Cooking Class On The Go!

Just finished my cooking class time on last Wednesday with my #begajuler friends. We, group 12, had to cook a set of healthy Italian-lunch for male elderly. We had to arrange a complete lunch menu that has appetizer, main dish, dessert and beverage that together fulfill the current standard nutrition (RDA) for elderly. It sounds easy and simple at first.. but actually no. It's pretty difficult to make Italian menu that meets 25% of total energy from lunch. We had to weigh each ingredients we used—before and after cooking—which totally drives me crazy *le sigh*. It reminds me of one famous quote saying that falling in love with cooking is easy, but learning to cook is not. :)) 

But after we did it for about 15 minutes, I started to enjoy the process. Looking at my friends cut the vegetables, meats, and cracked eggs suddenly brought me to the moment when I was child. The picture of my fluor-dusted mom baking the cookies for Lebaran is the sweet memory I ever had. I always wanted to do the same thing like her, but mom always said no because she's afraid that I would cause the baking ended longer. Lol.

Back to the cooking class. After 2,5 hours, a set of Italian lunch menu was ready to be served. To be honest, we didn't really follow the appropriate recipe, but we finally made it. Woohoo!

Here I post the dishes we cooked. Looks mouth watering, no? :p

 Our special menu. A friend have mistaken it for wedding invitation, LMAO x))

 

Garden Salad for appetizer

  Main dish: Calamari Rice with cheese on top.

This is supposed to be Panna Cota, but we modified the recipe to Pudding with Strawberry Sauce. 

 The last menu is Ice Cappuccino. Italian enough, huh? :D

I love the pudding most. My friend Berlin made it, fyi. The pudding is so soft, but the sauce is too sour. We put too much strawberries and missed the sugar. Haha. Actually the sour sauce balances the sweetness from pudding, so it's not killing my taste buds. I will post the secret recipes next time. :)

"At the table, no one grows old." — Italian proverb

"A crust eaten in piece is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety" — Aesop

"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart." — Cesar Chavez  

Grazie mille and see you!