Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is like THE food holiday, and since we didn’t drive back home, we had our own Thanksgiving dinner here. It was my first time cooking a turkey, as well as the whole dinner. Everything was really good, except my Caramel Apple pie was invisibly ruined. First, the turkey:
Here’s our pumpkins:
Okay, it wasn’t really a fancy dinner party.. We had some friends over and made dinner for them. We decided to make Italian, and we don’t have too many Italian recipes so we could try something new. We came up with spinach-artichoke dip as the appetizer, fettuccine alfredo with grilled chicken, and roasted asparagus on the side. Hit “MORE” for the recipes…
The salmon was prepared with a little olive oil, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Then broiled for just under 10 minutes.
The asparagus is grilled over high heat for just a few minutes, then tossed in balsamic vinegar and olive oil, then topped with parmesan cheese.
That was a very good meal!
For dinner, I made BBQ ribs, twice-baked potatoes, and golden crusted brussel sprouts. It was delicious! These ribs were pork spare-ribs which I hadn’t tried cooking before. Twice-baked potatoes are always tasty and I found the brussel sprouts recipe on 101 Cookbooks. Read more for the details…
The taste of summer-time…
It’s the middle of summer, and the fruit trees are ripe! They’ve waited and worked all year to produce this fruit, and we get to enjoy it!
If you want to support local farmers, you can buy your fruit from a road-side stand, or a farmers market. If buying it from the grocery store is more convenient, then go ahead.
Remember, fruits (and vegetables) are quite nutritious, and most people need to eat more per day. So do yourself a favor and eat them!
Picking the best fruit…
