Macro Flavor

Miso Soup For Children

Michael Bauce
March 14, 2018
Cooking With Kids, Recipes
Tags: #macrobiotics, berkeley organic meals, macrobiotic cooking, macrobiotic food, miso soup, shiitake mushroom recipes, vegan, vegan soup

Children love Miso Soup. We use milder Chickpea Miso in cooking class, because they are attracted to a sweeter taste and less salt for young children helps them develop properly. I sometimes add just a bit of Tamari to balance the flavor. I have noticed through the years, that every ethnic group of children are… more »

3 Ingredient Sweet Potato Soup

Michael Bauce
March 8, 2018
Cooking With Kids, Recipes
Tags: #macrobiotics, berkeley kids cooking, cooking with kids, health, healthy cooking, healthy vegetable soup, kids cooking classes, macrobiotic cooking, sweet potato soup, vegan soup recipes

Kids usually like simple when they are trying something for the first time. Sometimes an overly strong taste (like spicy) turn a child off to to the taste of the vegetable. We made this Simple Sweet Potato Soup in class today. The students cut rounds into half-moons and then triangles. They toasted pumpkin seeds and… more »

Fruit-Nut-Seed Bars

Michael Bauce
March 4, 2018
Cooking With Kids, Recipes
Tags: #macrobiotics, bars, cooking with kids, macrobiotic bar, macrobiotic cooking, seeds and nuts desert

These bars are satisfying to children as well as adults. Heat Maple Syrup and Peanut Butter in a small saucepan. Bring to boil and add nuts, seeds and cut-up dried fruit of your choice. Place in oiled cookie sheet until cooled. Cut into shapes.

Happy New Year Won-Tons

Michael Bauce
February 28, 2018
Cooking With Kids, Recipes
Tags: cabbage recipes, chinese vegetables, cooking with kids, healthy cooking, kids cooking, macrobiotic cooking, vegetable won-tons, won-tons

We celebrated the Chinese New Year yesterday in class by making vegetable Won-Tons. We were honored to have the Parents of a Chinese student in class, making the skins by hand and showing us different ways to fold. The flavors of ginger, soy, sesame oil and the vegetables has made this popular with all students… more »

Kids Love Vegetables

Michael Bauce
February 14, 2018
Cooking With Kids
Tags: children health, collard greens, kids cooking, kids cooking classes

Today in class, we watched child after child eat Collard Greens & Cabbage with exuberance. Although the common perception is that kids don’t like healthy food, the opposite is true. Most children actually love vegetables, fruits and whole grains, but are rarely offered them. When they are, they are often not presented in an appealing… more »

The Joy Of Cooking (With Kids)!

Michael Bauce
December 6, 2017
Cooking With Kids
Tags: cooking with kids, kids cooking classes, kids health

It has been my 18 year pleasure to spend my time cooking with kids, in schools (k-5), summer camps and private homes. I have observed that even the pickiest of students will eat healthy foods like Brown Rice, Vegetables, Beans and Fruit (if given the chance). In time, their exuberance for these foods spreads at… more »