More Cookies. Shapes Included.

Being part of the Varsity Football Team Moms, my mom had a little task to do. Before every game we are provided with a pre-game meal which includes desserts, such as cookies or brownies. My mom decided to go all out for this. So I was forced into helping her, which was fine, but it was a lot of work, which was not fine.

First off, these cookies had to be made a day in advance because they needed to be frozen before you iced them. Second off, when they were ready, the icing wasn't easy to make because it required food coloring, and it wasn't easy to ice the cookies at all. It was probably one of the hardest things I've done culinary-wise. One mistake and the cookie was sabotaged. So my mom did them.

In the end, I think everybody on the team was satisfied with these cookies. I can safely say that they were the best cookies I've ever had... in my life. And watching my mom was like watching a professional. It was a good learning experience.

Filet Mignon...and Chili?

I tried to be a professional chef, but that didn't work out so well. Making a steak may not sound like a hard task, but cooking a great steak is a challenge. Especially if your cut of meat is filet mignon. If you don't know what that is, it's like Italian pizza compared to Pizza Hut. Filet mignon is the cream of the crop; it's the most tender cut of beef you can get. This is because the meat is from a non-weight bearing portion of the body, so it's not tough at all.

Unfortunately, even though I had an amazing cut of beef, I couldn't perfect it. Somehow, I made the meat tougher than it should have been. And my idea of using chili as a side didn't turn out so well. And the bellpeppers didn't compliment the steak at all. For the price of this meat, you should get a professional to make it. Not an amateur.

Thanks,
Ming

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Check the bony fingers of a real chef.

A nostalgic childhood favorite, and still remains to be one through all these years. I'm not much of a chocolate person, but mix it with cookies and I give in. I'm sure all of you people have watched your parents make cookies, even if they were pre-made ones. Taking on the responsibility of making cookies for your kids is a skill that I think people should take very early on.

The cookies turned out a-ma-zing. Just as I expected. ;) But mainly because I took a lot of the work out of making cookies. Instead of making little balls of dough and placing them perfectly spaced apart, what I do is spread all the dough over a baking pan and then after they cook cut them into squares. Lazier cookies with all the same taste. Oh, and for some reason these cookies were very oily... probably because I put two sticks of butter in. Delicious!

Thanks,
Ming