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…

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,…

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…

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…

Xiu Mai aka Vietnamese Meatballs

Bad news: the Food for Four website seems to be down.Good news: I have my version of the recipe here.  This isn’t the first time I’ve used this recipe, and thank you again Food for Four for another spot on recipe. Xiu mai is a traditional Vietnamese meatball, and unlike other culture’s meatballs ours are HUGE….