by Lisa Ludwigsen | Chef-K Best Healthy Recipes, Family Cooking, Recipe, Summer Cooking
A few fresh ingredients make a flavor-packed summer sauce. photo by Lisa Ludwigsen Traveling as a Chef-K instructor, I’m not home much in the summer. Even though I’m not around I still manage to grow a few herbs in my garden, the summer annuals that thrive in...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
As summer hits its stride we are gearing up for July 4th family celebrations! We hope you are, too! Summer is Chef-K’s busiest season as we travel across the country and to locations oversees presenting culinary camps to kids in addition to local camps. It’s an...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
Father’s Day is just around the corner. We’re always on the lookout for ideas that might delight Dad; something a bit out of the ordinary. This year we’re making an old-fashioned Tomato Soup Cake. That’s right, a cake made with a can of tomato soup! My dad was a...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
It’s springtime and we’re ready to change up the winter dinner rotation for a few lighter, easy, quick meals. Our Chef-K team is gearing up for summer camps making easy meals a must. We’ve all been there: It’s 5:45pm, the “what’s for dinner?” chorus has...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
There is a lot of talk about meal prep these days. Of course, we’ve been planning family meals since the beginning of modern life. Crock pots, reheated leftovers, and pre-cutting ingredients for the evening meal are just a few of the tried-and-true prep steps....
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
Homemade granola is the overachiever of the pantry. It’s a breakfast staple, a midday or afterschool snack, and a delightful dessert topping. The process of combining and baking a few pantry staples will make your kitchen smell like a high-end bakery. But the real...