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These colors, menu items, lovely people, and garnishes, need to live on the grid!!
@thefarminary First Thursdays 🧡 Thanks for having me! And ya’ll, check out their other events coming up this season. A very special place.
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Menu:
▫️Beet & pomegranate hummus, olive and herb salsa, and carrot butter with @sourland_bread & my homemade spelt focaccia
▫️Farm greens with asparagus, ruby kraut, mango, and sunflower furikake, and creamy sunflower dressing
▫️Wild and farm green Minestra with chicken meatballs, fresh pasta and white beans + pecorino and lemon
▫️rye flour crepe with whipped ricotta, strawberry rhubarb jam, tahini chocolate, and pistachio
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These colors, menu items, lovely people, and garnishes, need to live on the grid!!
@thefarminary First Thursdays 🧡 Thanks for having me! And ya’ll, check out their other events coming up this season. A very special place.
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Menu:
▫️Beet & pomegranate hummus, olive and herb salsa, and carrot butter with @sourland_bread & my homemade spelt focaccia
▫️Farm greens with asparagus, ruby kraut, mango, and sunflower furikake, and creamy sunflower dressing
▫️Wild and farm green Minestra with chicken meatballs, fresh pasta and white beans + pecorino and lemon
▫️rye flour crepe with whipped ricotta, strawberry rhubarb jam, tahini chocolate, and pistachio
☀️😋

Gorgeous greens from @martenettefarms sprinkled throughout all the soups and salad today. #SPRING=GREEN=NOURISHMENT 👒💗
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This first salad is made with turmeric pearl couscous, lots of peas, chopped arugula, fresh herbs and a lemony fried garlic vinaigrette 🐸 It’ll be served with roasted salmon topped with arugula pesto.
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#Homestylegoodness #nonnafood #Youngnonnas

Gorgeous greens from @martenettefarms sprinkled throughout all the soups and salad today. #SPRING=GREEN=NOURISHMENT 👒💗
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This first salad is made with turmeric pearl couscous, lots of peas, chopped arugula, fresh herbs and a lemony fried garlic vinaigrette 🐸 It’ll be served with roasted salmon topped with arugula pesto.
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#Homestylegoodness #nonnafood #Youngnonnas

¡So glad I got to make a shrimp and mango salsa tostada fiesta today! 🪇 🎊 Felíz Cinco de Mayo!
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Followed by a springy couscous salad with creamy lemon chicken, and a Blue Zone minestrone (my favorite meal these days)
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Spring is springing and so am I ❤️!
💛🥬☀️🥕🧅

¡So glad I got to make a shrimp and mango salsa tostada fiesta today! 🪇 🎊 Felíz Cinco de Mayo!
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Followed by a springy couscous salad with creamy lemon chicken, and a Blue Zone minestrone (my favorite meal these days)
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Spring is springing and so am I ❤️!
💛🥬☀️🥕🧅

Mascarpone cheesecake squares with a date and pistachio crust. So light and fluffy and not too sweet. And….only 5 ingredients! ✨🌸
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Beautiful photography by @geminisuncreative at @vauxstudio ☀️ 📸

Mascarpone cheesecake squares with a date and pistachio crust. So light and fluffy and not too sweet. And….only 5 ingredients! ✨🌸
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Beautiful photography by @geminisuncreative at @vauxstudio ☀️ 📸

Snag a ticket for the first First Thursday of the season at @thefarminary !! I will be preparing a beautiful 4 course, locally sourced, globally inspired menu to complement the conversations to be had with Dr. Graham Burnett from @princeton . “Surviving the attention economy”.
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I don’t want to spoil the whole menu.. but it will be featuring a Lebanese olive salsa, pistachio pesto, stinging nettles, vegetables from the farm, rye flour crepes with local ricotta… oooo!! 🥬
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Link to tickets in bio 💚

Snag a ticket for the first First Thursday of the season at @thefarminary !! I will be preparing a beautiful 4 course, locally sourced, globally inspired menu to complement the conversations to be had with Dr. Graham Burnett from @princeton . “Surviving the attention economy”.
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I don’t want to spoil the whole menu.. but it will be featuring a Lebanese olive salsa, pistachio pesto, stinging nettles, vegetables from the farm, rye flour crepes with local ricotta… oooo!! 🥬
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Link to tickets in bio 💚

💚✨Thank you to the many hands and hearts that made this pop up and evening so very sweet and cool and magical and wholesome. We’ve all been watching this space evolve over the past bunch of years and last night really brought the RAD & FUNKY to Hopewell!! 😊
💚✨🌷✨💗✨🍲✨🥕
@sourland_bread @hopewellfare @wullandoak @chickadeecreekfarm @northslopefarmnj
@breadandpuppet 🎭 !!!!!

💚✨Thank you to the many hands and hearts that made this pop up and evening so very sweet and cool and magical and wholesome. We’ve all been watching this space evolve over the past bunch of years and last night really brought the RAD & FUNKY to Hopewell!! 😊
💚✨🌷✨💗✨🍲✨🥕
@sourland_bread @hopewellfare @wullandoak @chickadeecreekfarm @northslopefarmnj
@breadandpuppet 🎭 !!!!!

