Chicken and Pork Sliders with Coleslaw!

Hi all! Due to some scheduling conflicts, we had to swap a cooking lab with a cleaning lab, which meant our picture taker and blogger were late to arrive because of internship times. So, we have limited pictures for this blog post.

Alex was the host and made ground chicken and pork sliders. We mixed together the ground chicken and pork, along with: onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, seasoning salt, ginger, a pinch of sugar, two eggs and breadcrumbs. Then we formed them into small patties and cooked them under the broiler using the broiler pan. It was our first lesson using the broiler.

Each student made their own sauce to put on their sliders. We had some tasty combinations!

Dana made coleslaw for a side dish, it was very tasty.  

Before ... 

and after!

Broccoli, carrots, and fruit salad ... oh my!!

For this week Zach made caramelized carrots and steamed broccoli. The side dish was a fruit salad, made by Boris. Both were really good!

Fruit salad:
First, we cut up the apples and removed the core.
Next, we peeled the oranges and cut them into pieces.
Then, we peeled the bananas and sliced them.
Last, we mixed everything together!

Vegetables:
First, we sliced the carrots.
Then, we put the broccoli in the steamer with 1" of water in the bottom of the pot.
Next, we sauteed the carrots for 10 minutes until browned.
Last, we added a little brown sugar to the carrots.

Tan Man, Fran, and Boris making the fruit salad!

Boris peeling and cutting the oranges.

Finished fruit salad!

Here is Zach, chopping up the carrots.

Carrot closeup!!

Sauteing the carrots after adding some brown sugar. Almost done! 

Finished plate!

NOM NOM NOM!

Enjoying the healthy meal!

Chicken-A-Roni!

Torrie made chicken with Rice-A-Roni. It was very tasty. It wasn't too complicated. It's amazing how simple a meal has to be so filling. We had a fun time as usual. Jokes were made. Conversations were had.

First we cooked the the chicken which we had cut into small pieces prior before putting into a pot on the stove. While cooking the chicken, we had already started the process of preparing the Rice-A-Roni. We browned the rice and butter, added water and brought to a boil, then mixed in the rice and flavor packs and stirred it until it was it was done. Once both the chicken and Rice-A-Roni were done, we then proceeded to mix them together.

It was then ready to serve to the rest of us. We ate it all up. It was sure delicious!

Cooking the chicken and adding the water to the Rice-A-Roni

Cooking the rice!

All done!

On the plate

Adrienne's Famous Shrimp Alfredo with Pasta

Adrienne was the host for cooking lab. She was making her famous shrimp Alfredo with pasta.

Zach was the side dish host for cooking lab he made peas and corn.

First thing they did was took the tails off the shrimp. Next they boiled water for the pasta and put the pasta in the boiling water. They cooked the thin spaghetti for 8 mins. We then drained the pasta, then we added the sauce and shrimp to the pasta.

We really enjoyed the company and food!

Thawed shrimp with tails still on

Tails removed

Cooking and stirring the pasta

Draining the pasta

Mixing together the veggies after cooking

Finished product

On the plate!

Feeling a Little Italian

Main Dish brought to you by: Boris Rice
Side Dish brought to you by: Patrick Bardsley

Tortellini With Tomato Sauce

Directions
Boil water in large pot
Throw tortellini into the water
Let cook for 7-9 minutes, stirring last three minutes
Drain the tortellini and rinse with cold water (to stop them from cooking longer)
After cooking add tomato sauce and Italian seasonings
Enjoy!

Salad Directions
Dump lettuce into bowl
Stir in Caesar dressing and add croutons
Enjoy!

Here are the Ingredients for the Tortellini

Here is the Bags of Salad

Stirring up the salad

Finished product... Looks (and tastes) Delicious

Everyone enjoying there meal

Question to Boris; Why choose this meal?
Answer Its easy to make. Haven't made it before.

Seasoning used, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper

This post brought to you By Alex Pacha