Melissa is a certified nutritional chef & a certified wellness counselor! She owns Via's Kitchen, a
✨ Whipping up a quick, easy & tasty Sunday Salad chock full of nutrition 😋
💫 Mixed greens with organic grilled chicken, strawberries, grilled zucchini & homemade honey Dijon dressing
✨ Key benefits: High in antioxidants, protein, hydration + vitamins B & C
✨ Perseverance pays off…as does manifestations!
💫 Via’s Kitchen by Chef Via Melissa is fully back up and running with NEW & existing culinary experiences www.Viaskitchen.com
✨ If you are a business in the Westchester / CT area… I’d love to connect about health focused meal prep delivery for your office
💫 Some other exciting events coming down the pipe…
✨ Cooking demos with Building Decarbonization Coalition
🎉 Pop up restaurant nights in the NY-Metro area & more cooking classes
Stay tuned!
✨ Don’t forget to snag your tickets to my Spring Soirée Cooking class!
💫 Details & tickets in the link here:
https://www.hausofhush.com/schedule/
🎉 Less then 2 weeks away… Spring Inspired Cooking Class in Greenwich, CT
✨ It’s such a beautiful zen space to prepare a nutritious plant based feast sans Gluten too!
✨ Snag your tickets before it’s too late, space is limited!
PS - please help spread the word and share this event for me 😊
https://www.hausofhush.com/schedule/eventdetail/478/-/hush-s-spring-cooking-soiree
✨ One of my newest partnerships is with HUSH in Greenwich, CT… an amazing alternative wellness center with so many unique classes and experiences (salt rooms, sound baths, red light therapy & more!)
💫 It was a natural fit for Via’s Kitchen to be an extension of their wellness entourage
✨ Please join us for my first event there on 4/16 for a Spring Cooking Soiree
💫 Details & tickets in the link here:
https://www.hausofhush.com/schedule/eventdetail/478/-/hush-s-spring-cooking-soiree
🌷 Spring weather calls for Spring Dishes!
🍃 Vegan Basil pesto w/ quinoa pasta & peas 😋
🌱 Whip up this Raw vegan pesto in less than 5 min:
✨2 cups thawed frozen spinach
✨1 cup fresh basil leaves
✨1 cup pecans
✨4-6 garlic cloves
✨1/2 cup EVOO
✨1/2 TSP sea salt
💫 Add all pesto to a high powered blender for food processor & voila!
✨ No need to heat, serve over your favorite pasta or smear on grilled chicken
✨ What are some of your favorite spring dishes?!
💫 Happy Try It Thursday!
✨ Now that I’m back from my travels & in the kitchen, I love whipping up my original healthy snacks!
💫 Try your hand at my RAW immune + energy boosting Chocolate Raspberry Balls made with Bees & Trees Manuka Honey 😋
💫 15 min prep > 30 min set
🍃 Happy Wellness Wednesday!
⛔️ We are in the heart of cold & flu season!
🐝 Manuka is one of the many natural ways I keep my immunity boosted during this time! Check out Bees & Trees Manuka Honey to learn more and more!
🍃 A little something I whipped up
🍃 GF pasta w/ vegan basil pesto, peas & onions
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✨ Prepping my 3 Ingredient Dill Dijon Sauce… is easy as 1,2,3…
💫 Used for multiple dishes:
✨ Slalom w/ dill sauce
💫 Crab cakes w/ dill sauce
✨ I personally love it on eggs, in chicken salad or event just as a salad dressing 😋💁♀️
Kicking off my 12 Days of Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas! First runner up is Hydroflask!
There’s something magical about executing events during the holiday season compared to the rest of the year! 🥰🎉
Last night, we dished up:
✨ Pork dumplings w/ plum sauce
💫 Mixed sushi
✨ Tonato, basil & mozz skewers
💫 Sliders w/ Jack cheese & curried ketchup
✨ Bacon wrapped scallops
💫 Crab cakes w/ dill Dijon sauce
Take the stress out of cooking this week with some of my professional chef secrets 🤫😉
Thanksgiving is the one holiday that turns everyday cooks into chefs for the day. As you prepare to execute your meal, here are some of my easy, Go-To Chef secrets to timing and executing a perfect Thanksgiving feast! PLAN AHEAD Don't forget to Defrost your Turkey! If you have not done so already, g...
