Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2022

Meal No. 3102: Sweet and Sour Chicken

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As I have been noting recently, this is a slow time for me where work is concerned and so I am enjoying an abundance of home time. That lead...
Saturday, April 30, 2022

Meal No. 3081: Roasted Salmon over Caesar Salad

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In between rounds of those sinful cinnamon roll doughnuts a little more than a week ago, I felt compelled to make that Wednesday meal a hea...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Meal No. 2876: Fried Chicken and Mac 'N Cheese

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On the final Sunday of June, in spite of the heat, it was a good day for outside pursuits of a recreational kind, including swimming at Mook...
Sunday, July 4, 2021

Meal No. 2874: Split Chicken Breasts

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Friday June 25: another perfect temp summer day, low 80s, mostly sunny, not too humid. Perfect for the 12th ride around Salem Lake, I might ...
Saturday, July 3, 2021

Meal No. 2873: Filet Mignon

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After trying to give myself a few weeks to properly heal from a nagging injury that had kept me off my bike and off the walking trails with ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Meal No. 2858: Roasted Salmon

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Last Wednesday I was ready for another round of salmon, after a nearly two-week absence of it, and it roasted up to a spiced and flavorful p...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Meal No. 2857: Succulent Braised Pork Stew

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With Boston Butt pork shoulders on a 97-cents-a-pound special last week, I had to pick up a couple of them. The first one was used for a del...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Meal No. 2855: Juicy Burgers on the Grill

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Last Saturday's supper was simple thanks to the sous vide and some prepped-and-sealed burgers. A super hot grill finished them off and m...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Meal No. 2854: Grilled Ribeye Steaks

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Last Friday offered another fine morning for a bike ride out around Salem Lake (6th time for the Salem Lake run from home; 19.2 miles total ...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Meal No. 2853: Peruvian Split Chicken Breasts

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Last week, a "heat dome" settled over Winston-Salem (as at least one weather story referred to it), pushing temps into the low 90s...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Meal No. 2845: Chicken Breasts in Sour Cream

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In the late 90s, as a pretty regular getaway from Charlottesville, and then through a good chunk of the early 2000s, because of lots of teac...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

Meal No. 2843: Salmon Croquettes with Chili-Lime-Garlic Aïoli

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The pattern is becoming well-established: when I return to my much-loved roasted salmon, I'll cook extra so that soon thereafter there c...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Meal No. 2840: Grilled Filet Mignon

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A picture-perfect breezy and bright sunny day back on Sunday May 2nd proved to be a powerful draw to get on my bike again for what I thought...
Saturday, May 1, 2021

Cycling to Quarry Park

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This old man is doing the best he can with his late-in-life rediscovery of the pleasure of a mountain bike, and it sure was a treat to once ...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Meal No. 2831: Cheeseburgers

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Among the items that have been prepped, vacuum-sealed, and frozen for the stockpiling efforts of this past year's pandemic were burgers,...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

Meal No. 2825: Chicken Breast with French Herb Sauce

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Among the tucked-away proteins stockpiled in the freezer are skinless boneless chicken breasts, and last Friday night seemed a good time to ...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

Meal No. 2811: Chicken Salad Sandwiches

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With the bright sunshine making the March breezes of last Sunday morning feel less chilling, it was a fine day for outside time. It also all...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Haro Extreme Mountain Bike Refurbished

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Another long-time to-do item has been achieved: I fetched my early 90s Haro Extreme mountain bike out of the cellar, where it's been...