I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Kraft Fresh Takes recipe challenge. My kids have had fun helping me and planning what to make with the Rosemary & Roasted Garlic variety. As part of this campaign, I wanted to show you how I plan my weekly menu, with the help of my kids, and fun game we recently came up with to help keep things interesting and fun while we grocery shop. It’s […]
This post is sponsored by Kraft Foods. Even though I work from home, it’s still really hard to get dinner on the table some nights. I tend to get focused on a project and before I know it, it’s dinnertime and my kids’ tummies are growling for something delicious to eat. Those are the nights when I need to come up with something that is fast and easy, like this recipe for Cod au Gratin. […]
This series is brought to you in partnership with Lightlife, Live long. Travel light. To learn more, click here. We were invited to host an eco-friendly party in conjunction with the new Lightlife frozen veggie patties. Fall arrived last Saturday. This is my favorite time of year in Utah. The mornings and evenings are cool and the afternoons are warm and sunny. It’s the perfect weather for a little eco-friendly outdoor get-together with friends. We […]
My last shipment of fresh Copper River Salmon arrived on the last day of August. It was bittersweet. I was so happy for more of the best salmon we’ve ever had in our lives. (Not an exaggeration.) But it also marks the end of salmon season. So you better hurry out and get some while you still can. Copper River Salmon is so good that it doesn’t really need anything but a little salt and […]
When school started back in the middle of August (!), I waited to feel the change in the air. In Utah, you can definitely feel a change in the air as the season change. A morning might be cool in the summer, but you know it’s still going to be blazing hot in a few hours. But I’ve felt the change to fall over the last few days. It’s nice and crisp in the morning–still […]
I enjoy the flavor wine imparts in my cooking, so I was happy to team up with 14 Hands Winery to do some summer grilling. They sent me some bottles of wine for me to experiment with. We’ve purchased 14 Hands for cooking before, and we’ve always been very satisfied with the results. I was very happy to try out some of the other varieties they produce. Perfect timing – we recently bought a small charcoal […]
A few weeks ago I joined 75 local bloggers for a preview event at the Draper IKEA. My family and I enjoyed a complimentary breakfast while I perused the new 2013 catalog. (We got to see it before it was made available to the public.) Then my husband and I dropped the kids off at Smaland and skipped merrily off holding hands and dreaming of our hour alone. The mission: find $25 worth of IKEA […]
Every summer get-together deserves a great party punch. When my husband’s aunt and uncle invited us to their farm for a little family reunion yesterday, I asked if we could make Watermelon Otai. Otai is something we usually seem to have at big family parties with my husband’s side of the family. Everyone loves it, so of course it was a welcome addition to the party. Yesterday was also Pioneer Day in Utah. And that’s […]
Post edit 06/05/2012–Doh! I meant that this was Sockeye, not King. King is coming later and I cannot wait! I’m so happy to tell you about the Copper River Salmon I received on Friday. I joined the 2012 Copper River Salmon Fresh Catch Crew.So, here I am in Utah, really far from the ocean and Alaska, I get to be part of the crew. What does the Fresh Catch Crew do? We’re helping find locations […]
Shelf Reliance sent me a sample of their freeze-dried raspberries. I decided to try out a recipe from their website–Raspberry Cake Bars. I’d never tried freeze-dried raspberries before. They were delicious. This is definitely something I want in my pantry and food storage. They taste great out of the package, but you can also soak them in water and use them in place of fresh raspberries. I soaked them in water to make the recipe […]