• Home
  • Chefs
  • Recipes
  • Networks
  • Chefs Uncut Podcast
  • About
  • Cooking for Baby & Me
  • Contact
Menu

The Chef's Kitchen

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Tips and Techniques from the nation's TOP CHEFS

Your Custom Text Here

The Chef's Kitchen

  • Home
  • Chefs
  • Recipes
  • Networks
  • Chefs Uncut Podcast
  • About
  • Cooking for Baby & Me
  • Contact

Smoothie & Salad

November 30, 2018 Steven Horn

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Pineapple and Banana Smoothie
Ingredients:
¾ cup Pineapple, peeled and chopped
2 Bananas, peeled and chopped
1½ cup Greek Yogurt, vanilla
1 cup Coconut Milk or Almond Milk


Method of Preparation:
Combine all items in a blender until smooth. Add ice if you like, or freeze yogurt in ice cube trays so as not to dilute the flavor.


FAMILY RECIPE: Marinated Pineapple Salad with Puffed Grains and Pickled Chili
Ingredients:

2 Pineapples, cored and cubed
2 cups White Balsamic Vinegar
2 cups Sugar
¼ cup Filtered Water
6 stems Mint
4 Chilis, dried or Red Pepper Flakes
3 Cucumbers, seedless, peeled and sliced
4 fresh Chilis, sliced and seeds removed
½ Red Onion, julienned
2 cups Vegetable Oil
½ cup Dry Wild Rice
½ cup Mint Leaves
½ cup Chives, chopped
Salt to taste
¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Method of Preparation:
To make a pickle liquid; combine the vinegar, sugar, water, mint stems and dried chilis in a pot and bring to a rapid boil, then let it cool to room temperature and strain. In a bowl, pour half of the pickle liquid over pineapples. Pour remaining liquid over fresh chilis and let steep. Add chilis, cucumbers and red onions to salad and mix.

To make puffed rice; heat vegetable oil in a 2 qt pot, when the oil is at 400F, sprinkle the raw wild rice into the oil and let it puff for 20-30 seconds. Strain the rice and place on paper towel to remove the excess oil, season with salt.

Add mint, chives and salt into salad and toss, place in serving bowl and top with extra virgin olive oil and puffed rice.

In Pineapple Tags Pineapple, fruit smoothie, smoothie, pineapple, banana, banana smoothie, pineapple salad, puffed grains, pickled chili, healthy, healthy recipe, healthy meals, simple recipes, fruit recipes, cooking fruit, cooking
Comment

Smoothie & Arctic Char

November 30, 2018 Steven Horn

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Mixed Berry and Banana Smoothie
Ingredients:
4 cups Greek Yogurt, vanilla
2 tbsp Honey
4 cup Mixed Berries, frozen
2 Banana, peeled and sliced

Method of Preparation:
Put all ingredients in a blender and purée until smooth. Add ice if you like, or freeze yogurt in ice cube trays so as not to dilute the flavor.


FAMILY RECIPE: Arctic Char with Haricots Verts, Fingerling Potatoes, Dill Lemon Yogurt
Ingredients:

2 fillets Arctic Char, 6 oz each
3 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tbsp Butter
1 cup Haricot Vert, blanched
1 cup Fingerling Potatoes, blanched and sliced
2 oz Chicken Stock
Salt, Pepper to taste
1 tbsp Parsley, chopped
1 cup Greek Yogurt, plain
2 tbsp Dill, minced
2 tbsp Chives, minced
½ Lemon, zest
½ Lemon, juice of


Method of Preparation:
Heat oil, season both sides of fish and cook skin side down in a hot pan for a few minutes. Place in 350F oven for about 5 minutes. Remove from oven, flip fish, add 1 tbsp butter and baste the skin side of the fish.

In a separate pan, sauté 1 tbsp butter, beans, potatoes, chicken stock, salt, pepper and parsley. In a bowl whisk together yogurt, dill, chives, zest and lemon juice. Plate fish over the beans and potatoes with the yogurt.

In Yogurt Tags Yogurt, mixed berry, banana, banana smoothie, smoothie, fruit smoothie, greek yogurt, freeze, refreshing, summer drinks, summer recipes, family recipe, healthy meals, health, arctic char, haricots verts, fingerling potatoes, dill lemon yogurt
Comment

Smoothie & Granola

November 12, 2018 Steven Horn

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Banana, Chocolate Chip Smoothie
Ingredients:
2 Bananas, peeled and chopped
1 cup Ice
¼ cup Chocolate Chips
3 tbsp Yogurt, plain
½ pt Milk

Method of Preparation:
Put all ingredients in a blender; start with a few pulses to break up the ice, then blend until smooth. Serve in a chilled glass.


FAMILY RECIPE: Maine Wild Blueberry & Banana Granola
Ingredients:
Banana Chips:
1 Banana, peeled and sliced thin  

Method of Preparation:
Put thinly sliced bananas on a baking sheet. Bake at 200F for 30 minutes.

Banana Granola:
Ingredients:
4 cups Bran Flakes, unsweetened
2 cups Wild Maine Blueberries, frozen
2 cups Unsalted Almonds, sliced
2 cups Rolled Oats
½ cup Maple Syrup
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1 Banana Chips, whole and crushed

Method of Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 200F. In a very large bowl, combine all the ingredients. Add crushed banana chips and mix well with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined. Transfer the mixture to baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, stir the granola and open the oven door by about 6” to allow steam to escape and the granola to dry. Continue baking with the door ajar for 1 hour more, stirring every 20 minutes to ensure even baking. The granola is done when it is no longer damp but slightly chewy. Remove the granola from the oven and cool on the baking sheet. Plate and garnish with banana chips.

In Bananas Tags Bananas, chef recipe, chef, recip, recipe, easy cooking, healthy meals, banana, chocolate chip, smoothie, Maine Wild Blueberry, Banana Granola, granola, banana chips, bran flakes, homemade granola, diy, homemade trail mix
Comment

Cookies & Turkey Fuel

November 12, 2018 Steven Horn

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Sweet Potato Cookies
Ingredients:

8 oz Sweet Potato, peeled, cooked and chopped
4 oz Banana, peeled and sliced
1 cup Oats
¼ cup Flour
½ tsp Cinnamon
1 tbsp Sugar
Sugar to garnish

Method of Preparation:
Mash sweet potatoes and bananas, add all ingredients blend by hand without over mixing. Form into balls, flatten slightly, sprinkle with sugar and bake at 350F for 15 minutes.


FAMILY RECIPE: Sweet Potato Turkey Fuel
Ingredients:

1 lb Ground Turkey
2 tsp Olive Oil
Salt, Pepper to taste
1 small Onion, diced
1 bag Kale, cooked and chopped
2 Sweet Potatoes, cooked, peeled and chopped

Method of Preparation:
Cook turkey with olive oil, season with salt and pepper. In a separate pan, heat onions, kale and sweet potatoes cook together for a minute or two. Add to turkey, mix together and cook for 5 minutes. Season and serve as pre or post workout fuel.

In Potatoes Tags Potatoes, cooking for baby and me, sweet potato cookies, Sweet Potatoes, healthy cookies, vegan cookies, cookie alternate, banana, children's recipe, sweeet potato turkey fuel, turkey fuel, family cooking, family meals, family recipe, ground turkey, kale, cooking with kale, superfoods
Comment

Produced by:

 
 

Avenue of the Arts

100 S Broad Street, Suite 2121 Philadelphia, PA 19110

215.735.1122 | info@hype413.net