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
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
We had all these great veggies from the Bountiful Basket so I got my crock pot out and just started throwing stuff into it. I’ll try to remember what I did so you can recreate it if you’d like! 1 head broccoli, chopped 1/2 head cauliflower, chopped 1 bulb fennel, sliced, whites only 1 onion, … Continue reading
The 3 butternut squash that we got in last week’s Bountiful Basket have been sitting on the counter staring at me for a week now so I went online today and googled “butternut squash recipes” and found this one at http://www.marthastewart.com and it sounded like one that my family would like so I gave it … Continue reading
My niece Amber and her husband Taylor and 3 year old son Noah came over today so I decided to do a taco bar for dinner where everyone could make what they wanted, either tacos or burritos or taco salad and I wanted to try and make some lime flavored rice like they do at … Continue reading
Another “Cooking Light” recipe. It was a little spicey for me and Courtney but Bob and Zach were ok with it. I think next time I’ll used mild salsa instead of medium. 2 teaspoons canola oil 2 cups prechopped onion (didn’t have any onions so used 4 tablespoons dried onion) 3/4 cup prechopped green bell … Continue reading
A Johnson family favorite, this week’s pot of soup and one of my “go to” recipes. The recipe came in a cookbook with out first crock pot. 1 medium onion, chopped 3 carrots, thinly sliced 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced 4 cloves garlic, pressed 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil 1/2 teaspoon … Continue reading
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