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Grilling, pt II! Last night, we completed the week

Grilling, pt II! Last night, we completed the week with the second part of our lesson on grilling. This was the menu:

•Grilled Pork Chops with Roasted Poblano and Cactus Salad
•Grilled Shrimp Brochettes
•Grilled Salmon Tranche
•Grilled Asparagus, Red Onion, Fennel, & Potatoes (I didn’t get a pic because... I ate it 😂)

The pork chop (process & result) was my favorite part! We brined the pork chops (marinated in a solution of water, salt & sugar) & made a spice mix by grinding toasted Ancho Chilies, Pasilla Chilies, & Cumin in a coffee grinder. We then added Canola Oil to the spice mixture to form a paste. We removed the pork from the brine, patted them dry, rubbed the chili paste onto them, let them sit out at room temp for a while & grilled them up.

One thing I learned, removing the needles from a cactus is VERY time consuming.

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Still practicing dry heat cooking techniques in sc

Still practicing dry heat cooking techniques in school. Yesterday’s lesson was on grilling. We made Grilled Chimichurri Flank Steak, Grilled Chicken Paillard, & Grilled Vegetables (zucchini, squash, peppers, eggplant & mushrooms). We topped the meats with a nice compound butter 😋
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Yesterday was “Fry-day” at school 🤤 Our les

Yesterday was “Fry-day” at school 🤤 Our lesson focused on deep frying, temperature regulation, & making wet batters. We kept one pot of canola oil at 300F degrees (to blanch the fries, & cook the chicken) & another at 350F-375F degrees (to do the second fry on the French fries, fry the fish & the broccoli).

What’s pictured here is Southern Fried Chicken, Beer Battered Cod Fish, Rosemary French Fries, and Tempura Broccoli with Wasabi Soy Dipping Sauce.

Y’all know fried chicken has my heart, but in my opinion, the fish was the star of the show!!!! I can imaging throwing that on some tacos with a a nice chipotle crema and some red cabbage drizzled with lime juice.

I am loving school so much!!!! The sense of joy I get every time I step into that kitchen is unmatched. This is really where I’m meant to be.
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Oh what a year it has been! I am so happy to be ab

Oh what a year it has been! I am so happy to be able to announce & share this new journey with you guys.

Getting here has definitely not been a straight path. I enrolled in culinary school in January of this year & had a start day for May. Then the global pandemic happened and put off those plans for a little while

I decided to use that time to build up my blog again & I’m so happy I did, because connecting with you guys through food has seriously been the highlight of my days.

I finally started culinary school in August & I’m currently on week 6 of classes. Every single time I walk into that kitchen, I have an overwhelming feeling of “this is where I was meant to be”.

I’m sharing every experience on being in culinary school during a global pandemic, and every tip and trick I learn in the kitchen, on my blog. You can check out my new post detailing my experience and what I’ve learned so far right now by clicking the link in my bio 🤗

I’m really about to be a whole Chef Spesh out here! 👩🏽‍🍳
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Do you ever surprise yourself with the things you’re capable of?

Two weeks ago, I decided to enroll in an online cookie decorating class that took place yesterday, for no reason other than wanting to see if I could do it.

I’m not gonna lie... they almost had me in the first half 🥴 Mixing icing colors & achieving skin tones is WORK. I actually almost quit, but my mom (being as solution based as I am) said “nope, we’re gonna figure this out”. And we did!

After the colors were mixed, the right consistencies were achieved, and the icings were bagged, it was smooth sailing from there. This was my first time ever icing cookies, and I have to say, it wasn’t as hard as I made it out to be in my head. However, it was a tedious process.

Shout out to all the cookie decorators out there, I’ve gained so much respect for you! These 6 cookies alone took me a few hours to create from beginning to end & definitely required patience.
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