GINGERED MELON

Gingered melon recipe, here are the ingredients:

1 tbsp confectioner's sugar
1/4 tsp ground ginger
cantaloupe, sliced into wedges

Mix confectioner's sugar with ground ginger. Sprinkle over chilled cantaloupe. Serve as appetizer. Plain and simple appetiser made home style.

GLAZED CARROTS

Glazed Carrots is the best appetizer and a healthy one also. For this recipe, here are the ingredients:

3 medium size carrots, cut into 1" pieces
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp orange juice
1-1/2 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tsp orange peel

Place carrots and water in the casserole. Cover with tight fitting lid or plastic wrap. Microwave on high 6 to 8 minutes or until tender. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain.

Combine brown sugar, orange juice, orange peel and butter or margarine in cup. Microwave on high 1-1/2 to 2 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Pour over carrot. Cover. Microwave on high 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through. Serve after the last process.

CAKE FESTIVAL FOR 2010

I never thought that this kind of festival to happen in our city. I only see this kind of festival in other countries, where cakes are their passion to make. Europeans are cake lovers and they eat cakes almost every other day. But to amazement that the cake festival is here in our city. I was called by my friend who is a master baker and a chef of a restaurant in the downtown metro. She told me that there is something happening new in the city and I must come or else I will miss the first thing that I wanted to see before.

I immediately dressed up and leave the cooking duties to my other chef. But I already prepared the menu for the day. I made sure that everything will be okay before I leave the restaurant. I promised my assistant chef that I will be back immediately after I see the event. The event was hosted by Red Ribbon and Goldilucks, two cake companies that are well-respected in the cake industry. Aside from them, there are also other companies that listed as sponsors like Elba gas range, La Germania, Raffles and others more. It was held only in the mall display area and many joined the event.

The culinary school that I graduated from also send representatives to make the school known. As I enter the display area, I saw hundreds of cakes and all of them were telling me to take me I'm yours. I know I was just hallucinating about that but my interest was revive by the event. I was told by my friend that the event is only one day and that is why she called me immediately because she knew that I love cakes and bake goodies.

YUMMY CHEESECAKE

I just can't wait to share this recipe to you guys. This is my favorite among all cakes. Here is the amazing and yummy cheesecake. Here are the ingredients;

Crust:
3 tbsp flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp butter

Cake:
1 pkg cream cheese
1 tbsp sugar
pinch of grated lemon peel
1/4 vanilla
1 egg

Glaze:
2 tbsp sour cream
1 tsp brown sugar

The baking proper: prepare crust, combine flour, sugar and butter. Mix it well. Press in bottom of greased 4.5 to 5 inch round pan. Bake it for about 325F oven 15 to 20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven.

Prepare cake: Mash cream cheese and blend with sugar, pinch of grated lemon peel, vanilla and egg. Mix well. Pour into crust and bake for about 325F oven, 15 minutes or until set.

Prepare Glaze: Mix sour cream with brown sugar and spread on cheesecake. Let it cool, then chill again before serving it.

COOKING AS FAST AS I CAN

I was in the house of my chef friend and things were getting a little bit boring. So, we decided to make something and that is a contest among us. The rule was to navigate the recipe books around and learn as many as four dishes and then cook it as fast as you can. We were around 5 in that meeting and we almost digested the entire recipe book collection of our friend. From the easy American dishes to the more detailed Italian dishes were all tackled. Our friend'c kitchen was big enough to accommodate all 5 chefs, busy and engaging in cooking.

We all wanted to make the dishes delicious and we also invited some of our chef friends in the culinary school to visit the house be the cooking judge. The cooking of the dishes started around 10 am and was done by 10:55. We cooked all the dishes that we memorized and present it in the grandest food preparation we can. There were no prizes given but only laughter.