Brony Chef Project # 24: Flutterbats "Veganpire" Gazpacho

             I have been waiting for this post ever since the "Bats" episode is released. Before I go into more detail, let me tell you guys a quick story of how I got inspired to make this post today.

              During my time in "bronydom" I always feel neutral about Fluttershy. I do like her and she is a good character, but sometimes she seems not that interesting to me. I think the only times I really like Fluttershy is when she goes "out-of-character" and reveals her more crazy side. I don't know why but I kind of like her when ever she has her "psychotic break downs" like at the Grand Galloping Gala or when she turned into "Flutterhulk" in Power Ponies.

               So when I heard rumors that season 4 would involve Fluttershy becoming a vampire, I thought to myself "Oh boy, here comes another 'Twilight Vampire Story' I have to sit through". Yet when I tuned into the episode "Bats" and saw Flutterbat for the first time, I was excited, because she not only looks menacing but her design is pretty amazing. Although, I am getting ahead of myself. Lets dive into the creature to be Flutterbat.

Flutterbats Stare from "Bats": Season 4 Episode 7

 

               The Origin of Flutterbat was originally an accident on Twilights part. It all started when there was a vampire fruitbat infestation at Sweet Apple Achers. Applejack proposed that she wants the bats out through artificial means (aka extermination/mental brainwash). Although Fluttershy actually perpose to not get rid of the bats but to use them to produce more apple. Yet through peer presure, she was succumbed to Twilight Sparkles plan to brainwash the bats by stareing into the terifying creatures eyes to hold them still. Yet when Twilight casted the spell, the desire to suck out the apples juices from the whole flock transfered to Fluttershy through magical radioactivity. (To all of the non-brony readers of this post: This is Pony Physics ladies and gentlemen. Try not to think about it too much or you will get a migrain that will last for days.)




Flutterbat on the hunt for Apples

      

Flutterbat Swooping Down

After the treatment that was delivered to the bats, the problem of the ruined apples still persisted and nopony knows why. Later that night, The Mane 6 decied to comence a steak out by the orchard. Little do the group of brave ponies know that the beast was ready to pounce.





Flutterbat paralyzed by her appearance

Once they split up, each pony saw the shadowy figure flying over devouring Applejacks crops. Little did they know that the creature was one of there own possesed by the desires of the vampire fruit bat. When Applejack discovered the source of her apple problems (with Applejacks greatest reaction face ever), she discovered that her once quite freind has turned into......Flutterbat! Luckily, she reverted back into the original Fluttershy. Although, rumors say that Twilight's Spell did not get rid of all of the vampire desires.




She was savage and wild with a haughnting hiss that brings chills downs one spine. This is what I love about Flutterbat: she is NOT the styrotypical vampire from Transiviania or the Twilight vampire movies. Flutterbat looks and sounds like a lagitamit monster that bring actual fear and threat. Even if she does not eat ponies or draws blood from her victumes, she still retains that fear of the beast existing in one's body. Plus the fact that she brings ruin in her wake brings up a message of how artificial pestisides (Twilights Spell) could not only distroy the nateral enviorment of our food source, but also the consumers who were in the crossfire of this chemical debachol. (Note: Im not trying to be political about where our food comes from, this is just an observation of the message behind the episode.)

For those don't know what a Gazpacho is, it is originally a Mediterranean dish that is traditionally made with cucumber and other fresh herbs with some cool vegetable juice. What makes this soup different from other soups is that there is no heat needed to create the soup. In fact it was used to help cool down the body during the very hot and dry summer months on the Mediterranean sea. It was also used as medicine to help bring down fevers and other heat related illnesses.

Flutterbats "Veganpire" Gazpacho

For Flutterbats Gazpacho, its really more of a modification of Fluttershys Vegan Tomato Soup. Instead of being warm and inviting, the Flutterbat "Veganpire Gazpacho" is more cold and somewhat savage. To be honest, the recipe is more of a character profile then a look into the life of Flutterbat. (Since she was in one episode so far.) There is obviously apple juice and apple juice to compliment her diet, as well as cherry juice and raspberries to give the illusion of blood, and just like the Fluttershy Soup this Gazpacho is vegan. It also has some cucumber blended in to give it a more cooling sensation to fend of the hot late summer heat.

Flutterbats "Veganpire" Gazpacho

Soup Base
1 Cucumber: Peeled, Seeded and Chopped Finely

2 Apples: Peeled and Chopped

2 1/2 cups of Frozen Raspberries (Fresh will work but add a few ice cubes to make it cold.)

