Found quick, no yeast, flatbread dough recipe. Fresh mozzarella, olives, dry salami.
Hunger Games got me
“la fée verte”
The green fairy at Quins’s Lighthouse in Oakland. Hemingway and London would have been proud
Haggis sliders
Planning on Haggis sliders with roasted pepper chutney for Robert Burns party, will post pics.
Italian Sausage, white beans and tomatoes
Some meals are just too easy, and too good. This has quite a French country flair.
Brown Italian, or other smoky sausage such as a Polish. Remove and set aside. Then add two cups or so of small tomatoes halved, or quartered depending on size to the still warm pan, if too dry add a bit of olive oil. Add a clove of garlic chopped along with herbs, whatever is available, and two cans of white beans, drained, salt and pepper to taste. Turn heat to a low and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the sausage back and simmer for another 10-20. Its ready.
A red or white wine will work fine, but since today is rainy and cold it is going to be red, bon appetite’
Back home, Rissoto for lunch, halibut for dinner
Good to be home, the last 5 days have been in 5 Choice hotels. Started the week in Reno, ended in San Diego.
Had dinner at Miguel’s in Point Loma, when I texted my friend Jim Manker who went to school on Point Loma about where I was his reply was, “White Sauce baby !!!! How could something soo good be sooo bad.” It is a white jalapeno dipping sauce, chips and it would make a meal.
While traveling I am finding that I am reverting to my pescatarian days, most places use beef and chicken from sources that I resist, so fish and a sea food is a safe option. That is not a bad thing. The seafood stew I had at Miguel’s was the best meal of the week.
Gardena, CA and Union Gap, WA
Tonight I is a stay in the room night, they happen at least one night a week. Wine and cheese, rugby or a good book. This night finds me in Gardena, CA. It is about half way between LAX and Disneyland, yet it reminds me of Union Gap, a suburb of Yakima, better known as Yak-Vegas, WA.
My night of reclusion requires shopping for wine and food, the best I could do here is Wal-Mart a store I work hard to avoid at all costs. This Wal-Mart has white wine for $1.97, scary. I bought a Mondavi for $8.57, some sliced cheese and crackers.
Staying at a Comfort Inn, scary looking from the outside but actually the room is pretty decent, large, clean and new. $30 more than the room I had near Disney, yet that one seemed to have a lot of friendly ladies near, some that got into cars in the parking lot, so possibly the room was “subsidized.”
The joys of traveling on a budget are that at times you end up in some interesting places, now a person can fight that or see it as part of the fabric of life this world offers. We travel through this world with blinders on for the most part so we miss the big picture. And I must agree with Rick Steves’ that when we get away from the 4 Star travel we see the real world and meet the real people. This world is full of common folks, and they are worth getting to know. It is the people that makes travel what I love, all the people.
Great meal at home
Went to PCC to get the makin’s of a great meal. They have free range, grass fed beef. That along with grilled tomatoes from our garden, Swiss Chard that I baked into think crisp wafers, and roasted Brussel sprouts from our garden made it great.
Then for dinner we had flat breads, mine had kalamata olives and anchovies, with mozzarella cheese balls that melted perfectly.
Been There, Eating This 
