Ethiopian Cooking Class

Sorry it's been so long since the last post-- crazy week with Lucas's knee (no driving makes for some complete rearranging of schedules for both of us) plus school and work. Lucas is back to work, and is actually trying to play a few shows on the weekends. I would stop him if I could... but hey, Lucas does what he wants! He is feeling good, and on the road to a full recovery. Thanks to all our friends and family for meals, snacks, video games, movies, and helping with cleaning and driving Lucas around!

Last week we got to take a cooking class at Generous Servings (thanks for my early birthday present, Rick and Claudia!) and we had SO much fun. Lucas and I learned about 6 recipes that we will add to our cooking repertoire. If anything, we learned some ET cooking basics and flavor profiles so we can make some traditional meals for the kid on special occasions (and cook for friends!). Here are some pics of our fun class-- hope they look ok since we used our phone to take the pictures:

Prepping the Injera, a squishy sourdough flatbread used in place of utensils and made from Teff flour

Curried Brown Lentils, Spicy Red Lentils, Beef in Red Pepper Paste, and Spiced Vegetables. This inspires my next culinary purchase to be a dutch oven.

Getting ready to eat!

Hambasha, a traditional honey bread. Delicious!

Our Stewed Beef- we made a traditional spice mixture which is used in many dishes called Berbere as well as a Temsi (spiced clarified butter) before adding to the beef. 

Finished traditional family-style plate. The white on the plate is Iab, a fresh cheese we learned to make from buttermilk.