Cooking Club

What's cooking? A cooking club! That's what's cooking! I have kicked off the first cooking club event for the friends I have made here in New Jersey. We made onion tarts, lemon madeleines and a smoked salmon and asapargus salad. Everyone did an amazing job helping and cooking! I am really looking forward to future events. We hope to do this once a month. I will just need to remember my camera.

mini quiches

I have been making quiche for a long time. It has been the center of annual "quiche parties" and an easy meal for my family. After enjoying mini quiches that I would find in the grocer's frozen section I thought I would try it on my own. I always use premade pie dough. So, I rolled it out on the counter top and cut out smaller circles. I brushed olive oil in my muffin tins and then placed the one circle of dough into each muffin spot. I added the custard, cheese and fillings and out came beautiful little appetizers! This picture shows goat cheese and herb mini quiches. And, for the same party I made cheddar and bacon quiches. I also made them ahead of time and just heated them up when my guests arrived. A little work for a great appetizer!