Cant Wait

I love to go out to eat but I don't like to wait. I that person that can't wait for the food to hit my table. You just look at all the food go by. But when that food shows up at my table this is what I do...

Pizza Pizza

I want to know why the original little Caesars deep dish isn't on the menu. It was so good when I was younger and then one day it was gone. It's still the same little caesar's great taste and I love the new lunch special bite bite sip sip that's the combo mango..even though it's nothing like the original deep dish this will have to do till it comes back.

Rallys vs McDonalds

Well when it comes to these 2 fast food establishments they differ in many ways. Rallys burgers taste a little charred, they have great seasoned fries, and even actual hot wings. McDonald's has regular burgers and fries but the taste keeps people coming back for more. They some similar menu items some that are different, but they differ with style and technique.

Chicken

So how do you fry your chicken? Some people just use flour, and some use the good old flour, egg wash, and flour again. But you can also fry them with no flour or nothing and sometimes that be the best. But in that case just for hot wings or wings you will toss in a sauce. But when it comes to my good K.T's Chicken its finger licking good. Check me out!

Cereal

Do you have a favorite cereal? Because my family does. We have so much cereal that I don't even know which one to eat. One day I couldn't make up my mind, so I mix them all and boy that was great. So anytime you come to my house just know that I will have all the cereal you need.

Cheese Me Baby!

Me some of my friend went down to Lola's for there happy hour. I was looking over the menu and there it was the good old chicken and waffles. I order my drink and I was still trying to see what I have a taste for there where so many thing that sound so good to me. But I had my mouth ready for those good chicken and waffles. So I put my order in, I was sitting at the bar talking to my friends. OMG 30min goes by and I ask bout my order, and you would never believe what they told me, "where sorry but will not be able to serve chicken and waffles today, because the batter was sticking to the waffle maker and not coming out right". My heart was broken, so I had to make my mind up on something new. Guess what it was, MAC & CHEESE and boy it was so good you should have seen my face.....

FISH

Catfish oh yeah!

 So we have this on the menu down at the Marquee for happy hour. People was ordering these left and right I ran out in 2 hours. But I think I will cut the fish smaller because it will look better on the plate. Little golden catfish nuggets on your plate with pickles, onions, hot sauce and toasted bread.

"Nachos"

These are not your everyday nachos, why because its not just any old meat and cheese. Its love out into these nachos. There are call seafood nachos. Shrimp, crab, and lobster meat, all mix in a mornay sauce. Placed on top of fresh chips and topped with a 3 cheese blend and garnish with mix greens, and a lobster claw and lemon wedges.

Pizza

What is your favorite pizza place and way? What do you want on your pizza, the crust, the size and anything extra. Oh boy cause I love Imos with the works. That thin crust and the sauce, so good. But I made a flat bread pizza my way, I call it the St.Louis flat bread.

More Cup Cakes

I know I know you might be brunt out on cups cakes from Chef  Tibbs but I gotta give it to you one more time. Ok we have here a Hennessy Cup Cake I made for the boss man at work, and yes he enjoyed it. It was for his birthday hope you like it. Same thing I did to the ciroc cup add the hennessy to the icing and to the cake batter.

Pig

I was in class one day and the chef says, "Today we going to be working with pork". I was like ok, lets get cooking. We walk in class and this what we had to do.....Break a pig down and learn all the parts and know what your eating. That was so cool, I would have never thought that I would be breaking a pig down. I wish I could do it one more time because I have a lot more questions about a PIG.

Salmon

My first time cooking Salmon, and I did it down at The Marquee. My chef told me what to do and I made it happen caption. So here's my first Marquee Glazed Salmon. Seasoned salmon fillet served with rice and sautéed mixed vegetables drizzled with our sweet salmon glaze.

Chicken & Waffle's

Good ol southern food. I just love when I smell that food in the air, man you just want to go all in. But the one dish that I love the most is Southern Chicken and Waffle. It's honey glazed chicken wings, served with a sweet and savory waffle with a side of honey butter and warm maple syrup.

