Restaurant Review: Big Jim's

My family was driving to Minnesota to spend some of the summer there. On the way, we stopped off at a fabulous restaurant called Big Jim's. We had first heard about the place from the show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. So when we were in Pennsylvania, on our way to MN, we couldn't resist going! Here are a couple of the things we ordered at Big Jim's.



The Italian Wedding Soup:






I had this, and it was wonderful!










Veal Cutlet ala Parmigiana:

The portions were huge, so we mostly shared and didn't order a lot. But the menu was full of tasty looking meals!

Here is Big Jim's website: http://www.bigjimsrestaurant.com  Hope you can go there too!

~Anelise 

Homemade Lemon Popsicles

Summer time! And all summers need popsicles! So here is a lemon popsicle recipe I tried and loved!




Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
zest of two lemons
1 cup lemon juice (I used fresh lemon juice from about 4 large lemons)

Directions:

1. Heat the water and sugar on stove in saucepan until sugar is completely dissolved.

2. Add zest of lemons to saucepan and bring to simmer. Then remove from heat and let cool.

3. Strain out any pulp of lemon juice and add to sugar water in saucepan.

4. Pour mixture into popsicle mold (I used an ice cube tray).

5. Put mold in freezer and let freeze for minimum 5 hours.

6. Take out your homemade popsicles and enjoy!

* If you use the ice cube tray, take out popsicles after two hours in freezer, place two tooth picks in each mold, and then put the popsicles back in freezer for another 3 hours.

~Anelise

Blueberry Muffins

Hello everyone! This is the first post we will be sharing. And what a better way than to start with a wonderful muffin recipe? I love these blueberry muffins. They can be made without dairy (for those with allergies) and are super tasty! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 cup oatmeal
1 cup sour milk (and for those with dairy allergies: 1/2 cup of apple juice + 1/2 cup of apple sauce)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg beaten
1/4 cup melted butter (or coconut oil for those with dairy allergies)
1 cup blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
Mix oats and milk (juice and apple sauce) in bowl and let stand.

Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
Add egg and butter (coconut oil) to oat and milk mixture. Stir.
Add brown sugar to oat and milk mixture. Stir.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

Stir until just combined (don't over stir). Then lightly stir in blueberries.

Fill muffin cups 3/4 of the way full with batter.

Let muffins bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

~Anelise

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