Once Upon A Spoon

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

My 4 1/2 year old daughter attends little preschool every Friday morning called Madame BonAbitude which means Mrs. Good Habits. Each week they learn about a new country and cook a dish from that country along with learning dances and songs.

Her teacher asked me our culture and I choose the Italian side..more interesting then the American culture and if I could come up with a dish the children could prepare in class.

This is the one we will make with a few of my daughter's request "Mommy, remove and orange pepper, and chick peas"...hope the children like it!

Ingredients

12 slices genoa salami sliced into squares

1 small can chick peas

1 1/2 cup of pearl tomatoes cut in halves

1 package mozzarella balls cut into fours

1 orange pepper diced

1 1/2 heads of romaine lettuce chopped

Dressing

1/4 cup olive oil

2 tblsp balsamic vinegar

2 tsp italian seasoning

Mix all ingredients in bowl except romaine lettuce. and let marinate for 10 minutes then add lettuce and toss and serve.

Servings 4

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Chick Peas Saute with Whole Wheat Couscous

Ingredients

1 small onion

1 garlic glove

1 dice tomato

3 tbls chopped parsley

1 can of chick peas

3 tblsp olive oil salt

drizzle of lemon

Preparation

In skillet heat olive oil and add diced onion and minced garlic and lightly saute. Add diced tomato and cook until tomato is soft about 3-5 minutes. Then add drained chick peas and salt. Saute for 10 additional minutes while stirring occassionally. Add chopped fresh parsley and dizzle of lemon when serving.