This is the beginning of my series of posts about my 2014 goals and what I intend to do. These are in no particular order, but will be coming in the next few days.
Cooking is something I have to do. We can’t afford to eat out all the time, either from a monetary standpoint or from a healthy standpoint. So, might as well cook, right? And what better way to explore creativity and serving my family together.
1. Cook more creatively. That means making up my own recipes and jotting them down in my new Tasty Smash Journal given to me as a Christmas present from a creative friend.
2. Cook through all the recipes on Jenna’s site. This is by far my favorite cooking blog – so this will give me something to strive for: sort of like Julie and Julia
3. Take more photos. I’ll be talking about this in the photography goal post, but know that you will see a lot more food photos coming! 🙂
I absolutely love trying new foods. I had never had soba noodles before so this was a new experience for both my husband and me. It was a delicious recipe that I tweaked over from Laura at Blogging Over Thyme and she had sweet comments to say about the photos too!
So, be adventurous in this new year – eat this salad!
And, this is not a sponsored post from Gourmet Gardens, but I absolutely love their bottles spices. So easy to use and tasty. And as a cooking mom, who doesn’t need convenience!
Cold Soba Salad with Red Chili Salmon
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Author: kd316
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Serves: 4
Delightful noodle salad with salmon
Ingredients
1 pkg soba noodles (Japanese Buckwheat Noodles)
2 T sesame oil
2 T reduced sodium soy sauce
1 T sugar
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
8 green onions, sliced thin
1/2 cup chopped, dry roasted peanuts
4 4 oz frozen wild caught salmon fillets
1 tsp gourmet gardens chunky garlic
1 tsp gourmet gardens ginger
1 tsp gourmet gardens red chili
1 T coconut oil
Instructions
Heat water to boil for noodles and cook according to pkg instructions.
Rinse under cold water.
Combine sauce and whisk together.
Pour over noodles.
Add onions and cilantro.
Let chill for at least 30 minutes
Heat coconut oil in separate pan.
Add spices and heat for a few seconds.
Cook salmon in pan until done.
Plate and top with more onions, cilantro, and peanuts.
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Next time I will add snow peas or carrots. Something to give the noodles more oomph!
Now what? Christmas is over. New Years is passed. The Christmas CDs that we played throughout the month of December are back in their cases. So what do we do this Jesus – who came down from heaven in the form of a baby? What do we do with the doctrine of the Incarnation?
Well, I’m so glad you asked. My favorite author, Elyse Fitzpatrick, explores this very well in her new book Found in Him which came out in October. This is a heavier book (more theology study) then some of her other ones, but well worth the extra effort. She takes the meaning and truth of the incarnation and tells us how we need to know and love that doctrine so we can rest in Christ – because of what He has done on the cross.
Over the next almost 3 months, I’ll be doing a book study here on the blog with several ladies. Please join us. I’ll be posting on each chapter every Monday – starting with the Intro/Chapter 1 on Monday, January 6.
What a day for a soup recipe. The sun is gone here in Little Rock. It is overcast and very cool – ok, cold! Bowls of soup I do believe were created for days like today.
I have a trusted White Chicken Chili recipe that I’ve used for about about 15 years now. But, I wanted to try something new. This turned out very yummy and completely different, so now I have two great recipes. And I can never have too many soup recipes!
Spiced White Chicken Chowder
Recipe Type: Soup
Author: kd316
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Serves: 8
Easy, warm, chowder perfect for cold days
Ingredients
1 T canola oil
1 tsp garlic, chopped
1/2 large onion, chopped
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp all spice
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can rotel (mild)
2 cans low-sodium chicken broth
1 can great northern beans
1 potato, cubed
3/4 cup cooked black beans
2.5 cups cubed cooked chicken
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Sour cream
Chives
Cheddar Cheese
Instructions
Heat oil in large dutch oven.
Saute onion and garlic until soft.
Add everything else except chicken and cheese and toppings.
Bring to a boil for 5 minutes.
Simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through.
Add chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes.
Add cheese at the end.
Serve in a huge bowl with a spoon and top with your favorite toppings
The new year is upon us. Goals are set. Resolutions may be already broken!
I’ll be posting my goals (which I’m doing pretty good so far) in the coming days, but until then let me start off the year with this thought:
God’s grace is more than your goals.
We will all fail at our resolutions or goals. We will eat sugar, gain weight some days, sleep in, press snooze, not write one day. We will take bad pictures, fail to blog, be mean to someone, speed at some point, etc. You get my point. The cross says more than our goals.
