What's for dinner: 08/14/12

Pastured pork loin with mashed Kerrygold and garlic cauliflower and homemade salsa

What's for dinner: 08/13/12

Dragon spice shrimp and chicken stir fry

What's for dinner: 08/08/12

fresh salsa (just made!)  w/grass-fed ground bison and beef burgers topped with goat's milk mild cheddar cheese, sauteed onions, turkey egg, and sliced avocado

What's for dinner 08/07/12

Pan seared wild caught salmon with arame and ginger sauerkraut, lemon butter asparagus and some garden fresh yellow tomato slices

picture of the day: Local farm eggs

Local farm - Chicken, Guinea, and Turkey Eggs

-PP

What's fer dinner?

We had Grilled Cod w/ homemade BBQ sauce over "Zughetti" noodles, tomatoes and onion from the garden.. gotta eat that fish!     Hubby's recipe here

Looking for a new challenge?

Last year at this time we took part in a Volunteer Vacation sponsored by the American Hiking Society and The North Face.

What are Volunteer Vacations?    
Volunteer Vacations are a series of trail building projects on America's public lands. Each crew consists of 6-15 volunteers accompanied by a crew leader. Trips involve backpacking or day hiking and accommodations vary from primitive campsites to bunkhouses or cabins. Tools and supervision are provided by the host agency or organization. More than a program that rehabilitates trails, Volunteer Vacations fosters public land stewardship and provides volunteers the opportunity to give back to the trails they love, meet new people, and have a great time doing it! 

Basically you buy a yearly membership into the American Hiking Society, that among other benefits allows you to book a volunteer vacation through their site. When the trip list for the year first comes out there are many destinations and activity levels to choose from. They range from West Virginia to the US Virgins Islands, Alaska and even Hawaii,... and fitness skills level from easy to strenuous. Some trips are primitive tent camping and some have cabin accommodations and everything in between. I believe your travel expenses are tax deductible as well as some other expenses. Meals are provided during the trip. You can go as a single, couple, friends, and some trips are even family friendly for older children to be included.

We had a great time on our trip last year - you can read more about it here on The North Face's blog

Canaan Valley, WV  - Black Water Falls

When we get the chance to do it again,...I'm thinkin Hawaii,.or St John USVI,...extended a few days on the flip side for "recovery" purposes    ;-)

-PP