Sunday, November 27, 2011

White Chicken Chili/Big Announcement!

My mom makes the best White Chicken Chili in all of Utah! :) haha okay so I might be a little biased because she raised me and all but I promise you that it is REALLY GOOD.

Since I am letting you all down with my recipe posts here is a post that has her recipe for White Chicken Chili. It is at the very bottom so scroll down to see it. (but I recommend reading her blog post too...she just started it and it is pretty funny)


Also for another announcment..if there are any of you that read my cooking blog but not my other blog:

WE'RE HAVING A BABY! Our little child will arrive in May of 2012 and we'll know in a couple weeks if it is a little Mark or a little Kjersti. For more on this new development check out our family blog:


Sadly because of this I also probably will get even worse at posting cooking recipes for a while. Today I thought up a great dinner...and as I baked it decided that I'd rather eat beets than the dinner I was cooking. haha My husband liked it though so that is good! Pin It

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Hubby Homemaking #2 Artichokes

We have been dying to have artichokes for weeks, months….longer maybe? They were on sale at Maceys and we jumped on that! I came home one day and Mark was making them…his own recipe! Smile

Here you go:

2 artichokes
2 Lemons
1 stick butter
salt to taste
1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
Pot of water


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First Chop off the top part of the artichoke with a knife (just the pokey parts) Chop off all the pokey parts on the sides of the artichokes with scissors. Boil artichokes for about 1 hour with the lemons in the water.

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Remove from water. To see if they are ready grab a leaf in the middle. If it pulls out effortlessly they are ready!

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Cut other lemon in half

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Melt your butter…mix with lemon and parmesan cheese

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Pour mixture into a bowl. To eat peel off leaves and dip in butter mixture. (add salt as desired) Then you scrape off the inside of the leaf with your teeth Smile 

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Once you get to the purple leaves pull them off and discard.

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You’ll be left with weird looking furry things…I think it looks like a sea creature

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Scrape them off very gently with a spoon…but be careful! You don’t want to lose any of the precious heart underneath…

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Furrys are gone Smile now for the good stuff!

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Chop off the stem

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Cut into pieces and drop in lemon butter.

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Be in heaven.

I had never eaten an artichoke until I met my husband. I will never be the same..if I ever had a “last meal” an artichoke would be present.

Tips from Kj:

1. Don’t let the artichoke intimidate you! Conquer it! You will be glad you did.
2. You can also place them in 1/2 inch water in a glass dish and cover with saran wrap. Steam in microwave for about 20 minutes…just do the leaf test to see if they are ready.
3. Make sure that you eat your heart separately from your husband’s heart. Or he will try to take all of your big pieces! haha

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