About Jodee

After thinking about various ways to share my memories, I began to write my blog, Learn from yesterday, live for today..... I started writing this blog, for the most part, to share my life experiences with family and friends, a journal of my experiences, but gradually the idea grew into sharing it with everyone. It's just about day to day living and sharing with loved ones the ordinary things that make every day memories. My blog covers everything from cooking family recipes to travel memories and more. Throughout this journey called life, each of us experience many things and what we take away from those experiences makes us who we are today. My journey has had its up and downs like so many of us and as a result, what I have learned from my experiences has shaped my perspective of life. I invite you to take a look and see what I have shared so far. Hopefully, you will enjoy the experience and share this new adventure with me! Jodee

Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme

By Jodee Weiland

There are so many wonderful ways to cook a sweet potato, but around this time of year everyone is thinking about eating healthier. An oven roasted sweet potato is a great way to have a healthy sweet potato with your meal. These sweet potatoes are so delicious, you won’t miss the brown sugar, butter, or marshmallows at all. Sweet potatoes are definitely sweet enough on their own, so why not roast them with a few seasonings and have my Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme!

https://learnfromyesterday.comIt doesn’t take much to make a delicious oven roasted sweet potato. All you need is some extra-virgin olive oil and the right seasonings. Thyme is an excellent seasoning to add flavor to a sweet potato. Add some garlic and onion powder as well, and the flavor is outstanding! Lightly use some sea salt, but ever so lightly, and ground pepper to taste, and the result is perfection!

https://learnfromyesterday.comDelicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme

2 to 4 sweet potatoes peeled (depending on the number of people and size of the potatoes)
Extra virgin olive oil
Garlic powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Onion powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Ground thyme to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Sea salt lightly and black pepper to taste

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These are the basic seasonings, but you can add any other seasonings you may like. Preheat your oven to 475 degrees. Prepare your baking sheets with parchment cooking paper. Cut the each potato in  ½” slices to create your oven roasted sweet potato slices just before you are ready to cook. You may do this sooner and leave in cold water, but I prefer to do it just before baking.

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Put the slices in a large bowl and pour some olive oil over the slices. Toss the slices until all of them are coated with some olive oil. They do not need to be drenched, but just coated. Once coated in olive oil, season the slices with the above seasonings to taste. It does not take much of any of the seasonings to add flavor, so add seasonings carefully. Place the slices evenly on your baking sheets. You may add any additional seasonings you may like, but if serving guests, I suggest you always ask about preferences as some people may not like or tolerate well certain seasonings. When done seasoning, place the baking sheets in the oven for about 16 to 20 minutes or until fork tender. Watch them carefully when baking so that you do not burn them.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme are so good, you will want to eat sweet potatoes like this forever! Not only are they delicious, but they are healthy as well. What more could you want? We love these sweet potato slices, and we are seriously considering doing the sweet potatoes this way next Thanksgiving as well. Give them a try and see what you think! Enjoy!

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Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta

By Jodee Weiland

Lately, I have been making more chicken dishes with a Mediterranean flavor. Recently, I did Greek Style Chicken with Spinach, Artichoke, and Feta that was a stuffed boneless chicken breast and definitely delicious. When I decided to make this new chicken dish, I wanted to make it a little easier to do for those busy days. This new dish does not have any spinach, but still has all the great flavor of my Greek style chicken, but with a lot less preparation time needed. The end result was my Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta, and we loved it!

https://learnfromyesterday.comTo begin with, this chicken breast was not split and stuffed. Because it is not stuffed, it has no spinach, and it also is easier to make when you need to get a great tasting dinner on the table fast. With this recipe, you just put your chicken breasts in a baking dish, add olive oil and fresh lemon juice, some seasonings, and finally, the toppings of artichokes, olives, feta cheese, etc. This does not take long to do. Once done, you just put the baking dish in the oven and cook your dinner. While the chicken is baking, prepare a  vegetable for a side dish. If you want potatoes, add cut up red potatoes to the baking dish and bake them along with the chicken. It doesn’t get much easier than this!

https://learnfromyesterday.com Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta

  • 2 boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 to 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (or to taste)
  • Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts
  • 1/3 cup pitted Kalamata olives (more or less to taste)
  • 1 small tomato sliced or 8 to 10 grape tomatoes
  • 1/8 cup crumbled fat free feta cheese
  • 6 red potatoes cut up (optional)
https://learnfromyesterday.comhttps://learnfromyesterday.comPreheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish. Put olive oil and fresh lemon over the top of the chicken breasts. Season to taste with sea salt and ground black pepper. Then sprinkle the minced garlic, artichoke hearts, olives, tomato, and feta cheese over the top of the chicken breasts. If you decide to add the optional red potatoes, place them along the outside edges of your baking dish. Cover the baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. Then remove the cover and bake for 5 minutes longer or until done.
https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta is both delicious and healthy! Serve this dish with a vegetable and a white wine. You have the option of adding some red potatoes to this dish, if you want a potato side as well. Whatever you decide, you will love this dish, and it really is easy to do. You get all the great flavor with less work here. So give it a try, and enjoy!

Delicious Cranberry Apple Smoothie with Mango

By Jodee Weiland

With the New Year approaching, it is definitely time for a new smoothie! This time of year brings with it the availability of cranberries, so my new smoothie definitely has cranberries. Blended together with other fruits, this smoothie has both the tart flavor of cranberries along with the sweet flavors of Granny Smith apples and mango slices. The result is the fabulously Delicious Cranberry Apple Smoothie with Mango!

https://learnfromyesterday.comEach of these ingredients has numerous health benefits for us adding great nutritional value to this smoothie. The cranberry health benefits are a decrease in the risk of urinary tract infections and also, an increase in the health of the cardiovascular system. It’s the combined impact of cranberry antioxidants and anti-inflammatory phytonutrients in cranberry that’s responsible for these results. Adding cranberries to a smoothie is definitely a way to increase the health benefits of your smoothie.

https://learnfromyesterday.comDelicious Cranberry Apple Smoothie with Mango

  • 1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice (no sugar added) or juice of your choice
  • 1 cup frozen fresh mango
  • ½ cup frozen fresh cranberries
  • 1 Granny Smith apple with skin cored and cut up
  • 1 tablespoon organic honey

https://learnfromyesterday.comhttps://learnfromyesterday.comPrepare and place all of the above ingredients into a blender. Blend the ingredients together until smooth. Pour the smoothie into a glass and serve. This recipe will be enough for about two ten ounce servings.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Delicious Cranberry Apple Smoothie with Mango is both delicious and healthy! There are two servings and each will be approximately 206 calories and 0 fats. This a great boost before working out or after a workout. The vitamins and additional nutrients from this smoothie are a great health benefit for you any time. Give this smoothie a try, and enjoy!

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