mother’s day gift
We have the perfect mother’s day gift to share! We are hosting a hands on parent and child cooking class on Saturday, May 19th. What would mom love more than to spend her morning learning new culinary skills with her kids? We will make a Spanish feast of seasonal vegetable paella and fresh horchata, at our Food + Garden Summer Camp headquarters. We look forward to sharing a morning of...
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Sign up for summer camp 2012! Butter Beans Food & Garden CAMP is a fantastic summer experience that connects kids to their food chain through visits to urban gardens, rooftop farms and green markets. Kids engage and learn from sustainable merchants and farmers, master composters, local chocolate makers and bee keepers, they buy local food, make a fantastic lunch (while honing their...
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We are proud to buy all of our milk from a local producer: Hudson Valley Fresh. Buying locally, and from a reputable company not only provides us with fresher, more nutrient rich milk, but it also helps grow and maintain local jobs, and helps care for the environment. Why drink milk? Milk contains vitamin D, which helps the body absorb calcium. Vitamin D and calcium help maintain strong bones,...
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Crepes with poached pears, empanadas, grilled cheese with broccoli raab spread, granola, zucchini fritters, soups and stews, seasonal treats and more! Cooking is great fun. Students enjoy the hands on experience of cooking while learning life skills and making new friends. Email classes@butterbeanskitchen.com today to set up an after-school cooking class at your...
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As a part of our mission at Butter Beans, we try to create as little garbage as possible. Our first Butter Beans lunches were all served in these fun, three level, stainless steel stack-able lunch boxes. We love them because they make packing a variety of food for lunch easy, they eliminate concerns of plastic chemicals leaking into food, eliminate trash, and are cute and compact. They come in an...
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- Shopping mattersFor those 501c3′s looking to help educate the public on how to eat healthy on a budget, you should take a look at these available grants. Grant applications end on June 13, 2012, and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to cookingmattersgrants@strength.org In order to cook at home it’s important to shop […]
- fresh ricotta cheese at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum GalaWe had the honor of participating in the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Gala last Tuesday, May 8th alongside other Brooklyn based food vendors and Children’s Museum friends and supporters. At the gala we put on ricotta cooking demo which turned out to be a huge hit! Those that stopped by our table were surprised at how […]
- Happy Mother’s Day!This one goes out to all of our mother’s who have given us life, love, energy, protection and joy. We are forever grateful, and wish all mother’s a happy and relaxing mother’s day this Sunday. To honor mom, we have a great gift idea for those moms who love to cook with their kids – […]