vday cookies

I know this is a little late but I just wanted to post about the delicious treat I made for valentines day! I adapted a Martha Stewart recipe and made short bread cookies and the dipped them in melted chocolate. something that I realized while doing this, is that the more oil you put in melted chocolate mixture, the harder it will be for the chocolate to harden when you're done. I made the batter and then put it in the fridge to harden, and when I took it out, it was extremely crumbly and I didn't think I was going to be able to do anything with it but I managed to roll it out (sort of) and shape them into hearts. But they came out really well and solid. After I dipped the cookies in the oil and chocolate mixture I left them in the freezer overnight to harden because I was worried that the chocolate wouldn't stay solid. They were delicious though, my friends loved them. I'm also enclosing a picture of the carrot soup that I made yesterday. It was super easy and I highly recommend it. I didn't really use a recipe. I heated up some butter and then threw in some onions and browned them, then I put in a little bit of parsley and a clove of garlic. I let that simmer for about thirty seconds, then I put in about a cup of brunoised carrots. I poured in about 2 cups of chicken broth and a cup of water. I let that simmer for about 45 minutes and then after it cooled I blended it up really well and added some salt and pepper and it was delicious. Also here's a cute idea for you to ponder-for really easy and bite size frittatas, you can preheat the oven to 350 degrees, whisk some eggs, add in whatever you want, herbs, cheese, veggies meat. And then pour it into greased sections of a muffin pan and bake for 20 minutes. It's super easy and delicious.

successful cooking day!

I'm trying out for an internship at C'est Si Bon cooking school tomorrow so I thought I might as well do some cooking this weekend! Today the lovely Abby Stern came over and took photographs of my food with her very legitimate camera so get excited. Yesterday I started a soup by cutting up some onions and carrots and browning them in a sauce pan with some butter. Then I added in a pound of peeled and diced tomatoes along with some garlic, vegetable stock, dill, a bay leaf, salt, and pepper. I brought it all to a boil and then simmered it for 45 minutes. Then I decided to take a break and I stuck it all in the fridge. This morning I took it out of the fridge, brought it back to room temp and then blended it with my immersion blender. I ended up adding a little more garlic and dill at the end but the final product was delicious. And my mom was sick, so she was very appreciative of the soup! Then I made 7-up pound cake which I had the recipe from cooking camp for and it was delicious and we're eating more of it for dessert at family dinner tomorrow night.

yum! (photo credits to the amazing Abby Stern if you didn't catch that the first time around)

I also made muddy buddies which I found the recipe for on the side of the chex mix box. My mom had some leftover rice chex because she's making these delicious meatballs for tomorrow night so I used the rest for this. It's pretty simple and super addicting. Basically all you have to do is melt some chocolate and peanut butter and butter in the microwave and then mix it all up with the chex and then stick all that in a large bag with some powdered sugar and shake it a lot and then voila!

Anyways, wish me luck on the tryout! And comment if you're reading this. I love comments.