New Years Birthday!

Hey guys! Happy 2011!! We spent New Years eating homemade pizza, veggie trays, and candy, candy, cookies, oh and did I mention candy? x0 We also spent time playing board games and then rock band till about two in the morning! Fun, fun!

The next day, on the 1st, I went to friend Amber's Birthday party! We had a lot of fun ringing in her birthday!


Her birthday cake!


Her cake after we got through with it! : )


The ice cream was so hard me had to microwave it!


Yummm ice cream! : P


Oooh syrup! : )


Candy canes!!

I had a lot of fun on break, but now I am back at college ready for my 2nd semester in Culinary school! I am taking 4 culinary classes this year! Culinary 2, Menu planning, Nutrition, and Food+ Beverage service! I can't wait to start!! I will try to keep you guys updated as much as possible with my hectic life! Oh yeah and there is always Cold Stone to look forward to too!!

Love you all!!

Lizzie! ^_^

Thanksgiving and More!!

Hey everyone! Haha I always think I'm never going to let myself get behind on blogging, but darn college and work takes my "extra" time away! So here's what's been happening the past twoish or so weeks! : )

First, the week of Thanksgiving the weather was terrible and all my classes were canceled. We were basically trapped in our dorms for three days, ahhh! : P My parents were able to come visit us though and we had a great time! My parents brought up most of the food, but my brother and I got the pie materials and the turkey. I spent all Wednesday night baking! I made two pumpkin pies, one pecan pie, and a chocolate pie for my dad! : ) Then on Thursday we cooked all day and sat down to a great dinner. Then we went black friday shopping, and on Saturday I worked at Cold Stones and my parents left on Sunday! : ( I miss them so much, but I can't wait to see them again during Christmas break. Yay!! ^_^


Our full fridge!


Putting toppings on corn casserole.


Some of our feast! : )


Full, full, full!! : )


The pies I made.

My parents also came to see me at Cold Stones! They took pictures, ordered ice cream and shakes, and made my co workers and I sing! Ahh thanks guys! : P < 3




Last Tuesday was my last Pastry Tube art class! We made pastry cream and piped them into swans and stuck them together using pastry cream. Easy and fun! : )



During cooking on Wednesday we had a dairy and cheese day! My group made mac and cheese! Other groups made alfredo, fondue, and souffles and we also had a cheese plate with a bunch of different cheeses to try, yum!

Finally, on Thursday we made low fat cakes. My partner and I made a chiffon type cake and others made different chiffons, angel food cakes, sponge rolls, and icings and different creams. We tasted all the cakes from two weeks ago and thursdays and we also had ice cream that we made in the past! : )

These next two weeks are my finals week and my last week this year working at Cold Stone! I had my Sanitation final today and I have my practical for baking and Cooking tomorrow and Thursday. Then next week I have four more written finals! I'm busy studying!!

I will try to keep more up to date though! Pinky promise!! : )

Love,

Lizzie!

Stars, steak, and cakes! : )

Hey everyone!! : )

So recaps, recaps!

On Tuesday, during Pastry Tube Art, we had our midterm by showing off how we could make stars, rosettes, zig zags, and more. I think I have improved a lot! : )

On Wednesday we made steak, sauce, risotto, and sauted veggies. I don't eat steak, so two other girls and myself cut one into three parts so we all three wouldn't waste a whole steak in the end! The cooking is the same, it just takes less to to brown in the pan in the beginning!


Yummmy, brown! x0

On Thursday we made high fat cakes! I made a high ratio yellow cake, and a creaming method chocolate cake! We also made some crepes that we filled half with nutella, and half with a savory meat mixture.They were easy, and straight forward. We had a yummy ice cream and cake party afterwards and I was full, full, full! : )


Yellow cake!


Chocolate cake!

Friday and Saturday were full of Cold Stone working! I worked till midnight on Friday, but I love my job so I didn't really mind! : )

Finally today, I had some awesome Pad Thai with my brother, and am again: full, full, full!

I can't wait for Thanksgiving this week! I'm going to try and bake some pies, and my parents are coming up to visit so It's going to be a lot of fun!

Love you all, and tell my about your Thanksgiving!

Lizzie

Cream Puffs, Bazaars, Brownie cookies, Fish, and ice cream? x0

Hello everyone!

Recaps, recaps! Haha photobucket has been mean to me the past few days and didn't want to upload pictures, but really I just forgot to take a lot of them, but I will bring us up to date with words! x0

So two Thursdays ago in baking class we made a ton of cream puffs for this event we were putting on. We made savory ones and sweet ones, but I'm just not really a fan of them either way. x0

Then on that Sunday we had a Holiday bazaar at the campus. Our culinary club had a table and I had to support them by buying, and trying to eat this giant moose cupcake!



