steak with egg n goat cheese

Continuing on my quest to not make that trip to town yet, I prepared steaks with fried eggs and goat cheese for dinner.

start with nice well-marbled steaks

The Hubs grilled them 5 min on the first side and 4 min on the second side. As the steaks were resting, I fried eggs in olive oil. Placed the eggs on top of the steaks. Crumbled goat cheese on the eggs and sprinkled a few cilantro leaves on top. 

  we enjoyed them with a glass of 

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bacon n goat cheese tart with caramelized onions

We live on our farm which is 30 miles from the closest grocery store. At times the frig starts to look a little bare but I'm too busy to make the trip to town, so I start scrounging through the freezer, frig and pantry trying to come up with something to fix my two guys for lunch.

todays offering

bacon n goat cheese tart with caramelized onions

I made pizza dough in the bread machine. I like to bake my bacon in the oven instead of frying. I think it is less mess. It takes about 15-20 min at 350 degrees. I caramelized my onions by frying in olive oil and a little sugar. 

I patted the dough onto an oiled cookie sheet. Brushed the dough with olive oil. Grated Smoked Gouda cheese on the dough. Crumbled the bacon on next. Then topped with a little goat cheese and the caramelized onions. Baked at 450 degrees for approximately 12 min. It met with my guys approval. Trip to town saved for another day. 

new mexico

home ...

home on the range. 

where the deer and the antelope play

These photos were taken not far from our home. I love the wide open spaces of the west. The sky seems bluer. The clouds more abundant. 

peaceful sunday morning

wild plum galette

What to do when the wild plums are ready? I decided to make a plum galette. Roll pie dough into  a circle about 1/4 inch thick. I had some blueberry preserves that I had made earlier and spread that onto the dough, leaving about 2 inches out around the edge. Layered the plums and sprinkled with about 2 T sugar. Folded up the edges of the pie dough and baked at 375 degrees for approximately 30 min. Let cool and enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.