Finally finding a few minutes to sit down and blog about our Thanksgiving dinner. I usually do a mix of old and new for the holidays and this year was no exception, although I did all new desserts! So here is the first new recipe tried out at the Johnson family Thanksgiving feast of 2013 … Continue reading
Oh, Summer! The fruits, the veggies, the gardens! YUM! We don’t have a huge garden but we are growing zucchini and about 4 different kinds of tomatoes and basil and I think jalapenos. I found this recipe on a blog called “Budget Bytes” and it was extremely good. It was gone pretty quickly, that’s usually … Continue reading
I spent the last week up at Girls Camp in the mountains with a bunch of awesome and amazing teenage girls! I got to cook for them and they were so appreciative of the food. Most of the things that I made for them are already on the blog but I did try this new … Continue reading
Dinner tonight along side some grilled salmon with lemon, yum! Bob literally scraped the baking sheet clean they were so good! Found this on a website called “The Gracious Pantry” and here’s the link: http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-roasted-summer-squash/. Next time I’m going to try some other veggies as well such as onion slices and potato slices. 4 large … Continue reading
Surfed around on the internet today looking for a different way to do broccoli and found this on http://www.food.com. It was easy and delicious! 1 (14 oz) bag frozen broccoli florets or 2 heads fresh broccoli, cleaned and cut into florets 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons olive oil (I cut it down to 1) 1 … Continue reading
As I think I’ve mentioned before, Bob and I have been trying to count calories and lose some weight and I have been missing french fries something fierce so I thought I’d give oven fries a try and they came out pretty good. I took 2 russet potatoes and sliced them into thin wedges, brushed … Continue reading
We’ve still been doing the Bountiful Basket almost every week but I just haven’t been posting it mostly because of work but if any of you out there want to see what is in it every week, just let me know and I’ll start posting it again. We’ve been getting lots of English cucumbers so … Continue reading
These are a popular dish here in Utah. I grew up in California and had never heard of them or eaten them until I moved here. I’m sure you can guess the origin of these potatoes based on their name. They were supposed to be for our neighborhood Christmas party last night but right before … Continue reading
This recipe also comes from the November 2001 issue of “Food Network Magazine” (Thanksgiving dinner at the Johnson’s brought to you by the Food Network Magazine!). I used the bacon that Bob had wrapped around the turkey in these. They were really good! 2 1/2 pounds green beans, trimmed Kosher salt 1/2 pound bacon, roughly … Continue reading
Here is the first of several Thanksgiving related posts for the next couple days. This recipe comes from the November 2011 issue of “Food Network Magazine” and it is from their series where they take a popular dish from a restaurant and try and recreate it. This is based on Boston Market’s Cranberry Walnut Relish. … Continue reading
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