The NorthWesterner Grilled Cheese
We have so many amazing foods here the Pacific Northwest, I thought it would be fun to create a grilled cheese sandwich from some of the local ingredients. I used things that are actually grown or...
View ArticleCracked Pots Recycled Art Show – 2015
Spent the day with my hubby at McMenamin’s Edgefield browsing the Crack Pots Recycled art show. Some great artistry represented! You still have tonight and tomorrow to get there! Here is some of...
View ArticleMarinaded Beef Roast for Camping (or home)
We love to serve this with sliced potatoes fried with onions and mushrooms. A salad kit works great for a side while camping. Here’s how you make it….. What you need: 3-4 pound London broil or any...
View ArticleCamping at the North Santiam Park
It was hot out last weekend – but it was beautiful! We headed out to find a campground and got lucky enough to secure the last site in this one – one of only a few that was still allowing open fires!...
View ArticleIt’s Peach Season!
One of the things I love about living in the Pacific Northwest is the abundance of fresh, organic produce. Peaches are everywhere right now – you pick, we pick, fresh picked – And we’ve had the...
View ArticleApples! Apples! Apples!
The apples are ripe and crisp and delicious!! And here are a couple of really tasty recipes to make with them! Caramel and Apple Pancakes Apple Crisp Fennel and Apple Salad
View ArticleFarmer’s Market Supper
I went to the Portland Farmer’s market yesterday and scored some great stuff! Handmade Italian Sausage, fingerling potatoes, radishes, arugula, wild mushrooms – and more!! So what to do with all these...
View ArticleCranberries, Cranberries, Cranberries!
There are five states in the US that produces cranberries, two of them being Oregon and Washington. Although the North West production only accounts for a small amount of the total barrels produced...
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