Tomorrow afternoon my cousins are having a joined graduation party. They are expecting 70 people to come! Seems like a lot huh? Well they are that loved. The oldest graduated from JU a few weekends ago and the younger will be graduating next weekend from high school. I'm so proud of them both. Lindsey is the valedictorian of her 2011 class and she totally deserves it. There is talk of Lauren traveling to NYC to audition somewhere and she's been working really hard to get the money together for her trips. Determination is definitely a prominent character trait that radiates through this entire family. I know they both have amazing futures ahead of them. Or that's what I've been praying for at least.
The future is always a little scary, a little exciting and a little hard to think about but lately I see the future of my family rising higher and higher. It seems like a lot is falling right into place.
In my last blog I told y'all about my trip to north campus to sit through an information seminar about the culinary management program they offer, and took a tour and filled out an application that I figured I'd have to wait to hear anything about till July. Well, just one day after I went to the seminar, my dad's friend called to see how our visit was. We knew his brother in law was a chef teacher at the college but we weren't thinking about trying to use that angle. My dad's friend asked if we wanted him to give his brother in law a call and well.. he did. He told him about me and how I wasn't going to quit half way through and that this was definitely what I wanted to do with my life. So.. if those of you Facebook readers saw my post about the voicemail that could have quite possibly changed my life, this is the news I got around noon yesterday, "You can tell her that he said he would get her on the list." I don't know if that means I'm on the list for next semester or what but it didn't stop from shedding a few happy tears and then calling my family, from my living room floor where I was sprawled out, to tell them the good news. I probably thanked god 30 times in the 2 or 3 hours after I got off the phone with my dad. Come August I could very well be on my way to becoming a chef. Just the idea alone is still hard to fulling handle. I was so giddy and happy the rest of the day. I even got to go to a friends and celebrate a little bit even though it was pretty uneventful, I had fun.
So to continue in the culinary theme, I will be making some pretty interesting but fun desserts for my cousins party tomorrow. I still need pretzels and coconut m&m's and cream cheese. Hopefully I can get my dad to pick all that stuff up on his way home so I don't have to leave my house. I think I am going to making spaghetti from scratch tonight. The recipe is one I got from some other really good cooks in my family. :)
- Okay, for really good homemade spaghetti sauce, cut up a medium sized onion and 1 shallot. Saute them in olive oil till the onions are soft. Add about 5 cloves of garlic and cook a few more minutes. At this point I add my seasonings.... salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, oregano, and just any other spice/seasoning you want (I kind of play around with it). Stir it all around and distribute all the seasonings. At this point, add some red wine and deglaze the pan. Cook out the alcohol and then add a can of tomato paste. Stir that around and then add a can or 2 of Tomato sauce (if you like chunky sauce, you can add fresh tomatoes or canned), stir to incorporate and then add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of brown sugar and then let that simmer for a while (I usually let it cook for about 30 minutes, minimum). After everything's cooked together for a while, taste it and adjust the seasonings to your liking. After that... enjoy! - Thanks Jessie! :)
I will post pictures of my creations later.
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend. :)
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