✨🌷POP-UP at the one and only @hopewellfare with @sourland_bread on Thursday 4/17
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We’ll be serving up some farm and foraged goodies before and during the @breadandpuppet show!! Sadly the show is sold out, but you can come and hang beforehand and get your snack on! ✨🌷✨Can’t wait! 🩷

✨🌷POP-UP at the one and only @hopewellfare with @sourland_bread on Thursday 4/17
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We’ll be serving up some farm and foraged goodies before and during the @breadandpuppet show!! Sadly the show is sold out, but you can come and hang beforehand and get your snack on! ✨🌷✨Can’t wait! 🩷

What a dream @vauxstudio is!!
Anywhere I placed food turned into a food & wine magazine photo shoot hehe!
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Book a gorgeous event at @vauxstudio with @alchemillamansfield in Philadelphia ✨💛🌷
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@geminisuncreative
@queenartistrybridal
@stephaniejchen
@xdarrian
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~Menu:
🔹Grapefruit tahini arugula salad with chicken and pistachio
🔹Whipped feta with sumac, black pepper, lemon and crostini
🔹Beet hummus with pomegranate molasses, cucumber
🔹Campari caprese with za’atar and basil
🔹Zhoug with golden tomato + olives
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🔸Whipped mascarpone cheesecake with date and pistachio crust
🔸 Vanilla panna cotta with lemon curd, strawberry and edible flowers

What a dream @vauxstudio is!!
Anywhere I placed food turned into a food & wine magazine photo shoot hehe!
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Book a gorgeous event at @vauxstudio with @alchemillamansfield in Philadelphia ✨💛🌷
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@geminisuncreative
@queenartistrybridal
@stephaniejchen
@xdarrian
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~Menu:
🔹Grapefruit tahini arugula salad with chicken and pistachio
🔹Whipped feta with sumac, black pepper, lemon and crostini
🔹Beet hummus with pomegranate molasses, cucumber
🔹Campari caprese with za’atar and basil
🔹Zhoug with golden tomato + olives
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🔸Whipped mascarpone cheesecake with date and pistachio crust
🔸 Vanilla panna cotta with lemon curd, strawberry and edible flowers

The families and individuals that I cook for each week are pretty much my children and I don’t know if they know it 😂💛
When I send over their menu options I think to myself.. hm how can I nourish these sweeties this week??
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▫️Peach glazed salmon with rice and veg pilaf and green beans
▫️Super greens and beet salad with pine nuts and Cesar dressing
▫️Sicilian fusilli with tomato, almond, tuna
▫️Beans and leek stew with sausage and crème fraiche
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#personalchef #surrogatechefmom

The families and individuals that I cook for each week are pretty much my children and I don’t know if they know it 😂💛
When I send over their menu options I think to myself.. hm how can I nourish these sweeties this week??
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▫️Peach glazed salmon with rice and veg pilaf and green beans
▫️Super greens and beet salad with pine nuts and Cesar dressing
▫️Sicilian fusilli with tomato, almond, tuna
▫️Beans and leek stew with sausage and crème fraiche
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#personalchef #surrogatechefmom

Enjoying some gorrrrgeous crunchy ruby probiotics this week.. Made of cabbage, apple, onion, garlic, and salt! Who else loves to make the kraut!?! 😍😍😍 thanks for the veg @jeffsorganicproduce @soleburyorchards

Enjoying some gorrrrgeous crunchy ruby probiotics this week.. Made of cabbage, apple, onion, garlic, and salt! Who else loves to make the kraut!?! 😍😍😍 thanks for the veg @jeffsorganicproduce @soleburyorchards

@bobolinkdairyandbakehouse are not only my cheese and bread heroes, but when I want to feel comfort and love I go straight to their stand at the farmers market. Especially Nina’s cookies and cranbury walnut bread, their cultured butter, rainbow of cheeses.. and sacred to me cured meats. I heard about Bobolink through the grapevine 15 years ago and visited their farm with RIPE on a school trip. Their philosophy and small regenerative and ethical dairy farming practices was so inspiring and exciting to me as a budding farm head. And there is even more to learn and explore today in this field of food! BOBOLINK #1 Fan. Nina and Jonathon for cheese and bread president. What a blast it was so serve my goodies next to them last night!! Thanks @beyondtheplatefoodtours for putting this together!

@bobolinkdairyandbakehouse are not only my cheese and bread heroes, but when I want to feel comfort and love I go straight to their stand at the farmers market. Especially Nina’s cookies and cranbury walnut bread, their cultured butter, rainbow of cheeses.. and sacred to me cured meats. I heard about Bobolink through the grapevine 15 years ago and visited their farm with RIPE on a school trip. Their philosophy and small regenerative and ethical dairy farming practices was so inspiring and exciting to me as a budding farm head. And there is even more to learn and explore today in this field of food! BOBOLINK #1 Fan. Nina and Jonathon for cheese and bread president. What a blast it was so serve my goodies next to them last night!! Thanks @beyondtheplatefoodtours for putting this together!

A lovely locally sourced menu for @jnj !!
Autumn Olive x @beyondtheplatefoodtours !❤️

Thank you to @chickadeecreekfarm @jeffsorganicproduce @scottmorganics @jerseyartisanco @griggstownfarm484 @soleburyorchards @breadandculture for the GORGeous ingredients to cook with!! 🌷✨💐
& OFC @nashreba @jake_pittenger for holding it down!! 🎊 🏆

Happy Spring 💛

A lovely locally sourced menu for @jnj !!
Autumn Olive x @beyondtheplatefoodtours !❤️

Thank you to @chickadeecreekfarm @jeffsorganicproduce @scottmorganics @jerseyartisanco @griggstownfarm484 @soleburyorchards @breadandculture for the GORGeous ingredients to cook with!! 🌷✨💐
& OFC @nashreba @jake_pittenger for holding it down!! 🎊 🏆

Happy Spring 💛

A cozy meal on a rainy day 🍲☔️
@cherrygrovefarm Lawrenceville Jack mushroom Mac and cheese!

