Jentry Dutton

      Welcome back fellow bloggers! The plan this week was to cook lunch, but things took a different turn. Instead I helped my mom make a Mexican casserole for supper. It was very good. I did the first part of the meal myself and then my mom finished it up.          I began by browning the hamburger meat which is easy. That took about five minutes and then I had to chop up a bunch of vegetables. I learned a lot about what cooking utensils do what. The first vegetable I chopped up was a green pepper. I chopped it into tiny little bits with a large knife, only to  find out I could've been using a chopper that would've cut them up way quicker. I used the chopper with the bell peppers and then put them into the dish. After all the vegetables were put into the dish my mom sprinkled it with cheese and put in the oven.      The dish turned out super well, I only cried a little bit when I chopped the onions, and I learned a lot, so I...

           Hey guys welcome back ! This week I decided I would make waffles to kick off the second week of my genius hour. I have come to the conclusion that breakfast food is quite easy to make. Waffles were a pretty cut and dry meal. I used Bisquick batter, and I personally hate the way it tastes, so I decided to add sugar to make it more flavorful.           After I read the directions, and got out the ingredients I mixed them up in a bowl. My mom said I need to be sure stirred the batter to the right consistency. The batter shouldn't be watery like soup, but you don't want it to be clumpy either. I stirred in search of the goldie locks consistency and once I thought I'd found it, I poured the batter onto the waffle maker.         A major lesson I learned through out this meal was patience. There were a few moments where I was so hungry and curious that I wanted to open the waffle maker early, but I ...

    Hey guys ! Welcome back to my blog ! As you may or  may not remember I am learning to cook this time around for genius hour and it is honestly off to a rough start. I haven't been cooking as much as I would like to be. My mother, the cook I want to shadow and have teach me a few things has had a very busy schedule lately. This has made finding time to get into the kitchen to cook with her very difficult.       Due to all the schedule conflicts I have decided to build on and get creative with some of the dishes I know how to cook. I eat eggs often and decided I would try to jazz them up a bit. I began by adding spinach to the eggs with some cheese. This was a pretty safe way to get creative so I decided I would try adding some unique little side dishes. I decided on having avocados and salsa on the side. This dish turned out really well.      Through out this first week I learned a lot about rolling with the punches and being flexible...