pic-less, snowy food week :-(

Well, we had a “snow day” Tuesday and missed class entirely (SO bummed).

I missed breaking down a whole chicken again (I’m getting good at this), Chicken Consommé Paysanne, white stock, herb cheese spread, grilled vegetable sandwich, grilled cheese with arugula, sun dried tomatoes and bacon (sounds YUM!), Carolina Chicken Thighs and Hot Wings!!  really??? SO BUMMED!  apparently we WILL make the consommé next week instead of “mystery basket roasted vegetable soup”, but otherwise these are all “lost” unless I make them @h.                                no pics there

I’m feeling more like I’m on “chopped” every day after hearing “2 minutes chefs” on exam day last week and now being asked to take a mystery basket and make something!

Friday we made 3 cakes – devils food layer cake, orange chiffon layer cake (smelled divine!) and a “high ratio” (this means more sugar) pound case on a half sheet pan.  Unfortunately I forgot to take any pics (which would have been boring anyway), and we didn’t bring anything home – as these will be used to make some awesome desserts over the next 3 weeks (cutting shapes, adding ganache, icings and fruit coulis and making pretty plates!) – so look for some fun pics next week

meanwhile – here are home made dog treats, in 2 sizes, made by little Nora (with a kit I got her for x-mas) – the girls LOVE them!

and a dog 🙂