Mistake or Genius Invention?

So everyone has had a day in the kitchen when it seems like nothing is going right. The chicken is burning and the cake is flat and for some reason you can't get the smoke out of the kitchen! Well here's a look at some foods that were created from chef's carelessness and lack of attention :)

Potato Chips

Your not human unless you have indulged in millions and millions of tiny little fried creations called.... Chips!! So salty and crunchy and flavorful my mouth is watering already!! Well they all started in 1853, in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Carey Moon Lake House was a popular vacation spot for many of the wealthier citizens of New York.  One sunny day a customer had order some fried potatoes, similar to what our home fries look like today. The customer was constantly sending them back and ordering them to be more crispy. After about the fourth time, the chef had grown angry with the customer and had dropped all the potatoes into the oil and had cooked them until they were insanely crispy. He had added a little salt to them and had sent them out to the customer hoping that the customer would be displeased once again and to everyone amazement the customer had loved them and shared them with everyone at his table. Thus began Americas extreme love of potato chips:)

Coffee

The truth of this one is a bit murky, but the Legend of Kaldi maintains that an Abyssian or Ethopian goat herder noticed that his flock was acting especially frisky after chowing down on some bright red berries. After sampling some for himself and verifying the mood shift, he brought the berries to a local imam who studied them, eventually roasting and boiling a batch in water, thus brewing up the original cup o' Joe.

Corn Flakes

Strict Seventh Day Adventists John Harvey and Will Keith Kellogg weren't about to waste the stale, boiled wheat Will had left sitting out at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. They attempted to make long sheets of dough, but the process resulted in flakes, which they then toasted. Patients loved the new dish, and after experimenting with various grains, including corn, the brothers sought a patent for this Granose. The Kellogg's company was formed in 1906, but John refused to take part, as he felt the addition of sugar to the corn flakes decreased their health benefit.

Popsicles

One chilly night in 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson left his soda making equipment outside on his San Francisco porch. The next day, he found that stick with which he'd been stirring flavored powder into water had frozen upright in the mixture. In 1924, he applied for a patent for this "Epsicle," which he then re dubbed "Popsicle," supposedly at the urging of his children.



Pretty cupcakes

So, we've all been in the dilemma of trying to make out food look more presentable. Well there alot of really easy tips to make your dishes look like you took alot more time on them than you actually did. Let's face it, we're not famous chefs but hey no one has to know that. So my little sister wanted some cupcakes for her birthday and me and my mom were trying to look up all these crazy things to do with cupcakes and found alot of really cool and easy tips:)

Owl cupcakes

All ya need is a few oreos and some M&Ms and chocolate frosting. Open up the oreos and get the ones with all the icing on them and lay both sides down with the icing facing up. After that you need to take an M&M and lay it sideways between the two oreos. Now finally, put a black candy M&M on the white Art of the icing for the eyeballs. Not alot of effort and they look so cute afterwards. Perfect for any birthdays close to the Halloween season.

Cookie Monster cupcakes

1. Spoon a dollop of blue icing on the cupcake and smooth evenly with a knife or offset spatula.
2. Dip cupcake in blue coconut, making sure it is evenly covered.
3. To make the mouth, cut a line across the bottom third of the cupcake and use the knife to spread the edges a bit. Insert half a cookie into the mouth and smooth the icing around it, so that the cookie doesn’t fall out.
4. Melt the chocolate and spoon it into a plastic bag. Cut a small tip off one of the corners and pipe little pupils onto the white chocolate buttons. Make sure the dark chocolate spots are set before touching. Smear a dollop of icing on the back of the button and position on the cupcake.

So cute!!!!

