Risotto with Roasted Red Peppers
For most of my adult life, I have not eaten risotto because of my cheese issue (basically, I don’t eat cheese) and always understood risotto to be made with cheese. But a coupla years ago while looking for recipes to use in my Cooking Wars class, I came across a recipe that mentioned that I…
Pomme Roses
I first came across what I have come to call Pomme Roses, a coupla years ago. Pomme roses aka apple tartlets aka apple roses are these beautiful, flakey scrumptious desserts. These are apple slices wrapped in a puff pastry and rolled to look like roses then baked until the pastry is golden brown. I have…
Angel Biscuits
I’ve been wanting to make angel biscuits for a while now. But its one of those dishes that that I have feared a little. Basically yeast goods have freaked me out a little. But with the growth of my cooking classes in the last coupla years, I knew I couldn’t continue to fear that wonderful…
Food Illusion: Sunny Side Up Egg on Toast
As is the norm for me, I am constantly doing research for either my classes or just to feed my addiction of learning new techniques to make things. A few weeks ago, I was looking for a fun cooking activity, something that was different from the norm. Unlike most weeks, I wasn’t just looking for…
Chocolate Pinecone
Chocolate Pinecone: this turned out to be one of my most fav projects to experiment with as well as I loved the process of making it. I will admit that I have as of yet to taste the combined components together although I have tasted each of them separately. And the reason why is because…
Holiday Cookies #1: Pinwheel Cookie with Dates & Mango Filling
So this year I have decided experiment with holiday cookies. To make and receive holiday cookies is something millions of people out there enjoy during the holiday season. Personally I am a classic girl: give me sugar cookies during the holidays and I am a happy camper. But with tons of types of cookies out…
Lace Pancakes
Last week in class we made “Lace Pancakes” with the kids .Just like regular pancakes we had to make the batter , by whisking together all the ingredients and making sure it didn’t have any lumps. The fun part of these types of pancakes is the ability to create fun designs. The class went well…
Lemon Poppy Zucchini Muffins
About a week ago, I got to one of. my schools to find two big platters of veggies from an event the night before. Since they were going to throw them away, I decided to grab the mini bell peppers and the mini zucchinis. I kind figured I could always find something to do with…
Flame Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Last Friday at one of my schools, I came to find 2 platters of veggies from an event the night before. They were gonna throw the veggies out so decided to grab a ton of small bell peppers and some mini zucchinis. I decided to make one of my fav soups: Roasted Red Pepper Soup.…
Mac ‘n’ Cheese Bites
We recently made Mac ‘n’ Cheese Bites in all our cooking classes. Always a big hit with the kiddo’s, I would say that the classes went well. Well … they went well for the most part, the Cooking Wars! and Baking Wars! classes did have a few issues, which included teams forgetting to add some…