Cookie decorating and costume prizes

we are having cooking decorating and costume prizes at Christie's in Westport CT.
$10 per child for cookie decorating
Come on and join us this Sunday Oct. 30th from 1-3pm
give us a call with any questions... 203-347-8225

Cooking Class for only $20

Kids Cooking Classes!!!!

Hosted by Chef Neena Perez

Located: 161 Cross Hwy

          Westport CT 

SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

Spaces are limited, only $35 $20 per kid!

October 9^th     1pm-3pm

October 23^rd    1pm-3pm

October 30^th    1pm-3pm

Sign up at the front counter at Christies

Or call 203-347-8225

**Kids Eat What They Make**

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info@thekiddiekitchen.com

203-347-8225

                        Where Every Kid Can Cook!                        

Farmers market Sunday 9/18/11 1-3pm

Garden Veggie Pizza

Apple crumb tart

Tomorrow is going to be fun! Pizza's and Fruit tarts for our cooking class. You can join us at Christies Country Store on 161 Cross Hwy, Westport CT only $20 per student. ages 9-teen. See you there!

Kids cooking at Farmers market

We had a blast today, the ages ranged from 3yo to 6yo. We made Ratatouille from the veggies from the local farmers and we made stuffed apples wrapped in Filo dough. It was yummy!!!
For the next two Sunday's we will be holding kids cooking classes at the farmers market in Westport CT at Christies Country Store at 161 Cross Hwy.
Here is the Ratatouille recipe we used today. we also topped it with grated Parmesan cheese. it was soooo good.

Ingredients
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 onion, finely chopped

1 cup crushed tomato

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small eggplant (Italian, Japanese any small one’s will work well)
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash (yellow zucchini)
1 red bell pepper
Italian herbs
Salt and pepper

1.     Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2.     Pour crushed tomato into bottom of an oval baking dish and sprinkle with Italian herbs and salt and pepper, cover the bottom. Sprinkle chopped garlic cloves and chopped onion and olive oil into the sauce.

3.     Trim the eggplant, yellow and green zucchini, slice red pepper removing the stem and seed,

4.     On a mandoline, adjustable-blade slicer or with a very sharp knife, cut the eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash and red pepper into very thin slices, less than ¼ inch thick.

5.     On top of the crushed tomato sauce, arrange slices one veggie at a time: 1 eggplant, 1 yellow squash, 1 green zucchini, 1 slice of pepper and keep going around that way in a oval pattern from outer pan to center of the baking dish. Drizzle a little olive oil over the vegetables and season them with salt and pepper. Sprinkle some more Italian herbs over the veggies. Cover with a little bit more of crushed tomato like ¼ cup.

6.     Cover dish with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit inside. Bake for approximately 45 to 55 minutes, until vegetables have released their liquid and are clearly cooked, but careful not to over cook. You should see that the tomato sauce is bubbling up around them.

7.     Serve with fresh grated Parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!!

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Cooking Parties for kids, teens and adults!!

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Located: 161 Cross Hwy

          Westport CT

Peanut butter cups

So we are now entering the Fall and our phones are ringing off the hook!! We are practically booked for the month of September.... Cooking parties are a big hit with kids, teens and adults!!! I wanted to share a fun recipe with you to help bring in the fall at home. Enjoy!

The Real Peanut Butter Cups

3 ½ to 4 Cups of Powdered Sugar

2 Cups of Peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)

1 ½ cups vanilla wafers

2 ¼ Sticks of Butter (you can use salted or unsalted)

**Bag of chocolate chips, melted (white or dark)

Method:

1.    Melt butter in Microwave.

2.    Put bag of Vanilla wafers in food processor and make into fine crumbs.

3.    Mix powder sugar, peanut butter, vanilla wafer crumbs, and butter in a bowl. Mix until well combined set aside.

4.    Melt the bag of chocolate chips in a bowl over a pot of simmering water, stirring every 30-40 seconds until smooth, be careful not to burn chocolate.

5.    Place mini cup cake cups in mini cupcake pan;

6.    pour a dab of chocolate in mini paper cupcake cup.

7.    Roll small amount of peanut butter mixture into a ½” to 1” ball using the palm of your hands, place into chocolate cup, chocolate may rise up on sides.

8.    Place another dab of chocolate on top of mixture

9.    Place in Fridge for 25 min, or in Freezer for 10-12 min (if you just can’t wait)

10.Place a spoonful inside of each cup. Let chocolate set inside, and then enjoy the best PB cups you ever had.

