Corn Chowder

Ingredients:
2 c. roasted corn (approx. 3 cobs)
6 shitake mushrooms, stems removed and julienned
1 leek, top and bottom removed and sliced thin
1 shallot, diced
2 T butter
2 T flour
1 qt chicken broth
2 c. potatoes, cooked and chopped
2 c. heavy cream
1 red bell pepper, roasted and diced
salt
pepper

To roast corn, peel back husks, remove silk. Lightly coat with softened butter, salt and pepper. Rewrap husk around cob and tie with twine. Bake at 400 F for 8-10 minutes. Let cool completely before removing husks. Cut corn from cob.
To roast bell pepper, cut in half and remove seeds. Coat with olive oil. Broil for 5-10 minutes on highest rack setting, until skins are almost completely black and blistered. Allow to cool completely, peel off blackened skin and dice.

Melt butter in large soup pot over medium heat. Saute shallot, mushrooms, and leeks until softened. Sprinkle in flour and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add chicken broth and potatoes. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add corn, bell pepper, and cream. Cook until hot. Add salt and pepper as desired. Serve.

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lasagna

I made lasagna on Sunday and forgot to take a picture, but this is a picture from the website I use to find recipes. Anyways, it was so easy to make and it was soooo delicious! If you want to try go to allrecipes.com and look up bob's awesome lasagna. Other successes in the kitchen this week have been: french baguette, cinnamon rolls (a favorite in our house), and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Clay's cookin'

Unfortunately I didn't take pics of the tacos, probably because they
were so good. Jenna's the expert. She toasted the shells in the oven,
which I would highly recommend to any other taco makers.

ribs

I made ribs last Sunday for dinner. They took a few hours but turned out really good. I also made garlic red potatoes and cornbread and corn. The potatoes were really good as well.

i forget what these are called...but they were good!

these are a mexican inspired appetizer i tried out one day. you take a tortilla and cut circles out of it using a cookie cutter. then you put those in a muffin pan so they kind of make a small cup and then you put whatever you want in them. i did some refried beans, cheese, and olives. i think you bake them at like 400 or 450 for 5 minutes, let them cool a minute and then eat. we had ours with sour cream and salsa. they turned out sooo good i thought! the tortillas got kind of crispy, exactly what i was looking for.

fruit salad

Just made this fruit salad. Kiwis, strawberries and mangos ... tasty combo. It's been a while since I've combined fruit.

one more pic

this is the last pic from the series below, its the apple pancake upside down. the cinnamon sugar kind of makes a glaze and the apples turned out really soft. it was good. the secret to making the apples stay at the bottom is to saute them first. i learned this the hard way. the first time i made this they floated so they didn't keep any of the sugary stuff on them...wasn't as good.