Emily's Delicious Blog

I learned to cook in my culinary arts class. We make different dishes and try new recipes every week with our teacher, Chef Davey. For one of the final exams, we had a cooking exam that required us to prepare a three-course meal in our food lab. I am taking the cooking exam on Wednesday, so I went home to practice. My first course was carrot potage. First, I diced the carrots and put them into the bowl. Second, I cooked the carrots and chopped onion until soft, then put them into the blender and blended them until smooth.  Then I heated the soup in my soup pot. I checked the consistency and added salt to enhance the flavor of the carrot soup.  Finally, I served the carrot soup in a bowl and garnished it with parsley.   For the second course, I made a green salad. I chose spring mix and diced mango. I made the dressing from oil and balsamic vinegar, poured it into the container, and shook it until emulsified. I added the salad to the bowl, then the grated cheese, poured in...

I made spaghetti carbonara with Nikki at home. It’s my first time making it. It’s easy and successful! First, we cooked the spaghetti in the large pot until al dente. Then we cooked the bacon in the pan with butter until the bacon was crispy. Next, we made the sauce with two eggs and cheese. Last, we added the noodles to the bacon and sauce, seasoned with salt and pepper, and mixed them with the spatula. Done. It’s very savory. The noodles are very chewy. Each noodle is coated with sauce and bacon flavor. It’s so delicious!

Yesterday, I made poached chicken breast. It was delicious and easy to make. First, I rinsed the chicken breast under cold water.  Second, I put the chicken in a soup pot with cold water and added a seasoning bag. Inside the bag were peppercorns and a star anise. Then I sprinkled some salt into the water. I set the temperature to high and waited for the water to boil. Then I reduced the temperature to medium-high and set a timer for 10 minutes. After the timer went off, I took the chicken out of the pot. Lastly, I cut the chicken into small cubes. I used some in the salad and saved the rest in the small glass container. I added some seaweed seasoning to the water to make chicken soup. 

We traveled by train with my grandma to Chengdu. After we arrived, we went to see the giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. It’s a large park on a hill with plenty of bamboo forest. The pandas are housed in different areas according to their age and needs. We rode the electric golf cart around the panda base. We could get off at any stop. First, we went to see the little pandas. A panda was sitting in the tree, welcoming us. In the house, I saw a few cute pandas playing with each other. They also fought with each other, as toddlers do. When a little panda fell to the ground from a bridge, people laughed. Then we saw red pandas playing in the outdoor natural habitat. They were very playful. They jumped from branch to branch. Sometimes I could find them. Sometimes I couldn’t find them. I walked around the enclosure wall to spy on them. It’s so much fun!  The pandas are most active in the morning and less active in the afternoon. We saw a larger panda in h...

My family and I traveled to China in June. We visited our relatives and friends in Zhengzhou, Henan province first, then went to Chengdu. In Zhengzhou, I ate so much delicious food.   When we arrived in Zhengzhou, we visited my grandma at her house. I was so happy to see her. I hugged her and brought her a mug with printed flowers and“I love grandma.” She was so happy and invited us to a restaurant for lunch. We had steamed dumplings, short rib with batter, cold noodles with sesame sauce and some vegetables, and chicken wonton soup with vegetables. I also drank Jasmine tea. I enjoyed my lunch with my grandma.   We lived in my uncle's and aunt’s big house for a few days. My uncle raised many peacock fish in the big fish tanks. He showed me that the fish had many small baby fish. He fed the fish with fish food and also cleaned the fish tank. Sometimes my aunt cooked a very delicious dinner, including vegetables, tomato with eggs, and mint as a side dish. Sometimes my mom cooked ...

Have you ever had a vegetable korma bowl?  I made a simple vegetable korma bowl with my friend Nikki. It's very easy to make. I chopped all the vegetables, including red bell pepper, white cauliflower, and purple onion, while Nikki helped me defrost the green peas. I combined everything in a metal bowl, added plain yogurt for marination, and included tikka masala spice in the mix.  I then mixed the vegetables by hand to coat them evenly with the sauce, cooked them, and added korma sauce to the pan. Nikki helped with cooking the onion in the metal pot, and I let the vegetables simmer on the stove. Afterwards, I transferred all the korma vegetables into my bowl. The vegetable korma turned out very delicious, flavorful, creamy, and tasty. I enjoyed eating my simple vegetable korma bowl for dinner and saved the leftovers for lunch the next day. And I appreciated making it with Nikki.