Fresh ingredients, simple techniques and great food.
Lunch
Our host was busy so we had another ham and Swiss toasted sandwich for lunch for $2.85 per serve.
Dinner
For dinner we went to the Cala Pub/Inn, which is away from the tourist areas and considered a ‘locals’ pub. Both Foodies had Fish and Chips for $16.61 per serve, with tax and tip.
The fish was perfectly cooked with a crips batter and the wedges were crips on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside.
Lunch
While the Foodies don’t generally do breakfast our host does, so we had a hot smoked salmon bagel near where we were staying, but our real lunch was late at the Dillon Dam Brewery.
Foodie Philip had pulled pork, mashed potato with white gravy and green beans (accompanied by a very good stout). Foodie Greg had pork green chili. Both of us were happy with our meal choices, which were decent without being too exciting.
At $12.46 per serve including tax, but not counting that stout, it was good value.
Dinner
Because lunch was so late we ended up having a simple toasted ham sandwich with Swiss cheese for dinner for $2.85 per serve.
Lunch
The Foodies were traveling to Denver for some presentations at the Colorado Film School, and a day or two in the mountains in “preparation.” We both had a decent Roast Beef and Provolone sandwich on Rosemary bread for $16.37 each including tax.
Dinner
By dinner time we were in Keystone Colorado and definitely did not feel like preparing food so we ended up at the Snake River Saloon, which predates modern Keystone by many years.
Foodie Philip had a Fillet Oscar, with a crab sauce (pictured), while Foodie Greg had Trout Amandine – topped with almonds.
Without wine the meal was $40.90 per serve, with tip and including the lower tax rate in Summit County.
Lunch
For convenience, and to use some egg salad before we went away, it was back to the panini roll finished in the oven and filled with egg salad and sprouts.
We enjoyed this roll a lot for $1.86 per serve.
Dinner
We liked the Pinto Bean and Andouille Stew back in late September so we tried a version with Chorizo instead of Andouille sausage. The recipe makes at least eight serves.
This version was less spicy than the andouille version, but still tasty for $2.10 per serve.
Lunch
On one toasted sandwich, Smokey Tuna with Capers and Swiss Cheese; on the other Ham, Peanut Butter and Swiss.
Not a bad lunch for $2.62 per serve.
Dinner
Once again we have “beef for fajita” in our meat box delivery, so we decided to do a riff on beef and broccoli stir fry, where the broccoli was first cooked in a butter soy mix, and served under the beef in a bowl.
A little meat heavy but pretty tasty for $8.46 per serve.
Lunch
We loosely try for a “meatless Monday” so today’s lunch was a panini roll finished in the oven and filled with egg salad and sprouts.
We enjoyed this roll a lot for $1.86 per serve.
Dinner
Not only is it a quick and easy meal, but the Vegetable Gyoza in Ginger Miso Broth is also meat free!
A great tasting, simple and quick meal for $3.70 per serve.
Lunch
Since we already had the Pinto Bean and ‘Andouille sausage’ made (although with Chorizo) we decided to do some ‘fry bread’ (toast in the panini press) and top with an egg.
This version of the Pinto bean stew is pretty good. On toast with an egg it’s great for $2.07 per serve.
Dinner
We thought we’d use all the slaw on Saturday night, but with left overs, we rethought our plan and defrosted some Trader Joe’s Bavarian Bratwurst and grilled them to serve with the salad.
A pretty good meal for $2.94 per serve.
Lunch
Last time we stuffed some par-baked panini rolls with egg salad and mixed sprouts we thought it was pretty good, so we did it again.
We enjoyed this roll a lot for $1.68 per serve.
Dinner
The Foodies had guests for dinner so we chose some boneless pork chops and pan fried them in butter, serving with a little Apple-Bacon Slaw. We got six serves from the salad.
Dinner tonight was a great meal for $6.81 per serve. The pork chop was perfectly medium rare, and the salad had a great balance of acid, sweetness, salt and fat!
Lunch
A pair of good toasted sandwiches. On one, Sweet & Spicy Tuna with Capers and Swiss Cheese; on the other Ham, Peanut Butter and Swiss.
Not a bad lunch for $2.62 per serve.
Dinner
Another smoked trout version of a Cobb Salad, which we enjoy more than the traditional version.
We always enjoy this salad for $6.71 per serve.
Lunch
With nothing else planned for lunch, we revisited the Popeye’s Fried Chicken but with our own home-made pinto bean and ‘andouille’ sausage mix. This time we made it with chorizo sausage instead of andouille.
The chorizo version of the pinto bean chili is more smokey and less spicy, but good – probably better than Popeye’s! A good meal for 3.84.
Dinner
It’s been a while since we last had dry aged rib eye, but we had one in our Keller Crafted meat box this month, and we couldn’t wait to grill it. We served with an improvised salad of baby spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, green olives and feta.
An enjoyable meal for $10.73 per serve.
