French Onion Soup (Working Class Foodies)

I remember finding the cooking channel on YouTube years back when I first got into cooking and this blog. Julia Child has influenced me in many ways, but I think Working Class Foodies is what gave me the drive to create a blog to document the recipes I make up or try out.
The very first video I watched from WC Foodies was 'French Onion Soup'. And at that, I immediately went to go buy beef stock because I had everything else in the pantry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH9S47_3wL0&feature=plcp&context=C3b77adbUDOEgsToPDskILN7R0BFj6D2b0GQY1xECS

If you're interested in seeing what WC Foodies is about, go to that link above. I feel like WC Foodies is modern and contemporary but it's also really 'good food'. They make wholesome, yummy things that just seem to have a lot of thought and love put into them! (:

Almond Tea Cookies!

Adapted from: Bravo! Best of Bridge Cooking

I've been MIA from my blog for so long now, but to be honest, blogging, cooking, photography, and writing are things that just aren't at the top of my list at the moment, With that said, I will try to post more often, but honestly, I have 3 followers on this blog... so it's not very important to me to try to post every single thing I cook.

I found this recipe for these awesome biscuits in a cookbook I received for my birthday a few years ago. However, when I looked at it, I thought... "Butter?" As Julia Child once said, "You can never have too much butter." But in tea cookies? I got kind of grossed out so I switched in the butter for shortening, which is much healthier. Overall though, these cookies are quite healthier because the recipe only calls for one egg white (no yolk), and almonds, when grounded, acts almost like butter, so it's a great substitute.

Ingredients:
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 cup Ground Almonds (buy whole, blanched almonds and grind them)
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Golden or Vegetable Shortening (You can also mix in 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup shortening)
1 Egg White
1 teaspoon Almond Extract

Step 1: In a smaller bowl, combine the flour, ground almonds, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
Step 2: In larger bowl, cream shortening and sugar together until white and fluffy. Beat in egg white and almond extract.
Step 3: Pour dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir until the mixture becomes a dough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge for 45 minutes.
Step 4: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 5: Roll tablespoons of the dough into little balls and place them on a greased/lined baking pan. Flatten the dough balls out with your fingers or a glass cup. Bake the cookies for about 10-11 minutes, or until the edges or lightly browned.
Step 6: Serve with a hot drink.

French Style Scrambled Eggs

One day I was watching French Food at Home and Laura Calder made these eggs. I tried out her recipe (I looked for it online again), and they were delicious! I've never made my scrambled eggs any other way since!

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 tablespoon butter
salt & pepper

1. Separate the eggs. Yolks in one bowl, white in the other.
2. Melt the butter in a pan on medium to high heat. Whisk the egg whites slightly to produce some froth, and pour them into the pan. With a fork, quickly stir them. (If you know what baby vomit looks like, well at this point, that's what the eggs will look like)
3. Do not let the eggs over-cook. Once the egg whites have turned from clear to white, immediately add in the yolks and stir frequently.
4. Take off the heat, add salt and pepper for seasoning. (The eggs should look almost like a paste)
5. Serve with anything you like! I like eating my eggs with ketchup or bacon.

So, I described how to make these eggs in a very... gross way eh? I promise you, they're delicious!

Turkey Caesar Sandwich (Carolyn's Sandwich)

I was at Tim Horton's the other day and for the longest time, I've only eaten their chicken noodle soup and their tuna salad sandwich. I decided to try out their turkey caesar sandwich it was such a heavenly sandwich. It was very light and if you don't count the bread, it only had four things in it, but it tasted so good!

Ingredients:
Bread (any kind you like, my friends)
Lettuce (green leaf or romaine, don't use iceberg - it'll taste odd)
Thinly sliced cooked turkey breast
Thinly sliced tomato
Caesar salad dressing (any kind that is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon)

1. Toast your bread, tear out your lettuce (one leaf is plenty), slice your tomatoes (two slices).
2. Wait for the bread to cool a bit, then start layering!
3. I usually spread about a tablespoon of dressing on the bottom slice of bread, place two slices of turkey breast, two slices of tomato, and the lettuce. Top with the other slice of bread, cut in two, and enjoy!

Voila!