Category: Food and Recipes

Chaos!

Well, even though Hurricane Irene was pretty small compared to what the weather men were anticipating, it still left plenty of damage. We are still out of power as are many others. Luckily for us, our parents live nearby and we are able to sleep and eat there. It’s still a bit hectic running around from house to house and getting ready for the market tomorrow, but it’s nothing compared to everything else that has happened this year.

We have been visiting Julian a lot this week, thinking and dreaming about him every night and bringing him fresh flowers. I just love flowers and it feels good to go there and clean up his stone and put beautiful flowers there. Many have fake flowers and that probably makes the most sense, but I just can’t bring myself to put fake flowers there. I don’t know why but I feel he deserves real ones. Today, I was very upset when we got there and the beautiful red roses that we brought to him just yesterday, were gone. The deer must have eaten them for dinner last night. I was very upset with those deer!

Lucas continues to talk about Julian often. The other day, we were talking with a woman walking her little dog and she mentioned her other dog passed away. Our little Lucas said, “Oh, that’s like our baby. He passed away too.” It made me so sad to hear him say that. I know it’s real but I wish so much that it wasn’t and I wish so much that it didn’t happen to my children. I wish I could prevent this kind of sadness in their life.

Well, on another note, before I start crying again, just wanted to let you know I will  be at the Monroe Farmers Market tomorrow, Sept 2nd. We will feature our famous all organic, whole grain, CHICKEN EMPANADAS, RISOTTO BALLS, BANANA NUT BREAD, MORNING GLORY MUFFINS, DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS and BLUEBERRY LEMON MUFFINS and as well as ORGANIC JAMS, HOT FUDGE AND GRANOLA!

Stop at the market for your goodies.

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Stock up for “Hurricane Irene”

Well, it sounds like Connecticut will be hit with a big storm this weekend. We all hope it turns out to just be some rain, but if it isn’t, at least you’ll be prepared with tons of goodies.

Visit us today at the Monroe Farmers Market from 3-6pm to stock up on our all  organic, whole grain, delicious food. Food Jules will feature CHICKEN EMPANADAS and BEEF EMPANADAS for our appetizers and BANANA BLUEBERRY BREAD, DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS and BLUEBERRY CRUMB MUFFINS for our baked goodies.

Homemade, Organic Empanadas
Double Chocolate and Blueberry Crumb

Pick up some of our deliciously sweet ORGANIC JAMS to eat with crackers, toast or with your peanut butter sandwiches OR our intense chocolate HOT FUDGE SAUCE to eat over your ice cream, before it all melts.

We also have GRANOLA as another pantry item that you can snack on during the storm. So, stock up today!

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Our Vacation

We just returned from vacation. We visited family, did some sightseeing and enjoyed each other and the beautiful weather and scenery in Portugal.

It was nice to get away from it all, see my aunts and uncles and cousins as well as visit with my only living grandmother. Even though my grandmother didn’t recognize me, because of her alzheimer’s, I have to say it was such a pleasure and so magical to look into her eyes again. There was something sincere and special in the way I was able to look into her beautiful, sweet eyes. While I visited with her, I couldn’t help but think about how she would one day see my Julian, sooner then me, perhaps and how I wanted to travel with her there, in spirit.

It was a lovely trip. The weather in Portugal is absolutely wonderful! It was nice to spend some quality time with my parents too, who traveled with us. The kids enjoyed having them around and missed them terribly when we left them to return home. My aunt and uncle, who are so very close to me, were so excited to see the kids.

Personally, I would have preferred a little more quiet time, but the kids and Michael enjoyed doing all the sightseeing and visiting with everyone. I have to admit that it was nice to get away from everyone and everything here for a little while. I enjoyed being “taken care of” by my aunt and not having to cook, clean etc. It was a nice break from my daily responsibilities. Although, I have to admit that I did miss baking muffins and made pancakes the first morning we returned home.

Needless to say, that I will be back at the Monroe Farmers Market on Friday and will be featuring the popular Chicken Empanadas, Spicy Beef Empanadas, Banana Blueberry Bread, Morning Glory Muffins and Blueberry Crumb Muffins. See you soon.

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Pasteis de Nata

To all of the kids (and their parents) who are trying to make the Pasteis de Nata from our class on Monday, I forgot to list the amount of heavy cream on the recipe. My apologies. You will need 1 cup of organic heavy cream. Also, the amount of sugar should be 1/2 cup of sugar.

I was very sick on Sunday evening when I was doing these recipe cards so I apologize for the typing errors.

Here is the official recipe.

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A trip to Portugal and Italy

Today was our last cooking class at the library as part of the Summer Reading Program. We learned all about my favorite two countries, Portugal and Italy.

The kids cooked some amazing and delicious food! We made Lasagna Rollatini, Garlic Bread and Pasteis de Nata. The lasagna rolls were perfect, filled with lots of cheese and organic spinach, topped with sauce and more cheese! You could see the pieces of garlic in the garlic butter on the fresh Ciabatta Bread. DELISH! Then, for dessert we had the famous Pasteis de Nata (custard cups) with a sprinkle of cinnamon. The kids thoroughly enjoyed this entire meal and I was so happy to teach them how to cook it and put it all together. Now that they all have their recipe cards, let’s see if they will cook it for their parents.

I have to apologize that I don’t post any pictures of the food. We are so busy cooking and eating, that I always seem to forget to take photos. Maybe next time I will remember. The food is so good to look at!

I have some good news…. the library has signed me up for five more classes this year so sign up today for the next Kids Cooking Class with Food Jules on the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library website. We have lots of surprises in store for you.

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Stock Up.

We have a NEW item today at the market, an Organic Blueberry Peach Jam. It is absolutely delicious and low in sugar. My dear friend, Carie, came to visit us at the market last week, all the way from New York with her three beautiful children. She made me a couple different jams and one of them was a Blueberry Peach mix. It was delicious so it inspired me to make one for our line of Jams.

I should also mention that my friend, Lisa, inspired my Strawberry-Blackberry Jam, one of our most popular jams, when she told me that she combines store bought Blackberry and Strawberry Jam because she loves the combination and can’t find one that has both in the grocery stores.

So, thank you to Carie and Lisa for your great ideas and for being great friends.

Stop by the market TODAY to try these delicious jams and stock up on our Hot Fudge Sauce.

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