The newest addition to our testosterone entourage, my cousin, who has just had some major surgery, needs to gain weight – my specialty!! He has quite a taste for sweets now, so this was the first thing I made for him, when I got home. It is loaded with healthy calories, but there are easy…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Cucumber Salad
It’s really great to be home. My brother fixed a smoked pork ribeye and smoked pork tenderloin, for our welcome home dinner. I fixed a cucumber salad, with cucumbers and onions from the garden. And we had some good fresh bread to go with it. It was delicious. I’ll be making pork fried rice with…
Homeward Bound
We’re adjusting to long days of driving. The first day was through the Mojave desert, so pretty much desolate. We made it to Williams, New Mexico the first night. I didn’t realize it was such a huge tourist town. Apparently, it’s a destination for visitors to the Grand Canyon. The Garmin bimbo and I are…
Yosemite
We spent a couple nights in the Yosemite National Park area. We were relaxing and getting geared up for the long drive home through Arizona and New Mexico. Yosemite was beautiful, but it was clearly not the best time of year to be there. Because the creeks and waterfalls are best when the snow is…
Smoked Salmon
The grocery shopping is so good in Portland, it’s easy to create some great meals. There were lots of great veggies to work with in the fridge, so we made some smoked salmon to go with them. We added cucumber to the Italian Tomato Salad, and also made a Squash Salad (without the shrimp). PrintSmoked…