Adventures in Travel and Life
I tried Shrimp and Grits for the first time at B. Matthews Eatery in Savannah, Georgia. It was delicious! And actually this was my first time eating grits. Something about the name didn’t sound right to me so I avoided them in the past. Luckily, I was traveling with my grits guru friend who guided …
Johnsonville is now making chorizo. I had to try it. I went in a different direction than they suggested. I browned it in a pan with onions. Once the sausages were browned on both side, I sliced the sausages and added them back to the pan to cook with the onions a couple more minutes. Then …
I love trying different kinds of chorizo. I’m always up for trying the freshly made chorizo in the local butcher’s case. My favorite was the chorizo I had in Costa Rica. It was more like the consistency and color of ham. The blend of spices gave it a nice tingle without burning the taste buds …
We found this squash at our local grocery store and couldn’t resist trying it. Yes, it measures over 31 inches long. We cut it in half and put the big half (sticker end) in the refridgerator. The other half was peeled and sliced in preparation for breading and deep frying. Since I’ve never …
I tried this recipe tonight and it was delicious! http://www.oprah.com/food/Rice-with-Spinach-and-Pistachios-Recipe
This is easy and great for a picnic or BBQ. If you use the 9 oz. plactic cups you can prepare these ahead of time and they make is much easier to serve.The ingredients are simple: 1 box chocolate pudding 1 box pistachio pudding pound cake (I used the frozen Sara Lee Pound Cake and by …
Wash and slice the potatoes. Place them on a piece of non-stick aluminum foil. Spray with Olive Oil Pam Cooking Spray, then season with Lawry’s Fire Roasted Chili and Garlic. Fold the foil closed. Like this…. Place the foil package on the grill over medium heat for 15 minutes, then flip over and continue …
I love chicken salad but was getting bored with the same old recipe so I combined a charred summer vegetable recipe with some of my favorite flavors and came up with this recipe. I first made this recipe last year for a picnic and then kept tweaking it all summer. At lunch with friends yesterday, …
We had the best dessert maki roll tonight at Wok n’ Fire. It’s banana, mango, coconut, with mint and a mango sauce. Delicious! http://www.woknfire.com/
The Beef Vindaloo that I cooked was hot and spicy but not even comparable to the food I ate in Chengdu in the Sichuan Province in China. I had the opportunity to visit Chengdu a year ago. Here’s an exerpt from an email I sent home after lunch one day: “Today our chinese colleagues took us …