Other Blog

I thought I would share a blog that my family created about a month or so ago to compile recipes. The blog was my mom's idea, and we started it especially with my brother Tayler in mind, to collect "...recipes suitable for missionaries, singles, and anyone looking for fast, easy, and cheap recipes, with non-strange ingredients." This actually describes me perfectly, as I rarely want to cook things that are time consuming, difficult, or expensive. :D
Feel free to peruse the recipes for ideas (go to the archives, or click on the labels- each post is labeled with the main ingredient etc.). If you are interested in contributing to the blog, let me know and I can send you an invite to be an author. The cool thing is that we can "slurp" the whole blog using free software from http://www.blurb.com/ and have it published (for a small fee of course) into a real cookbook! How cool is that?
Anyway, the blog address is http://missionrecipes.blogspot.com/

On outings, updates, and pasta

I wasn't able to post this past week due to sickness in our home, but we're definitely on the mend now, all feeling much better. Here's a quick update on some of the things we've done:
We did have a nice weekend trip to Park City, which we enjoyed, as well as a little outing to Vivian Park- the weather was beautiful. I will include some pictures from that. We also enjoyed having my brother Tayler come visit us two weeks ago for the weekend. I have continued to work two afternoons a week seeing patients at the county clinic. Work has gotten steadily better for me as I receive more training, get more experience, and become more comfortable doing it all in Spanish. I really like the people I work with, which is an added bonus. Gabriel has become interested in playing in his baby gym, wanting to sit up ALL the time (with help), smiling and laughing (especially if you laugh at him), playing pat-a-cake, and sucking on his fingers all the time. He is NOT interested in laying on his tummy to play, drinking from a bottle (although we are working on this one, and hopefully he will take it a little bit easier for his wonderful sitters!), or sleeping through the night. :( BJ has been busy as usual at work, but he takes time to help cook, take out the garbage, and do other chores around the house to help me out- he is also awesome at getting Gabe to fall asleep at night and calming him when he is upset.



I meant to make a post this week from the Holidays for Everyday site (which is now one of the links included on my blog- scroll down on the right side). It is National Pasta Month. So, in honor of that, I am going to post one of my very favorite pasta recipes, that I never make because BJ makes it sooooooooo good- why would I want to change such a great thing? Anyway, he made it for me for the first time on Valentine's Day a few years ago, and several times since (and he just bought the ingredients to make it again this weekend- Yes!). It is from a Gooseberry Patch "Meals in Minutes" cookbook that we love. It is tasty as well as pretty to look at once it is made. Here it is!

Chicken Primavera

1. 1 onion, chopped
2. 1 c. sliced mushrooms
3. 1 green pepper, chopped
4. 2 Tbsp. butter
5. 1 to 2 c. Italian salad dressing, divided
6. 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
7. 1 tomato, chopped
8. 16 oz. pkg. angel hair pasta, cooked

Instructions:
Saute onion, mushrooms and green pepper in butter with 2 tablespoons dressing until vegetables are tender; reduce heat. Add chicken and tomato; heat until thoroughly warmed. Add to pasta and stir in remaining dressing (to taste). Serve warm. Serves 4-6.

YUM!