Category: Food and Recipes

Challenge #1: Pumpkin Waffles

On Thursday, we made our first recipe as part of our Food Jules Cookbook Challenge. It is a NEW recipe and it is easy and delicious, just in time for the Fall season: Pumpkin Waffles.

Pumpkin Waffles

The pureed pumpkin in these waffles makes them moist, sweet and super yummy, even without butter or maple syrup! The Cerrato family (including my two nieces) give this recipe a thumbs up. Make it with your kids for breakfast or as a dinner alternative.

Pumpkin Waffles

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup organic sugar
  • 1 tblsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 organic eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups organic milk
  • 4 tblsp unsalted organic butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup pureed pumpkin (canned or fresh)
  1. Preheat waffle iron. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
  2. In separate bowl, whisk eggs, milk, butter and pumpkin. Pour wet ingredients with the flour mixture, just until combined.
  3. Slightly butter waffle iron and pour batter in center of each section.
  4. Cook waffles for 3-5 minutes or until light brown. Enjoy with or without butter and pure maple syrup.

Grade: A

Join us in our Cookbook Challenge and send us your grade!

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Food Jules Cookbook Challenge

Aside from all the various cookbooks I have on the shelf, I also have a HUGE three ring black binder that I put together many years ago with my favorite recipes. Well, I think it’s time to clean it up and share the best recipes with you. There have been many meals that I’ve made that aren’t in the cookbook so I need to add those in there too. All in preparation to one day, maybe, write a cookbook. Maybe.

Well, for now, you will enjoy all ups and downs of going through this big black book. I will cook the recipe, grade it, take a photo and share the best recipes with you. Then, I’d love it if you tried to cook it and sent me your comments and your grade to see if you agree. Take the challenge with me!

This will also be a great opportunity to gather some great recipes for the kids cooking classes, as I will be teaching many of them this Fall season. So, stay tuned as we begin this Food Jules Cookbook Challenge!

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Farmer’s Market “Vacation”

Since it’s raining so much today, Food Jules will NOT be at the Farmers Market. I believe the market is still going on but I will not be there

Also, next Friday is my cousin’s wedding so I will NOT be at the Farmers Market on Sept 30th either. If you need Jams, Granola or any baked goodies for the weekend, you can email me and we can figure something out. I have some freshly baked BANANA BLUEBERRY BREAD and DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS today.

Food Jules will return to the market with yummy goodies on Friday, October 2nd.

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Here is to our Food Jules cooking experts!

The FOOD JULES cooking classes continue this Fall at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library here in Monroe, after such a successful summer.

Yesterday, was our first class for the Fall semester and it was great. The kids (students) are just amazing. It is truly an honor to teach these kids. We have so much fun in these classes, working together in teams, cooking up different recipes. The kids have been learning all about nutrition, local farming, measurements, the environment and of course, how to cook. The kids were so excited to see we were using locally produced, ORGANIC MAPLE SYRUP from Connecticut. It is great for them to learn to support our local farmers and businesses. It is an honor to teach them about the benefits of creating your own garden, cooking fresh vegetables and fruits and eating healthy snacks and foods that are not only good for you, but that taste great!

Yesterday, we had BRUNCH and made homemade granola, ate it as a parfait with Organic Yogurt and Berries, we cooked two different kind of quiches – Quiche Lorraine and Broccoli and Cheddar Quiche and we made Organic Banana, Chocolate Chip Pancakes. I also brought some of our homemade Banana Nut Bread. They had quite a lunch!

Quiche Lorraine

Broccoli and Cheddar Quiche

The kids get a lot of enjoyment and feel proud to get a recipe, collect the items from our pantry table, measure them on their own, crack their own eggs, cook their own food and eating it all, together as a family. The kids even wash and dry dishes when they are done preparing their meal and help set the table to sit down and enjoy all of the food they made. It’s great team work! I am so very proud of all of them and their parents should be as well! I truly believe it is teaching them to look at food in a whole new light!

Our next class will be held on Saturday, October 8th. Sign up online at www.ewml.org. We’re all looking forward to another successful class!

Go FOOD JULES team!

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Warm, Sweet, Delicious Baked Goodies…

All of our baked goodies today smell DELICIOUS!!! Stop over at the Monroe Farmers Market today for some warm, sweet, yummy, organic APPLE PIE MUFFINS and BLUEBERRY LEMON MUFFINS as well as our sweet, BANANA PECAN BREAD and today’s feature…. MAPLE OATMEAL SCONES! All of these baked goodies will just melt in your mouth this afternoon.

We also have our organic CHICKEN EMPANADAS and SPINACH AND CHEESE EMPANADAS. Come early if you want to grab some of these divine empanadas for dinner tonight!

Hope to see you there!

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Today’s Menu

We will have our famous ORGANIC CHICKEN EMPANDADAS today as well as a NEW ITEM for those looking for a non-meat option… SPINACH AND CHEESE EMPANADAS. They are soooo cheesy and so very yummy! All our empanadas are whole-grain, made with 1/2 organic whole wheat flour and 1/2 organic all-purpose unbleached flour. So you can feel good about eating all of them!

Our sweet treats today are BANANA BLUEBERRY bread, APPLE PIE CRUMB muffins, CORN muffins and DOUBLE CHOCOLATE muffins. All whole-grain and organic.

We will also have our ORGANIC Hot Fudge, Apple Pie Jam, Blueberry Jam, Strawberry-Blackberry Jam, Blueberry Peach Jam and my favorite, Triple Berry Jam.

Stop over at the MONROE FARMERS MARKET today, from 3-6pm on the Monroe Town Green.

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