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¼ cup fine #1 bulgur 3. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil,
balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper until emulsified.
2 bunches fresh curly parsley finely chopped (about Drizzle the dressing over the pasta and toss gently to
3 cups) combine.
1. In a small bowl, combine the shallot and red wine green leaf lettuce for serving
vinegar and let sit for about 30 minutes while you
prepare the remaining ingredients. Procedures:
2. Add the baby potatoes to a medium saucepan and 1. In a large bowl, whisk together yogurt, lemon zest,
cover with cold water by 1-inch. Season with a pinch of lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add chicken, celery, grapes,
salt. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Once walnuts and apple and fold until everything is evenly
boiling, reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes coated.
are fork tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Drain, and set 2. Serve over a bed of green leaf lettuce
aside in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
Tools and Equipments:
3. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and set up
an ice bath. Once the water is boiling, add green beans Microplane Grater
and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until bright green and
tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in the ice Lemon Squeezer
bath for 30 seconds to stop cooking. Drain and set aside. Cutting Board
Ingredients: Procedure:
3 large carrots peeled and small diced ¼ cup diced red onion
½ teaspoon salt
3. In a small skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil. ½ teaspoon salt plus more to taste
Add sunflower seeds and smoked paprika and toast for 2
to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, then add to ½ teaspoon pepper plus more to taste
the bowl with the chilled dressing along with the broccoli, 1 ½ pounds New York Strip steak
cranberries and red onion. Toss to combine, then chill for
about 1 hour before serving. 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Drizzle balsamic 1 pound 85% lean ground beef
glaze immediately before serving.
Marinara for serving
Tools and Equipments:
Procedures:
Skewers or Toothpicks
1. Preheat an air fryer to 400ºF.
Air Fryer Tofu
2. Beat the egg in a large bowl. Add the panko
Ingredients: breadcrumbs, egg, milk, parsley, garlic and the seasoning
and stir to combine. Add the ground beef and mix again
12 ounces extra firm tofu pressed and cubed to combine. Form into 16 meatballs and set on a plate.
1 tablespoon soy sauce 3. Transfer the meatballs to the air fryer and
arrange in a single layer. You may need to cook in two
1 teaspoon avocado oil batches. Cook until the meatballs are browned and the
1 teaspoon garlic powder internal temperature of the beef reaches 160°F, shaking
the basket halfway through, 8-10 minutes total.
½ teaspoon ginger powder
4. Allow the meatballs to rest for 5 minutes before
½ teaspoon chili powder serving with marinara sauce, if desired.
1. Toss the tofu with soy sauce, oil, garlic powder, Meat Baller
ginger powder, chili powder and black pepper. Add
cornstarch and toss until coated, let sit for a minute, toss Garlic Butter Steak Bites
again.
Ingredients:
2. Preheat the air fryer to 400˚F.
1 tablespoon olive oil
3. Carefully lift the tofu cubes out of the bowl and
1 ½ pounds sirloin steak cut into 1-inch bite sized
place on the hot air fryer basket. Air fry until the tofu is
pieces
golden brown, shaking the basket every 5 minutes, about
20 minutes total. Garnish with green onions and serve ½ teaspoon salt
immediately.
½ teaspoon black pepper
Tools and Equipments:
2 tablespoons butter
Measuring Cups and Spoons
4 cloves garlic minced
Mixing Bowl Set
1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer with ClearCook
Procedures: Measuring Cups and Spoons
1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Authentic Lebanese Hummus
Season the steak with salt and pepper.
Ingredients:
2. Add the steak cubes to the skillet and cook on
one side undisturbed until browned, about 4-5 minutes. 1 ⅕-ounce can chickpeas
Flip them over and cook on the other side for 3 more
3 tablespoons lemon juice
minutes.
2 tablespoons tahini
3. Add the butter and garlic and continue cooking,
stirring frequently, until the garlic is lightly golden and 2 small garlic cloves
fragrant, about 1 more minute.