Mama Mia

It's time for  pasta oh yeah. I love me some pasta only if it's made just right. Don't really like the jar sauce so I would make my own if not I would doctor it up real good. But I can make a mean Cajun Pasta. Sliced marinated chicken, sautéed lobster and shrimp, seasoned with my home made Cajun blend. With a nice bed of linguini pasta tossed in garlic alfredo sauce

Ciroc Red Berry Cup Cake

So we have this thing at work for those we come in for there birthday. My chef asked me and April if we could come up some cup cakes. Chef wanted us to jazz up the cup cakes and add thing to it or what not. Me and April was coming up with ideas back to back then we got it. We came up with a Ciroc red berry cup cakes, yes it's liquor. We just added to our cream we made and out cake batter. Garnish it with cream cheese icing, fanned strawberry, walnuts and chocolate sauce.

Club Cold Sandwich

The cold weather lastnite had me wanting a club sandwich, so I decided to make some instead of going out and buying one. Gathering all my ingredients I sat in the kitchen and started my creation. First starting off by cooking my bacon to perfection, then slicing my tomatoes, onions, grabbing my lettuce, mayo,  chicken breast and ham deli sliced, toasted my bread and began to plate it up. My three lightly toasted pieces of bread lay on the side until I formulated my masterpiece. Bread, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, chicken, ham thats the first layer put a piece of bread in middle; Repeat the same layering on the next piece of bread and tada. Plate it with a nice pickle and or some chips, perfect cold weather club.

Handful Hamburger with cheese

Late nite hunger craze, whats on my mind and tastebuds a nice Juicy Cheeseburger. So i'm up now making a cheeseburger with the fixings lettuce, mayo, ketchup, onions, tomato sliced thin. My mouth was watering something terrible pulling everything out that I need I start to form my pattie then lay it on my skillet to cook. Assembling this work of art is simple though it has to do with taste and layering.Put a little bit of the fat juices form the burger on the top n bottom buns then proceed with mayo spread on both top n bottom buns, next comes ketchup followed by lettuce tomato and onion with a small amount of ketchup on the bottom bun. Finally ready to plate my midnight snack cut my burger in half put some chips on the side.

Ice cream dream blizzards

You know that feeling you get when you want a blizzard but dont wanna leave the house. Best thing to do is to make your own homemade blizzards, all you need is a cup, your your favorite ice cream,  favorite cookies, a spoon, sandwhich bag, am mixer of your choice(blender,mix by hand, etc.) your choice of topping(hotfudge,caramel,etc.) and a measuring cup to crush cookies with
   After you've gathered everything you need you can start to make your creation:

Step One: put 5-10 cookies in sandwich bag (depending on how big cookies are)and seal closed
Sep Two: proceed to crush cookies with measuring cup
Step Three:put two small scoops of ice cream in a bowl and add a small amount of the topping
Step Four: add a small amount of crushed cookies and two more small scoops of ice cream
Step Five: Use your mixer of choice and mix the ingredients together. If using a blender or mixer set speed on low or knead. If mixing by hand just knead ingredients together with spoon.
Step Six: Put your creation in a cup and enjoy. If making for more than yourself double the amount of ice cream, cookies, and toppings

Its simple, doesn't cost anything unless you have to buy all ingredients and also fun to make at home with the kids.

Hells Kitchen

     Back at it again, so I get to work and things are all bad. There are dirty dishes, sinks, floors, trash left in cans and the biggest thing of all food left out in cooler not labeled or wrapped properly. 3 people in the kitchen the entire night  Me, Moe, and Chef, but moe had to leave early due to a 2nd job. Now dont foregt we have no Sous Chef or dishwasher so who's cleaning and doubled up on work? . Chef and I  are making food, cleaning dishes, preping, we're doing it all and rocking at it. We still made it out in good time too clocking out at 12am on the dot from all that chaos everything was clean, straightened up nice, and organized; We rocked it on top of being super busy. What a day.

