Cooking Together With Friends
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    • Fat Tuscan - Cooking Class
    • A New Style Church Dinner
    • Camp Cooking
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  • The Young Cook
    • Willow >
      • Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake
      • Pesto Bruschetta
    • Ryan - A Talented Cook >
      • Ryan's Menu
      • Sausage and Potatoes, Onions, and Peppers
      • Lemon Bars
    • Veronica
  • Menus
    • Menu #1 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 1
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Peach and Blueberry Crisp
    • Menu #2 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 2
      • Risotto with Peas
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Tiramisu
    • Menu #3 >
      • Shopping list - Menu 3
      • Broccoli & Squash Soup
      • Salmon en Papillote
      • Creamy Brandied Cherries
    • Menu #4 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 4
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Paella
      • Pineapple Coconut Crumble
    • Menu #5 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 5
      • Citrus Avocado Lettuce Salad
      • Shrimp with Feta Cheese and Orzo
      • Pears with Raspberry Sauce
    • Menu #6 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 6
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Moroccan Turkey Stew
      • Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
    • Menu #7 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 7
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Chicken with Goat Cheese
      • DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
    • Menu # 8 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Orange-Raisin Chicken with Toasted Cashews
      • Nutty Brownies
    • Menu # 9 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Baked Fish with Ripe Olives and Feta
      • Chocolate-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
    • Menu #10 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 10
      • Squash Mushroom Soup
      • Quinoa Salad
      • Banana Strawberry Frozen Dessert
  • Recipes
    • Salads >
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Fruit and Nut Tabouli
      • Hurricane Salade Niçoise
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Green Waldorf Salad
    • Vegetables, Legumes, & Potatoes >
      • Les Trois Pommes
      • Pasta Primavera
      • Brandied Winter Squash
      • Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
      • The Best Sweet Potaoto Wedges
      • Sweet Potato Salad
      • Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burrito
      • Cuban Black Beans
      • Sautéed Tofu with Broccoli in Chili-Orange Sauce
      • Willow's Tuna Cakes
      • Brussels Sprouts
      • Quinoa Primavera
      • Spinach, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers
    • Soup >
      • Squash & Mushroom Soup
      • Parsnip Soup with Walnut Pesto
      • Corn Chowder
      • Lemony Shrimp & Bean Soup
      • Turkey Mushroom Rice Soup
      • Pear & Carrot Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Onion Soup
      • Avocado Cucumber Soup
    • Seafood >
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Sesame Stir-Fry Shrimp and Spinach
      • A Great Lobster Roll
      • Flavorful Shrimp
      • Fish with Lemon Garlic Sauce
    • Meat & Poultry >
      • Chicken, Apricots, Sweet Potatoes, & Prunes
      • Hurricane Chicken Salad
      • Sweet Potato, Turkey, & Peanut Stew
      • Shepherd's Pie >
        • Shopping List - Shepherds Pie
    • Impossible Quiche
    • Sweets & Breads >
      • Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Bread
      • Ryan's Cranberry Sauce
      • Chocolate Prune Cake
      • Pear & Custard Dessert
      • Chocolate Yogurt Pavlova
      • Banana-Walnut Souffle >
        • Shopping list - Banana Souffle
      • Powerful Bran Muffins
      • Orange Walnut Torte
      • Nuts - 2 Ways
  • Blog
  • Your Ideas
    • Maureen & the Air Fryer
    • Ohan's Perfect Steak
    • Myra's Soups
    • Ron's Sweet Potato
    • Sallie's Quinoa Salad
    • Ron & Brenda's Puttanesca on Coucous
    • Julie's Crunchy Cheese Snack





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​Ryan - A Talented Cook

At 14, Ryan's talent in the kitchen continues to get better.  For our family's virtual food "Show and Tell" during the pandemic, he made the beautiful cinnamon bread in the picture below.  It didn't last long in his house!
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      Ryan is a creative cook and is 
        comfortable in the kitchen.
    Here he and his sister make  a
            simple fruit dessert.                                 
    
       Look at some of his earlier
           kitchen adventures.