¾ teaspoon salt
4. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
3 ice cubes
Tools and Equipments:
Extra-virgin olive oil for serving
Ceramic Nonstick Cookware Set
Paprika for serving
Non Slip Cutting Board
Chopped fresh parsley for serving
Zwilling Knife Block Set
Procedures:
Deviled Egg
1. Place the chickpeas in a large bowl of warm
Ingredients: water. Rub them with your fingers to release the skins,
which will easily float to the surface of the water. Skim
6 large eggs the skins from the water with a slotted spoon and discard.
2 tablespoons mayonnaise This is an optional step, but peeling the chickpeas is
what yields a super creamy texture.
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2. Drain and dry the chickpeas as thoroughly as
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice possible. Transfer the chickpeas to a food processor and
pulse into a fine, breadcrumb-like texture, scraping down
¼ teaspoon salt the sides as needed, about 15 seconds total.
¼ teaspoon black pepper 3. Add the lemon juice, tahini, garlic, salt, and ice
Paprika for garnish cubes. Blend until completely smooth, about 5 minutes.
Taste the hummus and adjust the flavor as needed by
Procedures: adding more lemon juice or salt.
1. Place the eggs in a medium pot. Cover with cold Tools and Equipments:
water by one inch. Set over medium heat and bring to a
boil. As soon as the water reaches a boil, remove from Mixing Bowl Set
heat and cover. Let sit for 15 minutes. Remove from pot Colander
and set in an ice bath to cool.
Cuisinart Food Processor
2. Once cool, peel hard boiled eggs. Cut the eggs in
half and scoop the yolks into a large bowl. Set the egg Caprese Skewers
whites aside on a large platter and place in the fridge
while you prepare the filling. Ingredients:
3. Mash the egg yolks with the back of a fork, then 1 pint cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes
stir in mayonnaise, Dijon, lemon juice, salt and pepper
8 ounces fresh mozzarella Ciliegine small
and mix until well combined. Scoop the mixture into a
mozzarella balls
sturdy zip top bag. Snip off the corner, and using it like a
pastry bag, pipe the filling into the prepared egg white ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
shells. Garnish with paprika and serve immediately.
2 tablespoons balsamic glaze
Tools and Equipments:
Sea salt to taste
Stainless Steel Pot / Stockpot
freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Zwilling Knife Block Set
Procedures:
Non Slip Cutting Board
1. Start by threading a cherry or grape tomato onto
Mixing Bowl Set a skewer or toothpick, followed by a mozzarella Ciliegine
ball, and then a fresh basil leaf. Repeat this process until
you have the desired number of skewers or until you have Procedures:
used up all the ingredients.
1. In a medium pot, cover potatoes with 3 inches of
2. Arrange the assembled Caprese skewers on a heavily salted, cold water. Bring to a boil and cook until
serving platter or plate. knife tender, 10-12 minutes. Drain.
3. Drizzle balsamic glaze over the skewers, sprinkle 2. Add potatoes to a large bowl. Mash with a fork or
salt and pepper and serve immediately. masher. Add tuna, 1 cup of the breadcrumbs, egg, shallot,
dill and black pepper, and mix until combined. Scoop ¼
Tools and Equipments: cup of tuna mixture and shape into ¾-inch thick discs.
Skwekers or Toothpicks 3. Toss the tuna cakes in the remaining
breadcrumbs.
Whipped Cottage Cheese
4. Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Heat 2
Ingredients:
tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
1 cup cottage cheese Add 6 tuna cakes and cook until golden brown, 4-5
minutes per side. Transfer to prepared baking sheet.
2 tablespoons olive oil Repeat with the remaining oil and tuna cakes. Top with
dill and serve with lemon wedges and tzatziki sauce, if
1 garlic clove smashed
desired.
1 tablespoon fresh dill
Tools and Equipments:
1 tablespoon fresh chives
Potato Masher
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Measuring Cups and Spoons
¼ teaspoon salt
Mixing Bowl Set
Fresh vegetables for serving
Anodized Nonstick Cookware
Procedures:
Halloween Fruit Kabobs
1. In the bowl of a food processor, place the cottage
Ingredients:
cheese, olive oil, garlic, dill, chives, lemon juice and salt.
