A Good Dinner

I picked up some Salmon today. I don't remember where I got these two recipes. I'm pretty sure as always, they are from Taste of Home. I have made the sauce with the rice vinegar but I didn't have any rice vinegar today so we omitted it and didn't miss it. I have a favorite rice pilaf recipe I put in the family cookbook. I have since come across this Mushroom Bake and it is a hard pick which recipe I prefer. (This Salmon recipe is in the H family cookbook.)

ASIAN GLAZED SALMON

1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
1 lb. fresh or frozen salmon fillet, 1 inch thick
3 tablespoons rice vinegar

For glaze, in a small bowl, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, and mustard. Set aside 2 tablespoons brown sugar mixture for sauce.

Thaw salmon, if frozen. Remove skin from salmon, if present. Rinse salmon: pat dry. If necessary, cut salmon into four serving-size pieces. Place fish on the greased unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 inches from the heat for 8 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, carefully turning once halfway through broiling time and brushing with glaze during the last 2 to 3 minutes of broiling time.

For sauce, stir together rice vinegar and reserved brown sugar mixture until sugar is dissolved. Serve with salmon. Makes 4 main dish servings.


Mushroom Oven Bake

1 cup uncooked long grain rice
¼ cup butter
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ cup finely chopped onion
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
1/3 cup water
1 to 2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes

In a skillet, sauté the rice in butter for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Add celery and onion; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until celery is tender.

Transfer to greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Stir in the broth, water, soy sauce and parsley. Cover and bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

Danny "Practices" Lightening Safety

The kid's a nut! He is so freaked out about thunder storms. He constantly watches the weather on the computer and in the newspaper. He worries big time about any storms on their way. He recently saw a video on Lightening Safety. Today we had a loud thunder storm run quickly through. It was POURING and thundering and lightening. Danny wanted to run in the rain. We told him it wasn't safe because of the lightening. He said he knows how to be safe. That he will run and lay in the ditch. "I need to practice lightening safety." The goof did exactly that!!

Salsa Chicken

For lack of anything else to post (pictures) I will post another recipe. I got this recipe from my sister Tricia. It is VERY good and low WW points.

SALSA CHICKEN

4 Chicken breasts
1 jar salsa
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon mustard

Mix salsa, brown sugar and mustard. Place on chicken breasts and cook at 400° for 30-35 minutes

Danny has been gone for the last two nights. In fact, only Jeanie and Molly have been home. The twins and Brett went up for St. Johns. Lisa was here Wednesday and took Danny to Robert's baseball game. He called from there to see if he could spend the night. This is the first time he has EVER spent the night somewhere and he was charged! (They had to swing by to pick up "Ben". He wasn't sure if he could sleep without his ragged old dog.) I called yesterday to let Lisa know I was on my way to pick up Danny but she said Danny had been trying to get a hold of me as he wanted to go to Paul's baseball game. Well......at about 5:30 he called and asked if he could spend another night. I told him No but Lisa got on the phone and said she didn't mind that she has hardly seen the boys as they were playing so well. I'm afraid we are creating a "monster". Now that he has got a taste of staying somewhere he'll never want to stay home!!

Strawberry Dessert

This is one of my favorite strawberry recipes. It's actually in the family cookbook but I thought I'd post it anyway. This came from Country Woman magazine many years ago. It was in the Editor in the Country feature where Ann Kaiser visits someone's country business. This article was a strawberry farm. I have never found this recipe in any of the Taste of Home's cookbooks. It wasn't in their recipe section but printed in the article. It was called Strawberry Pizza and made in a pizza pan but I make it in a 9 x 13 pan.

STRAWBERRY DESSERT

Crust:
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup butter/margarine
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Combine all ingredients to form dough. Spread in 9 x 13 Baker. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Set aside. Cool completely.

Filling:
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 (8 oz.) Cool Whip

Mix cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip. Spread over cooled crust.

Topping:
1 (3 oz.) pkg. strawberry Jello
1/2 cup sugar
Dash salt
1 cup water or strawberry juice, divided
4 tablespoons cornstarch
4 cups strawberries, sliced

In saucepan, combine Jello, sugar and 1/2 cup water. Dissolve cornstarch in remaining water. Stir in Jello mixture. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Fold in strawberries. Cool and spread over filling.

Dad Took Out the Chainsaw

We came home from the last night of Monday Night Baseball to find Dad trimming trees. He had pruned the pear trees and then decided to pull out the chainsaw and attack the Maple tree on the west side of the house. This tree came from Mary and Pete's Farmington house as a seedling. Surprisingly, Danny asked Dad if he should help. He actually hauled quite a few branches before he disappeared. I found him in the house "taking a break" which never ended as he was done for the night!

Father's Day

It was a beautiful day yesterday for Father's Day. We just hung out outside and enjoyed strawberry shortcakes. We then had grilled chicken sandwiches for supper. The kids spent the afternoon in the pool. We have a few cooler days coming this week. We actually turned off the air yesterday. Some summers it's on from the first hot day until fall but maybe this year we'll save a little electricity.