Recipe (makes 2 servings or 1 giant serving 😋)
1 cup of dry pasta
3 T of butter/olive oil
1/2 onion, sliced up
6-7 mushrooms of choice sliced up
5 cloves of garlic, minced
2 T flour
1/4 cup of chick or veg broth
1-4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of shredded cheese
A bit of fresh thyme
A but if sliced scallions

▫️Boil 1 cup of dry pasta
▫️Sauté onions for 5 minutes on medium low heat
▫️Add in sliced mushroom and garlic and sauté for another 3-4 mins
▫️add flour and stir until absorbed
▫️add milk and broth, stir until combined
▫️then turn off the heat and added shredded cheese and fresh thyme
▫️add in boiled pasta
▫️stir well, garnish with more cheese, and slices scallion

A cozy meal on a rainy day 🍲☔️
@cherrygrovefarm Lawrenceville Jack mushroom Mac and cheese!

Recipe (makes 2 servings or 1 giant serving 😋)
1 cup of dry pasta
3 T of butter/olive oil
1/2 onion, sliced up
6-7 mushrooms of choice sliced up
5 cloves of garlic, minced
2 T flour
1/4 cup of chick or veg broth
1-4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of shredded cheese
A bit of fresh thyme
A but if sliced scallions

▫️Boil 1 cup of dry pasta
▫️Sauté onions for 5 minutes on medium low heat
▫️Add in sliced mushroom and garlic and sauté for another 3-4 mins
▫️add flour and stir until absorbed
▫️add milk and broth, stir until combined
▫️then turn off the heat and added shredded cheese and fresh thyme
▫️add in boiled pasta
▫️stir well, garnish with more cheese, and slices scallion

Tonight’s menu for a lovely group from @princetonseminary 🩵
▫️Roasted butternut squash and tahini dip with scallion pesto 😍
▫️Fluffy beef meatballs with Georgian walnut sauce (Bazha)
▫️Lasagna alla Norma
▫️Kale salad with toasted almond (not pictured)
▫️Ricotta chocolate chip cake with @thebentspoon dark chocolate ice cream !!

Tonight’s menu for a lovely group from @princetonseminary 🩵
▫️Roasted butternut squash and tahini dip with scallion pesto 😍
▫️Fluffy beef meatballs with Georgian walnut sauce (Bazha)
▫️Lasagna alla Norma
▫️Kale salad with toasted almond (not pictured)
▫️Ricotta chocolate chip cake with @thebentspoon dark chocolate ice cream !!

❄️🍲 As our little buns freeze into literal ice biscuits, we might wonder how it’s possible to eat local during winter... Take a little gander at this menu I made last night at @northslopefarmnj for @nofanj . It was so freaking tasty!! I found 98% of the ingredients from the @wwfarmersmarket winter market!
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▫️Lima bean and vegetable stew with Korean yam, butternut, celery, onion, carrot, preserved summer tomato (seasoned with coriander seed and cumin)
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▫️Simmered wheat berries

▫️Cabbage and kale salad with apple cider vinegar, sea salt, and good olive oil

▫️Parsley and garlic salsa

▫️Beef meatballs

▫️Yogurt

▫️Rye flour cookies with chia seed, walnut, and chocolate

Amazing local and organic ingredients from @jeffsorganicproduce @chickadeecreekfarm @beechtreefarm @scottmorganics

All found at @wwfarmersmarket
Winter market is every other Saturday ❤️🍲❤️

❄️🍲 As our little buns freeze into literal ice biscuits, we might wonder how it’s possible to eat local during winter... Take a little gander at this menu I made last night at @northslopefarmnj for @nofanj . It was so freaking tasty!! I found 98% of the ingredients from the @wwfarmersmarket winter market!
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▫️Lima bean and vegetable stew with Korean yam, butternut, celery, onion, carrot, preserved summer tomato (seasoned with coriander seed and cumin)
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▫️Simmered wheat berries

▫️Cabbage and kale salad with apple cider vinegar, sea salt, and good olive oil

▫️Parsley and garlic salsa

▫️Beef meatballs

▫️Yogurt

▫️Rye flour cookies with chia seed, walnut, and chocolate

Amazing local and organic ingredients from @jeffsorganicproduce @chickadeecreekfarm @beechtreefarm @scottmorganics

All found at @wwfarmersmarket
Winter market is every other Saturday ❤️🍲❤️

I remain on the quest for a 10/10 breakfast.. This one has made the list… Maybe it’s the combination of fiber, carbohydrate, protein, hydration, and straight up nutrition from all the veggies… I just feel great after munching/sipping on this soup with a cracked egg or two if i’m in the mood!!.
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#happybelly #happybody #SOUPBREAKFAST #localfood
Recipe:

3 cups of small diced vegetables (in this soup I used carrot, yam, potato, kohlrabi, onion)
1/2 cups of Italian barley (any grain works)
A heaping pile of chopped greens (kale in this one)
4 cups of veg or chicken broth
A bunch of minced garlic
1-2 cups of cooked kidney beans

Sauté chopped veggies until tender
Add everything except the kale, and simmer on medium/low for about 30 minutes until all veggies and grain are cooked
Then add garlic and kale, cook for another 10 minutes. That’s it!
Season with salt, fresh or dried herbs, and any extra spice like smoked paprika, oregano, parsley…

I remain on the quest for a 10/10 breakfast.. This one has made the list… Maybe it’s the combination of fiber, carbohydrate, protein, hydration, and straight up nutrition from all the veggies… I just feel great after munching/sipping on this soup with a cracked egg or two if i’m in the mood!!.
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#happybelly #happybody #SOUPBREAKFAST #localfood
Recipe:

