Mysterious Dainties : My Special Birthday Present

This year I got a really special present for my birthday: Two cooking classes with a following dinner. Of course the dinner consisted of the beforehand self made food. And I want to tell you one thing: It was great!

The first class was called "Vegetarian Gourmet Kitchen".
And because it was in late October we used pumpkins a lot. We were a group of fourteen people and every single one of us got a recipe to make for everyone. I took the dessert: A milk pudding casserole with almonds and oranges topped with a caramel crust. Although we all were so stuffed after the main course the casserole was gone in seconds.

But I want to begin with the starters: We had a Lentil Coconut Soup and a Pumpkin Salad with Dried Tomatoes and Pumpkin Seeds.

Then there were Pumpkin Raviolis made from scratch, Nut-Mushroom Muffins and small Vegetable Strudels, which were really easy to make.

And for dessert a Baked Apple Mousse and my Milk Pudding Casserole.

Now I regret that I didn't take pictures from every dish we had, but I am sure it will work that way too.

The second class I attended was a lot more into decorating the food. The teacher was a Persian woman, who told us that decorating is very important in her family. In the end everything looked delicious and pretty.

You couldn't really say, what was starter and what the main course, so we made a buffet!