Second week and Dean's day!

 The picture above is one taken during a catering event for Dean's day at UVU, some of the chefs taking a break in the shade.

 Got chef Todd while he was a bit busier, he is always smiling.

 Here is my station that I worked with on Dean's day,  great team.

 This kid is Ryan and we are teammates for this block, I could be his mother ahah!

 Down to business... This week we were taught to fabricate a chicken into half, quarter, 10 pieces, and I had a hard time. So I decided to make chicken for dinner and to practice at home. I feel much more confident. Chicken... I will win.

 We also learned several different recipes such as clarified butter, beurre blanc, vinaigrette and mayonnaise. So I went home and decided to make some sriracha mayo (picture above is just plain mayo) to practice and also I decided to make some chicken croquettes. On Dean's day those croquettes were served and I thought it would be real nice for dinner. So the picture below is my croquettes. I had chicken left over, I diced some onion, garlic, bell pepper and shredded some carrots, I also had a few Yukon potatoes that were already cooked so I added those too. I had made a stock with my chicken carcass so I had some real good flavor going in there. Panko crumbs were added and to pan frying the croquettes went. Delicious with this spicy mayo.

I still enjoy my journey and  I try my best to soak up every bit of information that is given to me. Juggling my family while going to school is still hard but I am hoping to get a grip soon. Did I mention I received a scholarship this week?? a $1000!!! I will take it, work hard and hopefully my grades will keep on paying!