3 cups of small diced vegetables (in this soup I used carrot, yam, potato, kohlrabi, onion)
1/2 cups of Italian barley (any grain works)
A heaping pile of chopped greens (kale in this one)
4 cups of veg or chicken broth
A bunch of minced garlic
1-2 cups of cooked kidney beans

Sauté chopped veggies until tender
Add everything except the kale, and simmer on medium/low for about 30 minutes until all veggies and grain are cooked
Then add garlic and kale, cook for another 10 minutes. That’s it!
Season with salt, fresh or dried herbs, and any extra spice like smoked paprika, oregano, parsley…

✨5 Tickets left for tomorrow’s farm to table dinner at @chubbys_luncheonette in Hopewell🎄Sale ends at 9pm tonight. Link in bio!
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Enjoy a cozy menu featuring meat, produce, and cheese from 9 small farms in our central jersey area ❤️
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Music by @josh.bagel & @ianyoungest
Special guest appearance by Miss New Jersey (and local food lover) @jadelinglab !!
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$$ for @nofanj & @elijahspromise
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Seeya there!!

✨5 Tickets left for tomorrow’s farm to table dinner at @chubbys_luncheonette in Hopewell🎄Sale ends at 9pm tonight. Link in bio!
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Enjoy a cozy menu featuring meat, produce, and cheese from 9 small farms in our central jersey area ❤️
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Music by @josh.bagel & @ianyoungest
Special guest appearance by Miss New Jersey (and local food lover) @jadelinglab !!
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$$ for @nofanj & @elijahspromise
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Seeya there!!

A little behind the scenes from a fancy holiday party this season 🎄❤️

A little behind the scenes from a fancy holiday party this season 🎄❤️

If this fresh out of the oven Kale Spanakopita doesn’t say holiday cozy cozy, then I don’t know what does!!
..Actually I have about 12 more recipes that also do…
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Makes a great holiday app sliced up into squares, or as a great vegetarian entree.
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Ingredients and recipe:
-2 sheets of good puff pastry (preferably from your local Greek grocery shop)
-2 bunches of kale, stripped from stem and finely chopped
-1 medium onion, small diced
-20 oz of feta cheese
-1 bunch of dill finely chopped

-Preheat oven to 375
-Sauté onions in a generous amount of olive oil until soft a lightly browned
-Add chopped kale and season with a little salt.
-Once kale is softened and cooked, add crumbled feta and dill, and mix everything together to create the filling
- Lay one sheet of puff pastry down on a parchment lined baking sheet and spread your filling down evenly. Then cover with the second layer of pastry.
-Pinch the ends of the pastry together, then brush the whole pastry with egg wash.
-Score the top lightly for an even and pretty looking bake
-Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown

If this fresh out of the oven Kale Spanakopita doesn’t say holiday cozy cozy, then I don’t know what does!!
..Actually I have about 12 more recipes that also do…
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Makes a great holiday app sliced up into squares, or as a great vegetarian entree.
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Ingredients and recipe:
-2 sheets of good puff pastry (preferably from your local Greek grocery shop)
-2 bunches of kale, stripped from stem and finely chopped
-1 medium onion, small diced
-20 oz of feta cheese
-1 bunch of dill finely chopped

-Preheat oven to 375
-Sauté onions in a generous amount of olive oil until soft a lightly browned
-Add chopped kale and season with a little salt.
-Once kale is softened and cooked, add crumbled feta and dill, and mix everything together to create the filling
- Lay one sheet of puff pastry down on a parchment lined baking sheet and spread your filling down evenly. Then cover with the second layer of pastry.
-Pinch the ends of the pastry together, then brush the whole pastry with egg wash.
-Score the top lightly for an even and pretty looking bake
-Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown

🎄🔪What a lovely holiday season cooking class with Ann and Rhonda’s close friends, in a beautiful home and kitchen on a charming farm! And with Seinfeld playing in the background I was right at home ;)
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We made a caramelized zucchini and onion burrata bruschetta (I wish I had a photo of that 🤤), a simple farm fresh arugula salad, Swiss chard and Parmesan polenta, with roasted fennel and Chilean sea bass. And for dessert I made a lemon olive oil cake with Gran Marnier whipped cream and shaved dark chocolate.
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Cooking class gift cards and tickets are available through my website 🤶🏼☃️🎄❤️
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Fun fact, did you know that Chilean sea bass isn’t sea bass?? It’s a Patagonian tooth fish renamed for better sales!
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Happy Holidays 🤶🏼🍲❤️

🎄🔪What a lovely holiday season cooking class with Ann and Rhonda’s close friends, in a beautiful home and kitchen on a charming farm! And with Seinfeld playing in the background I was right at home ;)
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We made a caramelized zucchini and onion burrata bruschetta (I wish I had a photo of that 🤤), a simple farm fresh arugula salad, Swiss chard and Parmesan polenta, with roasted fennel and Chilean sea bass. And for dessert I made a lemon olive oil cake with Gran Marnier whipped cream and shaved dark chocolate.
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Cooking class gift cards and tickets are available through my website 🤶🏼☃️🎄❤️
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Fun fact, did you know that Chilean sea bass isn’t sea bass?? It’s a Patagonian tooth fish renamed for better sales!
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Happy Holidays 🤶🏼🍲❤️

