Happy Mother's Day 2009

Posted At : May 10, 2009 10:27 AM
Related Categories: personal chef, cooking class, recipe, equipment

It is a beautiful, sunny day here which is a great change from the rain.  We've had storms, rain, grey skies, this morning is sun with blue skies. 

I got a Mother's Day delivery on Friday when I got home from teaching.  A large box was on the porch so I opened it immediately.  A gorgeous bouquet of tulips from my step-daughter Beth, her husband Michael and grandson Matthew.  Yes, I did take a picture and so far the cats have not snacked on the flowers.

I got home from teaching earlier than I thought.  Big hugs to Cathy for letting me avoid the Friday traffic on 285.  The class went well I think.  We had 10 students and there was lots of hugging when they left Friday afternoon.  They are on their way to a new life of personal cheffing!  As usual we had an interesting group of students.  Henry was a certified executive chef from Trinidad, Ken cooks on boats in the merchant marines, Jill is a mom of 4 children and got some interesting phone calls from home,  we had a wide range of jobs and ages.  Lots of fun and learning.

 

In addition to missing the Friday traffic nightmare, getting home early gave me time to get a shower since I had a party to go to.  It was a kind of weird invitation.  Monday at the grocery store a woman said "you cook for Dina".  I said I had cooked for Dina but she was moving shortly to Maryland.  The woman said "I know, I'm in her neighborhood and I'm having a going away party for her Friday night, do you want to come?"  I thought that was so nice since we didn't know each other's names and had only met maybe twice at the grocery store. 

We exchanged email and off we went on our day.  I went to the party, it was a surprise, I took Polka Dot Bars, one of Dina's favorites and said goodbye to one of my favorite customers.  Tina (that was the nice woman's name) said bring something Dina likes. I cooked for Dina for about 7 years, so that was easy!

Polka Dot Bars from Taste of Home

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips, divided
  1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt, gradually add to creamed mixture.
  2. Set aside 1/4 cup chips, stir remaining into batter. Spread in greased 15x10 baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining chips. 
  3.  Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool before cutting.

We didn't do much Saturday since I had been with so many people for several days.  We did a little shopping, I need to make a Southern themed basket for a bridal shower.  We may head to the mall again today. 

We've been to church, the grocery store, I used my ebelskiver pan for breakfast with raspberry filling and I've made sure my bird feeders and water dishes are ready to go.  Have a great day whatever you do!

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