Utah's Own!

We are in the heart of Utah's bounty with corn, peppers, squash, greens, tomatoes, berries and peaches filling the farmstands. What do you most look forward to cooking this time of year? If you are using your garden to dictate what's on the table, please share the recipes with us! Eat@jlslc.org is taking your original favorites and trying them all! Your garden is helping to fund the projects the JLSLC is dedicated to doing.

What's For Dinner?

The Junior League of Salt Lake City wants to know what you are cooking for dinner? If it is an original delight your family enjoys, please share the recipe with us! We are looking for everything from cocktails to desserts, entrees to salads, sides and starches. Do you have a crowd pleaser that you're famous for? Get your name in print and submit your original recipe to eat@jlslc.org. All contributors will be mentioned in the book that's debuting in the spring of 2012! We can't wait to hear what's cooking Salt Lake!

Recipe Call Out

That's right - we're asking you! We need your assistance in getting this answer. We are asking for a wide-range of wonderful dishes that includes appetizers to desserts and everything in between - even cocktails. Do not hesitate to be a part of this amazing project.

What can you do? Start flipping through those recipe files, go look in your garden and tell us what really knocked your socks off at last weeks gathering. We hope you'll pick out your favorites and share them with us. Our fourth book will focus on recipes using fresh ingredients; if they happen to highlight a local ingredient, even better. Imagine what appetizing recipe you might make after a trip the the farmer's market or your favorite grocery store. We want the recipes you love serving to your family and friends. Think wholesome,fresh, simple, elegant and outside the (cardboard) box as much as possible! If you have an original recipe that has not been previously published- we want it! Recipe submission is open to the public so be sure to tell your family and friends so that they too can be a part of the newest and freshest Junior League cookbook.

The money raised from the sales of current and future Junior League cookbooks support our projects which focus on improving the lives of women and children in our community. In return for your recipes the Junior League of Salt Lake will be able to continue working to improve the lives in our community.

Recipes can be submitted via email, fax or mail. If you've got a great recipe, we'll find a way to accept it.

Cookbook Contact Information:
eat@jlslc.org

New Cookbook, Junior League of Salt Lake City
526 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

fax (801) 328-1048

Buy JLSLC Cookbooks Online!

Did you know you can buy our wonderful Junior League of Salt Lake City Cookbooks from the comfort of your computer!?!?

Click here to visit our online store. You can order cookbooks for out of state friends, we even have note cards and gift baskets...

What are you waiting for? Get shopping!

Goblin Valley Raisin Cookies

With spring playing peekaboo, I reverted to the fall section of my Always in Season Cookbook and ran across these amazing Goblin Valley Raisin Cookies. I have a special place in my heart for any cookie with raisins in it. I fool myself into thinking they are somehow a tiny bit more healthy. Ah denial, it is a great place to be. These didn't disappoint either, they are so good in fact I am going to make them for the Junior League Building 10th Anniversary Celebration., on May 6th. you should all go try them and then make scords of them for your neighbors, go ahead divvy them up, two for you one for them.

Without further ado, here is the recipe:

Ingredients
2 cups of golden raisins
1 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon bakin soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
sugar (for garnish)

Bring the raisins to a boil in the water in a small saucepan and boil until the water is absorbed

Beat the oil and 1 1/2 cups of sugar in a mixer bowl for 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt and add to the oil mixture; mix well. Stir in the raisins; the dough will be sticky.

Chill the dough for 15 to 20 minutes. Shape into 1 1/4-inch balls and roll in additional sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on the cookie sheet for several minuets; remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Makes Four Dozen.

Enjoy!

See you soon!
Mary

Water Bottles!

We have new water Junior League Water Bottles that will be available at general membership meeting on Monday, April 12th for $15. We have a limited number so get them well they last!

New Cookbook Survery

Hi Everyone! The League will be voting on creating a new cookbook tomorrow, we are really are confident the vote will pass, and when it does we need your help! . We would love to find out what you want in a cookbook, so the MMS committee has created a small survey to get us started. With just a few minuets of your time you can help make sure the League can deliver a cookbook the community wants. Click here to take survey.