Cooking and Baking class! : )

Here's a recap on my cooking class on Wednesday and my baking class on Thursday! ^_^

So on cooking class this week we did a section on chickens! We all had to make sauce, and then partway cook our chicken over the broiler and then finish it in the oven! The chef really liked mine, he said I had a good balance of colors. : )



We also made side salads with our own salad dressings. Mine was made with apple cider vinegar and olive oil!

My friend K is so cute! : )


The chef really liked her chicken plate too! *hive five!* We're getting better! : )

Then Thursday, in baking class, we made each made pastry cream, and then different cream pies, rice puddings, or creme brulees.


Vanilla, chocolate, and chocolate strawberry creme brulees!


Banana Cream pie! Yummy, so good! : )


My pumpkin pie!

I made three extra pies, and my chef liked them so much she gave them away as bribes. ; )

I will post some recipes soon!

Night!

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

Pastry Tube art!

Hey everyone! (even if this just means my mom, then Hi mom! *waves* xP )

So I had Pastry Tube art tonight! We worked with a star tip and made stars, zigzags, and roses! It was a very fun, and very messy! My teacher gave off a very mean first impression, but having these night classes with him I have seen he is actually really helpful and funny! I'm loving pastry tube art so far!


My pastry bag and the star tip. We practiced putting in the tips and filling up the bag, I was covered in that icing (which was about five years old! It smelled sooo good though it was hard not to taste it! X0 )


Star Tip on finger!


Star Tip name! : P


Zig zags!


Roses!


The roses are happy! ^_^

Haha can't wait to learn more next week! : )

Love you!

Lizzie

Culinary School

Hey everyone, wow it's almost been a month since I last posted, but I've been so busy!

I've been at college for a week now, and I'm loving it so far! I am taking Introduction to the Culinary Arts, Sanitation, Pastry Tube Art, Cooking 1, and Baking 1! I had my first class this past Thursday, which was Baking 1. It was so amazing! I met all my fellow classmates, and my amazing teacher. She seems like a great person, and a great chef! We then toured the bakery, and learned that bakers always need to weigh ingredients instead of just measuring certain amounts to be spot on when making things in bulk. We also broke into groups and made cookies, and the chef really like our groups! I have been doing homework and battling a cold these past few days, but I'm so excited for Tuesday to start some of my other classes!

I can't wait to take pictures and learn even more!

Love you all,

Lizzie! ^_^