Cooking Thursday

Last week I shared a recipe for steak bites. Today's recipe is for smashed potato slices that we had with the steak bites. This is something Bob saw and thought would be good, and he was right! It was a fun switch from the usual baked potatoes we have with steak.

Smashed Potatoes

3-4 small potatoes, (about golf ball size) scrubbed and halved
1 tablespoon olive oil
dried oregano
garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
shredded cheddar or colby jack cheese
crispy bacon, crumbled

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray or olive oil.
Boil potatoes for about 15 minutes or until just fork tender.
Drain potatoes and let cool for about 5 minutes. Place each potato skin side up on cookie sheet.
Smash each potato to about 1/2 inch thick.
Drizzle olive oil over each potato, then sprinkle with garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper.
Place in oven for 20-30 minutes until crispy and browned. 
Remove and turn off oven. Flip potatoes, then sprinkle cheese over them and then the crumbled bacon. Place back in oven with heat off and leave in for about 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Serve with ranch or sour cream.

Wordless Wednesday

 

It's carving time

I've shared my hubby's talent with woodworking quite often; in the last year he put on a deck in the back, built us a fireplace and put up a cute storage shed. He's also been working on more kitchen cabinets for our daughter Heather.  

Something else he does that I haven't shared lately are his woodcarvings.  He does caricature carvings and recently finished one for our Pastor and I thought I'd share it with you.

We had him and his family over for supper and they didn't have any idea what Bob had been working on.

Here he is opening it up.

and realizing what it is...

with Bob

and here's Pastor Doug with his carving.

Bob puts a tag on all his carvings that says the gift of being able to carve comes from God, which is why he uses the name 'By His Hands'. Every carving has a hand on it somewhere to signify God's handprint.

Here's the carving from above.

Here it is from the front.  The name of this carving is on the plaque in the front. It says "Preach The Word".  2 Timothy 4:2

Our Pastor was just thrilled with this, and you know what?  Bob was just as thrilled to do it and give it to him.  It was a very fun evening.