Spaghetti and Meat sauce

To create meat sauce, you need to start with the meat. I prefer ground beef, but chicken isn't bad either. You put the ground beef in a skillet, and cook it with white onion. I personally prefer white onion for frying over the other onions because it crisps better. When there is no more pink in the pan from the meat you can start adding your other ingredients. I diced up sweet peppers, this adds a little bit of texture and colour to the sauce. I sautéed up some garlic as well to add flavour. I also added tomato sauce and tomatoes. I added some seasoning to the sauce such as, salt, pepper, and a little bit of oregano which adds a little bit of sweet to the sauce.

I then went on to make the spaghetti, this is a very simple process that few can mess up. You wait until the water is boiling and then you add salt to the water. The reason for doing so is it tastes better, and the noodles wont stick to each other. After that you add the noodles to the boiling water.You need to stir the spaghetti a lot to make sure it doesn't stick to the bottom or to each other. The noodles are ready, when you taste them and you get it to the texture you like. I Then pored the noodles into a strainer, and washed them to get the starch off. I then put the noodles back in the pot, and then you are ready to eat.

Salmon and potato wedges

Well i did my first attempt on making a dinner since i made this blog. I made salmon and potato wedges. The potato wedges were fairly simple. I peeled them with a potato peeler, cut them into wedges, oiled the potatoes with a brush, and seasoned them with montreal steak spice. I then put them in the oven on 400, the time they stay in depends on how thick the pieces are and how crispy u want them. Salmon is pretty easy, i put it in a pan, seasoned it, and put it in the oven. You know the salmon is done when the white fat is seeping to the top of the salmon. Now I did mess up a little. I didn't add enough oil to the potatoes so a lot of them stuck to the tin foil. Besides that minor set back all the food tasted great.

Taste test 1

Well i had a friend come and help me out, and taste my food. So i made breakfast again. I made scrambled eggs, hash-browns, and sausage. I tried making every thing i made last time except the waffles. I added extra cheese to the scrambled eggs which i think tasted better, i also added more oil to the hash-browns and cooked them longer which added a delightful crunch. My friend said all of it was super good, and he liked the extra crispy hash-browns.

So i think i got breakfast down, and i am going to move on to other foods.

Breakfast

Well i figured i should start off with breakfast, so to start i made some breakfast food. I decided to start off with some easy things, as it is my first attempt at cooking for my passion project. I made hash browns, bacon, waffles, and scrambled eggs. The hash browns were pretty simple to make, all u need is a pan, spatula, olive oil, and the hash browns. So you will need a lot of oil if you want to get the hash browns crispy. So you cook them until they are a golden brown, but taste them to see if they are done. Then i made bacon, you literally just put it in the pan, and flip it from time to time. If you want it crispy you will have to leave it in longer, and wait until the bacon starts to turn a little black. The scrambled eggs are quite simple to. I don't have a non-stick pan, so i needed to add some olive oil to the pan. The hotter you have it the faster the eggs will cook. So i cracked a few eggs, and put them into a bowl. I then added milk and cheese, and then stirred it until it was thoroughly mixed. I then poured it into the pan and let it cook. You need to scrape the bottom of the pan so the eggs don't get a leathery brown skin on the bottom, and it exposed the wet egg to the bottom of the pan. The eggs are done when there are no more liquid left in the pan. Then I made waffles, to start off you put ingredients in a bowl. You are suppose to start with the dry ingredients, then add the liquid. So I poured 2 cups of flour,  4 teaspoons of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and 1 table spoon of sugar into the bowl. I then added 3 eggs, 3/4 cups of milk, 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, and 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract. After that I stirred it until it was mixed thoroughly. I then got my waffle maker, and added oil on it so the waffle wont stick to it. You make sure you don't put to much batter in it or it will over flow. That happened to me the first time, it started to seep out through the side. You know its done when the green light on the machine says done. Here are some pictures of the breakfast.

Batter

Waffle Maker (overflow)

Finished Product

Scrambled Eggs w/ Cheese

Bacon

All in all the cooking i did was pretty easy to make, and you get some great breakfast. The one down side is there are a lot of dishes to clean up afterwards. I plan on making another breakfast, and have some one taste test it for me.

First Post

Hi, im Jordan Asman. I have always wanted to cook and bake beautifully. In this passion project, it will really help me be able to practice, and try making new things. My main goal in this project will be making something with out a recipe, and having it turning out good. I also don't want to just make dinner foods, but breakfast, lunch, and dessert to. My grandma, and one of my teachers (Mr. Watson), will be my mentor. They will help me cook, bake, and give me guidance on how to prepare the meals. I  plan on taking pictures of my foods, and share how it went. I will give some tips, on what to do, as well what not to do.