Blend until the mixture becomes creamy and smooth, ½ cantaloupe scooped with a melon baller
about 2 minutes.
20 large blackberries
2. Serve in a bowl along with fresh cut vegetables.
20 large green grapes top thinly sliced
Tools and Equipments:
20 small candy eyeballs
Cuisinart Food Processor
Procedures:
Potato Tuna Cakes
1. Layer the fruit onto the skewers using your
Ingredients: preferred pattern of choice, making sure each skewer
has at least 2 of each fruit.
½ pound Yukon gold potatoes peeled and cut into 1-
inch cubes 2 . Place the candy eyeballs inside the grapes on the
sliced portion of the fruit and carefully push it into the
salt to taste
fruit to adhere. Serve immediately.
2 5- ounce cans tuna packed in water, drained
Tools and Equipment Needed:
1 ½ cups panko breadcrumbs divided
10 Wooden Skewers
1 egg
Melon Baller
1 small shallot finely chopped
Chicken Lettuce Cups
2 tablespoons finely chopped dill plus more for
Ingredients:
garnish
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 ¼ pound ground chicken
4 tablespoons avocado oil divided
½ teaspoon salt
Lemon wedges for serving
½ teaspoon black pepper
Tzatziki sauce for dipping
1 onion diced Procedures:
1 8-ounce can water chestnuts diced and drained 1. Peel the roasted beet and place in the food
processor and process to roughly chop the beets.
4 ounces mushrooms diced
2. Add the chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, salt
2 carrots diced and ice cubes. Blend until the mixture is smooth with a
¼ red pepper diced bright pink color, 3- 5 minutes.
1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced 3. Serve at room temperature or cold with naan or
your favorite dippers.
2 cloves garlic cloves minced
Tools and Equipments Needed:
Procedures:
Cuisinart food processor
1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high
heat. Add the chicken, season with salt and pepper, and Lebanese Kibbeh
cook until no longer pink, 5-8 minutes.
Ingredients:
2. Add the onions, water chestnuts, mushrooms,
1 cup fine #1 bulgur wheat
carrots and peppers and continue cooking until the
vegetables soften, 5 more minutes. Add the ginger and 1 cup water plus more for shaping
garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 more minute.
1 pound 100% lean beef
3. In a small bowl whisk together the ingredients for
the sauce. 1 red pepper seeded
4. Lower the heat to low and transfer the sauce to 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
the skillet, and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes to
2 teaspoons salt
make sure the chicken mixture is well coated with the
sauce. 1 small onion quartered
5. To serve, scoop the chicken mixture onto the ¼ cup kamouneh spice mixture
lettuce. Add peanuts and green onions, if desired.
¼ cup packed fresh basil
Tools and Equipment Needed:
¼ cup packed fresh mint plus more for serving
Zwilling knife
Olive oil for serving
Chopping Board
Procedures:
5 set Cookware set
1. Place the bulgur and water in a small bowl and all
Mixing bowl set the bulgur to soak for 15 minutes. The water should all
be absorbed. Fluff the bulgur with a fork
Ballon wisk
2. Place the beef, red pepper, butter and salt in the
Microplane grater
bowl of a food processor. Blend until the meat forms a
Beet Hummus dough ball, stopping to scrape down the food processor
as needed, about 5 minutes. Remove the mixture from
Ingredients: the food processor and place it in a large shallow bowl in
the fridge while you prepare the kamouneh mixture.
1 medium roasted beet cooled
3. In the same food processor used to make the
1 15-ounce can chickpeas rinsed and drained meat paste, add the soaked bulgur, onion, kamouneh
2 tablespoons lemon juice spice, basil, mint and. Blend until well combined.
Arabic style pita chips for serving 6. Garnish it with fresh mint, drizzle olive oil and
serve with pita bread.
