Whoopie Pies

A few months ago I taught my first cooking class. I was so excited, I enjoy working with kids and I love cooking, so this opportunity was right up my alley.  The purpose of the class was to teach food presentation and how to assemble food that looked good.  I thought whoopie pies would be perfect from them to make. I made the cookies ahead of time and had the kids make the filling and assemble the whoopie pies. They had a blast and so did I. 

Breakfast on the go: Easy Omelet Muffins

I am not a morning person.  Most days I wake up with only enough time to get dressed before racing out the door.  So, I eat breakfast in my car most days during my one hour commute to work.  I had to give up eating yogurt in the car for breakfast, too many near misses. Yogurt stains on my shirt is not how I like to start off my day lol.  Now most days I eat omelet muffins. They are a great on-the-go breakfast option.

Foodie Adventure: New York City

I spent six glorious days in New York City, working and of course eating!! Here are just a few of the places I visited.

Crumbs Bake Shop  This place makes 50 different kinds of cupcakes!

 

So many choices! I am almost ashamed to admit it, I bought a simple vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing (that's what I was craving lol).  Next time I'll be a little more adventurous.

 



There should be a law against calorie info on a cupcake lol.



Melt Shop Grilled Cheese - I walked almost a mile to get to this place, that's how much I love a good grilled cheese sandwich!! 

 

 

I ordered The Dirty, it had pepper jack and muenster cheese with caramelized onions, pickled jalapeños, sliced tomato and potato chips. It was so good!  I love anything with caramelized onions.



Tater tots with truffle mayo. The truffle mayo (not pictured) was so amazingly good! I could eat this sauce on everything.

 

  44 & X Hell's Kitchen  I went here for lunch.

 

Crabcake and squash appetizer.  I don't remember what the other ingredients were but this was good.



 

 

Vermont cheddar macaroni and cheese. This is the biggest bowl of mac n cheese I have ever been served. I barely finished half of it.

 

 

Red Rooster  - Chef Marcus Samuelsson's restaurant in Harlem.  The food was amazing.  

I ordered Helga's Meatballs, which is Chef Samuelsson's twist on Swedish meatballs, with lingonberries, braised green cabbage and dill stewed potatoes.  It was delicious my mouth is watering just thinking about it. 

I also order a side of cornbread that came with honey butter and tomato jam. The cornbread was sweet, almost like cake; just like I like it.

 

Writing this post makes me want to go back to New York....