Overdue Update!

This past weekend we catered a wedding reception. The things we made for the event included a lemon curd cake, a cheese platter, carmelized onion tarts with gorgonzola on top, veggie platter, toasted sourdough bread topped with curried egg salad and smoked salmon and a chiptole hummus dip with pita chips. We also catered two different teacher's meetings. One was for the Humboldt County Office of Education and we made a butternut squash soup, chicken ceasar salad wraps, orzo salad, and our signature chocolate cupcakes with chocolate cream cheese frosting and spider webs. The other lunch we did was for our teacher's at Fortuna High School on November 2nd. We made thai green curry, chicken skewers, and basmiti rice. We also made cupcakes for Halloween. We made pumpkin spice cupcakes with maple cream cheese icing orange sprinkles and a pumpkin on top, red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting, chocolate cupcake with choclate buttercream frosting and a spider web, and a vanilla cupcake with caramel buttercream frosting. Yum =]

Homecoming Cupcakes =]

Friday October 15th we made over 80 cupcakes, chocolate and vanilla. The vanilla cupcakes had a caramel buttercream frosting and the chocolate cupcakes had a chocolate buttercream frosting. We sold between 60-70 cupcakes each cupcake was $1.50 each or 3 for $4. Each cupcake was topped with a husky pawprint made out of blue and white fondant to show our school colors for Homecoming week!

I think we did really well on this one and had a lot of fun with little to no chaos or drama.

I'll post a picture of them later!

Reflecting On Our Staff Lunches!

I think that this past week's staff lunch was very successful, it was our least stressful and everyone was equally prepared. The Chiken Skewers that Kelsey and I made were very tastey and I'm sure the tofu ones were just as good! The couscous was really flavorful and of course our honey walnut cupcake topped with honey buttercream a baklava treat and a fondant bubble bee just made the lunch even better!
I don't think we could've done any more better than we did this last week. We really worked as a team and everyone got along really well!

Here's the recipe for the Chicken Skewers
1 skinless, bonless chicken breast per person

Marinade:
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp fish sauce

16 bamboo skewers
Cut the chicken breasts into into cubes and place them in a work bowl. Add all the marinating ingredients (dry ingredients first and then liquids) gently tossed until well mixed. Let it marinate in the fridge for atleast 2 hours and up to 24 hours.

When ready to cook, stir the chicken in the marinade and place on a skewer. Baste the chicken with oil (optional) and grill on a barbeque or under the broiler of an indoor oven. Cook for not much more than 2 minutes each side, turning often to prevent unnecessary burning, and baste again with oil (optional). They are done when they have turned golden brown and crispy along the edges.

Welcome to My Blog =]

Welcome to my blog =] This is my first post and I will be posting pictures of foods and recipes that I have made. Hope you enjoy what I put up and thanks for checking my page out! =]