Showing posts with label cooking lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking lessons. Show all posts
Saturday, April 5, 2014
How to make Peanut Butter Shells
When you think of making candy it seems like a really involved process. I made a ton of delicious peanut butter shells. When I say shells I mean seashells. I have a shell mold. Of course I do. Are you new? Noah loves shells and sea life. After my infamous Crisis Cooking with Sheila episode and trying every easy method to make these darn shells. I figured out that a spoon works the best. I used one of Noah's toddler spoons. It made it easier for control purposes. I tried the pastry bag. It wasted too much of the goodie. I tried a squirt bottle. It was impossible. So lets just say when I finished them I was not making them with love anymore. I was extremely frustrated and angry. So, use a spoon. It will save you hours of grumpiness. Here is my recipe. It has two ingredients. It sounds like it would take a long time to set but it doesn't. Like twenty minutes in the fridge.
Sheila's peanut butter shells
Reese's peanut butter chips
Shortening
Combine half a bag of Reese's chips with a teaspoon of shortening. Microwave it for 30 seconds. Stir. Microwave another 17 seconds and stir until melted. Carefully fill the molds. Carefully drop them on the counter.
Refrigerate for twenty minutes until hard pop them out and do it again.
I figured out that two bags makes six trays of shells as long as you aren't sloppy.
It's a beautiful and yummy treat for anyone who likes peanut butter.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Top Chef University To-Go App Review
As you all know I love to cook and bake. It’s one of my favorite things to do. I find it extremely therapeutic and fun. Even though I have been cooking and baking for as long as I can remember, baking bread from scratch since I was nine years old, I don’t know how to do everything. I am still learning techniques and how to do different things in the kitchen. I believe that anyone can cook with the right guidance. I just downloaded a new app called Top Chef University To- Go. I have watched Top Chef before and I really like the show. I think this app is brilliant because it is like they are in the kitchen with you. I like to learn visually and since there are video cooking lessons it helps especially if you don’t know how to do a certain technique and without spending hours on Google trying to figure out what different words mean you can just watch and cook along.
I have always wanted to go to Culinary School. I wanted to
be a chef when I was younger. I used to pretend I had my own cooking show. Now
with this app I can go to cooking school from home in my own kitchen. I don’t
have to worry about going to class or even do it on a schedule. I could learn
at 3 am if I wanted to. Top Chef
University To-Go has great videos. They are fun to watch. I learned what I need to have in my kitchen, I
have always wondered if I have all the tools I need. I am missing a few of the
items. One of them being an oven thermometer, I always just trusted the
oven. I need to get one ASAP. There is also a lesson in introduction to
Knife Skills. I was scared of knives for a very long time. I am not sure why, I
never cut myself but once I figured out how to use one properly, I am able to
do so. I am not sure the proper way to peel an apple. I end up wasting some of
the apple. I think it might have to do
with the fact that I am left handed. This Halloween, Noah and I carved a
pumpkin, well both of the pumpkin knives broke. I wasn’t done carving so I was
forced to use a sharp knife. I managed to carve it without losing any body
parts or cutting myself. I know watching the Top Chef University To-Go videos
it will help me become more confident in using knives in the kitchen.
I multitask all the time so I have to make sure I am really
paying attention as I do in the kitchen.
It is really important to be safe in the kitchen and have the safety
precautions in place so no one gets hurt.
Here is more about Top Chef University To-Go from the
developer:
-Cook
and learn from the top 11 chef’testants at Top Chef University To-Go
-Access
over 200 lessons organized into 20 courses
-Watch
lesson videos in high definition
For more information please
visit Top Chef University To-Go
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