🍁 Looking for healthier ways to dish out your Thanksgiving feast this week!?
🍂 My Un-Candied sweet potatoes make for a crowd pleasing dish whether served as an app or a side!
🍁 Swipe through for my varieties of staging ideas…
🍂 This simple recipe entails:
1. Roast potatoes in the oven 30-45 min on 400
2. Remove, cool > peel
3. Add potatoes, a dash of vanilla coconut cream, coconut oil, sea salt and vanilla flavoring to a food processor
4. Blend until smoothe
5. Add to a casserole dish, filo cup or bamboo cone
6. Top w/ pecans & coconut flakes and voila 💁♀️
A little something I whipped up for dinner… Tuscan quinoa pasta salad w/ kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, chick peas, diced zucchini, black beans and a homemade balsamic dressing 😋
I’ve been on the road so much lately it feels nice to have a clean, home cooked meal prepped by yours truly 🍷🤷♀️
Lots of fresh farm to table fall vibes going on in my kitchen right now 🍁🍂
NEW recipes coming your way soon 😋 w/ Beko
In honor of Diwali I’m noshing on a traditional Indian feast this eve…
🌱 Chana masala over white rice
🧐 What are you noshing on for the celebration of lights?!
What better way to kick off the week than to honor my Italian-American heritage on Columbus Day with an Italian-American dish with a modern twist 💁♀️🇮🇹 Baked not fried GF Vegan Eggplant Parm 😋
🍁 It’s been WAY too long since I’ve had the time to do a proper Monday Meal Prep 😋
🍂 Now that Fall weather is here I can finally crank the heat 🔥 up in my kitchen!
Tonight’s prep feast entailed:
🍂 Curry-cinnamon roasted sweet potato fries
🍁 Lemon paprika asparagus
🍂 Cilantro-lemon infused lamb chops
🍁 Simple sea salt + evoo roasted eggplant
What are you prepping for your meals this week? 🧐
Cooking 44 floors high above the city in one of my favorite client kitchens…. A hybrid birthday-Rosh Hashanah dinner prepared by yours truly 😋 Menu entailed:
Appetizers:
🌱 Tomato, basil, mozzarella skewers
🍃 Arugula Salad w/ tomato, cucumber, pistachio & lemon dressing
Side dishes:
🌱 Sweet potato frittata with zucchini & roasted peppers
🍃 Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Entrees
🍃 Broiled lemon salmon w/ dill Dijon sauce
🌱 Cilantro lemon infused Baby lamb chops
🍃 Pasta w/ basil tomato sauce and eggplant
Desert
🌱 Banana Ice cream w/ cinnamon, chocolate chips
www.viaskitchen.com
Happy Official 1st day of Fall AKA Pumpkin Season (sorry folks, I was hanging on to my summer as long as I could before acknowledging the next season)!
What better way to kick it off than with a Pumpkin Smoothie Recipe! Unlike many “pumpkin inspired food and drinks out there, this is made with REAL clean ingredients…. Hold the artificial flavors please!
