Jennifer Rager

Jennifer Rager
And now, without further adieu....

Jennifer's my name and cooking's the game. Now, so that we understand each other, I am not a trained professional chef, ( I wish! Just never thought that funny chef hat would look good with all my hair!) I just love to cook, I love to be around food, I love to see it, taste it, share it, and experience a good eat.

I'll be doing this cooking blog to share recipes, tips, and stories of my crazy life and pictures to prove it. More on my crazy life in a moment.... Don't ya just love to go out to eat? I do. So I will tell about some of the places in the country that I go and share the food and experience I had.

So along with "Project Rod Benders" you will see where we are at, what we're fishing for, and who is joining us on our adventure. What is "Project Rod Benders" you ask?? Well check out the link and see what my husband Chris and I are up to and where we are at in the world of fishing, boating, and traveling. (Here's that crazy life thing I was telling you about) We travel a ton, we practically live out of our RV!! Someplace new and different everyday it seems!

Isn't life fun! To think we can share and communicate with people all over the country and the world, through our little computers. Speaking of computers,,, I am trying to learn how to do more stuff other than turn the dang thing on, and shake it like an etch-a-sketch when it doesn't do what I want!! I am also learning how to take better pictures too. So hang with me on that one,, going to learn about apeture ( What?!) and lighting,, ya know all the poop you need to know when trying to take a good pic !

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog, I look forward to hearing from you and sharing life!

Always have a groovy day!

Jennifer

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Recipe time!

Swordfish with Sauteed Shrimp Mushrooms and Spinach



This is the recipe that you see me holding in the picture above. Talk about simple and tasty!



4 Swordfish fillets

1 clove garlic, minced

1 pound raw large shrimp, shelled, deveined, and chopped into thirds

2 green onions, sliced small

1/2 pound button mushrooms sliced

1/4 cup white wine ---save the rest for yourself! ---- or chicken broth if you prefer

1 10 oz package of raw spinach

2 Tbs olive oil

1 Tbs butter

salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and butter to taste



Prepare the swordfish fillets with salt and a little lemon pepper on each side and set aside.

Start your outdoor grill to medium high heat, or your indoor grill pan to the same.

Make sure your grill is clean and lightly oiled so fillets will not stick.

In a large non stick saute pan heat oil and butter, saute green onions and garlic at medium heat for about a minute. Add mushrooms and saute for about 1 minute. Stir in shrimp and white wine-or chicken broth, Add spinach and cook until wilted, it won't take long. Season with salt and pepper and a little butter to taste. keep warm in pan until fish is cooked.

Since the fillets won't take long at all, grill on each side for 2 minutes. I served this swordfish with brown rice -- I know the healthy stuff, but it is good and good for you--- pour the shrimp saute over the fish and the rice.

Talk about fast and easy and very tasty. I do hope you enjoy

Serves 4 nicely or 2 hungry!

Reporting from Lake Roosevelt Arizona!


Hello everyone! I have been at Lake Roosevelt Arizona, and let me tell you, I grew up in Arizona and this is just a beautiful part of the desert. If you are traveling in Arizona, I do recommend that you visit this spot and enjoy the beauty. We stayed at the Spring Creek Rv Resort and Motel. This is a great park with great facilities and the motel rooms have kitchenettes if you need that in your travel. The people are some of the nicest around and the manager Rebecca is definitely a new friend of mine for sure. But the other cool thing is that right out front of the park is a convenient store/gas station, and a restaurant. Talk about convenient!! "Bostons Lake House Grill" is very good. Truly a step above the normal for a bar and grill. The food is outstanding and you have to try the chicken wings, they make and bottle their own sauce and trust me it is tasty..
Well off to pack up and head back to Montana for a bit then more travels to report about later
Chow for Now