Caramel Pudding

I love pudding.  Back in the day I used to love that instant boxed pudding.  I would whip me up a batch of it in no time and devour it.  Now that I am older and a chef, that seems gross.  Actually, it is gross.  I have since upgraded to cooked puddings. Made from scratch puddings.  My favorite is caramel.  Mmhhmmm!  You put some whipped cream and graham cracker crumbs on it and it is scrumptious.  I made 2 big batches tonight.  Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, it is not all for us to eat at the house.  Mom is helping with lunch at school tomorrow and is going to take pudding.  So I made enough for probably 40 people or so.  Lots of pudding.  Hopefully the school kids / church ladies that are there sewing won't eat it all.  I want to eat more.

So much pudding.

Yum yum!

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Coffee cookies

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Ready to bake.

Baked.

Frosted, and so yummy!

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Pizza 1-8-11

I made pizza for dinner tonight.  First time I ever made pizza all by myself.  I made the dough from scratch.  That alone is a major feat because I am not good at working with bread.  It actually wasn't as bad as I though it would be.  Pretty easy actually.  At Janina's request I made a chicken and ranch pizza.  I also made a supreme pizza I guess you could call it.  It had pizza sauce, sausage, pepperoni, onion, bell pepper, and cheese.  I think they turned out very well for it being the first time I ever made pizza with no help.  There could have been more ranch dressing on the chicken and ranch pizza.  Oh well.  First time making that kind so I didn't know how much to put on.  If we ever make it again we will use more ranch dressing and add some veggies.

I now want to make Chicago-style pizza, aka deep-dish pizza.

Dough in the pans.

Ready for the oven.

Supreme pizza

Chicken and Ranch pizza. The cheese was a bit brown, but still good.

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5 comments:

TaiwanJoyceUS said...

Hello, it's my first time leave the comment on your blog I think your pizza looks really great :)! (I am going to try to make it when I have time!) wow, that must be nice graduating with a degree of culinary art! I always have a passion for food ^_^ and also cooking and baking~ Did you also learn baking in Stratford University?

January 9, 2011 12:18 AM

Andrew Schrock said...

I took 2 baking classes at Stratford. It was required for my degree. They offer a degree in baking but I didn't go for that. Baking isn't really my thing, although I can somewhat bake. Cooking is more my thing.

January 9, 2011 1:11 AM

TaiwanJoyceUS said...

oh...... so you're going to be a chef in the future what kind of food do you mostly cook, anything specific?

January 9, 2011 1:42 AM

Andrew Schrock said...

I am a line chef now at the Black Bear Bistro in Warrenton, VA. www.blackbearbistro.com I cook lots of different stuff at home. Love to make lasagna. It's my favorite food.

January 10, 2011 12:28 AM

TaiwanJoyceUS said...

that Bistro looks really good!!! I'd like to give it a try...but it's only in Virginia... Working in a restaurant must have lots of fun :) lasagna is good!

January 11, 2011 12:39 AM

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Sorry for the lack of updates as of late.  It's the holiday season so that means lots of work at the Bistro.  I did cook dinner tonight after work.  We were thinking about just heating up some soup, but I kinda sniffed at that.  I asked Mom what all we have to make stuff with.  She mentioned meatballs....meatball subs.  So I whipped them up in no time.  Heated the meatballs in pizza sauce and warmed the bread.  I made a little salad with lettuce, mushrooms, and carrots.  Then assembled the subs.  It was good.  It was quick to make.  That is good.

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