The next category for Laura’s cooking class was to cook a meat. She selected Sweet and Sour Pork. Ingredients: To Serve 4 1 lb lean boneless pork 2 T. Dry Sherry salt and pepper 1 egg 3 T. Flour 3 T. oil 2 Carrots 2 Onions 1 Cucumber 1 Garlic...
Laura decided for our pasta category on Ravioli. I think I knew it was going to be difficult, but neither Laura nor I knew how involved homemade ravioli could be. First you have to make the sauce, nearly 5 hours it took to cook! Next was the homemade noodles, (the...
As I mentioned in my Easter blog, Laura made Spice Cake for the occasion of our family holiday dinner. This recipe was from my mom’s old Betty Crocker Cookbook Here is the recipe for the Spice cake recipe I have been using for years. 2 1/2 c Sifted cake flour...
Pizza! Last week Laura had quick breads and this week we started on yeast breads. For her yeast breads, she chose pizza dough. We decided then to make an entire pizza from scratch, the dough and the sauce would be completely homemade. Our first glitch seemed to come with the...
This class session we went straight to my old Betty Crocker Cookbook. Laura found our session on quick breads a lot easier than last week’s Tortilla. Here are the yummy results. (Tip from a friend: Sprinkle with brown sugar before putting them in the oven to bake.) Blueberry Muffins...
This time around, Laura prepared a family favorite, Tortilla de Patatas. We went with a tried and true method for this tortilla, with a little variation from the book, “The Complete Spanish Cookbook.” Tortilla de Patatas (Spanish Potato Omelette) 5 T. Olive Oil 3 large potatoes, peeled and...
Laura treated me to a Valentines Day lunch today with a very odd sounding salad, Jamaican Jerk Chicken Salad, but it tasted wonderful. Here is the recipe: INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup prepared or purchased honey-mustard dressing 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest 4 chicken breast halves without skin, boneless 1 tablespoon...
French Cauliflower Soup This semester, I added to Laura’s curriculum cooking class. After some time discussing the food pyramid, balanced diet, table setting, and cooking terms, Laura got started with cooking. She made her first soup, deciding on French Cauliflower Soup. It was delicious! Here is the recipe: 1 head...
“Barb, tell Mr. King we want to go play dodge ball.” My classmates seemed to think I was a teacher’s pet and could influence the teacher to let us out of class early for a game of dodge ball. We had hours and hours of fun in our school playground,...
