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Announcing the winner of my apron decorating contest from Horizon Products USA
I am proud to announce Shivali as the winner of the apron decorating contest. When I was at the Wake County Eva Perry Library, all of the kids in my Super Saturday special were given an apron from Horizon Products, USA. I asked the kids to decorate them for a prize basket donated by Whole Foods in Cary, who also provided the food for the event. Congratulation Shivali, the apron is beautiful…enjoy your basket!
Nina’s Italian Ristorante in Raleigh.
Today I was on my way to learn from the very best Italian Chef in Raleigh, Nina, the owner of Nina’s Ristorante. I was so excited as were Nina and her daughter, Anna Marie. On the way there we got a call to confirm we were on our way…everyone was so excited. When we got there and entered the restaurant, we were met by Anna Marie with a big smile and then we saw Nina on the phone in tears. Her dad, Pappie, who is 94 and lives in Sicily, Italy had been admitted to the hospital and was not doing well. Their lives changed in an instance, but they still wanted to help me. They are an amazing family who came her many years ago and have worked so hard to achieve their dreams and raised money for so many foundations and she was even named “Woman of the Year” for all of her accomplishments. She is on her way to see her dad…please keep her in your prayers and when you visit her amazing restaurant, please take time to look at all of her achievements over the years and her family photos that she is so proud of. http://www.ninasrestaurant.com/index.html
Life can change in an instance … enjoy every minute.
Wow…my friend and her family brought me back NASA oven mitts and space ice cream!
Look at these great oven mitts I got as a gift and space Ice Cream from NASA when my friend and her family went to Florida and visited the Kennedy Space Center. The ice cream tasted like a meringue and melted in your mouth. I can’t wait to cook with them.
Can you name these gadgets?
Thank you to Salem Elementary for having me!
I would like to thank everyone at Salem Elementary for having me to the Town Hall to talk about healthy eating and making your own breakfast, lunch and snacks. I had a great time with you and hope that you enjoy the recipes we made and that you enter my cooking competitions. For breakfast we made yogurt parfaits with Chobani Champions, La Farm Granola, strawberries and blueberries; next was La Farm Croissants with egg, cheese and ham. Lunch was up next with several varieties of La Farm bread with egg salad and we even added some diced pickles for a twist and fruit kabobs with Chobani Champions as a dip. A big hit was the salad made with Organic Girl Kale and a wide variety of vegetables including three types of radishes. Snacks included La Farm bread with cream cheese and cucumbers…mmm. cheribundi cherry ice tea was served to all of the chefs that helped us cook. Don’t they look great in the aprons donated by Horizon Products USA? As always, I am very grateful to Whole Foods in Cary who donated food used in the demonstration Please stop in their store to try all of the delicious food I shared with your children today. They also have cooking classes for kids.
Pancakes are great anytime of day!
La Farm Bakery in Cary…a Master Baker using NC products!
Master Baker Lionel Vatinet and his wife Missy own the best bakery right here in Cary, NC. It is called La Farm Bakery and located at 4248 Cary Parkway…if you have not been there…you have to put it on your must do list. I had the honor of meeting and cooking with Chef Lionel and learning all about their baking process and the wide variety of baked goods and products that they offer not to mention their delicious sandwiches and soups. Chef Lionel studied at the Guild in France and has brought his skills and passion for baking to NC and is proud to be working with local grain growers and using 100% organic whole wheat and locally ground cornmeal from historic Yates Mill in Raleigh and Carolina Ground in Ashville. Lionel enjoys sharing his love for baking with the customers and also has classes. Stop in and grab a bite to eat or take some delicious bread home with you and make sure you say hi to Lionel! His products are also available at Whole Foods and the State Farmer’s Market. Visit their web site at http://www.lafarmbakery.com/custom.aspx?id=13
Thank you to the Eva Perry Library and everyone who came to see me today!
I would like to tell you about my amazing day at the Eva Perry Library today for my Super Special Saturday and my cooking class. What an honor to have kids sign up to come and see me and do some cooking together. Whole Foods was very kind in donating all of the food that we tried that made our plate a rainbow. We started off by trying some new fruits such as kiwi, star fruit and tangerines. Then we tried some hummus and
Tzatzikii for our spread. After that we sampled our vegetables that were delicious! Spinach, red peppers, yellow squash, zucchini grated carrots and purple cabbage. We took a whole wheat tortilla, spread our favorite hummus or Tzatziki and topped it off our rainbow of vegetables. We got to take a few bites and then took a group photo with our aprons that were donated by Horizon Group USA. Please visit their Facebook page about the event. https://www.facebook.com/HGUSA.
The kids could not wait to get back to the table where they got to sample a variety of Chobani yogurt and cheribundi drinks. I encouraged them to start cooking and enter my contests and the Kiwi 2013 New Chef contest. The afternoon was a great success with many kids trying new fruit or vegetable for the first time. We even heard some parents say that they were so glad that they came as they never thought that their kids would try these new foods and like them. Thank you for having me!
Visit my You Tube Site to enter my very first video contest for kids in the USA 12 and under!
I would like to invite kids in the USA who are 12 and under, with their parents or guardians permission who are 21 or older, to enter my very first video cooking contest for kids. This month’s contest is all about your favorite childhood recipe with a Loukoumi’s Celebrity Cookbook signed by the author, Nick Katsoris as the grand prize and second place a custom apron from Horizon USA. Please visit my You Tube site for all of the details. The contest ends on April 13th, 2013. Good luck and have fun cooking!
