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…
Gorgeous in Portland
This is the best weather we’ve ever had, when visiting Portland. It’s sunny and not very hot. We went to Hopworks for some organic beer and awesome pizza. Then we cooked rice pasta with langostinos and spinach. Langostinos are like baby lobster tails, and very delicious. We had leftovers of this meal, and I sautéed…