If you need to make a quick salad for dinner or a potluck, try this one. We found out on the first day of orchestra camp that we'd be having a potluck with the families that same night. I hadn't been grocery shopping for awhile, so didn't have a lot of extra things on hand and found I was missing this or that item for most salads our child wanted to make. I was talking with my sister-in-law who gave us a quick one to do. And although I didn't have Italian Salad Dressing on hand, I did have oil, vinegar and the packet of seasoning to make it, so we did.
Potluck Pasta Salad
any pasta, boil and let cool
add Italian salad dressing
stir in sliced or diced tomatoes
Voila! and yummy! Of course you can add lots of other things like you do with any pasta salad like olives, cheese, etc.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Two Grillin' Recipes
We had a fun evening as RS Sisters, listening to a former ward member share his love and secrets of grilling. He says in the 4 years he's been married, he's cooked all but a handful of meals. All the sisters sighed with jealousy. He said he used to really dislike school lunch and would come home everyday and he and his Mother would experiment with different tastes. He got really good at it and has been cooking ever since 3rd or 4th grade. I have one who also really dislikes school lunches and can hardly find anything he wants to make for home lunch, so likes to come home for "hot" lunch, so I was intrigued with his story.
It's the seasoning that makes it. We got to sample everything he grilled that night. Yummy! Here are two of the recipes that he shared:
Chicken:
Combine Italian Dressing,
Cilantro,
and Lemons and marinate for 2-3 hours.
Steak:
Combine Kosher salt,
rubbed sage,
Lawry's Seasoned Salt,
Garlic Salt
and rub on Steaks, Tri-tip, or Lamb before putting on the grill.
He buys his cuts in bulk and freezes them . He says they are so much cheaper that way.
It's the seasoning that makes it. We got to sample everything he grilled that night. Yummy! Here are two of the recipes that he shared:
Chicken:
Combine Italian Dressing,
Cilantro,
and Lemons and marinate for 2-3 hours.
Steak:
Combine Kosher salt,
rubbed sage,
Lawry's Seasoned Salt,
Garlic Salt
and rub on Steaks, Tri-tip, or Lamb before putting on the grill.
He buys his cuts in bulk and freezes them . He says they are so much cheaper that way.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Calculate your own family size's food storage needs
Prompted by Sunday's RS lesson on self-reliance, here is a link to a calculatorhttp://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm where you can instantly calculate your own family size's food storage needs.
Another good site is http://www.providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,2003-1,00.html where you can learn about Three-Month Supply, Drinking Water,Financial Reserve and Longer-Term Supply.
Are we prepared? The blessing of a supply of food, drinking water, money, clothing, etc. comes in handy not only in a disaster (unless it's destroyed), but in times of illness or unemployment, in otherwards when cash flow is interrupted, but needs to eat drink and pay bills are not.
Another good site is http://www.providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,2003-1,00.html where you can learn about Three-Month Supply, Drinking Water,Financial Reserve and Longer-Term Supply.
Are we prepared? The blessing of a supply of food, drinking water, money, clothing, etc. comes in handy not only in a disaster (unless it's destroyed), but in times of illness or unemployment, in otherwards when cash flow is interrupted, but needs to eat drink and pay bills are not.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Shin splints?
In preparation for the 5 K walk our RS Sisters will be doing, the weekly Health Tip is:
Shin splints? Strengthen your shins by filling a sock full of coins and sitting with your feet hanging down, not touching the floor. Put the sock on top of both feet. Raise and lower your feet, bending at the ankle. Don't lower too far, or you'll lose the sock. Do this every day, completing about 20 repetitions.
I haven't decided to participate yet, but I think actually posting this tips will get to consider it. I miss my former walking partner and am at a loss to get started again. I guess I just need to start as begun is half done, right?
Shin splints? Strengthen your shins by filling a sock full of coins and sitting with your feet hanging down, not touching the floor. Put the sock on top of both feet. Raise and lower your feet, bending at the ankle. Don't lower too far, or you'll lose the sock. Do this every day, completing about 20 repetitions.
I haven't decided to participate yet, but I think actually posting this tips will get to consider it. I miss my former walking partner and am at a loss to get started again. I guess I just need to start as begun is half done, right?
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Ice Cream Cake
This year each of us had an ice cream cake on our birthday.
I've used 2 - 9" silicone rounds or my silicone bundt pan for the shapes so far. It takes a half gallon for each round or 2 quarts for the bundt pan. You can even use 2 flavors of ice cream. I let the ice cream begin to thaw enough to empty from the carton and dump into the pans. Then I press it down, place plastic wrap over them and immediately freeze them. When I'm ready to serve them, I get a nice cake plate out and easily peel off the silicone pan and place the cake on the cake plate. The upsides are 1) there's no need to take the time to make a cake and 2)you have so many flavors to choose from.
The downsides of using these homemade ice cream cakes are: 1) it slides off easily, 2) you must serve it immediately when you get it out and you must immediately then refreeze the leftovers, and 3) when I use frosting for decorations or names, it too slides off easily as it begins to thaw. This time I used the sugar letters and drizzled chocolate sauce on instead and it stayed nicely. Decorations like candles, flags, etc. are easy to stick into an ice cream cake.
I've used 2 - 9" silicone rounds or my silicone bundt pan for the shapes so far. It takes a half gallon for each round or 2 quarts for the bundt pan. You can even use 2 flavors of ice cream. I let the ice cream begin to thaw enough to empty from the carton and dump into the pans. Then I press it down, place plastic wrap over them and immediately freeze them. When I'm ready to serve them, I get a nice cake plate out and easily peel off the silicone pan and place the cake on the cake plate. The upsides are 1) there's no need to take the time to make a cake and 2)you have so many flavors to choose from.
The downsides of using these homemade ice cream cakes are: 1) it slides off easily, 2) you must serve it immediately when you get it out and you must immediately then refreeze the leftovers, and 3) when I use frosting for decorations or names, it too slides off easily as it begins to thaw. This time I used the sugar letters and drizzled chocolate sauce on instead and it stayed nicely. Decorations like candles, flags, etc. are easy to stick into an ice cream cake.
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