Copper Creek is a little pub style restaurant that you'd never notice unless you look for it. I know people that have lived by it for about two years and didn't even know about it until I mentioned it to them. Whenever someone asks me for a good place to eat it is ALWAYS one of the first places that I mention. I have taken my Dad, Kellyn (my sister), Britt, Tera Lee, among. When I started my diet the day before I made sure that I had Copper Creek as my last meal.
Needless to say I am a huge fan of this place. It has a friendly cozy atmosphere and the food is amazing. The only thing I don't like about this place is the left hand turn that I have to make when I leave the parking lot.
Today I walked for about 2 hours and had ankle weights on so I was able to "justify" going there for dinner and Marianne and I were talking about it so I asked her if she wanted to go and of course she said yes.
We met there and ordered. Ordering is hard cause everything that they have is amazing.
Today I ordered the Monte Cristo: ham and turkey with Swiss cheese on white bread, they dip the sandwich in beer batter and deep fry it and serve it with powdered sugar on top and raspberry jam on the side. I know what your thinking "Raspberry Jam?" The raspberry jam brings this sandwich to a whole different level of amazing, you have the saltiness from the ham, a little bit of a bitter bite from the Swiss and then a sweet slightly sour taste of raspberry jam. It just works and it tastes amazing.
Now I know what you are all thinking..."Um Chris you're on a diet." And my response is that I only ordered half the sandwich and I am going to walk another 4 miles before I go to bed so neiner neiner. You can spoil yourself now and then just make sure you don't go crazy.
I ordered onion rings instead of fries, I have never been a huge fry person but I love onion rings. They beer batter and use bedallia onions so they are sweeter, they also cut the slices of onions thicker so the onion doesn't escape from the breading when you take a bite. ( I hate when that happens.)
I also ordered cheese curds a appetizer. These are something that I get every time I go they are kind of like mozzarella sticks but shaped like nuggets and more chewy almost like rubbery. They dip them in beer batter and deep fry them (ya I know, DIET, but I only had a few). To me they taste like a cross between a really good grilled cheese sandwich and mozzarella sticks.
Marianne knew what she was going to order before she even looked at the menu. Copper Creek is just one of those places.
She ordered the California Chicken Sandwich: Grilled chicken with tomato avocado and lettuce on a roll. It looked good. She also got the Cajun fries which are regular fries but with Cajun seasoning.
For dessert we ordered Mud Pie (DIET!! I know I just had a few bites!) The mud pie is an ice cream cake it has a chocolate cookie crust, vanilla ice cream with swirls of fudge and whipped topping with almonds and fudge. Its good but its huge. I think that its one of those desserts that you share with four other people.
Some other good menu items I want to point out:
Cesar Steak Sandwich: steak strips on a white roll with Cesar dressing. Its good but pricey definitely something that I would just recreate at home by with steak strips and some low fat Cesar I think that it would make a really good wrap maybe with a spinach or whole wheat tortilla that way you can save some carbs.
Pub Club: ham turkey bacon tomato lettuce mayo. Your basic club, when I get it I have them put avocado on and hold the mayo. I have never been a big mayo person, so may as well save the calories right?
The Chubby: a hamburger with lettuce tomato and Thousand Island dressing in between two grilled cheese sandwiches. I personally have never had this, for me it just seems like too much. But the crazy thing is they have it with two patties of hamburger too. And they have contests to see who can have the most if you win you don't have to pay for your meal.
Its getting late and like I said I need to get some exercise in before bed. But if you are ever in Salt Lake City and are looking for a great place to eat check out Copper Creek. They just recently got a website and the menu is on there check it out.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
$250.00 cookie recipe
I was browsing cookie recipes and stumbled upon this, I have seen it before but thought that I would share it.
NEIMAN - MARCUS $250 COOKIE RECIPE
A friend of a friend of a friend had lunch at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas last November, and for dessert she had a cookie. She thought it was the most wonderful cookie she had ever tasted, and asked if the recipe was available. She was told that it was, but there was a charge of two-fifty. She said that was fine. She got the recipe and told them to charge it to her account.
In December, when she received her bill, there was a charge for $250.00. She called Neiman's and told them it was a mistake - that the charge should be $2.50. She was told there was NO mistake that the charge for the recipe was correct. They told her it was not a returnable item and she would have to pay the amount charge to her account or become delinquent.
The bottom line is she paid.
She vowed to get back at Neiman's and wants to give the recipe out to everyone she possibly can. She asks everyone who gets a copy send it to everyone they know. So here it is:
2 c. butter
2 c. granulated sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
5 c. blended oatmeal
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
24 oz. chocolate chips (2 lg. bags)
1 (8 oz.) Hershey bar, grated (yes, this is really 1/2 lb.)
3 c. chopped nuts
Blended oatmeal: Measure and process in blender to a fine powder.
Cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add chips, candy and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on cookie sheet.
Bake for 6 minutes at 375°F.
Makes 9 dozen cookies.
