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Cassandra Ellis shares her favorite recipes with you 

Available for personal cooking and private cooking lessons through-out the hamptons area.  Please contact me before it is too late to book your summer weekend of delicious meals.

What has everyone been waiting for?  Why , a weekly menu of course! 

NOW SERVING:

THE Salad - soft greens tumbling around with roasted beets, brussels and yukon gold potatoes, a little bit of caramlized onions and garlicky balsamic vinagrette

Creamy Potato Leek Soup

Cous Cous Salad

The Best Hummus (you ever had)

Chunky Fresh  Applesauce

Roasted On-the-bone Turkey Breasts

Swiss Scalloped Potatoes

Fresh Pullman Loaves

Carrot Cupcakes

If you live in the Hamptons and you find yourself with hunger pains but you absolutely don't want to cook, call me.  I can help you out.  I'm nice like thatLaughing

If I had to make a list of my favorite soups, I guess it would be...

bean and bacon * black bean * borscht
butternut squash * carrot ginger * cheese
chickarina (meatball dumpling) * chicken chili
chicken noodle * chicken and rice
chicken and vegetable * chilled gazpacho * classic tomato
cold cucumber * corn chowder * cream of asparagus
cream of broccoli * cream of brussel sprout
cream of mushroom with sherry * cream of spinach
creamy carrot and herb *  creamy tomato with fresh herbs
curried carrot * French onion * Indian mulligitawny
leek, potato and white bean * lentil vegetable
Manhattan clam chowder * minestrone
miso with tofu and vegetables * mushroom barley
New England clam chowder * potato and celeriac chowder
Portugese kale, white bean and sausage
roasted tomato florentine * root vegetable stew
scallop chowder * split pea * stracciatella
tomato cheddar * tortellini en brodo * thom yum
twelve bean * vegetarian chili * vichyssoise 

It's so hard to pick just one favorite!  If you would like a recipe for any of these amazing soups please contact me...I love them all

In my quest for ongoing enlightenment and better health, I've been making my own vegetable stocks so that when I make soup it's easy to go vegetarian.  Not to mention the homemade component makes a good recipe taste its best. 

CASSANDRA'S VEGETABLE BROTH

3 carrots, unpeeled in large chunks

3 parsnips, unpeeled in chunks   

3 stalks of celery, in chunks

1 large onion, quartered

1 large potato, unpeeled and in chunks

1 lb. mushrooms, brushed clean, halved if large

2-3 small turnips, unpeeled and halved

bunch of scallions, in thirds

half bunch of parsley  

half bulb of garlic  

2-3 bay leaves

Put all the ingredients in a large pot and cover with water.  Bring to a boil, then turn down to a low simmer.  Simmer uncovered 2-3 hours, until the broth has turned a golden to medium brown.  Strain out vegetable matter and cool until room temperature.  This broth can be stored in the refrigerator for almost a week, or in the freezer for up to a month.

 * always remember to clean thoroughly and trim blemishes from all of your vegetables before cooking.

 

please contact me for information on how you can get cooking lessons in your very own kitchen or delicious food for any occasion 

Cassandra Ellis

cell. (908) 309 - 8458

email:  ellecassandra@gmail.com

  

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