A Food Story

I have a new favorite quote. Well, actually, I just have a favorite quote. (Never had a favorite before). Her goes: “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” 

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I remember as a little girl feeling desperate to make something, anything! There were days when I just needed to create. I once made a banjo out of a foil pan and rubber bands. (It didn't turn out too great). Then my Dad helped me make one out of wood and wire. My mom helped me sew my own Raggedy Ann Doll once. Most of my projects were made out of what I could find and I was on my own to put it together. (Like my pet hard boiled egg that lived in a cardboard box, wonder what happened to that!?!)

As it turns out, I still feel desperate to CREATE! It is a great outlet for me. Maybe because, unlike beds, crafts don't have to be made over and over again everyday. Sometimes creating puts me on the edge of insanity (or over the edge!) It is so hard to be human. I feel overwhelmed by all the things I would like to do and am so limited by time, resources and ... sanity.

So, in an effort to not let my head explode I am NOT making a food blog. (Though part of me really, really, really wants to!) Instead, I'm going to add to our family blog some of our "food stories". Family and food go hand in hand. And getting my family to eat the food in hand always makes for a good story.

I have found a new passion for the blog OurBestBites. I cannot say enough good things about it. I LOVE their recipes, not only eating them, but making them. (Now how to make my wallet love them too? I'm working on that!) So here are just a few of their recipes I have made recently, and hopefully a story to go along with them.

 *Note* The above photo is NOT food.... however everything in it is edible and it probably wouldn't taste too bad.

This is their Coconut Lime Sugar Scrub. I have already gone through one jar and and have given away several. It is fast and easy to make and gives you something to do with any coconut oil you may have been convinced to purchase. ;) 

While typing this I put Coconut Slime Sugar Scrub. Hmmm, tasty. That is what it will turn to in a few weeks if you don't use it up though!

 These beauties are what we call Snake on a Steak. OK, not really. That's what Jared calls them. OurBestBites calls them: Orange Thai Beef Skewers.

We ate all of them! That is saying something for my family. Part of the reason I decided to dive into cooking lately is because I want to get in the habit of feeding my family. More specifically, a house if BOYS. They are not big eaters now, but when my four boys are a little bigger, our grocery bill is going to get A LOT bigger! I better get in the habit now of making cooking a priority!

Those drinkable beauties are Raspberry-Citrus Slushies. YUM! These are going to be my go to treat this summer. However, I'm working on making them more time friendly. I'm playing around with using Lime Juice concentrate instead of making my own syrup and squeezing my own limes. Not that that isn't fun... I just have SO MANY THINGS I want to do!

 I decided to play around with their recipe and came up with this frozen pink lemonade. Don't laugh at the raspberry jam on the bottom like my sister did! It tasted pretty good!

Here is an easy, yummy one, Lemon-Garlic Herb Rubbed Chicken.  So, I didn't use fresh rosmary, but that's OK. They were still good and I got to use my grill. Until this spring I had no idea how to use it, now Ryan says I'm pretty good. *I just need to remember to turn off the gas when I'm done!*

My kids loved the vegetables. I grew this babies in my garden, sliced them up and put them on the barbie. NOT!! Walmart has a wonderful frozen vegetable section. These came in a bag that said something like "Grilled Vegetables Variety". So easy, and my kids loved them. (I just put them on a skillet on my stove though).

 Oooh, another shot of my coconut lime scrub. I had so much fun with the packaging! Well, enough fun any ways. I don't have time to go to crazy with it. I thought this was cute and good enough though.

Barbeque Bacon Sliders with a frozen lemonade. These were great! I learned how to make shoestring onions too! The garlic-cheese spread on these is amazing!

Okay, so not too many amazing stories this time. I'm just trying to play catch up. I've made so many fun recipes I'm dying to share! Check out their site and ENJOY!