Cooking For My Mother: Recent Episodes

Yasmeen Logan and Christina Skavicus

In this podcast Christina Skavicus and Yasmeen Logan are tackling the challenge of finding delicious foods for their moms who have quite a few dietary restrictions. While not always on topic we are exploring how to make delicious food for all. Tune in every other Thursday to hear what works, what doesn’t, and the many stories in between.

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Hello! Sorry for the long wait. Today Christina is doing a mini-episode on spelt. We go through the benifits of spelt, do a detour into FODMAPs and celilac disease, and lasty go into some baking experience that we recenty had. Listen in to hear more!


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Hello and welcome back! It's just Christina this week talking about Mangoes. Listen in if you want to learn a bit more about where mangoes are from, how they got there name and how people around the world eat mango. Some recipes discussed this week are mango lassi, mango kulfi, avakaaya, aamras, amavat, aam ka panna, khao niao mamuang, yum ma muang, and yum pla duk foo. 

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Welcome back! Yasmeen couldn't join us today but Christina brought on some special guests to help her talk about Hello Fresh. We discuss the recipes, prep time, and ingredients. At the end we give our recommendation about whether or not we would get Hello Fresh again. Tune in to hear more!

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We are back! This week Christina and Yasmeen are discussing ice cream and other frozen treats while trying to ride out the heat wave that is currently going on. Some topics are different plant-based ice creams, granita, Italian ice, and favorite ice cream flavors. Tune in to hear more!

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Hello! This week Christina and Yasmeen are discussing cookouts! We go over what to eat, what to bring, and some preferred favorite foods. Some foods we discuss are hamburgers, hot dogs, popsicles, and Korean corn dogs. Tune in to hear more!

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This week Christina and Yasmeen are talking about movie snacks! We discuss the perfect snacks for different movie genres, our favorite popcorn flavors, and some movie theater etiquette. Tune in to hear more!

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This week Christina and Yasmeen are talking about breakfast! We discuss some favorite breakfast foods, our breakfast order, and some interesting breakfasts our parents had. Some food we talk about this week includes oatmeal, crunchy french toast, coco bread, and uovo sbattuto. We also answer the age old question, can breakfast be eaten at dinner? Tune in to hear more!

See below for some links to some of the foods we discuss in the episode.

Coco Bread: https://www.africanbites.com/coco-bread/

Uovo sbattuto: https://www.shelf5.com/2022/02/12/uovo-sbattuto-con-caffe/

Crunchy French Toast: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/crunchy-french-toast/

Zabaione: https://www.recipesfromitaly.com/zabaglione-recipe/

Huevos Rancheros: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023168-huevos-rancheros

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In this episode we are talking about sushi! We discuss some favorite sushi rolls, sushi ingredients, and some places where we get sushi. We also learn a little about some hidden gluten in sushi rolls. Tune in to hear more!

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Welcome back! This week Christina and Yasmeen are celebrating Mother's Day by talking about their mom's favorite foods. We also discuss some of our mothers disliked foods and some loved recipes. Tune in to hear more!

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This week Christina and Yasmeen are breaking the rules and talking about cookies! Join us to hear about our favorite types, some loved bakeries, cookie modifications and ideas to give to Oreo about their cookies.

Pizzelle di Pratola Peligna Recipe: https://nonnasway.com/pizzelle-recipe-di-pratola/


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Welcome back listeners! This week Christina and Yasmeen talk about the wonderful world of tacos. We discuss some taco fun facts, favorite taco flavors, and debate which type of tortilla to use, flour or corn? 


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On this episode of Cooking For My Mother we are discussing pizza from the types of crust to the different cheeses (or fake cheeses). Join us as we discuss our strong opinions about cauliflower and its use in crust, Dominos, and if vegan cheese is real cheese. Or should it really be named something else? 


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In the first ever episode of Cooking for my Mother we are discussing Birthday Cake and the dietary restrictions of our mothers. We go off topic and discuss soup dumplings, birthdays in other countries, and some disliked foods. 


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