Tools and Equipments Needed: 1 tablespoons mint leaves
1 cup raw cashews soaked at least 2 hours, then 2. Spread the butter, making a swirl pattern if you’d
drained like on a small serving board, spreading it over the entire
surface.
1 cup almond milk
3. Add the strawberries, blueberries, and walnuts on
¼ cup nutritional yeast
top of the butter. Garnish with mint leaves and flaky sea
2 garlic cloves salt followed by a drizzle of honey.
Mesuring cups and spoons 1. Place chickpeas in a bowl of water and rub them
together to peel the skin (optional step, but helps create
Mixing bowl set a creamy texture).
Chicken Taco Wonton Cups 2. Drain the chickpeas and transfer them to a food
processor. Blend them alone until they become powder-
Ingrediets:
like, scraping down the sides as needed.
2 cups cooked shredded chicken breast
3. Add the lemon juice, tahini, garlic cloves and salt
1 tablespoon taco seasoning and 2-3 ice cubes, and blend for about 5 minutes until
smooth.
½ cup salsa
4. Add roasted red bell peppers to the food
24 wonton wrappers processor and process until creamy and well blended.
1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese 5. Serve at room temperature or cold with naan or
your favorite dippers.
Sour cream for serving
Tools:
Sliced green onions for serving
Cuisinart Food Processor
Chopped tomatoes for serving
Lemon
Procedures:
Squeezer
1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously coat a 12 cup
muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
Eggplant Pizza 1 tablespoon parsley chopped
1 large globe eggplant cut into ½ inch rounds ¼ cup olive oil
Fresh basil for garnish 1. Assemble the salad in a large bowl by placing the
chopped lettuce first, then arranging lines of the
Procedures: remaining ingredients on top of the chopped lettuce.
1. Place the eggplant rounds on a baking sheet. 2. To prepare the dressing, whisk together all the
Generously salt the slices and leave them to “sweat” for ingredients for the dressing in a small mason jar until
20 minutes, then wipe them off with a paper towel. emulsified.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush slices with 2 3. When ready to serve, pour the dressing on top of
tablespoons oil and season with black pepper. Bake until the salad. Garnish with parsley. Toss if you prefer to
softened and slightly golden brown, 30 minutes. keep the salad untossed for best presentation.
¼ cup finely chopped green onion both light and 1 garlic clove grated
dark green parts 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
8 butter lettuce cups or 8 slices of whole wheat 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
bread for serving
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Procedures:
1 teaspoon honey
1. In a large bowl, stir together the yogurt, lemon
juice, dill, dijon mustard, salt, and black pepper. Fold in ¼ teaspoon salt
the diced chicken, apple, celery, and green onions. Serve
immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. ¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon honey 3. Top kale with sliced pears, candied walnuts, blue
cheese and cranberries, serve.
½ teaspoon Kosher salt
2 celery stalks diced 1. Whisk the red wine vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup,
salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add the cabbage,
1 shallot diced
carrots, red onions, and cilantro. Toss well to coat the
2 tablespoons tahini dressing into the cabbage. Serve immediately, or cover
and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.
Zest and juice of ½ lemon
Tools and Equipments Needed:
¼ cup Greek yogurt
Mixing Bowl Set
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Measuring Cups and Spoons
¼ teaspoon salt
Cutting Board
¼ teaspoon black pepper
Zwilling Knife Block Set ¼ green pepper diced
1 cup grape tomatoes 1. Place the tahini paste in a large serving bowl.
Add the lemon juice, garlic and salt. Use a whisk or fork
2 Persian cucumbers to combine the mixture until it forms a paste-like
consistency.
1 carrot peeled and grated
2 Slowly add water to the mixture and continue
½ small red onion sliced
whisking until it’s smooth and well blended.
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
3. Add the cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, green
Dressing pepper, parsley and mint on top and toss to combine.
½ teaspoon salt
Procedures:
Cutting Board
Tahini Salad
Ingredients:
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons water