My Very First Spork Night!! (Part 1)

For Christmas, my wonderful parents got me a subscription to www.sporkonline.com which gives online cooking classes. Spork started as two sisters doing cooking classes in LA, but (what I assume) by popular demand they brought their classes to the internet.



My first class was Southern Comfort Foods. Watching the class was amazing. Everything looked SOOO GOOD, and the students in the online class seemed really pleased with the foods. What I really liked is that the girls really gave a lot of information about the foods they were using, possible substitutes, etc. They are so much fun to watch.



So last night, I made my first meal...for two non-vegans and myself.

Tender Garlic Collard Greens with Tempeh Bacon

Creamy Mac and Cheese

Cornbread Muffins with Chilis

The was the meal at the table before we dug in.

My plate. MMMMMmmm. :) Everything tasted AMAZING. The mac and cheese was really creamy and cheesy and delicious. I'm not a big collards fan, but the smoky tempeh bacon flavor made them fantastic (I got seconds). The corn muffin was unlike anything I've ever tasted. That recipe included both maple syrup and diced green chilis. It was definitely different, but really really yummy. We all literally. spent the first five minutes of the meal either silent or just saying "Mmmm".

Adam getting ready to scarf down his food.

(ummm...for some reason I couldn't get the picture to rotate. Sorry Jayme). This is Jayme gettings ready to devour her plate.

The next blog has the rest of the pictures and DESSERT!!

My Very First Spork Night! (Part 2)

This is how our plates looked when the meal was over :)

...but the plate wasn't empty enough...

These are Chocolate Coconut Haystacks, and they are ridiculous! SOOOO Yummy!!

The other thing I LOVED about cooking this meal (with the help of Jayme of course), is that by seeing the video first, I got to see how they timed the different foods out, and the order things were cooked in, etc. I was sure that when I did it, it would not go nearly as smoothly and it would take FOREVER, and one thing would get cold while the other was cooking. Not so. It worked out perfectly like they showed me.

January 1st marks the day the next meal is posted. I CAN'T WAIT!! Thank you Spork Girls!