It was a twinkie dipped in chocolate over a cupcake that was frosted. The ears were made of tootsie rolls, and the antlers were pipped chocolate (remember I did those a few weeks ago in Pastry Tube art? ^ _^ ) and the eyes were m&ms! So much sugar! x0

On Tuesday for Pastry Tube art we made chocolate butter cookies, and gingersnaps, again! We were supposed to make snickerdoodles but the chef didn't have a recipe, and didn't want to look for one, so we resorted to gingersnaps. I think they tasted better this time around though! The chocolate butter cookies were amazing too, they tasted like a warm, gooey brownie to me!: )

On Wednesday our main chef was sick so the next chef in line took his place to teach the class. We learned how to cook fish in different ways, grill shrimp, and saute and simmer broccoli!



Looks good huh? : P

Finally this past Thursday we made ice cream and ice cream sauces!! I made vanilla bean ice cream, and it was pretty amazing in my opinion! I also made dark chocolate sauce, but I didn't really like it because I had to put in orange extract, and I'm not a fan of orange and chocolate together. Other teams made pumpkin ice cream, and caramel ice cream and caramel, strawberry, and milk chocolate sauce. It was a tasty day!

I've also had some good Chinese food, sneaks of ice cream at Cold Stones, a pint of Ben and Jerry's, and some good coffee among many other things these past 12 days since I last blogged!

I will try and keep more up to date! I will, I will! : )

XOXO,

Lizzie! : )

Lunch with a friend!

So the past three days, I have gone out to eat lunch at three different places, but with the same friend!

On Sunday, we went to Gulliver's Book Store, which is this amazing bookstore with a cafe upstairs. We both got pesto turkey wraps, and cinnamon spice lattes which are like Starbucks Pumpkin spice lattes, but ten times better!

On Monday, we went to a little coffee shop near my culinary school where we split a garlic pizza with artichokes and tomatoes, and she got a white chocolate mocha, and I got an iced vanilla latte. Then for dessert, she had an amazing piece of tirimisu she let me have a few bits of, and I had yummy creme brulee!



Finally, today for lunch we went to Sourdough Sam's Cafe! She had an omelet, hash browns, and biscuits with gravy, and I had a blueberry creme with a side of hash browns!


(Nom! Yay for whipped cream! ^_^ )

Then, for dessert we both had warm pecan pie with vanilla ice cream!

I was so happy to spend three days of a row with this amazing friend and am going to miss her so much!!

xoxo,

Lizzie!

Recap and Cute Foodie Stuff! : )

Hey guys! I haven't posted in a week because my camera has gone missing! : ( So I will recap with words! ; )

On Wednesday, we cooked chicken and zucchini three different ways. We baked the chicken covered, and uncovered in the oven, and roasted one on the grill and we sauteed, grilled, and deep fried the zucchini. I loved the grilled and friend zucchini, but I felt like my sauteed zucchini was just too salty!

In my baking class on Thursday we made different fruit pies. We made flaky and mealy pie doughs, chilled them, and then rolled them out and either baked them whole or blind baked them and then baked them with filling. My group made fresh apple pie, and other groups made peach, blueberry, and quiche! I loooved the blueberry pie the best! : )

This weekends food fun was when I checked my mail and I got a piece of paper saying my dad had gotten me a subscription to the Food Network Magazine! Thanks daddy! : ) Also, I got four boxes of Clif Bars from my mom! I love you guys!! : )

Now today in Pastry Tube Art, we pipped out eclairs and puff pastries and made whip cream. It was a fun process, but I didn't really enjoy them because of the liquor that was added to the cream! x0

Since my recap is over, let's move on to today! While searching Fredflare.com today I found even more foodie stuff I would love to own! : )


Squeee! A doughnut pillow! Super cute!


I love this recipe box, super adorable! ^_^


Hello Kitty AND candy? It's a win, win situation!


An ice cream kitchen timer will make waiting for baked goods even more fun!

Well I'm off to study for my baking midterm, and my quiz for cooking tomorrow! Love you all!!

Lizzie! ^_^

Drama Rama!

When life gives you lemons... eat giant ice cream sundaes. ; )



Thanks for making me feel better Steven! : )

I want x, y, and z... oh and extra chocolate chips! X0

Haha I LOVE working at Coldstone's! I went in today at about 11:45 and was shown around the store a little more, and at noon I was thrown into making waffle cones! I mixed up the batter and made about ten cones, when the customers starting coming in, and it didn't end! I scooped ice cream, made milkshakes and smoothies, rang up cake orders, washed out blenders, and rang up customers over and over! When I finally was able to look at the clock, it was past 5! I was having so much fun, that I didn't even notice five hours had gone by! Other people found it stressful, but I thought it was pretty fun, and exciting! I can't wait to work again!