8 oz of Apple Juice

16 oz of Cherry Juice



Apple Chunks
2 Apples: Peeled and Chopped into bite size pieces



Seasonings
1 Tsp of Ground Ginger

Sea Salt to taste



Adding the fruit to the blender

1. Place all your chopped cucumber, apples and raspberries into a big bowl.

2. Add 1/3 of your fruit mixture to the blender along with the apple and cherry juice. Blend the mixture until it is liquefied. Keep adding the chopped fruit mixture (a few scoops at a time) and blend them into the soup until all the fruit is blended.



Adding the fruit juice

3. Pour the soup into a separate bowl and add the apple chunks to the gazpacho. You can add more chopped apples for a more chunkier soup.

4. Season your Gazpacho with the ground ginger and stir. Add some sea salt to the soup to taste and stir.

5. Serve your gazpacho in small bowls with a sliver of apple.



This dish is more suitable for the summer months, but you can also use it as a Halloween type of dish to freak some of your Friends out. Although, it is also a good soup to have something is summery and also a good transition from the summer months into more of the fall. The month that I would choose to eat this would be September since there is still that summer heat but the signs of fall are approaching in sight.

I want to thank you guys for keeping in touch of my website. I know I haven't been up-to-date as much but these posts take a lot of work. Speaking of which, I am also working on a new project. I'm not going to say much it is going to be something a little special. I will provide a few clues and hints about what it is but other then that I will keep this under wraps. Hope you guys stay cool from the August heat and I bid all of you a-do.

Brony Chef Project #21: Cheerilee's Spring Jubilee Salad

With Winter Wrap-up finnally commenced yesterday, Spring has finally sprung. With a brand new season and warm weather on the horizon, there should be something new and fresh on the BCP. Maybe something that is crisp, happy and celebrates the bright and fresh outlook of Spring itself. Maybe it is time to introduce, one of the very few teachers of Ponyville that fits in with all these descriptions. Allow me to introduce you class to Mrs. Cheerilee.

From "Call of the Cuite" episode 12, Season 1: Mrs.Cheerilee teaching her class about "cutimarks".

 

Mrs. Cheerilee is the school teacher of Ponyville Elementary Schoolhouse and one of the very few characters that became a side character from being in the background early on in the series. Her first "official" appearence started in out in Call of the Cutie as the school teacher of Appleblooms school. She was a bit down played from the speaking role after her second appearence in Show Stoppers, but she did recieve her own episode in season 2 with "Hearts and Hooves Day" with Big Mac. Although since then, she kind of pops in and out though out the whole series with some speaking roles that kind-of involves the plot but not directly referencing to the current situation. Yet, she is still a lovable character despite her lack of screen time, and her character is the perfect fit for the "voice of reason" without sounding cynical.

From "Hearts and Hooves Day" episode 17, Season 2: Cheerilee's and Big Mac's awkward date.

 

To celebrate Cheerilee's Cheerful attitude and positive out look of education, I decied to create a salad that transitions from winter into spring with some small hints of summer. It starts out with some crunchy Kale to provide a seasonality between the Winter months of Febuary to the early crisp and green weather of March. Then some spring vegitables come in to symbolize her blooming disposition with some bright colors. Then I add some sliced chicken glazed with dark cherry jam, red wine vinigir, and some ginger to give it balance in flavor and substance. Finally, the red wine dill vinigerette brings every thing together with its smooth consistancy and verity of color that Sping and Summer could bring together in harmony.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheerilee's Spring Jubilee Salad

 

Serves 2

 

Glaze

 

2 Tsp of Black Cherry Jam

 

1 1/2 tsp of Red Wine Vinegar

 

1/4 tsp of freshly ground ginger

 

Pinch of salt

 

Chicken

 

1 lb. of Boneless Chicken Breats

 

2 Tsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 

A pinch of salt and pepper

 

Salad

 

3-4 Kale leaves chopped

 

1/2 of a red onion, cut into thin rings

 

1 Roma Tomato cut into 6 wedges

 

6 thin slices of Granny Smith apple

 

Dressing

 

1 tsp of Dijon Mustard

 

1/4 cup of Red Wine vinegar

 

1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 

1 tsp of Dill Weed

 

 

1. Preheat the oven at 350 F and create the Glaze in a very small bowl by combining all of the Glaze ingredients. Set them aside for later.

2. Take the raw chicken and rub the oil, salt and pepper until completly covered. (Remember to also wash your hands immediately after handling raw poultry.)

