Not a food entry today as Scott and I went to a wedding so there is no cooking here (although I loved that the bride and groom chose a chocolate frosting cake), but the Santa Fe Trail is where I have started working toward my goal of getting out and just doing something. There is a reason that Colorado Springs is always listed as one of the fittest cities in the country. There are over 105 miles of urban trails and 160 miles of park trails within close proximity to the city. The Santa Fe trail is 17 miles that runs north and south through Colorado Springs. It is a well maintained composite gravel trail that beckons Jed and I frequently. This trail has been my nemesis in training for a half and full marathon as I learned to hate its little hills and mile markers, and it has been a place of refuge when I just wanted to quickly get away. It is easy to walk and run, and despite its easy access is never crowded. If I spend enough time out here, I can enjoy my other new year's goal of getting out of a cooking rut with a little less guilt.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Starting the New Year on the Santa Fe Trail
Not a food entry today as Scott and I went to a wedding so there is no cooking here (although I loved that the bride and groom chose a chocolate frosting cake), but the Santa Fe Trail is where I have started working toward my goal of getting out and just doing something. There is a reason that Colorado Springs is always listed as one of the fittest cities in the country. There are over 105 miles of urban trails and 160 miles of park trails within close proximity to the city. The Santa Fe trail is 17 miles that runs north and south through Colorado Springs. It is a well maintained composite gravel trail that beckons Jed and I frequently. This trail has been my nemesis in training for a half and full marathon as I learned to hate its little hills and mile markers, and it has been a place of refuge when I just wanted to quickly get away. It is easy to walk and run, and despite its easy access is never crowded. If I spend enough time out here, I can enjoy my other new year's goal of getting out of a cooking rut with a little less guilt.
Not a food entry today as Scott and I went to a wedding so there is no cooking here (although I loved that the bride and groom chose a chocolate frosting cake), but the Santa Fe Trail is where I have started working toward my goal of getting out and just doing something. There is a reason that Colorado Springs is always listed as one of the fittest cities in the country. There are over 105 miles of urban trails and 160 miles of park trails within close proximity to the city. The Santa Fe trail is 17 miles that runs north and south through Colorado Springs. It is a well maintained composite gravel trail that beckons Jed and I frequently. This trail has been my nemesis in training for a half and full marathon as I learned to hate its little hills and mile markers, and it has been a place of refuge when I just wanted to quickly get away. It is easy to walk and run, and despite its easy access is never crowded. If I spend enough time out here, I can enjoy my other new year's goal of getting out of a cooking rut with a little less guilt.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
New Year's Day Shrimp Potstickers
Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart
Ummm...Wow. I was introduced to these by a fellow blogger Alysha Russo who posts at The Savory Notebook. I usually don't try a lot of Martha Stewart recipes (other than her cookies), but these shrimp potstickers are fabulous, better than any I have tasted at any restaurant. I followed the recipe fairly closely with a few changes. I added about 2 cloves of garlic to the vegetable mixture, and omitted the cilantro and napa cabbage because I didn't have any. I also used wonton wrappers as opposed to gyoza as that is what I had on hand. Because I didn't want to cook them in batches, I cooked one batch in my nonstick skillet and one in my steel pan. You do get a slightly better sear in the steel pan, but if you really let the oil heat up in the nonstick you get a great brown crisp as well. These are a bit time-consuming, but not difficult.
Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart
Ummm...Wow. I was introduced to these by a fellow blogger Alysha Russo who posts at The Savory Notebook. I usually don't try a lot of Martha Stewart recipes (other than her cookies), but these shrimp potstickers are fabulous, better than any I have tasted at any restaurant. I followed the recipe fairly closely with a few changes. I added about 2 cloves of garlic to the vegetable mixture, and omitted the cilantro and napa cabbage because I didn't have any. I also used wonton wrappers as opposed to gyoza as that is what I had on hand. Because I didn't want to cook them in batches, I cooked one batch in my nonstick skillet and one in my steel pan. You do get a slightly better sear in the steel pan, but if you really let the oil heat up in the nonstick you get a great brown crisp as well. These are a bit time-consuming, but not difficult.
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