**You can even paint the inside of the cupcake cups with chocolate, let it cool then place the peanut butter in it and proceed)

Cooking Camp, Fairfield county CT

We are approaching our last week of cooking camp!!!! You can have your child join for this last week. We are having an open enrollment, we will have it open for 4th to 8th grade..... Come and join us, it's Grilling week! Call 203-347-8225

Kids Cooking Camp

Camp these past two weeks was sooooo much fun! We had Breakfast foods for 3rd to 5th grade and 6th to 8th grade. They created such great foods like, mushroom and artichoke frittata, cranberry-almond french toast with cinnamon cream, Strawberry cram puffs, Fillo wrapped apples with maple cream. We still have a few sessions left. YOU need to sign up now. Next week we have international foods then its on to summer grilling.

Cooking Camp, Fairfield county CT

Summer camp is starting July 18th, in Stamford CT, we still have spaces available.. You have to contact us now to join our cooking camp.
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info@thekiddiekitchen.com
203-347-8225

Camp, Stamford CT

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203-347-8225

Summer Camps Summer 2011

Price is  $290 per session, please sign up immediately because they fill up fast and we only have 12 spots per session.

Will include everything your child needs to learn successfully in the kitchen.

I am Chef Neena Perez and have been teaching cooking techniques for seven years and camps for kids for four years now and have been featured in the Norwalk Beat magazine, CT magazine, and education notebook on channel 12 twice.

The dates are:

Breakfast Fun – Grades 3^rd – 5^th July 18-21 from 9-1pm

Breakfast Fun – Grades 6^th - 8^th July 25-28 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 3^rd – 5^th August 1-4 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 6^th – 8^th August 8-11 from 9-1pm

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 8^th – 10^th August 15-18 from 9-1

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 6^th – 8^th  August 22-25^th from 9-1

Lemon Butter Sauce

So my husband tells me at 8pm tonight that he wants pasta and breaded chicken with a butter sauce, but not a greasy butter sauce but a creamy butter sauce!!! Excuse me at eight at night. I'm not tiered, why not?

So i took some chicken breast, sliced the breast in half to make it thinner, dipped it in melted butter and then put it right into the italian bread crumbs, onto a pan for 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

I took out my stainless steel sauce pan and put 1&1/4  cup of dry vermouth, 2 lemons(peeled and cut into quarters) 1 shallot,minced  3 cloves of garlic minced and cooked that down for about 4-5 minutes, then i added 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and whisked it together for about 5-6 minutes, then slowly added 2 sticks of butter, whisked all of that together until a creamy consistency about 8minutes, took it off the fire and strained it into a bowl to remove the lemon chunks and seeds. Let it cool just for about 3 minutes to thicken up a bit. Poured it over pasta and chicken, and oh my goodness it was like magic! GONE! my family left nothing but the crumbs in the pan where the chicken was cooking...

Try it! it is sooooo yummy! Let me know if you do!
Chef Neena

Education Notebook.

The kiddie kitchen is on Education Notebook on Channel 12 in fairfield county CT. We are discussing our wonderful summer cooking camp for kids from 3rd grade to 10th grade. We are excited!
Cooking with kids and young adults can help impact them for the rest of their lives and give them the life skills they need.

Chocolate Tour in New York City!

I was literally touching Jacques Torres! I use to watch him when I was a young girl and loved everything he made with his wonderful Chocolate creations! He is even better looking in person. Although I am in love with my hubby, who is the one wearing the white shirt!...lol Jacques is HOT! and the chocolate in his chocolate factory in the city is amazing. I had a fantastic time. You should head out to NY chocolate tours and enjoy a nice brisk walk for about 2 hours visiting chocolate shops and a Cheesecake shop. Amazing!!!!!!!

Yellow Birthday Cake

This is the cake my camp kids make for me every year for my birthday!!!

Birthday Yellow Cake

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups milk
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1.     Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Then add milk, butter and vanilla and beat at low speed for about 30 seconds or until well blended.

2.     Beat at high speed for 2 minutes scraping the sides of the bowl often.

3.     Add the eggs and beat for 2 more minutes.
Grease and flour the bottoms and sides of your cake pans and pour in batter.

4.     Bake 30-35 minutes for a cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

5.     Cool cakes in the pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes then remove the cakes from the pans and cool completely on wire rack before decorating.

Must Register soon. Dates are Filling Up!

We already have some dates filling up for our Campl!! Call us today for your registration form!Cooking Camp is HERE!!!!

Summer Camps Summer 2011

Location: Stamford, CT

Price is  $290 per session, please sign up immediately because they fill up fast and we only have 12 spots per session.

Will include everything your child needs to learn successfully in the kitchen.

