She's Back!

For well over four years now, my lovely Cuisinart food processor has been in storage. She was actually broken and needed a part glued back on, but because I always lived in a place furnished with a food processor already, I never bothered fixing her until the other day. I got some crazy glue and...she's back!!!


And now that she is back, I realize how much I missed her! Woo-hoo!

Camping Grub, Part 2

I am getting pretty adept at making Eggs Benny in a variety of situations, particularly camping situations. Sure, you might not always get poached eggs while cooking on a camp stove, but in that scenario fried or basted eggs are just as good.

Last weekend was a very luxurious camping environment, since my brother & SIL rented a motorhome that came equipped with a small gas stove AND a toaster oven AND a microwave. Yes, a TOASTER OVEN and a MICROWAVE! This made for some pretty gourmet camping grub cooked in a relatively fancy environment.

Poaching eggs and making the Hollandaise was no problem. Shan even made some hashbrowns with left over potates from the steak dinner the night before.

The result: restaurant-worthy Eggs Benny! Everyone was very happy and it was one wicked camping breakfast!
Nice plates, eh?

For Sunday dinner, my dad brought out a buffalo roast and stuck it in his slow cooker with some broth and seasonings. Yes, when you have a motor home at your disposal, you can do slap-up meals, let me tell you! Though there was a bit of an issue due to the awkward placement of electical outlets vis a vis the length of the slow cooker's cord, it was all sorted out & we had a great meal of beef dips with roasted potatoes and salad. I totally forgot to take pictures of it; sorry about that. But we did top it all off with the Black Forest Pie, which, as previously mentioned, was a huge hit.

That pretty much sums up the camping grub story from last week. One more meal to report on, and that was breakfast at a cafe in Nelson, but that a post for another time.

Tour

For a simple Friday post, I thought I'd show you some pictures of my current work place.

This is the nicest, cleanest, newest kitchen I've ever worked in - and let me tell you, I have worked in some filthy, moldy, disastrous kitchen in my life. I have black mold stories that would curl your teeth.

But that is the past! This is the present!

This is the front of the kitchen where the steam tables are located, and where I cool all the baking. You can see the KitchenAid & Robot Coup at the end of the counter, and the big bins of flour, salt and sugar underneath the work top.

This is directly opposite the above picture: range, oven, grill, convection oven.

This is the pantry. It's kind of awkward to photograph, but you get the idea.

Our knives and utensils. Unlike some places I've worked, the organization keeps the knives very sharp and sends them off to be sharpened professionally.

The Dish Pit. Clean and organized, just like it should be.

The main work space, where I do the baking, and the fridges & freezer.