The Art of Cuisine
Hand painted Fruit, Vegetable and Herbes Pots by A. Ahlert
Gourmet Cooking Lessons
with Amy Ahlert
The photos below are a small sample of recipes Ms. Ahlert has created using organic vegetables.
She has thousands of original recipes from decades of teaching classes to children, adults and special needs children and adults. She can also teach cooking at birthday parties which people love.
Ms. Ahlert can bring her skills to your location.
Her focus is on healthy, easy, delicious and fun!
Cooking lessons for one or more are now available. Rates on request.
Homemade Hummus With Grape Tomatoes and Eggplant
Sautéed Broccolini With Toasted Panko Bread Crumbs
Spiralized Zucchini With a Fresh Tomato and Garlic Sauce
Thighs with Onion, Garlic, Dijon Mustard and Panko Bread Crumbs
Thighs with Caramelized Onion. Rosemary, Garlic and White Wine Marinade
Organic Beet Greens Salad with sautéed beets, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and melted mozzarella topped with a Stone Ground Dijon mustard, lemon and garlic dressing
Organic Sliced Eggplant and Scallion Melange sauted with tomato paste, olive oil, garlic and fresh organic herbs, topped with Thai basil and heirloom tomatoes.
Organic Herbs Brain Power Omelette. Egg beaten with chopped sage, rosemary and super greens, turmeric, black pepper and salt with a tsp. of mayo.
Fresh Chicken Breast Salad marinated in olive oil, white vinegar, fresh thyme, chopped chives with sautéed scallions, radishes and diced peppers.
Organic Garden Salad with braised radishes, sautéed scallions, fresh tomatoes and organic arugula and garden greens with a Dijon Balsamic dressing
Organic Garden Salad with sautéed and baked organic eggplant, zucchini, cipollini onions, garlic, tomatoes with fresh herbs and rice topped with Mozzarella and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses
Sauteed skinless chicken thighs with an organic sauteed cipoline onions, garlic, fresh tarragon Dijon mustard and white wine marinade with a side dish of organic kale sautéed in olive oil and garlic with Korean hot chile crisp.
Sauteed Organic Vegetables topped with melted Gorgonzola Cheese, sauteed radishes, Patty Pan squash, wild celery, scallions, zucchini, summer squash and garlic topped with chopped chives and melted gorgonzola cheese.
Oranganic Ratatouille with Reggiano Parmiggiano Cheese, fresh heirloom tomatoes, white, purple and red bell peppers, sauteed cippoline onions and sliced garlic with fresh sage, thyme, tarragon and pepperoncini
Sauteed Organic Beets and Spinach in Olive oil and Garlic
Organic Raw Thai Basil on the left, Italian Basil on the right
Spaghetti Carbonara with Freshly Grated Reggianno Parmigiano Cheese
Homemade Croutons
Homemade Hummus with Artichoke Hearts, Marinated Carrots and , Calabrian chile peppers
Poached Alaskan Salmon in a Fresh Pesto Cream Sauce
Homemade Vegetable Soup with Boneless Chicken Thighs, Fresh Spinach and Korean Chile Crisp
Deep Roots Farm Famous Patty Pans, a type of Organic Squash.
Deep Roots Farm Striped Zucchini, Yellow Zucchini and a Cipollini onion
One of many Eggplants from Deep Roots Farm. ( The eye is there to see that the recipes are all cooked well!)
Deep Roots Farm Toasted sliced ItalianEggplant with olive oil and garlic with a Fresh organic multicolored pepper and tomato sauce with cipolinni onions herbs and fresh lemon and Italian basil.
Baked chicken thighs with panko onion garlic lemon and olive oil.
Marigolds by Deep Root
They have a lovely selection of cut flowers!
Sample Recipes for the Kids
Halloween Fingers
Individual Pizza faces
Philo tart with sauteed mushrooms herbs and cheese
Ghost pretzels
Sauteed spinach with sweet potato and garlic
Fresh organic produce in these original creations are supplied by Deep Roots Farm, Copake N.Y., a family run business with Farm Stands at the Tarrytown and Katonah, NY Farmer's Markets. It is worth a visit to these towns on a Saturday to meet the owners Scott and Stormie and buy some of the best, most interesting, tasty and fresh produce anywhere!
To book Ms. Ahlert to teach in person at your venue email her at ahlert1@verizon.net. Please write "Cooking" in the subject line.
Online classes will be announced soon. Check back for updates on these.