RECIPE
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup vanilla plant based milk
1 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp maple syrup
1/2 frozen banana
Dash of h**p, flax & chia seeds
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I had a blast executing this mid-week Elevated BBQ 25th Anniversary Dinner! Menu entailed:
🌱 Charcuterie spread w/ 3 cheeses (parmigiana, belavitino, blueberry goat prosciutto
salami roses
Homemade pita chips, mixed crackers, fig jelly
🌱 STATIONARY APP
Grilled Polenta w/ tomato sauce & basil
Chicken satay w/ peanut sauce
🌱 SIT DOWN APP
Bruschetta w/ GF toast, burrata, balsamic glaze, fresh basil
Arugula salad w/ lemon, heirloom tomato, artichoke, cucumber
🌱 ENTRÉE
Marinated NY Strip steak Fried Rice w/ duck sauce Zucchini w/ garlic sauce
🌱 DESSERT
Deconstructed Strawberry Shortcake w/ maple-tahini sauce, whip cream, strawberries
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Sunday AM Baking in full effect... My GF DF crumb cake from scratch 😋
I cooked... again 😉💁♀️
Today’s 40th Wedding Anniversary feast entailed:
COCKTAIL APPS
🍃 Veggie Dumplings w/ teriyaki sauce
🌱 Crab cakes w/ dill Dijon sauce
BUFFET
🍃 Mixed greens w/ pomegranate dressing, cucumber, strawberries, feta
🌱 Codd w/ mango salsa
🍃Moroccan cous cous w/ chick pea, apricot, chicken
🌱 Black bean pasta w/ peanut sauce
🍃 Eggplant w/ garlic sauce
🌱 Lemon paprika string beans
🍃 Berry crumble w/ vanilla ice cream
| Monday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Saturday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
| Sunday | 07:00 - 21:00 |
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✨ Whipping up a quick, easy & tasty Sunday Salad chock full of nutrition 😋 💫 Mixed greens with organic grilled chicken, strawberries, grilled zucchini & homemade honey Dijon dressing ✨ Key benefits: High in antioxidants, protein, hydration + vitamins B & C
✨ Don’t forget to snag your tickets to my Spring Soirée Cooking class! 💫 Details & tickets in the link here: https://www.hausofhush.com/schedule/
🎉 Less then 2 weeks away… Spring Inspired Cooking Class @hausofhush in Greenwich, CT ✨ It’s such a beautiful zen space to prepare a nutritious plant based feast sans Gluten too! ✨ Snag your tickets before it’s too late, space is limited! PS - please help spread the word and share this event for me 😊 https://www.hausofhush.com/schedule/eventdetail/478/-/hush-s-spring-cooking-soiree
🍃 Happy Wellness Wednesday! ⛔️ We are in the heart of cold & flu season! 🐝 Manuka is one of the many natural ways I keep my immunity boosted during this time! Check out Bees & Trees Manuka Honey to learn more and more!
✨ Prepping my 3 Ingredient Dill Dijon Sauce… is easy as 1,2,3… 💫 Used for multiple dishes: ✨ Slalom w/ dill sauce 💫 Crab cakes w/ dill sauce ✨ I personally love it on eggs, in chicken salad or event just as a salad dressing 😋💁♀️
Kicking off my 12 Days of Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas! First runner up is Hydroflask!
There’s something magical about executing events during the holiday season compared to the rest of the year! 🥰🎉 Last night, we dished up: ✨ Pork dumplings w/ plum sauce 💫 Mixed sushi ✨ Tonato, basil & mozz skewers 💫 Sliders w/ Jack cheese & curried ketchup ✨ Bacon wrapped scallops 💫 Crab cakes w/ dill Dijon sauce
What better way to kick off the week than to honor my Italian-American heritage on Columbus Day with an Italian-American dish with a modern twist 💁♀️🇮🇹 Baked not fried GF Vegan Eggplant Parm 😋
Cooking 44 floors high above the city in one of my favorite client kitchens…. A hybrid birthday-Rosh Hashanah dinner prepared by yours truly 😋 Menu entailed: Appetizers: 🌱 Tomato, basil, mozzarella skewers 🍃 Arugula Salad w/ tomato, cucumber, pistachio & lemon dressing Side dishes: 🌱 Sweet potato frittata with zucchini & roasted peppers 🍃 Roasted Brussel Sprouts Entrees 🍃 Broiled lemon salmon w/ dill Dijon sauce 🌱 Cilantro lemon infused Baby lamb chops 🍃 Pasta w/ basil tomato sauce and eggplant Desert 🌱 Banana Ice cream w/ cinnamon, chocolate chips www.viaskitchen.com
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Today I whipped up a scrumptious Saturday brunch affair for a special bachelorette! Menu entailed: 1. Rainbow fruit skewars 2. Mixed greens w/ strawberries, cucumber, wanuts, feta, pomegranates, pomegranate dressing 3. Avocado toasts w/ cabbage slaw 4. Fritatta muffins w/ zucchini & roasted peppers 5. Belgium waffles w/ warm mixed berries, maple syrup 6. Vanilla infused mashed sweet potatoes w/ pecans & coconut flakes 7. Make your own omelette station w/ spinach, mushrooms, tomato, cheddar
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