Best Things We Ever Ate... Edamame

Garlic Edamame

Shoga Sushi Bar

Sandpoint, ID

You are probably thinking, edamame is just beans right.  WRONG!  Not at Shoga!  This place roasts garlic and uses the oil and garlic to heat up the edamame.  

Oh my.  

It's note KFC but it truly is finger licking good.

Kevin and I ate the bowl in, I'm sure, record speed.  

Best Thing We Ever Ate... Pizza

Have you ever eaten anything that just leaves an impression on you?  Something that you compare all other dishes of the same nature to?  We're talking so good, your mouth waters just thinking about it.  Well taking our cue from Food Network, Kevin and I have compiled a list of our favorites.

First up, pizza!

1/2 Jukebox, 1/2 Hawaiian with soy cheese

Second Ave Pizza

Sandpoint, ID

This place layers their pizza toppings.  I mean a medium pizza is probably, not kidding, somewhere close to 5 lbs. easily.  Easily!

If you want the most delicious, cheesy, meaty, melt-in-your-mouth pizza, Second Ave is the first place you should go.  A medium pizza can feed Kevin and myself for 2-3 days.  If you like cold pizza, this one will work for that too!  I happen to love cold pizza so my hawaiian half makes for some really good breakfast.

Happy birthday, Kevin!

Today is Kevin's birthday! He is currently on a trip with his brother's (for work...and play) so I don't get to see him tonight. I did get to make him dinner on Friday before he left though. He requested meatloaf and mac & cheese so I made us Turkey Taco Meatloaf (recipe to follow), shells and cheese and steamed veggie.

Needless to say, he was a happy guy.

Happy birthday Baby!

Turkey Taco Meatloaf
1 lb. ground turkey (I like Taco Seasoned Jenny-O)
1 packet taco seasoning (if you didn't use aforementioned turkey)
1 egg
1/2 cup cheese cracker crumbs (I like using Goldfish or Cheez-its)
4 slices american cheese
Salsa

Preheat the over to 375 degrees.

Combine the ground turkey, seasoning (if needed), egg and cracker crumbs until mixed well. Place half the mixture in the bottom of a loaf pan. Create a small well and place 2 slices of cheese in the well (split in half to create 4 rectangles). Cover the cheese with the rest of the meat. Spread the salsa over top just to cover.

Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from over and add the remaining two slices of cheese on top. Cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Serve hot and enjoy!

He catches it, I cook it

Well, this is something new we've tried. I don't know if anything he catches will I attempt to cook but we'll see.

On Wednesday, Kevin went fishing on Folsom Lake with his buddy. They launched their boat at 9 am and it took until 4 in the afternoon for either of them to get their first fish.

Yeah, the title of "First Fish" went to Kevin

10 minutes later, he got his second.

It wasn't until 5:17 that his buddy got his one and only fish.

His buddies fish was the biggest of the day so he got the prize of "Biggest Catch" but Kevin got "Most Caught". We'll take it!

While, fresh fish sounds great, I don't know how to fillet a whole fish to save my life. Not properly at least. So I was very thankful that his buddy did it for me! So tonight, we had Bass for dinner. I have to tell you, it's a nice flakey white fish. Much like Tilapia. Mmm...

Ta Da!

Lemon Garlic Baked Bass

(I'll learn to take pictures as I go)

Serves 4

4 Bass fillets

1 Lemon

3 Tbsp butter

Fresh parsley, minced

Fresh ground black pepper

Sea salt

Preheat the over to 375 degrees. Spray a 8x8 baking dish with non-stick spray. Place the fillets in the dish. Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the fish. Lightly sprinkle the fish with parsley, pepper and salt. Place butter in pats evenly over the fish. Cook, uncovered for 30 minutes.

I served my fish with mashed potatoes and canned corn.

In summary, dinner was good.

Kevin's rating: 9.5 (out of 10 - I had a few bones that snuck on the plate... oops)

Cookin' at home

I have to say how much I love cooking at home! Especially those down home, comfort food recipes.

Oven Baked Chicken.

Mashed Potatoes.

Rotini with Marinara.

Chicken Tortilla Soup.

Mmmm...

That's why I love Pioneer Woman's recipe book! It has so many new comfort foods to add to my arsinal.

Get it. You'll love it. Promise.

Welcome to our journey!

I'm Krista. He's Kevin. And we love (LOVE!) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network. From this point forward, we're going to refer to it as Triple D. Kevin really likes to call it that.

A couple weeks ago, Kevin and I made it a mission to hit all the Diners, Drive-Ins and...excuse me... Triple D spots in Northern California and Reno.

Since we started visiting some of the locations, I decided we should start a blog. A blog where we can post the places we visit, what we ate and what we thought. We like to think we're food critics.

We've already visit a handful of joints on Guy's road trip so we'll have to catch you up through our postings. Here's one now...

Schellville Grill

http://www.schellvillegrill.com/index.html

While on a weekend vacation in Sonoma, CA, we wanted to hit up this joint we'd heard of on Triple D. Actually, we nearly passed it seeing as how its literally on the corner and GPS told us to turn right; not left into the parking lot. After a U-turn, we spotted the sign on the side of the building welcoming us in to enjoy a tasty meal. It was a nice day out, warm with a slight breeze, so we decided to dine alfresco. They even had a cute little three piece band playing on the patio.

The show featured a vegetable lasagna, a sandwich called the Buckaroo and one called Hot Matty's Smoked Tri Tip Sandy. We went with the intention of have the vegetable lasagna (for Kevin) and the BLT (for me) but we think they're only on the dinner menu because they weren't available for lunch.

So Kevin had the Buckaroo and I had the Grande Cheeseburger. Both, were quite good. The Buckaroo, according to Kevin, was flavorful and delicious. He loves a good spicy sandwich and it lived up to his expectations. My cheeseburger was like a summer bar-b-que in every bite.

Kevin's Buckaroo

(Absent from picture day: Krista's Grande Cheeseburger)

We even had room for dessert. Well, we didn't have room but when in Rome... The Apricot Berry Cobbler was WOW! Tart, tangy and sweet are the adjectives Kevin uses to describe the cobblers myriad of flavors. And the crust was crunchy, chewy delicious. When he reflects back at it, all he can say is "Ahhhhh".

Apricot Berry Cobbler. Ahhhhh...