3. Take out a medium size sauté pan on medium high heat and drizzle a very light coat of extra olive oil (to prevent sticking) in the pan. Place the chicken in the pan and cook until the chicken is golden brown on both sides. Once done, set them to the side and let it rest for five minutes.

4. Take out a sheet pan wrapped in foil and spray some non-stick spay on the pan. Place the two browned chicken breasts on the sheet pan and brush on the glaze that was made earlier with a basting brush or spoon. Then bake the chicken for 13-15 minutes.

5. While the chicken bakes, create the dressing by adding the mustard and vinegar first to the small bowl. Then add the oil in a slow steam to the vinegar/mustard mixture while whipping with a whisk until fully incorperated. Add the dill at the end and stir.

6. Once the chicken is done, let the chicken cool for 5-10 minutes. Then cut the chicken breasts into strips and set aside. (If the chicken is still pink in the middle, broil the chicken on high in your oven for 1-2 minutes or until fully cooked.)

7. Assemble your salad by tossing the chopped vegetables in a bowl with some of the vinaigrette and placing the sliced chicken on top or you can set the kale on the plate and decorate the kale with the other ingredients to create your own Cheerilee Salad. Serve it Family Style or on Individual plates.

This salad is perfect for any occation for a lunch or dinner setting. Weather you want to have a nice, fresh salad to celebrate the Spring or have a nice school lunch if you want something besides tuna fish sandwich and cheez its for the millionth time. (Disclaimer: I absolutly love Tuna Fish sandwich with Cheez-its. I'm just using this as an example of repetitiveness.)

I wanted to create something that could be a lunch that is perfect for any teacher or student to enjoy durring the school day that wants something different. I would go on how this dish is represented and how This represents Cheerilee, but I think I would save that for a "behind-the-scenes" post or make a video of the experimentation process. Although for now, I think I summed up Cheerilee quite nicely.

That's all for this post of the Brony Chef Project. Stay tuned for more recipies, ponies and many other culinary adventures with yours truly, Kyle Hedlund. Although for now, I bid you all a-do.

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Brony Chef Project #17: Daring Do’s Exotic Vegan Fried Rice

With the year of 2014 starting out the New Year and the website revives from its hiatus, there needs to be a dish that needs to be not only new, but daring. There has to be a dish that not only expands ones taste buds but ones courage for change and exploration. To celebrate the revival of the project and the New Year, The Brony Chef Project proudly presents Daring Do and The Exotic Vegan Fried Rice.

From "Read it and Weep" Episode 16, Season 2: Front- Daring Do, Back-Arizol's Minions

Daring Do is a fictional character with Rainbow Dashes favorite book series with the same name. Daring first appeared in “Read it and Weep”: Episode 16 of Season 2 as a fictional book character. She was originally an interpretation of Rainbow Dash’s ego while reading the story. Daring became an inspiration to dash not only because the stories were not only entertaining through her time at the hospital, but through Daring Do as a character who is willing to try new ways of thinking and exploration through Dashes reading.

From "Read it and Weep" Episode 16, Season 2: Prop used-Book

Daring remained more of a side character and somewhat downed played after the episode to reference only when Rainbow Dash is reading. Yet all that changed, when “Daring Don’t” (Season 4, Episode 7) first aired. Daring became more of a real character as herself when she reveals that the stories of her alter ego A.K Yearling writes was based on her own experiences. This confused a lot of fans, since they did mention deadlines and release dates of these stories as the adventures were happening. Although through out the whole episode, Daring revealed to be more of a professional mercenary who works alone to solve her own problems. Yet near the end, Daring became more open to accepting help from others when she needed it from Rainbow Dash. This later inspire A.K Yearling to not only finish the book, but to add a special fan in the story who was willing to become the support of Daring Do.

From "Daring Don't" Episode 4, Season 4: Daring Do disguised as A.K Yearling

The culinary inspiration for Daring Do was to bring up during some reflection of my past posts, specifically BCP #3: Rainbow Dash. I took a look at BCP #3 and asked myself “What exactly could I do differently to reflect Rainbow Dashes interpretation of Daring?” I deiced to use certain influences from Asia and South America to reference Daring Do’s background as an explorer. I also wanted it to also to cook it vegan to add the challenge of going through certain limitations and thinking outside the box, just as Daring Do did. Plus I wanted to add more vegan items to anyone who is vegan to enjoy some more of my creations.