🎄Tickets here🎄For a special ✨Holiday Farm to Table Dinner✨ at the coziest cafe in Hopewell, NJ @chubbys_luncheonette 🍄🍲
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Join me for a unique dinner experience to bring your visiting relatives from Arkansas! Or a foodie night out with your pals. In between Xmas and NYE, a feast of 8 plated and family style dishes using the best local ingredients we can get our little paws on.
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LIVE MUSIC by @josh.bagel & @ianyoungest of @ruggyburn 🔥🎄🔥
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Eventbrite link in bio, and on my website at www.AutumnOliveFoodWorks.com
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Can’t wait to see you there.
Donations to @elijahspromise and @nofanj can be made in person or through the eventbrite page “ticket add on”
Autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com

🎄Tickets here🎄For a special ✨Holiday Farm to Table Dinner✨ at the coziest cafe in Hopewell, NJ @chubbys_luncheonette 🍄🍲
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Join me for a unique dinner experience to bring your visiting relatives from Arkansas! Or a foodie night out with your pals. In between Xmas and NYE, a feast of 8 plated and family style dishes using the best local ingredients we can get our little paws on.
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LIVE MUSIC by @josh.bagel & @ianyoungest of @ruggyburn 🔥🎄🔥
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Eventbrite link in bio, and on my website at www.AutumnOliveFoodWorks.com
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Can’t wait to see you there.
Donations to @elijahspromise and @nofanj can be made in person or through the eventbrite page “ticket add on”
Autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com

Happy garden flower sesame banana date cake birthday to my dear garden and kitchen fairy girl Kimmy!! A warm hug and deep spirit wrapped up in a quilted blanket with a bowl of soup, all in one woman! @earthandherdaughters ❤️🎂🎉🌱❤️

Happy garden flower sesame banana date cake birthday to my dear garden and kitchen fairy girl Kimmy!! A warm hug and deep spirit wrapped up in a quilted blanket with a bowl of soup, all in one woman! @earthandherdaughters ❤️🎂🎉🌱❤️

Autumn Olive Food Works at your service 🔪🍅
I had to bring out the big guns of my award winning Summer Splendor Gazpacho for the @mevoearth farm feast guests!

📸 @ginger_and_sage_photography

Autumn Olive Food Works at your service 🔪🍅
I had to bring out the big guns of my award winning Summer Splendor Gazpacho for the @mevoearth farm feast guests!

📸 @ginger_and_sage_photography

Ah jeez! There are just so many gorgggeous photos from @mevoearth ‘s farm feast, I will have to post them slowly slowly so they can all live on the grid! Working with these lovely, quality vegetables and people was a really highlight of my year.
📸 @ginger_and_sage_photography
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Food is life 🙏🍲 🌍 💗

Ah jeez! There are just so many gorgggeous photos from @mevoearth ‘s farm feast, I will have to post them slowly slowly so they can all live on the grid! Working with these lovely, quality vegetables and people was a really highlight of my year.
📸 @ginger_and_sage_photography
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Food is life 🙏🍲 🌍 💗

Some supremely cozy meals to be enjoyed this week 🍲🍂
* A chicken, wild rice, and mushroom soup with dill and cabbage + crispy chicken skin bits
* Kale and farro salad with skirt steak and acorn squash + pickled onion, cheddar pesto dressing
* Thai curry salmon with orzo, water chestnut, carrot, chickpea, spinach

Some supremely cozy meals to be enjoyed this week 🍲🍂
* A chicken, wild rice, and mushroom soup with dill and cabbage + crispy chicken skin bits
* Kale and farro salad with skirt steak and acorn squash + pickled onion, cheddar pesto dressing
* Thai curry salmon with orzo, water chestnut, carrot, chickpea, spinach

I couldn’t have done Halloweenie better! We served up a homestyle menu full of 100% local veg and warm flavors for the Munsee Language Symposium and the Lunaape community + friends.
~ Veggies provided by the fabulous farmers at @chickadeecreekfarm 💯🍂❤️!! Kale, collards, onion, garlic, yam, butternut, watermelon radish, herbs, cabbage, carrot… yuuuuuhum!
And shiitakes from @zellsfarm too!
Thank you for having us 🍂 @instituteforadvancedstudy !!

I couldn’t have done Halloweenie better! We served up a homestyle menu full of 100% local veg and warm flavors for the Munsee Language Symposium and the Lunaape community + friends.
~ Veggies provided by the fabulous farmers at @chickadeecreekfarm 💯🍂❤️!! Kale, collards, onion, garlic, yam, butternut, watermelon radish, herbs, cabbage, carrot… yuuuuuhum!
And shiitakes from @zellsfarm too!
Thank you for having us 🍂 @instituteforadvancedstudy !!

What a blast and an honor to teach a class all about COLLARD GREENS with Tomia @wildflowerfarmnj at @princeton University last week! We made collards wraps, calalloo, and a lovely tenderized raw salad, while learning about the history and lineage of this supremely nutritious brassica..
We have @chickadeecreekfarm to thank for the arm loads of collards for students to get familiar with and sink their teeth into 😬❤️

What a blast and an honor to teach a class all about COLLARD GREENS with Tomia @wildflowerfarmnj at @princeton University last week! We made collards wraps, calalloo, and a lovely tenderized raw salad, while learning about the history and lineage of this supremely nutritious brassica..
We have @chickadeecreekfarm to thank for the arm loads of collards for students to get familiar with and sink their teeth into 😬❤️

A bright carrot soup with a not so sublet hint of tahini, lemon, and warm spices. Plus spinach, chickpea, and farm tomatoes :P A new autumn fave.. Serviced with baby pork meatballs and roasted cauliflower. 🏡🩵🍲
Happy glorious weather Sunday!

A bright carrot soup with a not so sublet hint of tahini, lemon, and warm spices. Plus spinach, chickpea, and farm tomatoes :P A new autumn fave.. Serviced with baby pork meatballs and roasted cauliflower. 🏡🩵🍲
Happy glorious weather Sunday!

