Carnival night.

This past week was the Littlestown carnival. As always we had our two favorite nieces with us.  I did not ride any rides but Ellen road the zipper. I was there for the food. Imagine that. The only new thing I saw his year was the Lady Bolts selling The Walking Taco. A small bag of Doritos with all the taco toppings in it. The taste was what I expected and it was not filling but a good snack and helped them with their fund raiser. Try it if you go there or see it other places. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables.

Everlasting Life Cafe

Ellen and I had dinner out and she picked a place right down the street...NOT.  We went just outside of Washington DC on Georgia Ave NW to a place that she found on the internet that has vegan food.  http://www.everlastinglifecafe.com/  Fried chicken, collards, ribs and steak subs to name a few things on the menu.  If you know me and you do if you are reading this you know that I like to try different things so I was game to go.  We spent some time shopping and she got some things at MOM's Market a natural/vegetarian/vegan/everything good for you store.  After that we went walking in Bethesda and almost decided to eat there but I am glad we held out and went to the place she found.  When we got there I was skeptical.  We found parking on the street just fine and the area was not bad but not what we are use to either.  We walked in and the sign at the front said "First time here, come see us at the register" So we walked back and talked to the only person we saw.  He greeted us and shook my hand, walked us back to where they cook the food and where they serve the hot and cold sides and walked us through the dishes they had, even told us what he liked the best.  Everything was cooked fresh and made on site.  No outsource of food.  We made our selections of mac and cheese, garlic greens as our sides.Ellen ordered a fried chicken sandwich.  I order the steak and cheese sub.  The cook brought it out to us at our table and we dug in.  I was very surprised.  The mac and cheese was awesome.  The garlic kale was really good and loaded with garlic. Together they worked great.  My sub was very good.  Onions, cheese and tomato topped it.  I left off the green peppers and mushrooms.  Ellen enjoyed her "chicken" sandwich very much.  I tied it as well.  If you were not told you would think it was a chicken sandwich.  My sub had BBQ sauce on it which I would have left off and replaced it with a gravy but it was good none the less.  We had enough food that I could not finish my sub and brought half home which Ellen ate the next day.  Would I eat there again  yes I would.  Do I recommend it to everyone I sure do. God bless, thanks for reading and see you all at the table.

Off the land and Birthday lunch

Survival of the human race may depend one day on how well we can adapt to the world around us. If you slow down and look when you are out and about you will learn a lot. How many of you out there would take a half eaten sandwich or slice of pizza out of the trash and eat it?  I am guessing maybe one or two of you. As much as a burden the homeless population is on society we can learn a lot from watching them. They survive on the streets with little to eat or clothing to wear. I have wondered for a long time why do they stay in the city during the hot summer months and long cold winters?  Go south for the winter and north for the summer. Feed off the land and survive. Walking today on the Georgetown trail right through downtown Bethesda Md I picked a hand full of black berries. They were delicious. As I was picking them a lady walked past and saw me, slowed down an watched for a second. She did not ask what I was doing or eating but he saw me eat something I was picking. If she would have asked I would have shown her so she could enjoy some of them. So the next time you are out and see what you know is safe to eat. Pick it. One day it might save your life. Being so comfortable with shopping for our food and having a supply on hand has made us soft. I will admit I am. The next rabbit I get out of our yard I will eat it. I will survive. On another note the ladies in the office today had a birthday lunch for all those born in July. So I pigged out out. God bless, thanks for reading and remember, eat to live don't live to eat.

Two meals two nights

Well this is what I get for not writing these meals in here the same night I eat them.  I forget what they are made of and the names.  Thank goodness that the one I photographed with the recipe.  The other one was a curry dish for Ellen and some garlic naan that she made and I cooked on the open grill.  I ate the salad part of the meal and the naan.  I will write next time the same night I eat the meal so that way I can make you all drool  and want to eat the meals.  So for this time enjoy the pictures and my very short write up and look forward to the next review.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables.

