we grow them but they take up a lot of space and do not seem to do well. Nevertheless we have great ones in the supermarket nearby so … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Family, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Bacon, brussels sprouts, cranberries, feta cheese, hazelnuts, maple syrup, salad
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Baked Chevre and pastry – from our goats’ milk
During the summer months our goats are milking – they are pregnant right now and will give birth after a 5 month gestation period in about May – then after about 12 weeks when we wean the babies ( kids) … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Starters
Tagged bake, cheese, Chevre, chives, cooking with kids, family, goat cheese, pastry, recipes
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Passion fruit pudding – extra yum!
Another passion fruit recipe – pudding this time! Try it – its easy! Passion Fruit Pudding Ingredients: 1 box (3 ounces) vanilla instant pudding 2 cup of milk ( we use 2%) 1 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged buttermilk, passion fruit, pound cake, self rising flour, tips
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Passion fruit Pound Cake – YUM!
We grow a lot of passion fruit and we love to cook with it. Dishes as simple as regular fresh fruit salad with lots of papaya and pineapple, mango and passion fruit and then desserts – oh my goodness. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fruit, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged buttermilk, passion fruit, pound cake, self rising flour, tips
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Divine Strata – dessert or a fancy brunch dish – the kids LOVE it – you will too!
Most strata are made with cheese and spinach – and are delicious. I tried this one as a dessert or brunch strata and it worked so well that I wanted to share it with you. The only downside is that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Fruit, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged breakfast, brunch, cooking with kids, dessert, family, Little farm, Strata, strawberries
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Slow cooker heaven – and cooking with kids!
This time of year is great for the Slow Cooker. Mine is used at least twice a week if not more as I have been making desserts in it too – some of which were on earlier blogs. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged chicken thighs, cooking with kids, Easy recipes, Peanuts, slow cooker, thai
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When berries are a bit squashed – make a smoothie!
I often find that even the best berries eventually ( some sooner rather than later) look squashed and so really cannot be served elegantly. Here is a great way to make use of them – and preserve the good taste … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fruit, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged blackberries, brown sugar, orange juice, raspberries, smoothie, tangerine juice, tips
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Face painting for little ones! Such fun!
Hanging out with the grandkids is the best thing that I do in my life. The twins Noah and Gabriel decided that face painting was what they wanted. So at a recent farmers market – they became ‘skeleton’ and ‘monster’. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Little farm products, Raising Children, Recipes
Tagged citroen, Face painting for kids, Grandma, Little farm, urban farming
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Birthday Cakes from MINECRAFT for our grandson Jonah – a labor of love!
I love making birthday cakes for my grandsons – its a lot of work but so worth it to see their faces. YUM! Mine-craft is all the rage with little boys mainly – a game where they build imaginary worlds … Continue reading
Tangerine Marmalade – it’s that time of year again with abundant citrus at The Little Farm
Here is the recipe for Tangerine Marmalade – it takes a couple of days to be really good – if you have the patience!! I do – as the result is truly spectacular! Tangerine Marmalade Ingredients: 18-20 Tangerines 6 cups … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Little farm products, Recipes
Tagged fruit, jams, maple syrup, Tangerine marmalade
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Great easy recipe – for cooking with kids! Chicken and Pretzels!
Its always fun to find a way to make boring chicken a little less boring. Here is a great and easy recipe that the kids absolutely loved! Try it and let me know how your family enjoys it? Pretzel Chicken … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, family, pretzels, recipes
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Slow cooker heaven – the most delicious lemon dessert – you will LOVE this! Also good when cooking with kids!
I have never tried making desserts in the slow cooker – and this last week it was so cold that it sounded like a good idea. Here is the first experiment – which turned out so well that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged butter, cake, cooking with kids, crockpot, desserts, easy, eggs, fast, flour, lemon juice, lemon pudding, meyer lemons, Milk, salt, slow cooker
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