Kitchen Wars

      Things got a little rocky in the kitchen today, Chef thinks he can talk to people any kind of way. Telling us we cant be on our phones , but he uses his, no breaks no more than 1 bathroom break, he's very strict on us even though he's younger than us. We're on our feet alot and some of the kitchen staff have kids. But I guess he doesn't understand because he jumps on the line when we don't need him he just does things that aren't neccessary, he hired us to cook hes got it made he shouldnt have to do anything. Just check our work as we send it out and give us respect.

2nd Day Blues

Well its that good ol second day of work. Things are going ok so far I like my gig. We were told to come in at 12 noon and I was the first to arrive upon my arrival I noticed no one was there and the doors were still locked. Immediately I called my Chef and he came right up, we started prep cooking getting things in order; next thing we know its 4pm and service starts in an hour. Still there was no one here no Owners,Servers,Bartenders, etc "I mean no one". We get a call from the owners stating that service doesnt start til 9pm thats when all hell broke loose , we were all so upset, but we chlled out for awhile. Suddenly the Sous Chef walked out and didnt return, so at that point we were out a dishwasher and sous chef. Wow but we made it through the night the downfall was we didnt get off till 2am.

1st Day

First day of work! Yeah I had a great time, I'm a line cook. I work at this restaurant called the Marquee. Just that good feeling of doing something that you love. Chef " J Will" doing his thing in the kitchen, I would like to thank him for giving me a chance to show off my skills. Oh and I got my finger crushed between a pair of tongs, and started bleeding on spot. But it's all good, I cleaned it up and finish up my job. But over all I had a great day. MY FEET HURT!!!!

Clean As You Work

I don't like when I go to cook the kitchen is dirty and looks bad. Because who would want to eat out of place like that. That's way its good to clean as you go because its healthy. Say your cooking and you drop food on the floor and you keep working. Your using a cutting broad and you leave to off and do something else. Mixing up cake mix and leaving all the egg shells all on the counter top. That's just nasty, But if you just take time out and clean as you go things will work out so much better for in the long run. You wont just walk in the kitchen and just turn right back around, you would be happy and be ready to cook. Why because you in a clean kitchen.

candy

Candy is not good for you that's what they say. But you know and know that kids cant stay away. It gives the kids a sugar rush, kids jumping around. That's a big no no in my book. If you feed them more home cooked meals that her good for there health. Most of the time the kids are not going to think about candy, and sweets. Their going to be asking what's for dinner and not can I have soda, candy, cup cakes etc.. The more we let our children know that all that sweet stuff can be good but the after look is not always good.

Food Food Food...

Things that people eat. The number one thing I think is pizza and hot wings. Every where you go that's all you see. At the bar hot wings, going out to eat hot wings. I cant lie I am one of those people that love to order hot wings. And when I'm at home I order pizza and hot wings. I think more people need to get out and try need things, because if you don't you missing out, Before I came to this school I was the same old girl that get the same thing every time I go out, but now since I opened up my eyes wow, I was missing out big time.

Happy Birthday

Most kids always get the big birthday cake and not just keep it small. Well i guess for a one yr old it should be small. Because you cant really do it big just yet. So i have been in the mood for baking. Just because its fun to do and i want to undestand the things behind it all. My bestfriend is having a birthday party for her baby, so I asked her if i could make her a small cake with some cup cakes going around it. You know not to have anything so big because like I said she was only one. I had alot of fun doing this so I think I

will do this more often. Because that bithday girl was so happy about her little cake i made just for her. Happy Birthday....

Fried Rice

Panda Express has some great food. But sometimes there rice is a little dry. Maybe because of how long it get left out, because its on a buffet line up. But there is nothing like making your own fried rice. Not saying that all the time there rice is no good or even fresh. So with that being said I went over to my friends house and he was cooking some fried rice. Before I could even try it, I knew it was good. From how it smell, and look. It was good ol ham fried rice. Man I had a spoon full of that rice and I was in love. I called it Dre Dre's rice. But he is known by Taylor'd Chef and for me his rice was better and fresher.

