Pizza!

I thought that I would share these pictures of the pizzas that we made in my cooking class on Monday. Each group made a different kind of pizza and I thought that they all looked beautiful! Our Professor/Chef taught us a great trick. Generously sprinkle cornmeal on the bottom of your baking sheet to prevent [...]

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Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt has been making a lot of headlines lately. While I have always been a yogurt lover, I have stuck to my Yoplait and Dannon Light & Fit brands, since they are low-calorie, tasty, and affordable. I kept hearing about Greek yogurt, but I was so set in my ways that I just kind [...]

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Soft Yeast Dinner Rolls

Need to make rolls for a dinner party? I would definitely recommend making these ones that we made in my cooking class last night. Bread is always a bit time consuming, but once you take a bite of what you have made, it is always worth it! And in my opinion, there is nothing like [...]

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Challah

We made this challah bread in my cooking class last night and it was DELICIOUS! Fresh out of the oven, you don’t even need anything on it, it is so yummy on its own. Challah is a special braided bread of Jewish tradition that is known for having a large number of eggs, flour, sugar, [...]

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Clarified Butter

Unsalted whole butter is approximately 80% fat, 16% water, and 4% milk solids.  Although whole butter can be used for cooking or sauce making, sometimes a more stable and consistent product will be achieved by using butter that has had the water and milk solids removed by a process called clarification. Procedure for clarifying butter: [...]

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Sicilian Orange Cake

Yesterday wasn’t exactly my day.  I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and my mood carried with me throughout the rest of the day, leaving me, at 4:45 p.m., browsing cooking blogs for some inspiration.  I came across a gold mine of scrumptious looking recipes on a blog called Almost Bourdain, and [...]

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Food Rules by Michael Pollan

I came across these Food Rules by Michael Pollan, author of several books on healthy eating (An Omnivore’s Dilemma, and most recently Food Rules to name a few), and thought they were worth sharing.  Honest and succinct, we should all incorporate these into our daily lives (says the girl who just ate a glazed donut [...]

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Sauteed Swiss Chard

I’ve never had Swiss chard until last night when we made it in class and I have to say I have definitely been missing out! Swiss chard is a beautiful, green leafy vegetable with stems that can be white, yellow, or red. It has a slightly bitter taste, but if you cook it in olive [...]

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Roast Rack of Lamb

I’ve never been a huge lamb fan, but after eating this in class last night (nervously, I must admit), my feelings on lamb have done a complete 180! The breadcrumbs and herbs that coated the lamb created a taste unlike anything I have ever had. Served with Potato and Celeriac Puree and Mint and Celeriac Puree, this [...]

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Mint and Celeriac Puree

We made this Mint and Celeriac Puree in class last night to serve with our Roast Rack of Lamb and it was delicious! The combinaton of the mint and celeriac (celery root), a root vegetable high in Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Phosphorus, Potassium, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Manganese was amazing. It paired amazingly [...]

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