Mamma Mia - Halloween '23

 

Rusty Trips: Return to Montreal

2017 - Same location, same kid

Youtube has a video series called Last Meal

In the videos, celebrities talk about what their last meal would be if they could plan for it. I am finding these videos fascinating right now likely due to my doctor putting me on a strict diet. I guess my last meal choices would be:

Breakfast - I think we ate at a cafe on the coast of Oregon where I ordered a smoked salmon omelette once, and to this day I cannot forget the bacon my father and I ate at a Mexican resort from when I was a kid. That omelette, and that bacon, and a French roast coffee a guy from a band once made for me at college. 

Lunch - Tandoori chicken from East India Grill in LA (now closed), mexican grilled steak, lobster tail, the tortillas from Teri's Mexican Grill (also LA), with a side of shrimp rice from Mario's Peruvian Grill (also LA).  With an iced coffee from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. 

Dinner - Cioppino from Lombard Street with a side of fried calamari, chicken cutlet served with a slice of lemon. Boudin Bakery sourdough thickly sliced and toasted with butter. Raspberry coffee from the cafe a guy named Craig once took Randy and I to. 

Dessert - a dessert plate with bite size servings of Junior's cheesecake with strawberries, Tiramisu, Hollenbeck's cider donut and apple pie, a sweet corn tamale, an adzuki mochi, and I can't decide between a vanilla banana or a cookies and cream Haagan Dazs milkshake.     

Instant Pot Recipies

These are some really great recipes that I've found for the Instant Pot so far. We make other things, but these are the exceptional standout recipes that are super easy and good.

• Frozen tamales from Trader Joes - put on trivet over 1-2 cups of water. High pressure 20 minutes. 

• Corned Beef and Cabbage - corned beef w/ season packet & four cloves of garlic in 6 cups of water, high pressure 55 minutes. Empty the Instant Pot. Put back in 2 cups of the liquid, with a trivet, add potatoes, carrots, and cabbage chunks. Cook 5 more minutes. Full recipe here.

• Spicy Vindaloo Chicken - Add chicken thighs to trivet, cover with Maya Kaimel's Spicy Vindaloo sauce. High pressure 8 minutes with natural release of pressure. 

• Cuban Black Beans - 1 bag of dried black beans in 4 cups water. High pressure 35 minutes. Add these to the pot and saute for 20 minutes. Recipe here.
  

• ½ cup of olive oil
• 1 white onion chopped
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1 green bell pepper chopped (I use roasted red peppers, pimentos)
  
• ½ teaspoon of oregano
• ¼ - ½ teaspoon of cumin
• 4 teaspoons of salt
• ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons of white wine
• 2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar

A ride picture we thought they lost

 

Screenshots from our trip photobook

Took the kids to Disney to celebrate my birthday. The highlight of our trip was visiting an empty Epcot at one of their extended evening events. We stayed at two resorts - Port Orleans French Quarter, and Animal Kingdom Lodge and both were really nice.