Fajita?

So how did this come about for Chef Tibbs. Im in school at LeCole and it was finals week things are going well; until we had to come with our own menu for our class. We was going to set everything up like a buffet. So I was thinking if what dish I was going to bring to the table. So Chef Tibbs came up with Chicken Fajita Egg Rolls. Yes there was something that went wrong. We had no egg rolls wrappers in the school. But I was smart I ask if we had some wonton wrappers. The day came and here I go, wish me luck. I got all my mise en place together and I began my work. Chicken, peppers, onions, salt and pepper, egg wash, and last but not least my wonton wrappers. And know here what I have.....

-Grilling-

Its time! Sun coming out time to light up that grill. The smell of it, the taste of it, the overall feeling you get when you hear the word BBQ. Wow just so amazing, making your own BBQ sauces, and having different marinades and bbqing/grilling techniques. But you also have to understand the difference between grilling and bbq, oh yes there is a difference. Chicken, hot dogs, brawts, corn on the cob, baked beans, hamburgers, and potato salad. Then you've got family, friends, music, fun and some good eats. What are the best bbq dishes you've had and what are some of your favorites?

Good ol Health Kick

Your health comes first! If your not healthy then your on the wrong track. I'm not saying you have to be like a health nut everyday, but atleast eat friut or veggie every other day or substitute it for a sugary snack at lunchtime even drink a healthy drink. No, no, no you can make great choices on your own and many people are trying to lose weight for summer right now too. Skipping out on fried foods and substituting them for baked foods is a start, cutting back on fast foods and cooking at home is second. I bet you didn't realize walking from your car to your job, walking around your job, and even chasing your children around the yard and house is exercise. Don't forget that large piece of cake you've hidden from your kids isn't gonna hurt because it will. Try new things fruits and veggies won't hurt you at all they actually help balance alot of things going on in your body like metabolism, fats, acids, electrolytes, your heart, your brain, cholesterol, blood pressure, ect.

OREO COOKIE ICE CREAM CAKE

                              OREO ICE CREAM COOKIE CAKE 

Ingredients:

• 1 packs of Oreo's
• 1/2 cup of melted butter (unsalted)
• 1 half gallon of ice cream (of your choice)
• 1 cup of heavy whipped cream
• 2 tablespoon of powder sugar
• Spring form pan
• One bag of milk chocolate chips     

First you need to take out your ice cream.( So that the ice cream can be soft enough to shape into your mold)

Crush up the cookies in and a bag. Melt your butter. Mix the melted butter and cookie crumbs together, and then place into your spring form pan. Place in freezer for 10min. Remove from freezer. Take your ice cream and put it into a mixing bowl, crush up more cookies and put them into the ice cream. Mix it up good, after that place your ice cream into the spring form pan and shape it well. After that is done place in the freezer for 6 hours.

Step 2: You will need a mixing bowl, heavy whipping cream, and your powder sugar. Mix the whip cream and powder sugar, until you reach a good consistency.

Step 3: You will need your bag of chocolate chips. Melt the chocolate down. Until you have a great chocolate sauce.

Final Step: Remove the ice cream cookie cake from the freezer. Remove the spring form pan, and began to place your whipped on and around the cake.(just like your icing a cake) Garnish with your chocolate sauce and more whipped cream. And place a Oreo around the cake and place one in the center. Enjoy...

    

DRINK UP

Most people don't understand the proper way to have a drink. They always think that it means let go to the bar and take shots and live it up. But if your grown and understand the proper way is to call up some friends and have a glass are two of wine, not anything hard. And talk and maybe even have a great meal. Oh and you also need to understand what wines go with what foods. That's why you have so many persons in the world that are wine taster and do a good job at it. Because you can have wine and cheese with fruit. Wine at a dinner party. So you should open up and try new things because its not good to not understand the proper way of having a drink.....that's if your grown.

