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Your love of food and cooking may have led you to seek training for a career in the culinary arts. The first step is to focus on your own goals. You might be thinking big and imagining yourself as the next celebrity culinary restaurant magnate but then again you could just be looking to pick up a few skills to improve your cooking at home.Cooking schools and culinary institutes share the same expectations and function with the same objectives in mind. Just as each student attending the culinary schools is unique to himself but still shares the love of cooking with all the other students, each culinary school is unique to itself, but still shares the same goals in teaching you with all the other schools.
Most programs that are being offered by the various cooking schools have culinary arts objectives geared towards entry-level food service employees. Anyone who wants to study the culinary arts needs this training.
In recent years, the culinary arts profession has seen an increase in popularity. An increasing amount of people have more interest in earning a formal education in the area of cooking, with the desire to start a better career upon completion. As a result, culinary institutes are becoming more selective, requiring you to be interviewed and undergo exams before you even enter the program. One of the objectives of the culinary arts program is to offer continuous training to students having deep interest and skills in this course.
Students taking these programs will enjoy internships at a variety of top restaurants. According to the school’s beliefs, pupils will learn their biggest lessons from the experiences that they get in a real-life environment.
A kid friendly meal, sure to meet with thumbs-up approval! Great for potlucks and kid parties too. An excellent source of Vitamins B6, B12 and D
Ingredients
| 2 | (2) | cooked baking potatoes |
| 2 cans | (170 g each) | Clover Leaf Chunk White Tuna, drained |
| 1/2 cup | (125 mL) | each chopped green onion and corn kernels |
| 2 cups | (500 mL) | mild salsa |
| 1 cup | (250 mL) | shredded Cheddar cheese |
| sour cream (optional) |
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C). Cut the potatoes into 1/2-in (1 cm) cubes, leaving the skin on. Stir the potatoes gently with the tuna, green onion, corn, and salsa. Scrape into a 7 x 11-inch (2 L) casserole.
Sprinkle evenly with the cheese and transfer to the oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until the casserole is bubbly and the cheese is melted. Serve with sour cream, if using. Makes 4 servings.
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* Excellent source of vitamin B6 (30 %DV), vitamin B12 (35 %DV), vitamin D (70 %DV) and phosphorus (30 %DV).
* Good source of vitamin C (45 %DV), folate (15 %DV), niacin (20 %DV), thiamine (15 %DV), calcium (20 %DV), iron (15 %DV), zinc (15 %DV) and magnesium (25 %DV).
* Source of fibre (16%DV)
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Having diabetes certainly limits some of the food you can eat, but with the right diabetic recipes you can still enjoy fine food. Sometimes, it is hard to know what foods are safe for you to eat. For your safety, you and your dietitian should work together to design a meal plan that’s right for you and includes foods that you enjoy. A diabetes diet meal plan is a guide that tells you how much and what kinds of food you can choose to eat at meals and snack times. A good meal plan should fit in with your schedule and eating habits. Keep in mind that while many diabetic recipes are fairly simple and fast to make, some diabetic recipes may be more complex and take longer. The right meal plan will also help keep your weight where it should be. It is important to gather the right diabetic supplies when planning your diabetic recipes. Whether you need to lose weight, gain weight, or stay where you are, your diabetic recipes will be sure to help.
Some tips on finding tasty Diabetic Recipes.
Fortunately, there is almost certainly to be a diabetic recipe of your favorite food. For example, because of the high sugar content of most desserts, many diabetics felt that they would have to give them up. However, there are many diabetic recipes for desserts that will be safe for people with diabetes to eat. There are also many diabetic safe breads, salads, sandwiches, appetizers, and any other food category you can think of. If you have diabetes and don’t want to give up your favorite foods, try a safe diabetic recipes instead such as a diabetic cake recipe, free diabetic recipe or diabetic cookie recipe.
Mike Yeager
Publisher
Instead of going to the local coffee shop, use your espresso
machines instead. There are some excellent opportunities out
there for you in these new, must have options for your kitchen.
Once only used in coffee shops and in restaurants that were high
end, these machines have been made so that anyone, anywhere can
use them rather easily.
Espresso machines are available in several ways. You may have a
favorite method of making the espresso or perhaps you are
looking for something that offers a distinctive taste. In most
cases, you will find that there are espresso machines that do
just what you are looking for. Because they are so easy to use,
you will be able to make your favorite espresso flavors yourself
as well.
On top of this, you will also find that some machines are also
combinations. Love cappuccino as well? Would you like a standard
coffee maker along with your new espresso machine? These too can
be purchased. You will find them available in a variety of
styles and colors to fit any kitchen.
Yet another feature that is important to comment on is their
quality. Some of the espresso machine styles that are on the
market for individual use are in fact quite capable of making
coffee house style coffee that is rich and full flavored,
missing nothing except the price tag. And, you can experiment
with coffee beans that fit your tastes while in a coffee house
you may be limited. Purchase gourmet varieties for pennies on
the dollar online and enjoy the coffee that is nothing short of
amazing every day that you wake up.
Worried about dealing with these things each morning? Don’t be,
because you will find it very hard to find an espresso machine
that isn’t easy to use. Clean up is often just as easy as a
standard coffee maker so that is not a problem as well. Espresso
machines look great, work great and add an air of sophistication
to your life.
You may have noticed a wide variety of “dry rubs” available at grocery
stores and specialty food stores lately. These fragrant combinations of
herbs and spices add texture, color, and, of course, flavor to everything
from steaks to chicken. Sometimes though, the commercial rubs are very
salty and many contain MSG, which may give some people a headache.
So why not try to make your own dry rubs with whatever herbs and
spices you have in your pantry or spice rack?
Try this basic rub which is enough for about 10 steaks.
Basic Steak Rub
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. paprika
3 tsp. cinnamon
4 tsp. brown sugar
2 tsp. oregano
3 tsp. ground cumin
Combine the ingredients in a large, shallow baking dish. Place one
steak in the dish and gently pat it down to coat the bottom side of the
meat with the rub. Flip the steak over to coat the other side. Gently rub
the mixture into both sides of the meat.
Repeat the process for each steak. Let the steak rest for about an hour
or so, coated with the rub, then grill as usual once the steaks are at room
temperature.
NOTE: Throw away any of the leftover rub that came into contact with the
raw meat.
Serving the Steaks: Serve steaks without steak sauce since it will
overpower the rub and you will only taste the steak sauce.
OTHER HERBS & SPICES TO TRY IN RUBS:
Marjoram, basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, lemon pepper, dry mustard,
celery salt, red pepper flakes, Chipotle powder, etc. - experiment until
you get just the right combination of ingredients for your version of the
perfect rub.
Suzanne Lieurance is a freelance writer and owner of the Three Angels
Gourmet Co. which offers a unique line of “heavenly gourmet mixes” for
sale at http://www.threeangelsgourmet.com and through gift shops,
Christian bookstores, gourmet food stores, and gift basket companies
across the country.
For daily food tips and other fun food information, visit the Three Angels
Gourmet Co. blog at http://www.threeangelsgourmet.blogspot.com