Tag Archives: Chef Rena

The restaurant perspective

I work at a daycare.  I used to work at restaurants and do catering and more… upscale things in the Food Service Industry.  Hospitality Industry?  Restaurants and Catering?  It all works. When I found that I wasn’t getting hours at … Continue reading

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Everyone has one – Pesto!

Pesto seems to be Italy’s word for ‘Salsa’, which we know is Spanish for ‘Curry’.  Every country has a type of sauce that goes with all of their different dishes an gives them their individual flavors. I made Pesto at … Continue reading

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A simple Granola

Recently, I have been working with kids.  I feed them and they eat… some of what I put before them.  One of the things they like more often than not is granola.  I ran out of the store-bought stuff in … Continue reading

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Picture of the Day:Pizza!

A Margarita Pizza almost ready to go into the oven.

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Coffee Foot Scrub

…  I hear your eyebrows scrunching together from here.  Don’t worry, this is decadent. I go through coffee. Many cups a day.  This brings me the dilemma of disposing of the grounds.  Many people just put them in the trash, … Continue reading

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Muffin Foster’s with Craisons.

It is winter outside my window.  Cold, snowy and I need to make something hot for breakfast to fight that winter blah. I made a purchase of a Pull-apart/Monkey Bread/Cobblestone Muffin yesterday that I did not eat.  It, along with … Continue reading

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Crouton du Fromage

…  Yes.  I just said ‘Grilled Cheese Sandwich’ in a haughty French accent. Last night, we had a stew, which I entirely forgot to document.  Ah, well.  Along with that stew, we had some French bread.  One of the baguettes … Continue reading

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Inventory

That is a word many of us abhor.  It means hours, if not days, of moving things, counting things and keeping lists up to date that you only really see once a year, at inventory. I am moving some of … Continue reading

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Two meals, one starch

Chef Rena says: “There is never a left-over.  It is a pre-cooked ingredient.” With this in mind, a two-meal use for mashed potatoes. I had a bit of chorizo, some mushrooms and fresh basil one night.  I made it into … Continue reading

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Apple and Cabbage Stew

I have to admit that one of the reasons I have not been as active in posting to the site is… Skyrim. I can easily be entranced by such games.  I think it is possibly because my whole life is … Continue reading

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