Fried rice is a terrific way to use left over steamed rice. You can make a little or a lot, add more veggies, use shrimp instead of crab, or [Read More]

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Fried rice is a terrific way to use left over steamed rice. You can make a little or a lot, add more veggies, use shrimp instead of crab, or [Read More]
Finally, after what seemed like the longest cold spell in Northwest history (actually about average), the weather has warmed up and we had a [Read More]
I love Mexican food: the beans, cheese, salsa, carne asada, tortillas, tamales (especially the tamales), all of it. We are blessed to have [Read More]
If you have a freezer and pantry stocked with good basic ingredients you can put together delicious meals in no time. By the time the [Read More]
The farmer's market season opens early in Oregon and a large market downtown Portland is now in full swing. Weather seldom keeps anybody [Read More]
Will we ever run out of ways to prepare asparagus? I have so many recipes for one of my favorite spring veggies and I never get tired of any [Read More]
This week I received this very special award from three of my favorite blogger friends. I feel so blessed to have been given this award and [Read More]
The Three Sisters Mountains, part of the Cascade Range that runs north and south through Oregon and separates the Willamette Valley from the [Read More]
I took Spring Break a week early this year and headed over the mountains to Central Oregon. It was wonderful: quiet, restful, interesting [Read More]
I don't have many recipes from my grandmother. She usually used the handful of this and pinch of that approach to cooking. We all remember [Read More]
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