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.
The tomato soup was great, really 'fresh' tasting which would seem difficult during the winter! How did that magic happen? I'm going to have more for dinner.
ReplyDeleteLast night it was just me and the 7-up pound cake, alone, all by ourselves. I couldn't resist. It was great! And those tastes and smells connect me back to being in Portland last summer. The one in Portland silently disappeared as it sat on the counter and everyone seemed to eat some whenever they passed by it on their way to the pergola.
ReplyDeleteAnd great photo, Abby Stern! You'd never know our house was dark with overcast skies when she took that picture.
Your hair looks volumized ;)
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