venting!!

I don't know if you will all check my blog after this class but i do have to say. Today was the worst food day ever!!! i was not wanting to eat anything, nothing looked good, nothing tasted good, nothing nothing nothing!!!! has anyone ever had this happen to them? it's an absolute awful feeling. plus it leaves you feeling so annoyed at the world!!! and i don't know just pissed, at least I was.

Well It's been great reading all your blogs!!!! i'll keep writing, hope you come and visit sometime :)

-claud!

4 skinless chicken bone in thighs, 2 cups of water, 1 clove of garlic minced, 2 tbsp of flat leaf parsley minced, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 lemon zested and juiced, 1 tbsp of honey, 2 big tbsp of dijon mustard, 1 tbsp of EVOO, 1 tbsp of butter, 1tbsp of flour, 2 handfuls of muchrooms sliced. Also I like to serve it with some rice pilaf.



mix all ingrediats except mushrooms, butter and only add 1/4 cup of water. Add the chicken last to the bowl. Let it marinate for 30 - 40 minutes




Add the tbsp of butter to a skillet that's on medium to low heat. When you go to place the chicken, make sure to shake off the marinade.





cook for 15 minutes then turn. I usually half cover the pan while cooking both sides. The other side should look like this. If you start to see the bottom of the pan get a little too dark add a splash of water.



after another 15 minutes turn the chicken again and this is what it should look like.  Continue cooking if it's not completely cooked. When cooked completely, remove and put on a seperate plate.



add mushrooms and cook for a few minutes




add marinade from chicken. stir. cook until it starts to bubble.



Then add the rest of the water, wait till that boils, add 1 tbsp of flour and wisk. Cook thoroughly and let boil for a LEAST 5 minutes. I cook it for about 10 minutes on a medium to low heat while bubbling. Then add chicken back and stir and flip for a minute or two.



I mix in some fresh chopped scallions to the rice pilaf for some freshness. Then add chicken and pour the sauce over.



quick tip

For thanksgiving this is a big tip. I hate brining turkeys. Only because half the time I need the fridge for other thanksgiving dishes I'm making ahead of time. Yes, I am one of the two cooks in my family for holidays.
Anyways, from keeping that bird dry Sandra Lee on the food channel had a brilliant idea.

Take 4 sticks of UNSALTED butter and let them get to room temperature. Then add chopped garlic (4 cloves), chopped sage and rosemary (I would sage a good handful of each) and if you like thyme then add that too. But I prefer that in my stuffing and I'm not a fan of having all the same herbs in all my dishes.

ANYWAYS! so mix this all together and now start stuffing under the skin. Spread it around as much as possible and I'm sure you'll have extra so rub the rest on top of the skin. Cook as usually would and your bird should not be dry.

You'll all be getting a thanksgiving sidedish tomorrow afternoon :)

Happy holidays!

because i care.

So I'm glad to hear many of you liked my recipe for the shrimp, I'll be posting another recipe this week. but i thought you should know a few things. Do you know what you put in your mouth each day? do you eat out at those chain food restaurants? Well, I really want you to rethink that. Just because places like Applebees or Chevy's is a fun sit down place, doesn't mean the junk isn't taken out.

just read this, don't just look at the pictures .. READ IT!! please!!! love yourself!!! food has been turned into something to abuse your body when in reality.... it's an art, it's exciting, it's a taste of culture, it's just delicious.

http://www.menshealth.com/20worst/worstfood.html


thank you

Claud

A recipe

My amazing dad was in town (you can imagine how happy I was) and I got the lovely opportunity to cook with him. I want to share what we made with you.

These are the ingrediants you need. I wont give you quantity because it's all about how many your cooking for. Garlic, Parsley, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, crushed tomatoes, spaghetti and olive oil 



Chop the mushrooms!



Chop the parsley and garlic finely please!

Sautee all ingrediants together.



After the mushrooms start to soften up then add the shrimp

 Add a little less than 2 cups of crushed tomatoes with a few table spoons of water. Once cooked through add pasta. (I'm not giving you instructions to cook the pasta, because i'd hope you know how to. But just as a side note, cook it al dente because it will absorb the water and tomatoe sauce making it just right. TRUST ME!

My dad plating....I cooked it though. :) he was so impressed!!!!! look at him.... he's sooooo cool :) i miss him already since he left again.

Well... and you know how the rest goes :)

Claud

not very interesting

but kinda interesting....

I went to the new place in New York City yesterday called Eataly. Now it was really cool because of the market inside.. no wait, my mistake... THE HUGE MARKET!! AND ALL THE HUGE RESTAURANTS!!! anyways, we left right away because of how crowded so i only have 3 pictures without my me :(      i know, don't cry too much.

OH yeah it's on 23rd and 5th ave.

directions.

cool sign

THIS WAS WEIRD!!! BLACK GARLIC!!

part of the market

Hope you like.

THE BIG E!!!

For those of you who are unaware of what the big e is...... WELL first off you need to know how your missing out. :) Second: its a giant fair with a bunch of little tents of cool shops throughout new england, some are websites that come out to show their products, some awesome foods are there (not to mention WEIRD FOOD TOO!) and rides.... just ummm HUGE. I spent a day there RUSHING just through half of the Big E!

btw your about to see some ridiculous pictures lol.

Before I forget sorry to say The Big E is during the last two weeks of September  and is in West Springfield Massachusetts.

read what it says: FRIED OREOS

strange eating fried oreos lol

flavored honey

flavored fries? have you had this?

some staties

some awesome crazy dipped apples

state house of rhode island. INSIDE is the food from rhode island.

for some reason there was a line of people dying to have main baked potatoes. these girls were wicked excited to have cheese sauce and fake bacon on their potatoes lol

lobster rolls

apple cider donuts being made

can't see it but my friend is about to eat an awesome apple pie with ice cream!

can you guess?

this was just crazy... MADE OUT OF LEGGOS!!!

Hope you liked!!!!

Claud

My inspiration

I love to cook and travel because of my dad. I have nothing but amazing memories with food thanks to him. Growing up as a kid he would be making tortellini or ravioli some Sunday mornings from scratch. He's had a zagat rated restaurant in Hoboken and has been interviewed countless times by some awesome magazines and newspapers. But the travelling part I think is even cooler. He's taken me to places he grew up in Tuscany, some weird places that you would probably never be aware of in Mexico to eat. And just generally random places you'd think he found under a rock.

I hope this is just as awesome to me as it is to you. Have fun reading!

Don't worry.... this blog wont be about him. lol.

-claud