Power Foods

Power Food #2

Avocados!
 This little fruit is green on the inside and very black on the outside is loaded up with vitamins and minerals that are more than helpful to the body. There are many ways to eat avocados but the most common way to eat them is pureed. According to Hass avocados one cup of pureed avocados gives all of the following nutrients:

• 4.5 g of Protein
• 19.62 g of Carbohydrate
• 1166 mg of Potassium
• 23.0 mg of Vitamin C
• 175 mg Beta-sitosterol
• 0 mg Cholesterol

There are a few more interesting facts about avocados that i bet most people don't know.
Avocados are the only fruit that offers monounsaturated fats, which is considered a "good" fat and helps to keep cholesterol at a healthy rate. Not only can adults benefit form avocados, but when a child is first introduced to solid foods, avocados are a great thing to get your child to consume. The taste is not to strong for a yound childs mouth and the texture makes it easy for them to swallow. S when trying to find a new food to add to your healthy diet, definitely consider ading a fresh ripe avcado. :)

Heres a vidoe on a very famous dish made from avocados, guacamole!

Chef profile :)

Robert William Flay is a known American celebrity chef, restaurant owner, and reality television star. He is the owner of 12 restatuants all across the country. Born December 10th, 1964 in New York, food immediately called out to him. Although a amazing chef, Bobby had dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and decided to get a job working at a pizza parlor and then eventually at Baskin Robins. Flay then decided to attend the French Culinary Institute and graduated in 1984. 

The beginning of his career was marked by him working as a sous chef. After aquiring all the needed culinary arts he became the executive chef at the Brighton Grill on Third Avenue. This where he truly learing anything and everything there was to know about cooking. Later on he had partnered up with the amazing chef Jerome Kretchmer to open up Bobbys first restaurant Mesa Grill.  He now operated the Mesa Grill in three different locations.

Flay is a Food Network superstar. He has 9 different cooking show airing on live televsion some of these include:

Boy Meets Grill

BBQ with Bobby Flay

Throwdown! with Bobby Flay

Grill It! with Bobby Flay

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Brunch at Bobby's

Worst Cooks in America

Bobby is now living in California married to his wife, Stephanie. Bobby will continue to wow the food industry with his innovative and creative ways to make spectactular dishes of food.

Information from food network
video from youtube

Power Foods

So at any given time there is 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men that are on a diet. There are so many foods that people are eating just becasue they are low on calories and they "look" healthy. So im gonna start a weekly power food post and show all us dieting freaks what exactly is good for the body.

Power food #1 :)

Pomergranates..
These little apple sized fruits are basically a pharmacy within itsself. They can either be reddish purple or a yellowish orange color. The seeds in them are packed full of antioxidants that help you maintain your energy. The health benefits from these guys are practically endless but heres a few things that pomergranates can help that maybe you didnt know.

• Diabetes
• Increase Fertility
• Lower blood pressure
• Decrease the intensity of hot flashes
• Prevents skin cancer (for all you girls who live in tanning beds)
• Prevents strokes and heart attack
• Maintains a natural glow to the face
• Protects from the harmful effects of the suns rays



info found from http://pomegranateinformation.com/

Chocolate Affair:)

Valentines Day is hereeeee.. Time for some flowers,jewelry,kisses,and a serious love affair with some chocolate. I'm an chocoholic, like most girls, so when I saw this recipe the chorus of hallelujah singing angels was playing in my mind:) yumm yumm.
Time for some frozen hot chocolate:))

Ingredients 3 ounces best-quality chocolate (or a variety of your favorites) 2 teaspoons store bought hot chocolate mix (recommended: Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate Mix) 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 cups milk 3 cups ice Whipped cream, for garnish Chocolate shavings, for garnish

Directions Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a small heavy saucepan or in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar, stirring constantly until blended. Remove from heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature. In a blender, place the remaining 1 cup of milk, the chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cream and chocolate.




recipe found from: Food Network website, chocolate recipes.

Worst Cooks in America

Last night marked the beginning of the hit show... Worst Cooks in America. If you think cooking isn't your strong suit, watch this show. Your self esteem will increase by the end..guaranteed. Last night was the first challenge, breakfast. Bobby and Anne showed the new contestants all about making eggs,pancakes, and bacon. Some passed well, others not so much. Let's hope the kitchens stay flame free.

The contestants of Worst Cooks in America