October Cooking Class

I didn’t do a post on last month’s class because I didn’t take any pictures. I got there kind of late and then I was overcome with all the good cooking smells and kind of forgot.

This month’s class was a ton of fun. The highlight was hanging out with all of the ladies and learning how to make caramel corn-which I can’t wait to do. I just need to go grab me an air popcorn popper now.

Aside from learning how to make caramel corn, we made salsa, apple cider, some really delicious cornbread…which I’ve never been a fan of, but I really liked that recipe and chili. Obviously, I know how to make chili, because I’ve got a few different recipes on the blog, but I’ve never made chili from beans where you have to soak them. That was new and fun and I really loved learning how to do that.

We focused on hospitality, vs straight entertaining and how to use things around your home to make it cozy and inviting. For example, she used a painters drop cloth-the kind you can buy from Home Depot and used that as a table cloth and for a table runner, Lisa used some painters paper…and it was so fun and creative. I think my kids would love doing something like that, because then they could color and decorate it like you can at the Macaroni Grill (which is no longer in Oregon).

Since I’ve been coming to the cooking classes for a few months now, I’ve made several of the recipes…a few times and I do plan on sharing some with you.

One of which is this caramel corn! Seriously, it is to die for. I had a hard time convincing myself that I needed to stop munching on it. Now that I have a base recipe…the variations and flavors I can make…oh my! I’m thinking caramel corn isn’t just going to be a Fall eats…it needs to be an all year long eats!