There are also a lot of elements from the Rainbow Dash post I added to the fried rice to bring the similarities of Daring Do and Rainbow Dash into light. First, its very fast to make (if the ingredients are made ahead of time) and easy to prepare. There is a spice component that is similar to rainbow dash but have more exotic flavors of curry and smoked paprika. It is also very healthy as the Rainbow Dash stir-fry with the only difference of using white rice and Extra-Virgin Olive Oil instead of using canola oil. This not only adds a different flavor to the rice and better nutrition value but it could also withstand more heat since it has a very high smoke point.

From "Daring Don't" Episode 4, Season 4: Daring Do and Rainbow Dash

Daring Do’s Exotic Vegan Fried Rice

Serves 4-6 people


Rice
1 cup of dried Balsami or White Rice or 5 cups of cooked rice (Leftover rice can be a good substitute)
2 cups of water
6 Whole Allspice pods
A pinch of salt
The Filling
1 whole pine apple, cut into medium size chunks
1 bell pepper, diced
1 Swiss chard leaf, cut into thin ribbons or chiffonade
1/3 cup of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil to coat the pan.
Seasonings
Dry
1 Tsp of Curry Powder
1 tsp of Paprika
A pinch of cayenne pepper

Wet

1/3 cup of light soy sauce

• If you are using dried rice, rinse the rice in cold water to remove the unnecessary starch. Then add the rice to the small pot of cold water. Then add the allspice and salt to the rice for seasoning. Bring the water up to a boil and put the lid on to let it steam for 10 minutes. Do NOT remove the lid until all of the rice has absorbed the water. Removed the Allspice pods once rice is all cooked. (If using precooked rice, add the allspice in powdered form by a pinch.)

• In a non-sick pan, sauté the Pineapple Chunks in Olive Oil at medium high heat for 15-20 minutes or until caramelized. Remember to turn the pineapple chunks once a while to prevent burning. Once the Pineapple is done cooking, remove the pineapple and remove the pan from the heat. Rinse the pan with water and dry the pan with the paper towel.

• Add a new coating of olive oil to the pan on high heat and add the cooked rice Swiss chard and red pepper to the pan and fold in the vegetables to the rice. About 5-8 minutes of cooking, add the caramelized pineapple to the rice and stir.

• Add the soy sauce to the rice, followed by the dry seasonings and stir until incorporated into the rice. Once mixed, bring the heat down to low to keep warm.

• Place the rice in a bowl and Garnish with some fresh chopped cilantro or any other green herb. Serve.

Daring Do was a fun return to work with since I wanted to do something exciting to bring back the project. For a while, I stopped writing since I decide to go back to school and writing felt more like work then creating something I love. But since the new year of 2014 has arrived, I feel confident that I will bring the Brony Chef Project to new heights and wider horizons while enjoying creating something new and exciting.
Before I go, I do want to mention that I will be attending Trot Con this summer in Columbus, Ohio. I never really attended a convention before, but this would be my first time and I’m really excited. I would post some updates about my experience of getting to the con and share my experiences at the convention itself. I would post these updates once in a while if something develops and some tips I may come across that I would like to share to the other “first-timers” to Trot Con.
That is all I want to say for now. I hope you all had a great holiday season and a happy, healthy new year. For now, it is my pleasure after a long time to say, “I bid you a-do.”

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Brony Chef Project #14: Princess Cadence

As we are on the subject of Royalty durring the last post, I figuire it would be best to create a lighter, brighter breakfast/dessert hybrid for the spring. But first, I would like to introduce you to the ruler of the Crystal Kingdom and Hero of the Royal Canterlot Wedding, the real Princess Cadence.

