Pacific Northwest Trips Archives

Ninja + Apple Cider = Fresh Apple Slushie

What a surprise to find my Nutri Ninja® – Ninja® Blender DUO with Auto-iQ™ had arrived on my front step this week. This past September I attended the IFBC (International Food Blogger Convention) in Seattle, Washington. During lunch sponsored by Ninja, celebrity chef from “The Biggest Loser,” Devin Alexander demonstrated and showed us some real […]

Melt in your Mouth Reuben Sandwich

Corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and thousand island dressing sandwiched between two pieces of grilled rye bread = one of the most amazing sandwich. The Reuben sandwich first gained local fame when the Blackstone’s Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska added it to the lunch menu, and its fame spread when a former employee of the hotel […]

New Year’s Traditions … Bake some Good Luck!

Even though I live here in Oregon (8 years) I am originally from a town just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We had many great food traditions that I have not seen here in the Pacific Northwest. I grew up on Pork & Sauerkraut on New Year’s Day, Isaly’s chipped ham made into BBQ sandwiches, Holuski […]

Green Bean Casserole

Last year I wanted to make everything for my Thanksgiving dinner from scratch so I was on the hunt for the best Green Bean Casserole. After looking through many cookbooks and searching the web I was watching TV and saw Good Eat’s and Alton Brown make his version of the Green Bean Casserole. I decided […]

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