My first cooking class

For those in my family who have birthdays in April (Amy and Isaac on the 7th, Emily on the 16th, and myself on the 30th), we had a fun family weekend. Friday night at Bajio, then the BYU Ballroom Dancers, and Saturday Morning, a Cooking class.
'The Really Big Cooking Show' hosted at Thanksgiving Point and sponsored by Seagull Book and others was a lot of fun! Just my sister Amy and her daughter Anna and I went together. I learned about making super yummy bread for 35 cents a loaf. Her bread looked so delicious! I'm going to try her recipe:

10 1/2 C bread flour

1/2 C sugar or 1/2 C honey

1 T salt

3 heaping T Saf Instant Yeast

mix

add

3 big drops of lecithin (her secret ingredient) or 1/2 C Oil

then 4 C very hot water

plus 2 more T of water (to get the right consistency)

Mix for 5 minutes if white, 10 minutes if wheat, and 7 minutes if mixed

divide in 4

let rise for 25 minutes

Then make a loaf, regular or cinnamon rolls, or pizza, or Italian bread, or cream cheese dessert braided.

bake for 25 minutes @350

Yum! It's an awesome way to save money and know the ingredients you are eating. The site is
http://howtomakebread.blogspot.com by 'Pantry Secrets'. 

We also had a class from Lizzy Early who started the blog: yourcupofcake.blogspot.com. She's a BYU student in Broadcast Journalism, and she also has a cook book that sells at Costco, Deseret Book, Seagull Book called 'Your Cup of Cake'. I showed Nate her blog and his mouth immediately started watering. Unfortunately he's only eating desserts once a week, so I guess I'll just have to make some for his birthday or something.

We also had a class with 'The Food Nanny', Liz Edmunds. She raised 7 children and made family mealtime an important part of the day. It's amazing how family mealtime has slowly been declining in America as an important time for family. Studies have shown that families who have family dinners together have kids who have better grades, better relationships, and happier lives. She talked about having a food meal plan. I'm excited to try it out.

Monday - Comfort Food Night (like Chicken and Mashed Potatoes, Chili and Cornbread, Stroganoff) 

Tuesday - Italian

Wednesday - Fish or Meatless Night or Breakfast

Thursday - Mexican

Friday - Pizza

Saturday - Grill

Sunday - Traditional

Good times ahead! Bon apetit!