Princess Cadence came into light in the second half of the Royal Canterlot Wedding. She was found down below the castle after Queen Chryslis (see Brony Chef Project #13), trapped her as Chrysalis took her image. She was reunited with her childhood freind Twilight Sparkle after, Twilight herself, was captured by the same imposter. After an amazing performence of her aria, Candace came to the rescue his fiancé Shining Armor and Banished Chrysalis from Canterlot.
Shortly after, Candance and Shining Armor were sent to the Crystal Kingdom after in the frozen north after a 1000 years of isolation from rest of Equestria. Up there, Princess Cadence became the official ruler of the crystal Kingdom along side with Shining Armor to protect the crystal ponies and keep equestria safe from darkness.
The idea for Cadence came right after I did the Chrysalis Caprese. I knew that someday I would have to do Princess Cadence, since Chrysalis was disguised as her. Plus, it was the right opportunity to try seasonal ingediants for my recipies. For this one in particular, I try to incorperate strawberries since they are in season from Mothers Day to Fathers Day. Not only did the fruit match the season, but the flavor of the strawberry matches the equal amount of sweetness in the character.
I also took suggestions from my twitter (@chefkyro #bronychefproject) and many of them responded that Cadence would be more of the steriotypical dessert of strawberry short cake. For me how ever, I wanted to create something somewhat simular but still different from who princess Candence is normally veiwed.
I decied to create a parfait. Somewhat of a dessert/breakfast health concious hybrid that is so beautiful and so easy to make, that anyone can look like a professtional dessert master.
Not only does it look and taste spectacular but its perfect if you want to start eating healthier for the summer. It has greek yogurt, that has more cultures to help digestion and you can add many different kinds of fruits to add many different nutriants. It also has no surgar but it still naturally sweet, so you can still have desserts without much guilt. Its almost too good to be true.
Ok, enough obsessing over princesses and healthy desserts. Here is the recipie for "Mi Armoire Candenza's Sugar-free Strawberry Shortcake Parfait".

Mi Armore Cadenza's Sugar-free Stawberry Shortcake Parfit

Serves 1 Big dessert or Dessert for two

Parfait

• 1 Strawberry, cut into 4 equal pieces
• 4 oz of Vanilla Greek Yogurt
• 1 surgar-free shortbread cookie (or more if you wish), cut in half
• 6 oz of Strawberry Greek yougurt

Topping

• 1/4 pint of heavy cream
• 1 mint leaf

1. Make the topping by putting the heavy cream in a chilled bowl and wisk until peaks start to form. (You can use a automatic hand mixer to get the job done faster.) Once the cream is whipped, place the cream inside of the fridge until plating.
2. Take a water glass or wine glass and place the strawberry slices evenly on the bottom of the glass.
3. Then add the vanilla yogurt to cover some of the stawberries.
4. Take the halfs of the cookie and slide them into the glass, flat on top of the yogurt.
5. Add the starwberry yogurt on top of the cookie.
6. Take the whipped topping out of the fridge and dollop on top until the glass is about full.
7. Add the mint leaf as garnish and serve.

Presentation Tips

If you want to add different kinds of presentation for this recipies, the best advice I could give you is to use clear glasses. Not only would it looks luxourious, but it can show case the other fruites and other ingredients you can put into it. You can also change the patern to add some creativity to your plating design or add other ingridents to create a colorful, heathy treat.

I would like to thank http://ric-m.deviantart.com/ for the amazing portrait of Candance. Take a look at her gallery for more artwark and lots of other cool stuff.

I hope you enjoy the greate warm weather and cool off with this awsome new dessert. Feel free to tweet me questions, suggestions, or show off your creations @chefkyro #bronychefproject. Thanks for reading and bon apitite.

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Brony Chef Project #13: Queen Chrysalis Caprese

We return to yet another villan whos apearence is not only serial but the story behind this particular character has a backstory that is quite a mystery. Her fannon story and peronality has not only created a folowing of fans, but she reapeared in many other mediums of the Brony Renaissance. She appeared in comic books, writen in many fanfiction stories, music was inspired by her, and so much more. Allow me to introduce Queen Chryslis (AKA The Changleing Queen).

Chrysalis only one time appearence (so far) in the show was "revealed" in the second half of the season 2 finale "A Canterlot Wedding." When I said "revealed" is because she was disguised as a princess to feed off the love of Shining Armor (Twilights Brother) and take control of Canterlot. She disguised herself as Princess Cadence Mi Amore, the bride and Twilights childhood freind, to bring an invation of an alian race (known as the Changlings) to take over all of Equestria. Although her plans were spoiled by the very treasure she desperatly speaks. by using the true love of the real Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, Queen Chrysalis was banished from the kingdom and never been heard from since. (Im know I might be spoiling a lot for Bronies who have not seen the episode, but this was the only way I can truly reveal the character.)
Although since then, the fandom has created a new following of My Little Pony Villains. She became a symbol of villany, darkness and seduction in many fanfiction and animation alike. Her personality was not really revealed in the episode but over the past year, the fandom gave her a "fannon" personality.
If your not familuar with the term "fannon", it is term for which a character is built based on the observations and perceptions of the fan base. Some examples might include background characters or some "one-time only" characters apearences of a show or movie. They would take the character and create back stories to build up an in-depth look into a character that was not noticeable before. It sounds a little unusual but it has been part of many fandoms, brony or before the whole trend got started.
As for the inspiration to create the dish, I got the idea from when I was in the grocery store. I found theses new tomatoes known "Kumotos" or special brown tomatoes.
Now at first, I was a little confused to what this new fruit came from and I thought it was some sort of sceam to sell rotten tomatoes to the public. But then, after some research, it turns out that these tomatoes were orginally grown in Mexico and the soil gave these tomatoes the unusual brown color while still retaining that pure tomato flavor. That gave me the idea to give the character, who is dark on the outside but still the same character no matter which form she is. With the alternating flavors of kumoto, white mozzorella, and green basil leaves, the bitterness of the garlic balsamic vinigerette still reaveal her dark and envious behavior. So now, I would like to present the one and only Queen Chrysalis Caprice.

