On October 15, 2011, I served my four course dinner to my family. The attendees were my husband Douglas, my mother Deborah, my nanny Tammy, my aunt Yvette, my cousins Aimee & Laurene and Aimee’s boyfriend Jesse. It was nice to get together with my family and they were very excited for me to be
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Shopping List Baking Supplies Produce ________ Almond extract, 1 tsp. ________ Baby carrots, 3 lb. ________ Brown sugar, 2 tsp. ________ Creole tomatoes, 2 ea. ________ Corn starch, 1.25 oz. ________ Green onions, 2 ea. ________ French loaf, 1 ea. ________ Iceberg lettuce, 2 ea. ________ Granulated sugar, 3.75 oz. ________ Shallot, 1
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Prep Schedule Warm Bacon Vinaigrette (Friday) 07:45 PM – mise en place 07:55 PM – vinaigrette started 08:30 PM – vinaigrette finished Pastry Cream for Napoleon (Friday) 08:40 PM – mise en place 08:55 PM – pastry cream started 09:12 PM – pastry cream finished Rice Dressing for Entrée (Friday) 09:22 PM
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This is the recipes for my Dinner on Me project! Print French Onion Soup with Melted Gruyere Cheese Recipe type: Soup Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 1 hour Total time: 1 hour 15 mins Serves: 8 Caramelized sweet and red onions in a hearty stock with sweet red wine. Soup is topped with melted gruyere
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My mom came up to visit this weekend so I cooked for my family when I got off of work! I grilled pork chops, had mashed potatoes and vegetables! Everyone loved them! I made plate presentations and had fun doing it. My six year old decided to do her own plate too!
My husband wanted me to recreate the steamed salmon I cooked in class the week for him and cook him some steamed broccoli for dinner. I made my own steaming liquid from chicken broth, onions and a mix of seasonings. I then laid the salmon on the lettuce just like in class and cooked it.
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Another week of vegetables! And Chef asked me today why I wasn’t tasting! I had to admit I’m a picky eater and I only eat peas and corn! Ouch!! Boy I am in Trouble!! I did tell her that’s why I have a husband 🙂 My partner today was Tricia and we made Mushroom and
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