Thanksgiving

I know its a little late but we had a great Thanksgiving filled with family and friends and a ton of delicious food!

 Alana cooked Thanksgiving dinner.

Cranberries

Potatoes

Green Beans and Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Family

Chris carving the turkey.

Our beautiful Thanksgiving table.

Have a nice week!



2 Years

Last week was our two year anniversay. To celebrate we went to a very nice dinner at Lashers Restaurant in Long Beach. I had the roasted chicken and Phil had the braised short ribs with au gratin potatoes. The also have award winning clam chowder which was amazing.  

http://www.lashersrestaurant.com/

For the entertainment of the night we went to a new club that opened up Downtown Long Beach, Harvelle's. They had a great band playing, The Delgado Brothers.

It was a very fun night!

Quick and Easy Taco Salad

Tonight was a super easy and quick taco salad dinner that turned out delicious!

Chop some onion and green bellpepper to put in with the ground turkey meat.

Add your seasonings. We did salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and a little bit of pepper flakes.

Grade your cheese. Get your chips and salsa ready... 



And Enjoy your Taco Salad!! Yum!

Roasted Tomato Feta Scones

These are Phil's favorite scones. I found this recipe on Savory Sweet Life, http://savorysweetlife.com/2011/05/roasted-tomato-feta-scones/


Last weekend I made them for our friends and they were a hit!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon garlic salt
• 4 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1slightly beaten egg 
• 1 – 4 oz package feta cheese
• 1/4 cup roasted red tomatoes, chopped
•  2 green onions, finely sliced

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the flour, baking powder, and garlic salt in a bowl. You can add the butter and use a food processor but I don't have one so, I cut the butter into pea size chunks throw them in the bowl and mix with my hands.  
2. Stir in heavy cream and egg. Mix the dough by hand until it comes together. Add feta cheese, roasted tomatoes, and green onions. Gently mix the ingredients by hand until ingredients is evenly distributed.
3. On a floured surface, form a big dough ball. Flatten the dough into a 1 inch disk and cut it in 8 equal pieces. Bake for 15 minutes on a baking sheet. Remove scones from baking sheet and cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!