Queen Chrysalis Caprese

 

Serves 2

 

Salad
3 "Kumato" brown tomatoes, sliced into rounds
3 Basil Leaves
5 Slices of Fresh Mozzarella, moist, cut into small rectangles

Dressing
1 Tsp or Spicy Brown Mustard
1/4 cup of garlic infused balsamic vinigir
1/4 cup of extra virgin oilive oil

1. To create the dressing, take a small bowl and combine the mustard and vinegar in the same bowl. (If you dont have any garlic infused balsamic vinegar, you can substitute it with regular balsamic vinegar and 1 clove of minced garlic.)
2. Add the oil to the bowl by pouring the oil slowly and wisking the mixture at the same time. Keep on whisking until the emultion is incorporated.
3. Start assembling the salad by folowing the pattern Tomato, mozzarella,tomato until you are done plating. Add the Basil leaves to garnish.
4. Take the dressing and dress the salad as you wish. Serve.
How to eat: You can take the tomato and mozzarella and wrap it around a basil leave to experience all the flavors at once. You can also take each piece and eat individual piece of the salad to experience each flavor one at a time.

This is more of a dinner part peice then a casual meet up dish. Although, you can make a giant party platter by simply multiplying the recipie and decorating the platter. Its the perfect dish to impress your brony or non-brony freinds and easy to make as a last minute appetizer. Feel free to tweet me a picture of the party platter @chefkyro or by #bronychefproject. I would really like to see the results.

The artwork provied for this post is by http://shiv3ry.deviantart.com/ . She is from Poland and she enjoys makeing beautiful art work such as this. So feel free to check out her gallery and give her kudos for the artwork.

I really enjoyed making this dish and finding more about this villianess of endless possibility. Not only can she change her own appearance but everyday. I found out more and more about her through the fans. I could go on and on about her, but I think the best way to explain her is to experience it yourself. Look up Queen Chrysalis and discover another world behind her dark yet mysterious world. I would like to finish off this post with the animated opera masterpiece of Chrysalis and Candance in "This Day Aria." Thanks for reading and Arrivederci.

 

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The Brony Chef Project #6: Twilight Sparkle

We finally reached to the last of the Mane Six. She is the leader and the main focal point of the show all together. She is the "Magic" in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Her name is Twilight Sparkle and she is heart and soul of the Mane Six.

Twilight Sparkle is a unicorn who is intelegent, kind and always curious about how the world works. Her element is called magic but it's really called freindship. She is socially awkward, but she does care about about her friends and how freindship works. As soon as you see the first episode of the series, you start to realize she's not the ussual main chracter for a styriotype of a little girl show. She is a realist in a fantasy world. A strange combination of mytical and yet still be able to relate to the othe charaters. Its somewhat strange but that is what makes Twilight an intelegent charater. The fact that she is in a kid show but still mature enough to face problems adults face everyday, wheather emotionally or socially. That is whats truly sets her apart from the other mane six: her ability to keep the focus of the show, while still keeping the othermembers of the mane six a big roles in the series.

Through out season one, she was ussually the main focus since she sends letters to Princess Celestia about her findings of friendship. (Princess Celestia would appear in a later post.) But since "Lesson Zero" (Season 2 episode 3), Twilight became somewhat more equal with the Mane 6. True, she does appear in most of the episode's and she is still an important character to the show, but she isnt the real focus all the time. That is the main reason why I think's makes a good character in general. The fact that the one in charge can still give the spotlight to others and take control without takeing out the focus of the main charater.

