The end of the swim season is upon us. Temperatures have been slowly trending downwards, but we needed to have one last hurrah, and oh, what a party we had. Our friends from Norway Cordelia and Jørgen perennially can’t come … Continue reading
Category Archives: Food & Drink
Cheddar Chicken Stuffed Peppers
Took a recipe from the America’s Test Kitchen Light Recipes book for stuffed peppers. Cut the top off a green pepper and fill it wiyh some ground chicken with rice, heirloom tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and minced garlic then bake. It’s … Continue reading
Chicken Burgers with Grilled Veggies
Took some ground chicken mixed with minced garlic and crumbled blue cheese and grilled with skewers of cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and broccoli. Liberally covered in guacamole from scratch with a fresh avocado, chopped onions, just-squeezed lime juice, and diced jalapenos … Continue reading
Devil’s Mess and Oven Fries
Julie and I (which is to say mostly Julie) made up a dinner of potato wedges baked with a small amount of oil and spices and a scramble or goulash or ratatouille or big ol’ thing of vegetables simmered in … Continue reading
It looks like the picture!
Here’s the picture of my dinner just before I dropped Julie off at the airport. It’s a burger from Peggy Sue’s on Park in downtown San Jose. I got the La Bamba: pepper jack cheese plus pineapple slices, and I … Continue reading
Dinner at Alexander’s
On the 19th and 25th my Father and Mother celebrated their 60th birthdays. Julie and I decided to super-splurge and take them to a life-changingly good restaurant — Alexander’s Steakhouse in Cupertino. Julie and I had been here before. We … Continue reading
Turkey Chili!
Made a kickin’ bowl of chili today with 10 oz. of ground turkey, a can of McClintock’s (SLO area great place to eat) Trail Camp Beans, a diced heirloom tomato, a couple tablespoons of Cholula and Bon Temps hot sauce, … Continue reading
Peach salads
Julie made a super lunch with some salad greens, blue cheese and topped with a peach from our tree. Eat local!