ITS A HEAVY COOKING DAY

We are going to celebrate the Christmas tonight and I have to prepare almost all the dishes for the house. I am expecting around 20 and more visitors in the house to night to share the celebration. For tonight, I am going to prepare several dishes for tonight. My assistant chef in the restaurant will going to celebrate the season in my house and she told me that she will be going be in the house early tonight because she will be the one to cook the the main dishes in the house.

My brother will also be in the house tonight for the celebration. I am already excited for tonight. I just hope that everything will be okay before the clock strikes 12 am. Advance Merry Christmas to all.

TURKEY SOUP DELIGHT RECIPE

TURKEY SOUP DELIGHT RECIPE

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup minced onion

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons chili powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon oregano

4 cups water

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup

1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes

1 cup salsa

4 cups shredded cooked turkey

1 tablespoon dried parsley

3 chicken bouillon cubes

1 (14 ounce) can black beans, rinsed, drained

2 cups frozen corn

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Toppings:

6 cups corn tortilla chips

3/4 cup chopped green onion

1 cup shredded Cheddar-Monterey Jack cheese blend

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 cup sour cream, any brand you prefer

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add minced onions and cook until onions begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

Stir in water, tomato soup, diced tomatoes, salsa, shredded turkey, parsley and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes or until bouillon cubes dissolve. Add black beans, corn, sour cream and cilantro. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.

Serve soup with crushed tortilla chips, chopped green onion, shredded cheese and additional cilantro and sour cream.

CHEF RELAXING MODE

It relaxing time for this chef right now. I invited several chef friend to watch at the Yankees in their game. We bought yankee stadium tickets so that we can watch the game. I believe we needed to relax because it is very stressful doing the all the cooking. We also bought indianapolis colts tickets and the washington redskins tickets for their games. Sometimes when you are doing all the cooking chores in the restaurant, watching games like these really relieves the stress that we chefs experience.

Me and my chef friends are really eager to watch the games as we already bought the tickets. I am already preparing the things for cheering, not some pots and cooking trays. But things that will booze our team during the game.

KIDS CAN COOK

I was doing nothing in the house last Saturday and decided to watch a show. It has been a long time since I stayed at home and watch television. I was watching this cooking show in which the chefs are kids. It was hosted by a famous celebrity and all of the kids are doing their best in the kitchen. There are also judges, master chefs and some of my friends in the cooking industry.

I was really amazed by this kids who join the cooking contest on tv for they already show their chefiness inside them. I like the word chefiness because it shows how good these kids are already. They are still around 10 to 13 years old and they can cook great dishes. They are already culinary masters in their own rights. There are 12 remaining contestants in the cooking show and I believe that this will be the show that I will be watching until the season is over. Nice job kids!

MAKE IT SIMPLE PLEASE

I am not accustomed in dining outside, especially when I am new to the place. Me and my friend visited this restaurant near the city hall. The place was new and the restaurant was preparing international cuisines. We ordered a friend chicken and a fried plate of fried rice for our lunch. In my restaurant, it would only take around 20 minutes to prepare these orders. I was very surprise that we waited almost a hour for the food. I asked the manager who is their chef and he told me that the chef is not around.

In my restaurant, the chef must always be around. It would be best to close the restaurant if the chef is not around. But this restaurant, they opted to continue the daily operation without the master chef supervising the cooking in the kitchen. Immediately I told the manager to make it simple in the food preparation because they might have problems in the recipes that they will be cooking without their chef around.