The article that was written with the recipes.

Okay, here is the write up that was in the newspaper with my recipes.
Some of the locations of interest have been deleted to protect the innocent – aka I don’t want to publish locations on my blog, it really makes me nervous. So, some of the wording is a little different than was actually published in the local newspaper. Which still made ma a little nervous even having it in the paper, I don’t know, I am kind of weird that way. So, here it is…..

Ground Beef is the Key

Our featured cook today, Janel Young of (you know where I live, I don’t want to put it on my blot) has shared several of her favorite recipes to give you a boost in the new year to try something new.

Janel Sharp raised in (hopefully you know where I was raised what school I attended). She met her husband Ray Young at a country dance club in a city nearby. Ray was raised in that same city. Since their marriage we have lived in that city, another city 30 miles South of that city and purchased a home in the city they currently live in now about 8 years ago. Ray drives for Gould Trucking and Janel works at Alliance Title.

Janel can remember well having a good meal nightly made by her mom, Janice Sharp, when she was young. She has taken on the same traits and makes a good evening meal for her family. Her favorite part of cooking is making treats. It seems they always have Rice Krispie treats on hand for her daughters and their friends who visit. Ray and Janel have two daughters. Jerika is in the eighth grade at the local Jr. High. She lives to sing and takes voice lessons. She enjoys being with her friends, texting, laughing and styling hair. Her favorite food is cheese cake.

Kinlee is 9 and attends elementary school. She is in the third grade and likes art and science. She takes dance and loves all parts of it which includes tap, ballet and gymnastics. She loves riding her bike in the summer and Rice Krispie treats is a favorite treat.

Janel cooks from scratch and uses ground beef as a base in many of her dishes. Her family favorites include casseroles, hamburgers and tacos. Janel’s favorite food is steak and shrimp. Ray would choose steak. Ray is the griller in the family and they grill in both summer and winter. Janel uses her cooking as a way of teaching her girls how to share and show compassion to others. They, as a family like to share with friends and neighbors what they cook. Taking treats to work is also another method of sharing with others.

Janel enjoys people and associating with others. She belongs to a Bunco group and also is active with the youth in her church. She likes to have people in her home and entertaining with good food. If she ever gets any spare time, she likes to scrapbook, make jewelry that has become a little business called “Watch Me Bead”, where she makes necklaces, earrings and watches. Shopping is also on the top of her list of things she likes to do.

Ray is a hunter and fisherman. He has a dirt bike and loves biking. The girls like to ride with their dad on his motor bike. As a family they read scriptures together, have family parties, swim, grill outside and camp. They enjoy their home and in the past couple of years have made some exciting additions and upgrades which makes it a fun place to be.

Today we have great recipes from the family of Janel and Ray Young and their girls Jerika and Kinlee. We thank them for sharing.

Okay, there it is. For those of you who really know me, there are a few questionable things in this article. The biggest one is the camping thing. We were talking camping this summer with our friends and that counts, I guess. I guess everything else is on the up and up, but I really wonder if when the lady came to our house to interview us, she was disappointed that we weren’t very exciting, but she had to publish the article anyway. Anything else you may think is questionable, call me and we can discuss it.