I can talk about Twilight Sparkle all day, but I think it would do justice to begin the recipe. For this recipie, I think it replicates the simplicity of her practicle mind with the beutiful melody of classic flavors to this mystical entree. Its a healthy meal and its satisfying to enjoy this a meal or as a star of your buffet in a bigger scale.





Twilight Sparkles Baked Salmon Salad



serves 4



Baked Salmon

4 6 oz salmon filets

olive oil to drizzle

1/2 cup of white wine

salt and pepper to season

Salad

20 oz of spinach and arugula

4 Basil Leaves, chopped

Dressing

2 tsp of white wine vinegar

~1-2 oz of dijon mustard (~1tsp)

4 oz of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 tsp of dill



1. Preheat the oven to 450 F. Cover your sheet pan or casserole dish with tin foil and drizzle olive oil on top of the foil covered pan to prevent sticking.

2. Place the salmon on the oiled pan without touching each other. Pour the white wine on top and around the salmon. Season the fish lightly.

3. Once the oven is preheated, bake the fish for 14-15 minutes.

4. While the salmon is cooking, prepare the salad on a platter or on a nice big plate. (make sure the vegitables are fresh.)

5. Create the dressing by combineing the vinigar and mustard in a small bowl and stream the olive oil slowly while wisking the mixture. Keep on wisking until the dressing is incorperated. Add more oil if needed. Add the dill last and stir to incorperate.

6. Once the salmon is done, let the fish cool for 5 minutes to prevent wilting of the salad. Place the salmon on top of the salad, drizzle the dressing on top and on the side, place the basil leaves on for garnish and serve warm.

This is a dish you can make for not only parties, but as a good meal for the family to enjoy. From personal experience with Twilights Salmon alongside with Fluttershy's soup, it is a perfect combination for a good wholsome meal.

A special thanks to http://peachspices.deviantart.com/ for the artwork. Support the independant artist movment going on at Deviant art and checking out the great gallery's. Who knows, you artwork maybe featured on this website.

We have reached to the end of the Mane Six but that does not mean it is the end. There are still so many characters to cover, it somewhat intimitating of how much work and effort I must put in to make this project successfull. Although, I think I could possibly grow from this experience as a chef and as a food writer. I know that my charater annalisis is not perfect and somewhat more a perspecitive peice, but I think it works on certain levles that Brony's amd home cooks alike can appriciate.

With that in mind, have a magical day and keep on cooking.

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The Brony Chef Project #5: Fluttershy's Animal Friendly Vegan Tomato Basil Soup

Kindness can take many different forms in our life. Sometimes we can relate to a person or a character as "the symbol of kindness." Fluttershy is a character that is a true definition of this basic human nature of compasstion. True she is shy, as the title implys, but she makes up for it for compastion and tolerance twords others.

Fluttershy is the element of kindness in the Elements of Harmony. Her passion for animals reflects her kindness towards her freinds and to those around her. Her shyness does compromise her social skills, yet she does possess a tolerence for anyone or any creature to become tranquil with her soothing presence. She is a someone who appears to be weak but she is also strong on the inside with her "inner beast" when the situation calls for it. One of the first examples of her inner bravery was in Dragonshy (season 1 episode 7) when Fluttershy over came her fear of giant dragon's and told off this dragon that was poluting equestria with smoke. She is an enviormentlist, humanitarian (or "ponyterian"), and has the kindness to a degree that makes others kind as well.

The soup for Fluttershy came up when the fall air was getting colder and everyone preparing for the winter ahead. At first, I wanted to make a floral fruit salad but I want to embrace her warm motherly side. In the show, she treats the animals and mythical beats as like her children and I wanted to capture that motherly embrace twords the animals she cares for. So, I decieded to make a vegan soup to have the motherly embrace, while still keeping it light and naturally free spirited. For this recipie, there are two ways to purée the soup and if you don't have a immersion blender but want to have one, you can find one at any kitchen supply store.

Fluttershy's Animal Freindly Vegan Tomato Basil Soup

 

Serves ~12 bowls

 

Soup

10 plumb tomatos, cut into small chunks

12 oz of tomato sauce

1 cup of vegitable stock or broth

3/4 of a white onion, finely chopped or minced

2 Tsp of extra virgin olive oil

3 basil leaves (substitute: 1 Tsp dried Basil)

Salt and pepper to taste

 

1. With a big stock or soup pot, coat the bottom of the soup pot with olive oil over medium high heat. Sautee the onions in the pot until softened.

2. After the onions are startig to become translucent, cook the chopped tomatos in the pot with the onions for about 2 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and vegitable broth. Bring it to a boil and lower the heat to simmer for 10 minutes.