Sunday Dinner

The best day of the week. Cause that's the day your family come together as one. The smell of all that good food cooking. My favorite Sunday dinner is meat loaf, green beans and mashed potatoes with gravy. Every time I get that plate I start dancing. Now when you start dancing that's how you know you fat. Lol but that's a good feeling to me. Talking to love ones and enjoying life.

Milk & Cookies

Tall glass of milk and a pack of cookies. Oreos are the best. Because can take them apart and lick the cream. Then..put it back together dip them in that tall glass of milk. You can also just go all in. Because me I just dip and eat dip and eat. But I got something soon you guys. And I know you will enjoy every single bite.

Late Night

Don't hate when you can't sleep, and you have to get up early. Toss and turning and your stomach is doing all kinds of crazy things. All you need is something light to put on your stomach, so your up tip toeing  to the kitchen for a little snack. But that late night snack turn in to eating hot pockets, icecream, cookies, pizza rolls, cup cakes, chips ect.... You get the point. And after all that you still can't sleep, stomach hurts all over again. So what you should get out of this is eat enough before it's time to hit that pillow so you want be feeling like you have to run to the bathroom all night.

Breakfast

Bacon, eggs, pancakes, sausage, waffles, potatoes, biscuits, and gravy. These are just a few of the items you would eat for breakfast, I know I do. I don't like when people just skip out on breakfast it just gets under my skin. Because that's the most  important meal to eat it gets ready for the day, focus and energy for your body and mind. And when I say breakfast I mean hot and healthy. Nothing like some easy and bad for you like cereal with all that sugar in it. So to most of you out there try to get a hot fresh healthy meal for breakfast before you go out for the day, feel the difference in a healthy breakfast and a get out free eat anything for breakfast. It will make a big difference trust me....
 
                   

Snow Days

Don't you just love to be snowed in? There are a few things that I love about snow days. You get to chill in the house with the one's you love; and drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. Bake some cookies, play games. But if you have little brother's are sister's you know what your in for. Yes building snowman and having snowball fights. That's one of my favorite things to do. But when your all tired and out you just want to lay back and get warm and comfortable and find a great movie to watch. There's nothing better then a nice big bowl of chili are soup, with crackers on the side. Yes nice and warm and yummy to my tummy.

Restaurants

Don't you love to go out to eat. Yeah I agree only if the the food and service is right. So my question to you is, what's the first thing you look at when you enter a restaurant? How full it is, how many people are enjoying there meals. Well I ask how long of a wait and I also check out how the flow of how things are played out. Because when I get a restaurant I would want every one to enjoy themselves and the food. I would want them to come back and bring more people with. So the next time you go out ask yourself if you had a great night out.

The Super Bowl

Don't you just love when the super bowl comes around? Guess what, I do because of all the food and drinks. Yes party party party! There's nothing like football fans, food, and drinks. Let's see  chicken wings, beer pretzels, chips and dips, cocktails, beer etc... Your favorite team playing on that beautiful flat screen. Wow that's like the coolest thing. Oh maybe some potato skins, onion rings, mini slider's....Soooo good 🍻 🍸 🏈 🍔 🍕

Culinaire

Wow I made it, My name is Keyonna Tibbs and I'm in school right now to become the best chef I can be. Back when I was just a little girl I would always dream about having my own kitchen. Yes my very own kitchen, I would be the one doing every thing, cooking, cleaning etc.... In my head I was the one with the cape. I was the hero. I would eat, drink, sleep,and dream about cooking. I would be me and my grandma up at 5am making breakfast for the family. Thanksgiving making apple pies and all that good stuff. So now here I am attending Culinaire school doing what I love to do best, learning, cooking, eating, making new friends just have fun in what I love to do. My goals are to finish school, and find a good job. I would also like to open my own my food truck. I just don't want to be another Chef are face that just comes and go, I would like to have something good out there for myself. So Chef Tibbs will get the job done.....