Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cooking parties



November has been a really busy month for cooking parties! Thanks to everyone who booked me, I've loved teaching you all how much fun it is to cook.

Here are some photos for you to look at....



Rolling Crispy Candy Sushi Snacks



Prepping crab and cucumber for California Sushi Rolls



Rolling California Rolls on bamboo mats.



Rolling our homemade pasta dough.




Making Cinnamon Tortilla chips for dessert nachos

Crispy Candy Sushi Snacks ready for packing up as party favors.

Chinese Food Week at LAC


Chicken and Pineapple Stir-fry


Baked Spring Roll and Sticky Maple Chicken Drumstick


Hot from the oven - Baked Spring Rolls!

What a busy day we had on Thursday! Our teens made a delicious meal of Chicken and pineapple stir-fry (see photo above) , fried rice, Baked spring rolls and Mini oreo cheesecakes. Our younger classes learned how to make a finger-licking Sticky Maple chicken drumsticks, fried rice and baked spring rolls. Take a look at the photos to see how much fun we had....


Making baked spring rolls









Thursday, November 6, 2008

Soups and Scones



We are in the middle of our fall session and everyone is doing great!
Today in our Beginners I class, we learned how to make Corn and Potato chowder and Maple Scones. You can see from the photo above how well the scones came out, we used maple leaf cutters and brushed them with a delicious maple icing.



We read the recipe carefully and measure all our ingredients beforehand - mise en place.





Our maple scones ready for the oven.



Time to eat! We spread our icing on the scones with paint brushes.







Our teens cutting leeks for Leek and Potato Soup.



Cooking apples for Apple Turnovers.



Delicious apple turnovers fresh from the oven.