Udon noodle stir fry

Tonight Ellen left out the makings for Udon noodle stir fry. Noodles, sugar snap peas, spring onions, carrots, bok choy, garlic, ginger and a few sauces. Only 15 minutes to cook. I added a few Thai red peppers for a little heat. Very tasty and filling. The picture says it all. God bless, thanks for reading and see you all at the tables.

Alfresco deuxième partie

Tonight Ellen made vegan spring rolls.  Very good.  Rice noodles, cucumber, carrot, mushrooms soaked in soy sauce and smoked Tofuerky that did not really have a taste because of the other stuff in the spring roll.  She also made a quinoa salad that had yellow and red peppers and some other stuff.  I did not care for that too much because of the over power taste of the peppers.  Pot stickers on the side with dipping sauces for everything.  We both ate our fill and had plenty left over for her lunch tomorrow. As for my lunch I will be having left over pork and sauerkraut I made last night for a coworkers birthday.

Well that is it for tonight.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you all at the table.

Dining alfresco

Tonight we decided to have dinner and entertainment so we set up on the front porch and had dinner alfresco. On the menu was grilled trout, onions and asparagus. The pasta was one of Ellen's dishes. Yellow peppers, white beans and tomato paste. I know there were was other stuff in it but I was not involved in the making of it. The trout was caught local and was grilled while wrapped in foil with garlic, lemon and olive oil. He onions had olive oil and some garlic powder while the asparagus was just sprayed with olive oil. Great flavors and meal and the drive by entertainment was good as well. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables. 

Strawberry rhubarb pie

Tonight Ellen made a Strawberry rhubarb pie that I will not be eating. I will be waiting for the one tomorrow that she is making.  This one is for Jim.  I know it is not your Grandmothers but its better than driving to Tenn to get a slice of hers. Thank you Jim for your service to our country and to all the other brave men and women that put their lives on the line for our freedom.  Thank you as well for all of the men and women who gave their lives to protect our freedom.  I hope you enjoy this pie and when you eat it pray and think of your fellow military on this Memorial Day.  God bless you all, thanks for reading and see you at the tables.  Ps..Just added the picture of the second pie that came out of the oven about 2 minutes before I wrote this short message.

Fungus it's whats for dinner.

The other night I grilled out for the first time this summer.  What did you grill Jason?  Well thanks for asking.  I had 2 turkey dogs.  For Ellen I made 3 grilled portabella mushrooms.  They were marinated over night in Italian dressing. I sliced 3 medium onions in thick rings and coated them with garlic infused EVOO and cut 6 multi colored peppers in half.  The onions went on the grill first along with the peppers. I then put on my turkey dogs .  The mushrooms were the last to go on since they do not take as long.  I put them gill up and poured the extra dressing into the gills to let them cook with the flavor and steam a little while they are cooking.  4 minutes I flipped the mushrooms to gill side down and let them sit for another 5 minutes.  The onions at this point were ready to be flipped and I did just that.  Browning up just nicely and the peppers getting soft and ready to be pulled off.  The dogs were just about done as well.  I pulled the onions peppers and the dogs off first.  The mushrooms took a little longer than I thought they would because of the dressing.  I flipped them one more time and after a total of about 15 minutes they were done.  Ellen fixed her burger with greens and Vegan cheese. She put it on her home made rosemary artisan bread that she baked the day before.  The dinner was great.  She had two of the three and left the extra onions and peppers for the next day along with the third mushroom I put onions on my dogs along with some mustard and ketchup. 

Great dinner.  Would she eat it again.Yes she would.  Now to see what else I can make with this store bought yard fungus.

God Bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables

Food Slump

Food slump

I am in a food slump so I want to try something a little different.  Please send me one of your favorite recipes and I will take a look at all that are sent to me.  I will narrow it down to 3 and make them and give my review.  That way I can try different things and you can share your favorite dish with someone that will enjoy it.  If you want I will even post your recipe for others to enjoy but I will only do that if you give me permission.  I will give this a week for you all to share with me and after that I will make my decision.  Good luck and thanks for sharing. If you are really brave, live local and make the dish one night let me know and I will stop out for a doggie bag..hahahah
Email me the recipe je119wk@yahoo.com or send it to me in Facebook private message.