A lovely evening at the @thefarminary 💚 A very special place!
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There are tickets available for the first Thursdays dinner series with guest speaker Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on 10/3! Link in linktree.

A lovely evening at the @thefarminary 💚 A very special place!
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There are tickets available for the first Thursdays dinner series with guest speaker Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on 10/3! Link in linktree.

It’s September and our busy bee mama and papa friends are back in action… back to school season, the spicy jersey shore memories behind us, and a sweet autumn whisper in the air.
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Imagine opening a gift like this?? It says, I want you to eat good, and feel good my friend!! 🏡🍲 🫂
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10% off gift cards with code SEPTEMBERSOUP
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Gift card / chef service gift packages are available for purchase at any amount over $100. Email autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com for more information ❤️🌻
Xo gabby

It’s September and our busy bee mama and papa friends are back in action… back to school season, the spicy jersey shore memories behind us, and a sweet autumn whisper in the air.
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Imagine opening a gift like this?? It says, I want you to eat good, and feel good my friend!! 🏡🍲 🫂
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10% off gift cards with code SEPTEMBERSOUP
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Gift card / chef service gift packages are available for purchase at any amount over $100. Email autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com for more information ❤️🌻
Xo gabby

The farm to table summer feast at @mevoearth is already many days behind us, but the sweet gazpacho and crispy pork belly are still on my mind 😋… What a blast… I had to leak a few photos from my phone on here before Liz’s professional photos come in! Thank you x1000 to everyone who made this dinner possible, and for Violet and the whole Mevo crew for having us.
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Very much looking forward to more events in the coming months. ⏩️ email Autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com for more catering info!
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#farmfeast2024

The farm to table summer feast at @mevoearth is already many days behind us, but the sweet gazpacho and crispy pork belly are still on my mind 😋… What a blast… I had to leak a few photos from my phone on here before Liz’s professional photos come in! Thank you x1000 to everyone who made this dinner possible, and for Violet and the whole Mevo crew for having us.
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Very much looking forward to more events in the coming months. ⏩️ email Autumnolivefoodworks@gmail.com for more catering info!
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#farmfeast2024

So so so excited to serve this menu at @mevoearth ‘s farm feast on Saturday night!! Just a small hand full of tickets left! ~ You can dine under twinkle lights on a sweet little farm in MAHWAH NJ, with music, other food folks, oh and GREAT FOOD!! Brought to you by the fabulous farmers, a great crew and the OG Autumn Olives @chefnashreba and @god_damn_thumbs ✨🌻❤️ Can’t wait!!!
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this song reminds me of my aunt who gave me my love of food and music among other very important things and I miss her a lot ❤️🥰

So so so excited to serve this menu at @mevoearth ‘s farm feast on Saturday night!! Just a small hand full of tickets left! ~ You can dine under twinkle lights on a sweet little farm in MAHWAH NJ, with music, other food folks, oh and GREAT FOOD!! Brought to you by the fabulous farmers, a great crew and the OG Autumn Olives @chefnashreba and @god_damn_thumbs ✨🌻❤️ Can’t wait!!!
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this song reminds me of my aunt who gave me my love of food and music among other very important things and I miss her a lot ❤️🥰

🇮🇹☀️🔪 My next Sicilian cooking class here in downtown Jersey City is coming up on August 10th! Last month was a blast, ~ update: we are sold out! Stay tuned for fall classes ❤️
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You can sign up via eventbrite in my linktree, or Venmo direct for no fees.
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Via con me a clasé!!
I know it’s HOT AS HECK ~ so may as well pretend we’re in Sicily eating and cooking good!
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Before or after class you can checkout some very cool shops on the block!!: @intothevoidantiques @pratobakery @phantasm.nj and @zerokid_nj 🌆 ☀️

🇮🇹☀️🔪 My next Sicilian cooking class here in downtown Jersey City is coming up on August 10th! Last month was a blast, ~ update: we are sold out! Stay tuned for fall classes ❤️
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You can sign up via eventbrite in my linktree, or Venmo direct for no fees.
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Via con me a clasé!!
I know it’s HOT AS HECK ~ so may as well pretend we’re in Sicily eating and cooking good!
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Before or after class you can checkout some very cool shops on the block!!: @intothevoidantiques @pratobakery @phantasm.nj and @zerokid_nj 🌆 ☀️

A weeks worth of dinners and snacks for personal chef clients 🤝
☀️Coconut chocolate mousse / peppermint halva swirl desserts (Recipe on the last slide!!) so good.
✨Sockeye salmon stew with artichoke, pea, kale, warm spices
✨Summer veggie lasagna with cashew ricotta (😋)
✨Veggie rolls
✨lots of other things!!
❤️❤️❤️

A weeks worth of dinners and snacks for personal chef clients 🤝
☀️Coconut chocolate mousse / peppermint halva swirl desserts (Recipe on the last slide!!) so good.
✨Sockeye salmon stew with artichoke, pea, kale, warm spices
✨Summer veggie lasagna with cashew ricotta (😋)
✨Veggie rolls
✨lots of other things!!
❤️❤️❤️

A cute lil spread for a summer kids bday partay!
Not pictured: grandma style chicken nuggies and bbq chicken sandies! 🍉☀️✨🐝

A cute lil spread for a summer kids bday partay!
Not pictured: grandma style chicken nuggies and bbq chicken sandies! 🍉☀️✨🐝

