Eating our way through Portland – Day 2

A lesson that we learned today: Share–so the both of us can have more room to eat other things. What a foodie thing to say. Day 2 we chose our restaurants much faster…a little faster. We did A LOT of walking…did we want to? No. It just happened. We walked from Chinatown to Voo Doo…

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Stuffed Tomatos with Ground Turkey, Chorizo and Kale

Here are some pictures…and then the ingredients and instructions 🙂 Ingredients 6 large firm tomatoes (The store I went to didn’t specify what kind of tomatoes they were…if you could find a beefsteak or another sturdy tomato, that’s perfect) 1 lb ground turkey 1/2 lb chorizo (I bought “fresh” chorizo from my local hispanic market,…

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Eating our way through Portland! – Day 1

My boyfriend and I recently went on a trip to Portland, Oregon. He had never been there, and I didn’t recall anything memorable about the city when I did visit with my parents years ago. As our trip quickly approached we were both busy working and studying that we didn’t map out our trip other…

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Bacon Wrapped Asparagus with an Over Easy Egg

I had asparagus. I had bacon. I had eggs. Boom. Bacon wrapped asparagus, and it was super easy! Ingredients 24 Stalks of asaparagus trimmed to about 4-5 inches 4 slices of bacon cut in half (so now you’ll have 8 pieces of bacon technically) Olive oil Pepper Egg How to do it If you haven’t…

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Gà Roti

Mom got jealous. Check out dat chicken breast doh… This picture and recipe is an oldie, but goodie. Here is the original recipe from The Ravenous Couple: Ga Roti Vietnamese Roasted Chicken. The Ravenous Couple always has spot on Vietnamese recipes that give me the foundation I need when practicing my Viet cooking skills. Here…

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