I am Chef Neena Perez and have been teaching cooking techniques for seven years and camps for kids for four years now and have been featured in the Norwalk Beat magazine, CT magazine, and education notebook on channel 12 twice.

The dates are:

Breakfast Fun – Grades 3rd – 5^th July 18-21 from 9-1pm

Breakfast Fun – Grades 6^th - 8^th July 25-28 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 3rd – 5^th August 1-4 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 6^th – 8^th August 8-11 from 9-1pm

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 8^th – 10^th August 15-18 from 9-1

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 6^th – 8^th  August 22-25^th from 9-1

Call 203-347-8225 or 
email us at info@thekiddiekitchen.com

Cakes for all occasions!

Cakes from the Kitchen After Hours!

Cooking Camp is HERE!!!!

Summer Camps Summer 2011

Location: Stamford, CT

Price is  $290 per session, please sign up immediately because they fill up fast and we only have 12 spots per session.

Will include everything your child needs to learn successfully in the kitchen.

I am Chef Neena Perez and have been teaching cooking techniques for seven years and camps for kids for four years now and have been featured in the Norwalk Beat magazine, CT magazine, and education notebook on channel 12 twice.

The dates are:

Breakfast Fun – Grades 3rd – 5^th July 18-21 from 9-1pm

Breakfast Fun – Grades 6^th - 8^th July 25-28 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 3rd – 5^th August 1-4 from 9-1pm

International Cuisine Grades 6^th – 8^th August 8-11 from 9-1pm

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 8^th – 10^th August 15-18 from 9-1

Summer Grilling Fun Grades 6^th – 8^th  August 22-25^th from 9-1

Call 203-347-8225 or 
email us at info@thekiddiekitchen.com

Cooking with kids is hands on!

Education Notebook Channel 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pFMcjl2Rc

Education Notebook Channel 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pFMcjl2Rc

Cooking with Kids, Fairfield County CT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l4DNmvd_l0

party theme

Asian Theme California Rolls Chicken lettuce Wraps Asian chicken noodle bowl Pot Stickers Egg Rolls Asian salad Ginger dressing Asian Foods (Ages 6+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	PJ Breakfast Breakfast burritos  Pancakes  Morning Smoothies  Different Muffins  French Toast Cinnamon Rolls Egg Nest Cinnamon-Apple-Bacon Bites PJ Breakfast Party  (Ages 6+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	Baking Shop (Sweet Tooth) Giant cookies to decorate Chocolate chip  Oatmeal raisin  Sugar cookies Butter cookies Cupcakes and frosting from scratch= different flavors Decorating cakes and cupcakes Brownies= chocolate, blonde and cream cheese Puff pastries with different fillings Baking Shop  (Ages 5+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	Finger Foods Nachos  Potato skins  Pot sticker Mini-Pizza  Mini-Burgers   Pin-wheels Pigs in a blanket Biscuits dogs Mini egg rolls Finger Foods  (Ages 5+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each Additional Guest	Grill’in and Chill’in Sizzling Fajitas (Chicken, Beef or Shrimp) Grill Top Pizza Beef Kabobs Chicken Kabobs Grilled Fruit Grilled Veggies Grilling Sauces Salads/Dressings Summer Drinks Grill’in and Chill’in (Ages 5+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each Additional Guest
Healthy foods made fun Fruity-licious kabobs  Salad on a stick Homemade Dressings  Fruit smoothies  Spiral sandwiches     Chop salads Taco Salad  Healthy foods made fun (ages 4+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guests	Italian Theme Meatballs Fresh homemade spaghetti Marinara Sauce Alfredo Sauce Mini-lasagna  Raviolis Different Pizza's Calzones Italian theme  (Age 7+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	Mexican Tacos (chicken or beef) Mexican Nachos Fajitas Guacamole Burritos Chicken Enchiladas Quesadillas Taco Salad Mexican Feast  (Age 5+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	My Pizza Party Homemade Pizza Dough Homemade sauce Different cheeses Pepperoni Sausage Ham Olives Pineapple Peppers Mushrooms The list is endless……… Calzones (Variety of fillings) My Pizza Party  (Ages 4+) $420 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest	Tea Party Butter cookies Chocolate chip cookies Oatmeal raisin cookies Sugar Cookies M&M rice crispy treats Brownies Homemade Peanut butter cups Pinwheels Different Muffins (Blueberry, Puffin muffin, plain, chocolate chip) Tea sandwiches (PB&J, cheese, turkey or ham and cheese) Tea Party (ages 4+) $490 for 10 guests, $35 for each additional guest