Fresh batch of garlic infused extra virgin olive oil hot on the shelves at @301collective today! 🧄✨
Great for salads, toasts, and anything that needs that sweet sweet garlic flava 🍅🔪 comes with spout 👍

Fresh batch of garlic infused extra virgin olive oil hot on the shelves at @301collective today! 🧄✨
Great for salads, toasts, and anything that needs that sweet sweet garlic flava 🍅🔪 comes with spout 👍

Here we are in high season on vegetable farms all around New Jersey... But most importantly at @mevoearth in Mahwah!!
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I am so very excited to finalize my menu for @mevoearth ‘s FARM FEAST on August 24th!! I am a huge fan of this organization.. check ‘em out…
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I’ll be using all their gorgeous produce grown right here- by great hearts, hands and minds. With co-chef @chefnashreba ! Ticket link in my linktree!! 💗☀️🌱🍅 (an epic date night, family invite worthy, meet new folks, live music, beautiful scenery & great food kind of night!!)
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Seeya there!! 🌎
It’ll be a real farm to table experience - not to be missed!!
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#permiesunite
#realfarmtotable
#eatlocal

Here we are in high season on vegetable farms all around New Jersey... But most importantly at @mevoearth in Mahwah!!
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I am so very excited to finalize my menu for @mevoearth ‘s FARM FEAST on August 24th!! I am a huge fan of this organization.. check ��‘em out…
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I’ll be using all their gorgeous produce grown right here- by great hearts, hands and minds. With co-chef @chefnashreba ! Ticket link in my linktree!! 💗☀️🌱🍅 (an epic date night, family invite worthy, meet new folks, live music, beautiful scenery & great food kind of night!!)
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Seeya there!! 🌎
It’ll be a real farm to table experience - not to be missed!!
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#permiesunite
#realfarmtotable
#eatlocal

Blueberry blackberry preserves! 🫐❤️
Some sweet sunshine and nutrients stored for a later time. I might whip this into a sauce, dressing, or cream, or maybe put it on a cream cheese bagel… the gears are turning! Thanks for the berries @jeffsorganicproduce and @riverviewfarmersmarket !!

Come join me for a cooking class here in jersey city this coming Saturday 7/13, followed by august 10th!!! Link in linktree!! 👩🏻‍🍳 🔪 Can’t wait!!!

Blueberry blackberry preserves! 🫐❤️
Some sweet sunshine and nutrients stored for a later time. I might whip this into a sauce, dressing, or cream, or maybe put it on a cream cheese bagel… the gears are turning! Thanks for the berries @jeffsorganicproduce and @riverviewfarmersmarket !!

Come join me for a cooking class here in jersey city this coming Saturday 7/13, followed by august 10th!!! Link in linktree!! 👩🏻‍🍳 🔪 Can’t wait!!!

So much farm veg ☀️🌱!
I love cooking for my Tuesday client- especially with great ingredients, lots of colors, and nutrients.
1. Miso salmon and sweet potato cakes
2. Persian couscous salad with Swiss chard, romanesco broccoli
3. Cucumber, millet, and mango salad with blueberry vinaigrette
4. Chicken and zucchini kebabs
5. Potato cassava gnocchi with elk and squash Ragu
6. Blueberry crumble
7. Roasted turnip and carrot
@chickadeecreekfarm veg!!

So much farm veg ☀️🌱!
I love cooking for my Tuesday client- especially with great ingredients, lots of colors, and nutrients.
1. Miso salmon and sweet potato cakes
2. Persian couscous salad with Swiss chard, romanesco broccoli
3. Cucumber, millet, and mango salad with blueberry vinaigrette
4. Chicken and zucchini kebabs
5. Potato cassava gnocchi with elk and squash Ragu
6. Blueberry crumble
7. Roasted turnip and carrot
@chickadeecreekfarm veg!!

Chocolate zucchini cake + hibiscus nettle iced tea ~
Farm and forest fresh ingredients.
Saturday was so fun @301collective !! ☀️☀️☀️
Thanks for coming out and supporting- it was lovely to meet new faces and hang on the block!
@rustnretro @2ndroundantiques

Chocolate zucchini cake + hibiscus nettle iced tea ~
Farm and forest fresh ingredients.
Saturday was so fun @301collective !! ☀️☀️☀️
Thanks for coming out and supporting- it was lovely to meet new faces and hang on the block!
@rustnretro @2ndroundantiques

☀️🍅🔪Sicilian Summer Cooking Classes! ☀️🍅🔪
Link with more info and to sign up is in the linktree in my bio! (2) class date options.
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6 delectable Sicilian homestyle recipes, a small class size (6 students per class), local ingredients, all inside of a lovely downtown Jersey City home kitchen.
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I hope to see you there! ☀️🔪🪩🍝

☀️🍅🔪Sicilian Summer Cooking Classes! ☀️🍅🔪
Link with more info and to sign up is in the linktree in my bio! (2) class date options.
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6 delectable Sicilian homestyle recipes, a small class size (6 students per class), local ingredients, all inside of a lovely downtown Jersey City home kitchen.
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I hope to see you there! ☀️🔪🪩🍝

Callaloo! I love this…
Many interchangeable ingredients are possible, but today I used:
Shiitake, pea, kale, okra, thyme, parsley, squash, onion, garlic, and coconut milk 😋

Callaloo! I love this…
Many interchangeable ingredients are possible, but today I used:
Shiitake, pea, kale, okra, thyme, parsley, squash, onion, garlic, and coconut milk 😋

Merry CHEWSDAY! 🪩🔪
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Todays Menu 🎶 :
1. Green gazpacho
2. Adana kebab
3. Crab cakes
4. Sumac onion and herb salad
5. Jeweled cauliflower rice
6. Aloo matar
7. Mango avocado chicken salad
8.&9. Not pictured :
Carrot ginger miso cabbage salad
Coconut amaranth pudding
10. Mapo tofu
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I’ve never name crab cakes with tapioca flour… so chewy and awesome.. recommend!!

