Week 4 into My Cooking Class

Hello!

 Like the title says, it's already been 4 weeks since I started this cooking class! We finally got to make our first meal last week and made our second meal today! All the food we made turned out SO good that I wanted to share it with everyone!

 This week, we are learning about different types of vegetables and salad dishes! (yum!) Today, we got to try many different salads. Our group had made the Tomato-Watermelon Salad with Feta and Toasted Walnut. This actually turned out very good in the end! I will have the recipe posted up right below and pictures below that. All the food we make in our cooking class is a MUST TRY AT HOME!

 If you guys want any recipes, please leave a comment or email me and I will gladly post them up for you :)

 Here is the recipe for our group's salad.

TOMATO-WATERMELON SALAD WITH FETA AND TOASTED WALNUT


INGREDIENTS:

8 Cups                   1 1/4" chunks seedless watermelon
3 lbs                       Ripe tomatoes (preferably heirloom) in assorted colors, cored, cut into 1 1/4" chunks
1 tsp or needed      Coarse kosher salt
5 Tbs                      Extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 1/2 Tbs                Red wine vinegar
3 Tbs                      Assorted fresh herbs, chopped (dill, basil, mint)
6 Cups                    Fresh Arugula leaves or small watercress sprigs
1 Cup                     Crumbled feta cheese
1/2 Cups                 Sliced almonds, lightly toasted (walnuts can be used as well)

PROCEDURE:

1. Combine melon and tomatoes in a bowl. Sprinkle with 1 tsp of salt and toss to blend; let stand 15 minutes. Add 4 Tbs oil, vinegar, and herbs to melon mixture. Season to taste with ground black pepper and more salt, if desired.
2. Toss arugula in bowl with remaining 1 Tbs oil. Top with melon salad; sprinkle with feta cheese and toasted almonds and serve.

Here are the pictures taken from today!

Enjoy!

I.C.A.
Ms. Piggy.

Herbs (basil, dill, mint)

Toasted almonds (these little things have so much flavor in them once they are toasted!!)

Crumbled Feta Cheese~~

Our Salad! The Tomato-Watermelon Salad with Feta and Toasted Almonds

One of the group made this! A Bruchetta! It was delicious!

Final Salad. Tomato-Watermelon Salad with Feta and Toasted Almonds

Warm Goat Cheese Salad with Grilled Olive Bread

Close up of the above.

Cabbage and Corn Slaw with Cilantro and Orange Dressing

Close up of the above

Salad Nicoise

Fresh Fruit with Honey-Yogurt

My plate of all the food we made today :) It was so delicious!