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Grilling it up? Try this Sizzling Summer Supper Menu ….

Betty — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:46:04 +0000

Betty’s favorite Summer Menu:

» Corn and Pepper Salsa with Toasted Pita Chips
» Grilled Tuna Steaks with Soy and Cilantro Vinaigrette and Avocado
» Beer and Cheddar Cheese Risotto
» Meringue Shells with Port Marinated Strawberries

Learn how to make this at my cooking class at Jungle Jims, Fairfield, OH

Saturday, August 7 – 11:00am – 1:30pm – $50 per person

Let’s get this party started!

Call 513-674-6059 and book your class today!

Tried & Tested Menu for your next dinner party: Couples Cooking Class

Betty — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:15:03 +0000

Looking for that perfect meal to make for your next dinner party or family gathering? Look no further with this tried and tested winner of a menu! Bring a date, or a friend, and add these must-know recipes to your repertoire.

- Roasted Asparagus wrapped in Prosciutto
- Pecan Crusted Pork Chops
- Carrot Wild Rice
- Orange Butter Cakes with Creme Anglaise

Location: Jungle Jims, Cincinnati (Fairfield)

Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

PS: Can’t wait for 4/27th? Schedule your own in-home cooking class. Contact me or request information online.

Cooking Cuban at Home Cooking Class

Betty — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:10:11 +0000

Personally speaking Cuban food is my comfort food. Growing up in a Cuban-American home with my Abuela (grandmother) in the kitchen brings back happy memories.

For many of you, Cuban food is something rare and only available in tropical location with a heavy population of Cubans. Others may believe that Cuban food is similar to other Hispanic dishes… some may be similar, but none are the same!

Join me as I demystify Cuban Cooking at Home on March 3rd at Jungle Jims in Fairfield, Ohio (Cincinnati area)

Menu includes:

Black Beans & Rice
Chicken Fricassee
Cuban Style Breaded Steak
Abuela’s Flan

Class is only $50. Wed. March 3rd from 6 – 8:30 PM.

click here to register for my Cuban Cooking at Home: http://www.junglejims.com/cookingschool/classregistration.asp

Cuban Cooking Class scheduled for May 12th

Betty — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:46:00 +0000

Join me as I prepare the following menu on May 12th at CooksWares at Harpers Point:

Toasted Pita Chips with Corn and Pepper Salsa
Cuban Style Tilapia with Saffron & Potato White Wine Sauce
Citrus Marinated Nuevo Cuban Chicken
Garlic White Rice
Individual Orange Butter Cakes with Crème Anglaise

For additional information or to register click cuban cooking class link: http://www.cookswaresonline.com/Classes/Class_090507HP_Cuban_Rodriguez.html

Cooking Class schedule for May 12th at CooksWares

Betty — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:49:00 +0000

Join me as I prepare the following menu on May 12th at CooksWares at Harpers Point:

Toasted Pita Chips with Corn and Pepper Salsa
Cuban Style Tilapia with Saffron & Potato White Wine Sauce
Citrus Marinated Nuevo Cuban Chicken
Garlic White Rice
Individual Orange Butter Cakes with Crème Anglaise

For additional information or to register click cuban cooking class link: http://www.cookswaresonline.com/Classes/Class_090507HP_Cuban_Rodriguez.html

Bison Burgers

Betty — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:49:00 +0000

Learn more about Bison Burgers and their health benefits on Cincinnati’s Fox 19 Morning news on Monday 5/4/09. Between 8 and 8:30 AM!

Recipe posted soon.

Cooking Classes are Fun

Betty — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:07:39 +0000

When you attend a cooking class by GourmetBetty — you learn quick and easy recipes and have fun at the same time!

What’s for dinner? …

Betty — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0000

… a little bit of this and a little bit of that!

According to my meal plan, I was making pasta with basil pesto. Although, between the snow (in the mid-west) and getting caught up on the computer, 6:30PM rolled around and I had not started dinner. Sound familiar?

So, I switched things around a little bit and made a delicious dinner on the fly. Here’s what I did….

1 pound of short shaped pasta
Approx 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
half of (a left over) sweet onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
half of (a left over) red pepper, chopped
1 carrot, julienned
Approx ¼ cup of wine (I used red, because it was what I had opened, I’m sure white would work well too!)
Approx 3 tablespoons of walnuts (or pine nuts)
3 handfuls of fresh spinach
Salt and Pepper to taste
Handful of fresh basil (from my aero-garden)
Parmesan cheese (for topping)

1. Boil pasta until done.
2. Heat oil in sauté pan until hot (over high to med-high heat), add onions, garlic, carrots and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes, or until onions are translucent and carrots are al-dente.
3. add in wine, cook for about 1-2 minutes.
4. add nuts and cook for another minute.
5. add spinach, basil, salt and pepper to taste, cook until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat. Mix in with cooked pasta.

Top with parm and serve!

This was a no brainer! Quick, easy and delicious!

What did you throw together for dinner tonight?

Betty Cooks Cuban with Rita

Betty — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:56:00 +0000

Over the summer Rita Heikenfeld invited me to be a guest on her Cooking with Rita show on Union Township television. She was able to piece together a small clip of us making the Cuban Yellow Rice dish and posted it on her About Eating YouTube Channel.

My brother, another wonderful cook, reminded me you can also substitute about 1/2 of the chicken broth with either beer and/or wine.

Let me know how this dish comes out for you! Cariños! Betty

Join me at the Taste of Clermont!

Betty — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:52:00 +0000

Come this weekend to the Taste of Clermont where you will enjoy great food, fine wine, live music, art shows and a Kid Zone!

I will be demonstrating how to make a Saffron Risotto with white wine and a Harvest Tomato and Zucchini Pasta Sauce with Red Wine. Come early and stay until 6PM where you can find me under the Wine Tent.

Come rain or shine! http://www.tasteofclermont.com/wine.asp

-Betty