OK so first off way to go for getting them back the recipe is all over the web. Second, I cannot wait to try it out, it sounds really good. I am making them for dessert on Wednesday.
I have been assigned to make dinner every Wednesday night, this week we will be having:
Amish White Bread (I am making them from scratch and doing rolls instead of a loaf)
Oven Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
And you already know what is for dessert. I will be sure to update on Wednesday with recipes.
NEIMAN - MARCUS $250 COOKIE RECIPE
A friend of a friend of a friend had lunch at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas last November, and for dessert she had a cookie. She thought it was the most wonderful cookie she had ever tasted, and asked if the recipe was available. She was told that it was, but there was a charge of two-fifty. She said that was fine. She got the recipe and told them to charge it to her account.
In December, when she received her bill, there was a charge for $250.00. She called Neiman's and told them it was a mistake - that the charge should be $2.50. She was told there was NO mistake that the charge for the recipe was correct. They told her it was not a returnable item and she would have to pay the amount charge to her account or become delinquent.
The bottom line is she paid.
She vowed to get back at Neiman's and wants to give the recipe out to everyone she possibly can. She asks everyone who gets a copy send it to everyone they know. So here it is:
2 c. butter
2 c. granulated sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
5 c. blended oatmeal
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
24 oz. chocolate chips (2 lg. bags)
1 (8 oz.) Hershey bar, grated (yes, this is really 1/2 lb.)
3 c. chopped nuts
Blended oatmeal: Measure and process in blender to a fine powder.
Cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add chips, candy and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on cookie sheet.
Bake for 6 minutes at 375°F.
Makes 9 dozen cookies.
OK so first off way to go for getting them back the recipe is all over the web. Second, I cannot wait to try it out, it sounds really good. I am making them for dessert on Wednesday.
I have been assigned to make dinner every Wednesday night, this week we will be having:
Amish White Bread (I am making them from scratch and doing rolls instead of a loaf)
Oven Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
And you already know what is for dessert. I will be sure to update on Wednesday with recipes.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Pesto Pizza
Tera Lee called me up and invited me to lunch, on my way to meet Tera Lee I noticed a small little Italian resturant, Fratelli Ristorante, not far from where she worked just off of 90th south in Sandy. I mentioned it to her and we decieded to check it out.
We walked in and immediatley heard soft italian music and were seated in a cozy booth. The lunch menu had a wide variety of choices, after loosing 26lbs I was cautious with my choice but decided that I would try the Pesto Chicken pizza and just take the leftovers home and share, and Tera Lee ordered Gnocchi Di Gorgonzola.
After we ordered we were served beverages and bread, the bread was crusty on the outside but light and soft on the inside. Tera Lee and I caught up a bit and nibbled on the bread and before we knew it out luches arrived.
The Pesto pizza: chicken, artichoke hearts, pine nuts, roma tomatoes, parmesan & mozzarella with fresh pesto sauce on a thin cripsy crust.
Gnocchi Di Gorgonzola: potato dumplings that were soft and light tossed in an Gorgonzola cream sauce topped with spinach and walnuts.
When Tera Lee and I go out to lunch typically we split what we order. I liked them both but in my opinion the pizza won. The flavors blended perfectly the cheeses, the tomatoes and the chicken all with the pesto just worked.
Some of you might not know what exactly Pesto is or maybe have heard of it but don't know whats in it so here is a recipe:
Here is the link to Fratelli Ristorante, check it out. Also it would be pretty east to recreate the pizza at home it would be fun and delicious you could make it a little bit healthier too by using whole wheat flour for the crust.
We walked in and immediatley heard soft italian music and were seated in a cozy booth. The lunch menu had a wide variety of choices, after loosing 26lbs I was cautious with my choice but decided that I would try the Pesto Chicken pizza and just take the leftovers home and share, and Tera Lee ordered Gnocchi Di Gorgonzola.
After we ordered we were served beverages and bread, the bread was crusty on the outside but light and soft on the inside. Tera Lee and I caught up a bit and nibbled on the bread and before we knew it out luches arrived.
The Pesto pizza: chicken, artichoke hearts, pine nuts, roma tomatoes, parmesan & mozzarella with fresh pesto sauce on a thin cripsy crust.
Gnocchi Di Gorgonzola: potato dumplings that were soft and light tossed in an Gorgonzola cream sauce topped with spinach and walnuts.
When Tera Lee and I go out to lunch typically we split what we order. I liked them both but in my opinion the pizza won. The flavors blended perfectly the cheeses, the tomatoes and the chicken all with the pesto just worked.
Some of you might not know what exactly Pesto is or maybe have heard of it but don't know whats in it so here is a recipe:
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh basil leaves
- 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (You can use pinenuts instead of walnuts if you want to)
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper t
Directions
- In a food processor, blend together basil leaves, nuts, garlic, and cheese. Pour in oil slowly while still mixing. Stir in salt and pepper.
Here is the link to Fratelli Ristorante, check it out. Also it would be pretty east to recreate the pizza at home it would be fun and delicious you could make it a little bit healthier too by using whole wheat flour for the crust.
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