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Food on the Hill: Wilted Spinach Dressing

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This Week’s Recipte:

Wilted Spinach Dressing

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

4 strips of bacon, diced
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
Dijon country mustard to taste

Directions:

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Fry bacon until crisp. Remove and cool on paper towels. Remove one-half of the bacon grease and discard, Save the fond (bit in the bottom of the pan). Whisk in all other ingredients off the heat until mixed well.Heat until thickened.

Note: Serve hot dressing on a spinach salad with mushrooms, sliced eggs, and crumbled bacon.

 

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Solo Traveler: The Stripper’s Keys

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Solo Traveler: The Stripper’s Keys
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

As a solo traveler, I’ve learned the hard way that there is no one to count on but myself. That means I have to be über-responsible, always alert and on guard.

Traveling in second- and third-world countries, every day is a training ground. Literally, the ground must be watched carefully, or I will fall, trip, drop into a hole, or have my feet slide out from under me. Falling is by far my biggest travel fear, and I seem to have a trip per trip, no matter how careful I am.

The other great fear is losing something extremely valuable, like the Read More

‘Milking the Rhino’ Screens at Wildlife Center

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‘Milking the White Rhino’/Screen shot

TWC News:

ESPANOLA─The Wildlife Center is hosting a special screening of the documentary Milking the Rhino at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27 at The Wildlife Center in Espanola.

Milking the Rhino examines the deepening conflict between rural Africans and the animals in the ever-shrinking African wilderness. Decades ago, the creation of Africa’s national parks and vast game reserves forced out thousands of indigenous people who had coexisted in harmony with wildlife for millennia on a land without borders. The “fences and fines” approach to Read More

Tod Tijerina Trio at Pajarito Brewpub Saturday

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The Todd Tijerina Trio. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

At 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, The Todd Tijerina Trio will showcase a command of its fierce, truly unique brand of dance-R&B and blues at Pajarito Brew Pub, 614 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos. Tickets are $5 at the door.

The Albuquerque-based group expands promotion efforts for its newest album, Meant To Be, which received four New Mexico Music Award nominations, winning Blues Song of the Year for Tijerina’s song “Nothin’ Like the Blues.” 

“Tijerina’s technical prowess is glazed with a finesse that can mesmerize an audience into a state of Read More

Food on the Hill: Jalapeno Poppers With Sausage and Smoked Cheese

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This week’s Recipe:

Jalapeno Poppers With Sausage and Smoked Cheese

 

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
15 jalapeno peppers, all about the same size
15 cocktail smokies sausage
1 cup of smoked gouda cheese, grated
1 cup of smoked cheddar, grated
8 oz cream cheese, softened
cayenne pepper to taste
Sriracha pepper sauce to taste (rooster sauce)
1 pound of bacon
 
Toothpicks
Aluminum foil
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Split the peppers lengthwise and clean the ribs and seeds out of the peppers. I find the easiest way to clean them
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