I Am Living the Life

As always this week has been busy, I am pretty sure busier than the others. I have been running around, well taking buses and trains all over the place. With job interviews, getting things taken care of for applications, and school it’s been a crazy week. I have been getting pretty exhausted, and with a really busy weekend it didn’t help much. But I was able to get some sleep in today so that did help.

This week started another unit; which is now my third unit, I am up to plated desserts. I love plated desserts, its one of the reasons why I went into pastries, I remember going to Las Vegas and seeing all these Buffets and even though it was way busy, and just a piece of chocolate cake they still plated it so delicate.

The one thing I do love is all the little things that go into it, you may have a piece of chocolate cake, but then you might have to think of a sauce, flavor ice cream and garnish. And then in the end every piece comes together. In just one week we have already made quiet a few desserts, and still have another week. Each dessert is so good and even though you think you’re not going to like it, you end up loving it. In one week I have had pears, plums and grapefruit which I never eat but now I love all three!

One of my favorites was the Chocolate Lover’s Obsession, because I do love chocolate and we paired that with coffee ice cream. Two of favorite things, then we added some crushed up nuts, and chocolate swirls and it makes the dessert so elegant.

I thought the unit was going to be a lot harder just because we haven’t learned that much but really each component is separate so you just learn one thing at a time. Also we just changed instructors and you can tell our instructor for this unit really thinks about everything she does. You don’t just throw everything onto a plate; you have to think about what needs to go where. There are so many components to one plated dessert.

Warm Papillotte and Exotic Fruit, Strawberry Sorbet and Spiced Tuiles

Vanilla Chilboust with Fresh Red Wild Berries

Warm Vanilla-Roasted Pineapple with Mango Sorbet and Mango Chips

Those are just a few that we have done, I have been so happy with everything Katie and I have made. We really work well together and both have different styles on how to plate things so its really helpful. We really help each other out.

This weekend was a crazy and busy one; it was the schools biggest event, For the Love of Chocolate. The even is to raise money for Scholarships, and man do they go all out. People are set up all over with savory food, and then tons of desserts. There is body painting, messages and hookah, everyone from the school was there to help so we didn’t get to enjoy everything but we got to walk around and see what was going on. A bunch of us already said that next year we will be back but we will be attending and enjoying the event. I do have to say the highlight of my night was meeting Courtney Clark, she is a past student of FPS but she is always a Food Network Competitor I am always rooting for her when I am watching the challenges. She was so nice, and just talked to me for a little bit and was just giving me some advice with school. I have to say that made my night!!

So besides us at the school all day Saturday, we decided we would be good student and get up in the morning to help clean. So a bunch of us went to Danielle’s house around midnight, had something to eat, we finally decided to go to sleep, and guess what we had to wake up…haha, it was way tiring but it was good to help, plus I got a piece of this Chocolate Moose cake, it was awesome!!

Not much else here, last weekend Barb, Annie and I went Ice Skating. Pretty cold out but had a great time.

Well I better get it going, I just spent the last hour getting a package ready to send out to my parents, pretty much just emptied out the fridge and sending it all to them. Made cookies using a cup to roll them out and cut them. But then I had to use a baking mat on top of a cupcake sheet because I don’t have any baking pans. Man each day is just another adventure. But it’s always a good one.

Hope everyone has a great week!