A Week's Menu - Houseboating at Lake Powell

I decided to give you our whole menu for a trip

we just took to Lake Powell.

Now if you want to gain weight, come along

with us to Lake Powell for a week.

We have three married children and

two singles.  Everyone gets a day and

everyone picks their favorite recipes

to make.  We have even created

a Lake Powell favorites cookbook.

 (Of course cooking is easier on a houseboat. We have

a full kitchen with fridge and freezer, microwave

and oven.  You might notice it is purple.)

The first night was Sticky Finger Salad

(pictured above) - it was quick and easy

after a six hour drive from our home.

It is a Winger's style sauce on deli chicken

fingers over romaine with fresh Ranch dressing.

Brunch the next day was thick sliced French toast

with Buttermilk syrup and fresh strawberries

and blueberries.  Click here for the recipe.

If you haven't made Buttermilk Syrup, you have to

try it.  You won't go back to regular syrup.

The second night was yummy Philly Cheesesteaks

This is my son's specialty, yum.

(I would add mushrooms to mine though.)

and a rich Tollhouse Pie.

Click here for that recipe.

(Leftovers are great for breakfast!)

We slept well under a full moon with all of that yummy

food in our tummies.

These incredible Ham and Cheese Sliders 

were packed warm

and taken on the speedboat for a 

picnic on the Lake.  Lake Powell

is 150 miles long and has a shoreline as big

as the California coastline.

  My DIL found the

recipe for these on Pinterest.

Click here for a recipe.

One of our favorite local restaurants Cafe Rio

makes a wonderful salad.  We bought their

tin bowls and their salad dressing and made

an imitation of their Sweet Pork Salad.

It starts with romaine, then add cilantro lime

rice, black beans, sweet pork, pico de gallo,

fresh guacamole, tortilla strips, fresh lime

and their cilantro ranch salad dressing.  I bought

the dressing, pico, and chips and made the rice

and pork at home.

Home made ice cream is a regular event

at Lake Powell.  We make it and ripen it

in the freezer.  This one was Caramel Cashew

and this one was Candy Bar ice cream

Cheeseburgers and brats are always a favorite.

Growing up in Wisconsin, I learned early

to love brats.  My kids now love them too.

(The brats disappeared too quickly for a photo!)

These are our "Disneyland Nachos"  based on

the ones we got poolside at the Disneyland hotel

at Croc's Bits and Bites.

Our final evening started with a seriously

delicious Iceberg Wedge Salad with

fresh ranch dressing (BYU Creamery Ranch),

thick sliced peppered bacon, red and yellow 

tomatoes, blue cheese crumbles and a drizzle

of balsamic glace (who needed anything else?)

This recipe is self explanatory.

We always call it the Captain's Gala Farewell Dinner.

Rosemary Shrimp Skewers were the appetizers.

My daughter found the recipe for these in her

Culinary Arts Cookbook.

Just mix chopped fresh rosemary, olive oil and

salt and brush on colossal sized shrimp.  Thread

on skewers that you have soaked in water for 30 minutes

and then grill.  Be sure not to overcook them.

Have you been to a Hot Rocks restaurant and had 

Hot Rocks Steak?

 Basically it is a steak seasoned and

seared on the outside  then delivered to the table.

Each guest then slices off a few pieces of steak at a time

and finishes cooking them on a hot rock.  We found it

works just as good on a griddle set in the middle of the

table.  This way each bite is piping hot.  You can do it

with shrimp and chicken too.  It is our new favorite

way to serve steaks and everyone's steak is cooked

exactly the way they like it.  You have to try this.

It is like eating steak no other way.

We love tenderloin seasoned just with Montreal

Steak Seasoning.

And of course more ice cream - this time Almond

Cookies and Cream.  Click here for recipe.

Meals were rounded out with lots of fresh

corn on the cob, fresh fruit and salads.

I don't just take photos of  food at Lake Powell,  I also get

action shots of wakeboarding, surfing,  body surfing,

boogie boarding, water skiing, cliff jumping

and my personal favorite - water rocket wars!

(The idea here is to take out the other rocket! Yes I

am out there too - 2nd back on the right -having

a blast!

We ate and played and ate and played until the

moon finally came up on our last night.  

As we love to say, "GOODBYE LAKE POWELL".

Hope you enjoyed sharing our week with us at

Lake Powell.

I will be posting this with

What's On The Menu Monday

Outdoor Wednesday

Wayfaring Wednesday

Foodie Friday