Food Friday

Sometimes, I want to post something but I struggle with what to write... so I figure I will have a "theme" to help me out. I thought I would try FOOD FRIDAY. Meaning I will post a food related post every (well maybe not every) Friday. I would most likely predict that it will revolve around a recipe I love or have tried, etc but who knows. At least I have some direction.

After being on vacation and eating out a bunch and the week before that feeling like we had no food in the house (thus creating alot of meals eating out) I wanted to try really hard to have all good home cooked food. Also it has been awhile since I have cooked a bunch, it seems like Chris had done alot lately. Let me tell you how much fun it has been to cook again, especially since nothing has gone terribly wrong yet (knock on wood).

So yesterday I had to make dinner for a family in our ward that just had a baby, so I thought i would cook something new. So the menu was as followed:

• BBQ pulled pork (prepared in the slow cooker) sandwiches
  
• Corn on the Cob
• Homemade potato chips
• fresh strawberries
• my dad's famous buttermilk cookies
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I can thank Costco for the pork, the rolls, the strawberries and the corn!

I was inspired to make the homemade potato chips from another blog... here is the link. They turned out great and you don't need to have that fancy "cutter" she talks about in the recipe. And they taste the best right out of the oven!

Also here is the recipe for my Dad's buttermilk cookies! THESE ARE MY FAVORITE! It is actually kinda cute how this recipe came about. One Christmas my dad gifted my mom Sunday dinners, meaning he would cook them. My dad cooked some growing up but mainly just grill items or breakfast foods. Well my dad really got into his Sunday dinners. He found all these new recipes somehow from all these cute old women all over the states. Through it all he became quite the gourmet cook and the Sunday meals were meals to look forward too. Well during this time my dad got this cookie recipe. Ever since, on important occasions my dad would always make them for me, because well lets face it, I'm his little girl and he loves to make me happy!
So here is the recipe:

Cookies-
1/2 c. butter-soften
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 cup buttermilk

In a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until it is fluffy and light.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Mix in salt and baking soda.
Mix in flour and buttermilk- alternate between the two to make sure it blends better.
Drop rounded tablespoons worth of dough about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 10-12 mins. or until edges are lightly browned.
Remove and put on cooling racks.

Frosting-
3 T. butter -soften
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/4 c. milk
1 t. vanilla

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and beat/whisk until smooth. Frost cooled cookies (I find it easy to put the frosting in a baggie, cut a small bit off of the corner and then pipe it out of the bag)

Here is the final product

I am sorry this is such a lame photo, I promise they taste way better than this picture makes them look.