Friday Night Kitchen Reels!
Nissa our in-house mango cracker jack shows us a few mango recipes
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
LOCATION: Crespo Organic Instagram (@CrespoOrganic)
DESCRIPTION:
Nissa (@picoypero) shows us how to make our favorite Crespo recipes, that she also created! You may not know this about Nissa but she’s been developing recipes longer than she’s been involved in mangoes!
Nissa Pierson is a noted herb expert and founder of Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center. She is the brains and culinary expertise behind the Crespo Organic Kitchen and the Crespo brand’s marketing endeavors. A cooking instructor, fruit and vegetable educator, food writer and recipe developer with over 25+ years’ experience, Nissa travels the globe in search of food and cultural knowledge while working with small growers in her produce consultancy business. She specializes in sustainable, organic, fair trade and local agriculture in terms of food education. She writes about fresh herbs on her blog MyHerbalRoots.com and educates consumers about organic mangoes on her Crespo blog- UnderTheMangoTree.CrespoOrganic.com
She is totally experienced in pushing ordinary people with varying culinary skillsets out of the comfort zone. She knows that by simply playing in the kitchen and trying is half the battle. She is considered a healthy cook because of her ample use of fruits, vegetables and herbs.
He palette and her cooking is as global as her passport. Her ideas often seem “not the norm” but trust us it will be your new norm.
We encourage you to try some of her recipes and in her words, “ just play with mangoes and see where they lead you, sweet, savory, salty and sour!
RECIPES/IDEAS FEATURED:
Friday July 5th –Mango Summer Rolls & Yellow Chili Mango Sriracha
Friday July 26th – Mallika French Toast wit Strawberry Butter
EVENT NOTES: We urge you to try the recipes and post your own reels!