We have been so busy at our house lately that I have not had much time to eat, let alone cook. We are working a lot of overtime on the weekends because we are trying to finish part of our basement so that Sam, our 13 year old, has a place to go to hang…
My Birthday Weekend (Burgers, Jakers, and Pork)
My birthday is on September 8th, I do not like to celebrate it when it lands on a week night, so we waited until the weekend. We had burgers on Friday night the 10th, Jakers (a local seafood and steakhouse) on Saturday night the 11th, and I oven baked a pork loin roast on Sunday the…
Day Before Labor Day Salad
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Definition:Italian toasted bread: Italian bread toasted and drizzled with olive oil, usually served with added garlic and chopped tomatoes.Good, that is what I made last night, and that is how I identified it! There was no measuring to speak of, but here is a list of ingredients I used. Organic Pan Bigio bread, purchased (I rarely bake so I am…
Food Photography
Ok, listen. Truth be told, I had not even taken a good look at another food blog before I started this one. I have gleaned plenty of recipes from them, but never really read them or really looked into them until I started wondering why in some food photos it looks like you could dive…
Friday Night Party Night
Dinner last night turned out so wonderful. The tuna recipe is mine, but I extracted ideas for it from many different places. I think that it is finally damn near perfect! Ben grilled the cheese burgers, they were soooo good! We bought the patties from our local Fred Meyer. They use the trim from all…