Merry CHEWSDAY! 🪩🔪
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Todays Menu 🎶 :
1. Green gazpacho
2. Adana kebab
3. Crab cakes
4. Sumac onion and herb salad
5. Jeweled cauliflower rice
6. Aloo matar
7. Mango avocado chicken salad
8.&9. Not pictured :
Carrot ginger miso cabbage salad
Coconut amaranth pudding
10. Mapo tofu
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I’ve never name crab cakes with tapioca flour… so chewy and awesome.. recommend!!

Last weekend I hosted my first Jersey City cooking class here at the urban Autumn Olive Kitchen (mi casa)!
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Our Brazilian themed menu included Coxinha, Moqueca, heart of palm salad, and a passion fruit strawberry mousse dessert.
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You can look up the Cook & Groove Brazil playlist on Spotify to jam out the next time your cookin 💃🏻 🪩💃🏻
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I am offering cooking classes for groups up to 6 here at the Autumn Olive urban kitchen on Brunswick street in downtown Jersey City!
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Not pictured here is my actual kitchen 🔪 🔥 -
(We were too busy slicing, dicing, chopping, and sautéing)
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Have a great weekend! ☀️

Last weekend I hosted my first Jersey City cooking class here at the urban Autumn Olive Kitchen (mi casa)!
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Our Brazilian themed menu included Coxinha, Moqueca, heart of palm salad, and a passion fruit strawberry mousse dessert.
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You can look up the Cook & Groove Brazil playlist on Spotify to jam out the next time your cookin 💃🏻 🪩💃🏻
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I am offering cooking classes for groups up to 6 here at the Autumn Olive urban kitchen on Brunswick street in downtown Jersey City!
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Not pictured here is my actual kitchen 🔪 🔥 -
(We were too busy slicing, dicing, chopping, and sautéing)
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Have a great weekend! ☀️

A sweet spring baby shower with lots of lovely salads, dips, and these little delectable gf almond cakes with lemon curd and whipped cream 💐☀️💐
Co-pilot @chefnashreba on the knives as well. 💪🌱 🔪

A sweet spring baby shower with lots of lovely salads, dips, and these little delectable gf almond cakes with lemon curd and whipped cream 💐☀️💐
Co-pilot @chefnashreba on the knives as well. 💪🌱 🔪

Excited to sell these homemade goodies at @301collective on Sunday. Come on by!
💞🌸💞🌸💞

Excited to sell these homemade goodies at @301collective on Sunday. Come on by!
💞🌸💞🌸💞

Some Spring Soups & Splendor ��🌷✨🥕
Minestra Verdissima with farm spinach
Coconut cream of asparagus with basil
Mediterranean carrot with some dukkah on top
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#personalchef #springgoodies #springsoups

Some Spring Soups & Splendor 🌷✨🥕
Minestra Verdissima with farm spinach
Coconut cream of asparagus with basil
Mediterranean carrot with some dukkah on top
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#personalchef #springgoodies #springsoups

Citrus marmalade, garlic olive oil, and dukkah spice blend- homemade and for sale at @301collective
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Makes a great gift or for use in your kitchen❤️☔️💐
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Marmalade on salmon, or with toast, dukkah on your eggs, avocado or in yogurt sauce, and garlic oil in the salad - with the dukkah 😋

Citrus marmalade, garlic olive oil, and dukkah spice blend- homemade and for sale at @301collective
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Makes a great gift or for use in your kitchen❤️☔️💐
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Marmalade on salmon, or with toast, dukkah on your eggs, avocado or in yogurt sauce, and garlic oil in the salad - with the dukkah 😋

The almighty sun and moon did a massive dance while I made yummy things!☀️

*Sopa de albondigas
(Mexican meatball soup with lots of veggies, fresh herbs and lime.
*Red wine braised short rib, roasted farm carrots with local polenta
*Scallops and corn + cauliflower purée.

Happy Eclipse friends! 🌘

#personalchefjerseycity
#homestylegoodness
#goodfoodgirlfriend

The almighty sun and moon did a massive dance while I made yummy things!☀️

*Sopa de albondigas
(Mexican meatball soup with lots of veggies, fresh herbs and lime.
*Red wine braised short rib, roasted farm carrots with local polenta
*Scallops and corn + cauliflower purée.

Happy Eclipse friends! 🌘

#personalchefjerseycity
#homestylegoodness
#goodfoodgirlfriend

I found this antique French copper ladle thing-a-ling at @rustnretro ‘s table a few weeks ago and have already found half a dozen uses for it. This citrus marmalade is extra yummy just cuz of the spoon .. and a couple shakes of @chickadeecreekfarm lavender.
This stuff is great on yogurt, on your favorite homemade pastry with some goat cheese, on a buttered toast.. on a hunk of salmon, or chicken! 😋 wow next time I will make a rosemary batch, or even thyme would be killer.

I found this antique French copper ladle thing-a-ling at @rustnretro ‘s table a few weeks ago and have already found half a dozen uses for it. This citrus marmalade is extra yummy just cuz of the spoon .. and a couple shakes of @chickadeecreekfarm lavender.
This stuff is great on yogurt, on your favorite homemade pastry with some goat cheese, on a buttered toast.. on a hunk of salmon, or chicken! 😋 wow next time I will make a rosemary batch, or even thyme would be killer.

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