Leslie Bartosh, CEC, AAC, FMP

  “Summertime and living is easy” or so the song goes.  All I know for certain is, this pesto, tomato, mozzarella, roast garlic with prosciutto and basil pizza showed up right on time! #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood #Pizza #Mozzarella #Proscuitto #Pesto #Basil As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh

  Along the way this delightful vegetarian dish showed up.   And it wasn’t even Meatless Monday!    Capellini, olive oil, caramelized onion, garlic, mushroom, cherry tomato, green pea and basil.   This dish was a staple with us a few years back.     It has been a while since we saw it.   I am really glad we revisited this dish.   It is relatively light; and it is a delightful change of pace from some of the heavier sauces. Thank you, Diversified Ceramics for the perfect bowl to use with this dish. #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood, #Capellini #CapelliniWithVegetables  As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time; Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh

  “Summer time and living is easy”, or so the song goes. Summer time, for me, is prime time to cook out, on the patio. This dish of grilled, Riverence Steel Head Trout on Gazpacho fit the “summer time and the living is easy” bill nicely! The chilled soup was made early. The garnish kept on the side. When the fish was quickly grilled, it was slipped into a cool-ish puddle of gazpacho and topped with the garnish.  Perfect dish for a hot summer eve! Thank you, Riverence for the great fish to work with. Thank you, Diversified Ceramics Corporation for the great bowl to use with this dish. #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood  As always your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh  

  This delightfully, loaded pizza showed up the other day.     House made sauce, crust and bacon, caramelized onion, roasted garlic, fried red potato and eggplant, jalapeno, Kalamata olive, fresh mozzarella cheese and basil.   A garden salad rounded things out! This crust is made from the same dough I use for baguettes.  It works quite well in this application. #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood #Pizza As always, your questions or comments are welcome.     Until next time; Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh

 I am finally getting this recipe dialed in.  The bagels have always tasted good and looked okay.  But, to me, they were too dark.  This is big step in the right direction in terms of the bath and oven temp. Still need a little tweaking on the texture.  I think I know the direction to go on that one! #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood #Bagel #StaffOfLife As always, your questions or comments are welcome.   Until next time; Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh

  Part of the weekend bake:  Demi Baguettes in natural light.   #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood #Bread #StaffOfLife  As always your questions or comments are welcome.  Until next, Bon Appetit Y'all! Leslie Bartosh

  Confit chicken thigh, pomme de terre rondelle, haricot blancs aux tomato. Confit, boned and crisped for service, potato deep fried, white beans made with smoked onion and finished with tomato.   Thank you Diversified Ceramics for the great bowl to showcase this dish in. #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood #Confit #DiversifiedCeramics   As always your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all Leslie Bartosh