Creme Brulee, New Project, & Scallops!

Last week I posted the recipe for the White Chocolate Crème Brulee, unfortunately I became ill right after and was out of the kitchen for about 4-5 days so I did not get to make it so I could post the picture for all my followers to see but I am finally better and prepared the dish last night. It turned out AMAZING! I was a little worried because I had never made a dessert dish like that but it was surprisingly easy and turned out wonderful! I did get distracted and lost track of time while they were under the broiler so the tops on a couple of them got a little more done but they were still delicious!
Quick update, school is going right along we did not have class Monday because of Presidents Day but we are finishing up our Servsafe book and getting ready to take that exam around the first of March! I am nervous but I feel confident I will pass. I am looking forward to passing and finally being allowed in the kitchen at school so I can learn more and become a better chef! I have been so busy lately with everything going on I feel like there isn’t enough hours in the day. I suppose that is how most of us mommy’s feel though right!? My school has been great about the career counselors emailing us when jobs are opening up, last night I received an email asking for my resume so she could give it to a prospective employer for a sauté personal position, of course I do not have professional experience in a kitchen but we all start somewhere I did turn my resume in to her and she is going to give it to the employer this Friday! I am hoping it will get me somewhere but if not I understand because I am still freshly new in the Culinary Arts field. We will see where that goes!


A dear friend of mine came to and asked if I would be interested in being a part of a fundraiser benefiting a friend of hers who is sick with a terminal cancer. I agreed to put together a menu one for distance shipping and another for locals. Any orders placed from this menu will go straight to benefiting the family and helping them during this difficult time. The only difference for locals is they have the option of ordering anything I have posted on my blog, or my Country Mom Chef facebook! I am very excited to help this family. Be on the lookout I will be posting flyers very soon as well as order forms and such for anyone who is interested! I will be posting more information later once I get everything ready to post so everyone can have information on it!




And last but not least I have had the seared scallops on my mind that I had for dinner at Fin, I wrote about that when I went, so last night I went grocery shopping and picked up a few scallops to try my hand at searing them and hoping they turn out like the ones I had at Fin! They were very good, but NOT like the ones at fin I believe that was because he smoked his I do not have a smoker lol. But I am happy with the way they turned out the one thing I will try differently next time is coating the ends with sugar before I sear them to get a little more of a sweeter crust. I chopped a yellow bell pepper and cut cherry tomatoes in half and sautéed them in butter with onion and a few sprigs of thyme and plated the scallops on top of that mixture and served them with steamed brussel sprouts and a raspberry sauce! I am proud of myself it was very good! I also made lemon tilapia for the kiddos because I knew they wouldn’t eat the scallops. I will post pictures with this post for everyone to see and I will update how to cook scallops in my “Dinners” tab! Be on the lookout for that I hope everyone has been able to get something out of the things I post and have been able to enjoy everything as much as I have!