Quirky first try!

This past Friday I did a little cooking! I say a little, but it felt like a LOT! O my goodness, I was in the kitchen forever! Don't worry though, everything turned out great. (great for my first time) I decided to "give" the recipe of only one of the yummy things I made. So, here it goes! Have fun reading!!

On the menu was:
appetizer- Prosciutto, sage, and parmesan pinwheels
salad- Warm mushroom salad with ginger soy vinaigrette (getting fancy over here)
main dish- Mediterranean-style tuna
dessert- Samoa blondies

Now that we have that covered, I did the appetizer first! It was the easiest, and dare I say, my favorite, thing of the night! All I needed was to lay out my puff pastry, on a floured surface, of course. I rolled it out, to what I believed to be 11x14 inches.

Then I just spread a good amount of honey-mustard, laid out the ingredients, neatly in a row. The prosciutto (ok ok I couldn't find that, so I used canadian bacon!) sage, and parmesan, I also added some ground pepper. Then I rolled it up, placed it in the freezer for 30 min. After that I sliced it, put it in the oven on 350 degrees, for about 15-17 min.  

They were so yummy!!!

 I baked the blondies, while the pin wheels were in the freezer! I decided not to add as much coconut as the Newlywed Kitchen Cookbook called for, we aren't big fans over here! I loved the way they turned out! Super ooey-gooey too! I was surprised, I thought I would have burnt them!

They're all gone, and its only Sunday

mixing the vinaigrette

After this I made the warm mushroom salad, I actually loved this Japanese style salad! My husband, not so much! That was fine with me, that meant I got seconds. (more like thirds) The vinaigrette is what made it so delish. All it took was honey, soy sauce, ginger, rice vinegar, and green onion. I sautéed mushrooms to go on top of the salad greens, and ta-da, all done! It was super easy. Im learning I can do these things, and that cooking is actually easier than I thought! Who would have thought!

 I then went to cooking the Mediterranean-style Tuna! This was the most tricky for me! First off, I couldn't find tuna at my local grocery store, so I used salmon instead. Then I noticed it called for ANCHOVIES! Yes, that little fish all claustrophobic in their itty-bitty container! I was a little nervous, but I decided to go for it! Ya'll should have seen me looking up and down the store for those little things! Who buys anchovies anyway? Ok, so Im home and cooking this salmon, in hot oil, on a frying pan, I go to flip it, and guess what happens? Thats right, it splatters all on my hand and dress! OUCH is all I can say. Cooking can be very dangerous. After the salmon was cooked, I did the topping. Which was, sundried tomatoes, anchovies, olives, olive oil, lemon juice, red pepper, prosciutto (um canadian bacon in my case), and artichoke hearts. YUM! I loved it, and Walt did too! The anchovies were not so bad, Alex (my labradoodle) loved them. :) 

Alex, begging for food

All of the food actually turned out pretty decent, I was impressed with myself! I don't know if I will try this many new recipes all at once again, it took a lot of time, and Im thinking I might have bored someone with all this blogging! I hope I didn't, but if I did, stick with me! Im going to get better at this, I promise!

The spread

Close up!

Im making myself hungry, looking at this.

xoBritney