Let's Cook!

Today was our first “Let’s Cook session” with Richard Line at Isle of Whithorn New Hall.

Once Richard welcomed everybody, introduced the Let’s Cook programme and explained the health & safety procedures, we proceeded to make Minestrone Soup and Cheese or Fruit Scones.

We started off with preparing the vegetables by cutting and sweating them off in a pot.  We then added the spaghetti (Richard showed us a clever trick with a tea towel to break the spaghetti into smaller pieces).  We added peas, garlic, bacon and a parsley parcel and left the soup to simmer for 20 minutes.

  

To make the scones (we had the choice of making cheese or fruit scones), we mixed together the flour, caster sugar, margarine, and dried fruit (for fruit scones) or cheese (for cheese scones). We had to spread some flour on the chopping board before rolling out the mixture and cutting it into two equal portions which were then baked for 10/12 minutes in the new oven. 

Whilst waiting for our “masterpieces” to be ready, we all took turns washing and drying the dishes.

For next week, we decided to make a Chicken Stir-Fry followed by Apple Crumble!  Yum!!