As most of you know, I have a newfound LOVE for cooking; but not just cooking, HIP COOKING!! There is a fabulous cooking class held in Downtown L.A. and in Santa Monica called Hip Cooks, my mother in law was kind enough to treat me to a few classes & I've been hooked ever since! Courtney was in town for Mothers Day so of course we had to take a class! We did a Spanish Tapas Class; small little "sides" that they eat in Spain while enjoying wine etc. Here is our Menu: Spanish-style hummus with pita toasts
Candied Walnuts, Cashews and Peacans
Marinated olives
Manchego con Membrillo
Tortilla Espanola
Camarones Bravas - garlicky saffron shrimp
Empanadillas Argentinas
Flan - individual Spanish caramel custards with caramel designs
Sangria to drink, claro que si!
Here is a picture of our Tortilla Espanola, DELISH! And in the back is a yummy simple salad.
Left: Pic of our FLAN! Below: Me, Linda, Lindsay, & Courtney.
This is our saffron Shrimp! Light taste & so easy to make! Doesn't it look pretty!
Ms. Courtney (isn't she cute?) working hard on our Sangria (virgin of course!)
SANGRIA! 
We made mini empanadas; pre cooked..
Cooked!
Lindsay & me being weird as usual..
i have a scary neck in this picture! haha
Linds & I were in charge of the cheese & guava paste, so artistic yes? We also made an amazing nut mix, shown here.
Us making our cheese & guava paste ! So yummy!
we put brown sugar with the nuts, need I say more?
Look how great they look!!!
They taught us how to pan flip, here we all are, practicing our new skill Me: 
Court:
Lindsay:
Linda:
I always have so much fun at these classes! I just found out they will be opening in a few other states in the next couple years: Texas, Oregon, and Washington! (Jen & Lauren watch out!! I may fly out & make you take a class with me!)
4 comments:
I am embarrassed that I went to Hipcooks looking like that. Oh well. That class was so fun! They always are. I'm so glad we got to play all week!
Mari E, That is some SERIOUSLY hip cooking. It looks like a blast! DJ and I love to just roam around Central Market here in TX and check out all the foodie stuff they have there.
By the way, I love the headbands. You hip lady, you!
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That was fun! And yummy! And yes you do have a very nice mother in law! From your very nice mother in law~ Linda
i can't remember if i commented about the headbands or not. They're really cute and I bet you could make a lof of money selling them in LA don't you think? I can't buy one due to the fact that I look aweful in headbands, even super cute ones like yours. I just don't know how to wear them.
And i bet i'd cook more if i had a fun class like that to go to. Chris is a lucky man!
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