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Discover delicious, chef-curated recipes from YaDa Chef, a personal chef service, in Jensen Beach, Hutchinson Island, Stuart, and Port Saint Lucie Florida. Explore fresh, creative dishes that bring gourmet dining to your home!
Zucchini “Pepperoni” Pizza Recipe – Zucchinironi Recipe
1 small zucchini sliced thin* 1 teaspoon/5ml garlic powder or 2 cloves minced 1 teaspoon/5ml olive oil 1 teaspoon/5ml dried Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon/5ml red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon/5ml smokey paprika 1 teaspoon/5ml fennel seeds ½ teaspoon/2ml salt ½...
Culinary Team Building
Are You With A Company Seeking A Fun Cooking Team Building that Energizes, Engages and Fires-up Your Team? Create a gourmet meal while boosting your corporate team's potential with meaningful culinary cooking team-building workshops from YaDa Chef Chef. We come to you...
Date Night Cooking Class
Newlyweds & Couples Private In-Home Classes You got hitched… and now it’s time to get in the kitchen! Our private, in-home cooking workshops are for the couple who has everything–except skills at the stove. Better than a personal chef and more intimate...
Gluten Free Chocolate Pye Recipe
Ingredients For the crackling crust: 6 ounces ground almonds 1 egg white 2 ounces caster sugar (superfine) For the topping: 8 ounces plain chocolate, grated 1 pint plus 4 ounces (2 1/2 cups) double cream (or heavy cream) To decorate: Toasted almonds Yellow...
Dinner Parties – Dinner Party
A dinner party normally involves a sit down meal with more than one course. Any type of food can be served. If you know your guests, it can be more beneficial to pick something you know they will like - or stick to something simple that is usually a crowd pleaser...
Everything I Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen
You all know that expression (originally a book): "Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten." Indulge me as I tweak that to apply to the kitchen. Well, maybe I didn't learn everything essential there — but the room known lovingly as the heart of the home...
Remoulade Sauce Recipe
Remoulade is a French invention and was most likely used as a condiment for meats. Today we see it more as a fish sauce, rather like the English tartar sauce. I like mine with minced cornishon, which you can add to the below recipe. 1 cup/225ml mayonnaise 2...
Adult Cooking Classes – Jensen Beach – Hutchinson Island – Treasure Coast
Whether you are a novice in the kitchen or you've been cooking for years and feel like you need some new recipes, YaDa Chef's cooking classes for adults covers all the bases. We keep them fun - get your apron dirty with YaDa Chef! We offer daytime, evening and...
Salt and Sugar Cured Fish Tips
You can pretty much cure anything at all. The common cold is somewhat elusive, but pretty much all fleshy fish can be cured. Gravadlax, or gravlax, is what I’d call a soft and loose cure. The salmon remains moist and almost raw in the middle and the curing process can...
Yakitori Chicken with Ginger, Garlic and Soy Sauce Recipe
INGREDIENTS 1 pound/450g chicken livers, gizzards or boneless thigh meat ½ cup/120ml dark soy sauce or tamari ¼ cup/60ml mirin 2 tablespoons/30ml sake or dry sherry 1 tablespoon/12.5g brown sugar 2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed ½ teaspoon/2ml grated fresh ginger...
Sauteed Chicken with Squash and Carrot Ribbons Recipe
Serves 4 Ingredients 1 pound yellow squash 1 pound carrots 1/4 cup ghee, divided 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin 1 tsp. Celtic sea salt 1/2 cup chopped, fresh basil leaves Juice of 1 lemon 1/4 cup chopped, fresh flat-leaf parsley Directions...
Chicken Roasting Tips
Here are some great tips we cover in our cooking classes. Preparing the Chicken There is no consensus on the best way to prep a chicken for roasting; it’s all a matter of personal preference and tried-and-true experience. But here are some suggestions for where to...
Benefits of Fish
Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly - one or two servings weekly - may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to prostate cancer. Fish is low in fat, high in protein and an excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids. ...
Cider or Juice? It’s all APPLES to US!
In North America (the USA and Canada) we have a drink that is much loved called apple cider. Go anywhere else in the world and it will be known as unfiltered/natural apple juice. Cider is what you get at a pub and goes great with a “ploughman’s lunch”. It is...
JC’s Croissants Recipe
Croissants to me are the most decadent of morning pastries. In my mind I drift back to walking in the 5th arrondisiment on the rue Mouffetard and discovering L'essentiel Mouffetard and their most delectable croissants au beurre (butter croissants). This recipe is a...
Planning a Successful Cocktail Party
Step-by-Step Tips and Planning Strategies For Your Next Cocktail Party Have you ever wanted to throw a successful cocktail party like the one you see in the movies, but are not quite sure how to do it? Do you think you do not have the time or the money for one of...