3. With an imertion blender, blend the soup until liquified or no chunks are left over.

4. Take the chopped basil and mix in with the soup until incorperated. Keep it on a simmer for 2 hours for highest quality soup.

5. Once in a while, check the soup and skim the soup to remove the foamy skum on top. (Skimming gives the soup a more clean and smooth texture.) Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste and serve the soup with some crusty bread or a nice salad in a big bowl with some curly parsely to garnish.

Blender Method: Take the soup mixture and pour it into a blender and blend until liquifed or no chunks are left over. Return the soup to the pot and bring it back to a simmer.

Storage tip: Let the soup cool until room tempreture before refridgerating. This would help cool the soup in the fridge faster to make the fridge work less and raise the power bills.

 

The best part about this recipe is that it is all natural and vegan. So if you have a friend who is a vegetarian or vegan, this is the perfect warm up for the cold winter ahead. You can also enjoy it with a good salad or a sandwich with anything on it without the extra calories from other cream based soups.

I would like to thank http://datnaro.deviantart.com/ for providing the artwork for this post.Check out his other artwork at the link.

I hope you enjoy this special vegan recipe of the Brony Chef Project and I bid you all a-do. Also, stay warm this fall and winter it's going to be a cold one.

 

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The Brony Chef Project #3: Rainbow Dash

Whats interesting about this character is that she is a symbol of the growing Brony fandom and the message of "love and tolerance" behind the fan base. She is bold, adventurous and would never back down from a challenge. Shes is the new and improved, Rainbow Dash. Shes the one that puts the "Pow!" in the current pony generation and makes it more action packed then your average T.V show for little girls. She is the heroine of the Bronies and the most courageous out of any other character.

Rainbow Dash is a pegasus who is athletic, determined and somewhat reckless to be the best flyer of all of Equestria. She represents the element of Loyalty and she's willing to stay with her freinds until the very end. Although sometimes she may become lazy but she does have determination to follow through on her promises. Her dream is to fly with the Wonderbolts, a team of elite flyers similar to the Blue Angles in air shows around the country. Her loyalty not only focuses on her dream to become a Wonderbolt, but on her friends as well: especially to Fluttershy.She is always there to help her friends for anything and will always follow through her promises.

For this dish, I decided to go simple but bold for Rainbow Dash. Actually, this dish was inspired by the episode "Sonic Rainboom" (season 1 episode 16) where she redifined all odds to perfect not only her potential but gain the motivation to go above and byond. I want it to reflect her courageous nature and the fire within herself by adding many spices and the Teriyaki sauce for a sweet and spicy combination for her to be bold but approachable. I also made it healthy for her athletic nature and simple for anyone to make it for a great meal at a low cost.

"Sonic Rainboom" Stir fry

Serves 6

 

Stir fry

3-4 Chicken breasts, cut into cubes, cooked (Leftover cooked Chicken breast works as well)

1 Zucchini, chopped

1 yellow squash, chopped

1/2 an onion, roughly diced or chopped

2 green bell peppers, chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped

Extra Light olive oil

Spices

Dry

a pinch of cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon each of paprika, curry powder, and chili powder

Wet

1/4 cup of Teriyaki Sauce

 

1. Chop the vegetables into a rough, even chunks. Combine the vegetables into a plastic bag and store into the refrigerator until later use. You can store this mixture for up to 3 days.

2. Combine dry spices into a small bowl. Adjust seasonings to your liking.

3. With a big wok or a large non-stick pan, sauté the vegetables in olive oil until soft. Then add the chicken and fold it into the vegitables until mixed in.

4. Add the dry spices into the stir fry and stir until incorperated.

5. Add the Teriyaki sauce into the pan and stir until fully incorperated.

6. Serve warm and steaming.

This recipie is also perfect for anyone who wants to start cooking simple and healthy meals on a budget. All you need is a stove top or a hot plate and a good sautee pan to create this one of a kind stir fry. You can take some left over chicken you have in your fridge and remake it into something bright and healthy. Plus you can change the vegetables, the spices or the meat to create your own vertion of "the Sonic Rainboom."

The artwork is provided by http://nethear.deviantart.com/ and by Deviant Art, the #1 choice of independent art website The Brony Chef Project. Check out the gallery and the website for more artwork and so much more.

I hope enjoy this newer edition of the Brony Chef Project. For now I bid you a-do and a big brohoof to all for all my readers.

 

 

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