PS. All the kids who come in are so cute, it is always almost like this though! x0


Love,

Lizzie! : )

Eggs, eggs, oh and did I mention eggs? : )

Hey everyone! Woo it's been a busy, busy, busy ten days since I last posted!

First, I moved out of my old dorm room, and into a new one with a Subway in it AND an ICE CREAM VENDING MACHINE! Hecccck yeah. ; )

Then, I got a job at COLDSTONE'S! Yay! I'm surrounded by lovely ice cream a few days a week now, it's great! I have gone in a few days and I just LOVE it so far! It is fun making all those creations, and shakes/smoothies! I also love making the ice cream cakes! I don't even mind doing the dishes since I do them so much in my Culinary classes, it's like psh easy! : P

On Tuesday my morning classes were canceled but I went in anyway to help make about 230 sandwiches for an event that was going on later that day! I never want to see turkey or American cheese ever again! Haha! On Tuesday night I had another Pastry Tube art class where we pipped butter using a star tip to be used for a function that is coming up! We also learned how to make carnations, I have to sing "down up twist, down up twist!" to make them, haha no one seemed to mind though! x0

Eggs! Ahh! Haha I actually took pictures of Wednesday! We had to make eggs six different ways and show our chef! Here's my finished tray!


Haha that darn poached egg took me about five tries! I burned it the first time, and then I kept breaking the yolk when I flipped it, but I finally did it! : )


Here's my omelet in the process of being made!

After we 'mastered' the art of egg making, we moved onto breakfast foods! My group made pancakes! Plain, blueberry, chocolate, and chocolate blueberry! Yummy!


Our batter!

We had a feast of pancakes, waffles, quiche, and french toast! Oh, and of course EGGS! x0

Now today (Thursday) was my baking class! We made cookies, yum! My group made peanut butter and twiles! Other groups made two different chocolate chips, shortbreads, sugar cookies, lady fingers, macaroons, and more! I had so many cookies today, but they were all so good!

So tired now! I worked at Coldstone's and came home to do homework and am now finally done! Going to go internet around before heading to bed! See you all in Dreamland!!

Love,

Lizzie!

PS aren't I cute in a hair net? x0

Washington DC, Seattle, and Birthday recap!

Well we also went to Washington DC, we saw so many sights, and one of my favorite was seeing Julia Child's kitchen at the American History Museum!


Yay!

After DC, we went back to Seattle and spent time with family. We had greek food together, pizza nights, went to many restaurants, and had a BBQ together! At the BBQ we had goooood pie, I'm going to have to steal it from my aunt for my future bakery. ; ) I also had lots of ice cream, haha of course!

When we finally made it home my friend threw me an ice cream party, and then on my birthday we had Thai chicken, jalapeno mac and cheese, carrots/cucumbers, pecan bars, and toasted Marshmallow shakes. We had had the shakes at a restaurants in Washington DC, and we knew we had to remake them at home!

Since then we've just been happy to be home with our family and puppies! I got so tired of restaurants, so it's nice to be making things at home! I can't wait for school in the fall and for baking/cooking in the future!

Loooove you all!

Lizzie

New York Recap! Part 1

New York was so amazing! I loved it soooo much! Chicago was great, but New York was like Ahhhhhhhh! : P We ate lots of good food, saw great sites, and went to 4 broadway plays! Amazing trip!


Candy, candy everywhere!


For those Twilight fans. ; )


Ice cream is the greatest!


Yay, I got an ice cream bear from Build A Bear! I'm obsessed. : P


Yep, totally me. x0


At the Wax Museum! Us Chefs need to stick together. : P


New York Pizza is soooo much better than Chicago pizza! ; )


So good!! : )


Totally friends with the Candy Land king. ; )


Three floors of M&M, yeeeeah! x0

More to come, stay tuned!

Love,

Lizzie!

Wisconsin Recap!

We spent a few days in Wisconsin visiting family for the 4th of July! We consumed a lot of ice cream and cheese curds! : P


Yay for giant ice cream cones! I had ice cream four times there, yay! ^_^


Oh Mickey D, you make something good. : P


For the love of cheese curds! ; )

Yay for dairy products! : P Onto New York and more! ^_^

Love,

Lizzie!

Chicago Recap! Part 2

Here is the rest of my Chicago trip! : )


Chicago Deep Dish Pizza!


My tasty pizza!


We were able to go to the Taste of Chicago! It was really hot!


Look who I saw at the taste! So cool! : )


Ice cream is the best!


Taste even better when it's your dinner. x0


Mexican place we ate at with a bunch of family!


Didn't try it, but doesn't it look amazing?!

There was so much more food and fun, but now it's time to move onto New York! Yay!

Love,

Lizzie!