Week 2 in the Kitchen

Monday
Another week of project had begun and we could not be more excited to get to work. But before we could cook anymore we had to figure out what exactly we were going to make (or attempt to make at least). So, we decided to deem Monday a much-needed tech/whatnot day. We worked on the technical side of our blog, adding links, photos, and tags to our posts. It took longer than we thought to do some of these things and is an ongoing task as we keep adding new blog posts, but we are getting the hang of it!

Tuesday 
As Kat and I were updating blog posts and grabbing our ingredients for breakfast out of the fridge, we get a call. On the other line are two of our friends asking if we needed some food critics for the morning. We figured that it might be a good idea so we invited them over for breakfast. We made egg muffins (with spinach, peppers, tomatoes, and cheese) wrapped in bacon. We also made pancake bites, an idea that we found via Pinterest. The recipes were a hit with the boys, who helped us make them. After our guests left, full and satisfied, we cleaned up from breakfast and moved straight to dessert. We made slutty brownies (layers include cookie dough, Oreos, and brownie mix) which are so rich you can only have one. Realizing that we had excess of them we made a trip to the Upper School to hand out some of our brownies.

Wednesday
Needing some more supplies and ingredients Kat and I made a trip to the grocery store to buy stuff for our upcoming recipes. While we were at the grocery store we decided to explore rather than just find our supplies and leave. We looked through most of the store: we paroozed the produce, fruits, herbs, bakery, meats, cheeses, and prepared foods to get some inspiration. We wrote down products we would like to incorporate in upcoming meals and left the store with our supplies and some cool ideas. We went back to our kitchen, unloaded the groceries, and edited our blog once more (a task that is never finished).

Thursday 
Coming from an Italian family pasta is one of my favorite foods. I swear every time I go over to my grandmother's house for dinner it is always spaghetti. So, we thought a spaghetti sauce would be a fun recipe to attempt, and very useful for our families. Adapting a recipe my mother got from a friend in Italy we got to work. The sauce was very good over spaghetti for lunch! After our sauce, being chocoholics, decided to test our luck by making a chocolate soufflé. For some reason we thought this would be a lot easier than it was. The soufflé ended up sinking and ultimately was a failure, but we realized from this failure that we had a long way to go before we could attempt something of this calibre.

Friday 
After our soufflé disaster on Thursday we were excited to have a full day with our mentor who could help us get good results. We made Chicken Milano, Twice Baked Potatoes, and Grilled Romaine. A gourmet meal that was actually easier to make than we thought! And it also utilized many ingredients one might find in the fridge/pantry, which is perfect for our blog audience.  The meal was amazing! Maybe my favorite one yet. We were excited to share our recipes with our audience in hopes that they may find them as delicious as we did!