Though menus and recipes under my menu tab have followed a specific format, Ryan created a more free style plan.   My husband and I  wanted to do some cooking with our grandchildren.  So our grandson Ryan did the choosing and he went shopping with us.  He and his sister Willow took the lead, but adults were there as sous chefs.  The meal was great and enjoyed by all.   Below I've included a video of how Ryan made his decision.  
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 Click on the following links to see Ryan's the shopping list & recipe for the menu that Ryan describes in a the video on the left.
                   Menu & Shopping List 
                      Pesto Bruschetta
                    Sausage & Potatoes
                           Lemon Bars  


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Ryan has some specialties and one of them is cranberry sauce.  Click on his picture on the left to see an enthusiastic young chef.   Definitely a spur of the moment video, but he didn't let interruptions stop him.
 


  • Home
    • Diane & Jerry's Socially Distanced Thanksgiving
    • A Gregory Virtual Food Event
    • The Joy of Meals with Friends
    • The "Best Ever" Dinner Party!
    • Structuring the Evening
    • Expeimenting with new recipes
    • Fat Tuscan - Cooking Class
    • A New Style Church Dinner
    • Camp Cooking
    • Sushi Feast
  • The Young Cook
    • Willow >
      • Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake
      • Pesto Bruschetta
    • Ryan - A Talented Cook >
      • Ryan's Menu
      • Sausage and Potatoes, Onions, and Peppers
      • Lemon Bars
    • Veronica
  • Menus
    • Menu #1 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 1
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Peach and Blueberry Crisp
    • Menu #2 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 2
      • Risotto with Peas
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Tiramisu
    • Menu #3 >
      • Shopping list - Menu 3
      • Broccoli & Squash Soup
      • Salmon en Papillote
      • Creamy Brandied Cherries
    • Menu #4 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 4
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Paella
      • Pineapple Coconut Crumble
    • Menu #5 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 5
      • Citrus Avocado Lettuce Salad
      • Shrimp with Feta Cheese and Orzo
      • Pears with Raspberry Sauce
    • Menu #6 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 6
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Moroccan Turkey Stew
      • Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
    • Menu #7 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 7
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Chicken with Goat Cheese
      • DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
    • Menu # 8 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Orange-Raisin Chicken with Toasted Cashews
      • Nutty Brownies
    • Menu # 9 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Baked Fish with Ripe Olives and Feta
      • Chocolate-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
    • Menu #10 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 10
      • Squash Mushroom Soup
      • Quinoa Salad
      • Banana Strawberry Frozen Dessert
  • Recipes
    • Salads >
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Fruit and Nut Tabouli
      • Hurricane Salade Niçoise
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Green Waldorf Salad
    • Vegetables, Legumes, & Potatoes >
      • Les Trois Pommes
      • Pasta Primavera
      • Brandied Winter Squash
      • Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
      • The Best Sweet Potaoto Wedges
      • Sweet Potato Salad
      • Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burrito
      • Cuban Black Beans
      • Sautéed Tofu with Broccoli in Chili-Orange Sauce
      • Willow's Tuna Cakes
      • Brussels Sprouts
      • Quinoa Primavera
      • Spinach, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers
    • Soup >
      • Squash & Mushroom Soup
      • Parsnip Soup with Walnut Pesto
      • Corn Chowder
      • Lemony Shrimp & Bean Soup
      • Turkey Mushroom Rice Soup
      • Pear & Carrot Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Onion Soup
      • Avocado Cucumber Soup
    • Seafood >
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Sesame Stir-Fry Shrimp and Spinach
      • A Great Lobster Roll
      • Flavorful Shrimp
      • Fish with Lemon Garlic Sauce
    • Meat & Poultry >
      • Chicken, Apricots, Sweet Potatoes, & Prunes
      • Hurricane Chicken Salad
      • Sweet Potato, Turkey, & Peanut Stew
      • Shepherd's Pie >
        • Shopping List - Shepherds Pie
    • Impossible Quiche
    • Sweets & Breads >
      • Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Bread
      • Ryan's Cranberry Sauce
      • Chocolate Prune Cake
      • Pear & Custard Dessert
      • Chocolate Yogurt Pavlova
      • Banana-Walnut Souffle >
        • Shopping list - Banana Souffle
      • Powerful Bran Muffins
      • Orange Walnut Torte
      • Nuts - 2 Ways
  • Blog
  • Your Ideas
    • Maureen & the Air Fryer
    • Ohan's Perfect Steak
    • Myra's Soups
    • Ron's Sweet Potato
    • Sallie's Quinoa Salad
    • Ron & Brenda's Puttanesca on Coucous
    • Julie's Crunchy Cheese Snack