Pacific Northwest Trips Archives

Pears, Blue Cheese and Hazelnuts do I need to say any more?

Here is another recipe I adapted from the Cook to Books January challenge from Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan. The original recipe was a Gorgonzola-Apple Quiche and to make it a Fresh From Oregon taste I made it with pears and an Oregon blue cheese and added hazelnuts to the crust. I […]

Apricot Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping

It is the middle of winter in Oregon and the snow is falling here on the mountain today. I had been sorting through some items my mom sent me last year and came across several old cookbooks. I see they are not only from my hometown Finleyville, Pennsylvania, but also published the year I was […]

Asparagus Caesar Salad

Tender green spears of asparagus are popping up out of the ground all around Oregon! Asparagus can be grilled, steamed or just eaten raw fresh from the garden. With fresh lettuce I bought with the asparagus from the market I wanted to make a quick and simple salad combining the two. Caesar salad came […]

Grilled Chicken Salad with Fresh Plums

It is almost the end of the week and I still have some great finds from my trip to last Saturday’s farmers market. It was good fortune or should I say “Fortune Plums” that I saw overflowing in a wicker basket. Picking up a half dozen of these plump plums I decided they would make […]

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