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Friday, July 15, 2016

Hiking Trails in Moraga

Hiking Trails in Moraga :)

Gaia GPS is awesome! Highly recommend it... even with no signal, gps still works and you can download the maps to be offline :)

1.Old Moraga Ranch Trail - sanders ranch to bollinger canyon - I checked today, there is nowhere to park on bollinger canyon side.

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113887635

http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Old+Moraga+Ranch+Trail.pdf

2.Kings Canyon Loop

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move106636095

http://www.ebmud.com/files/6914/3284/4664/south.pdf

3.Lafayette Rim Trail- starting by campolindo

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113491392

4.Redwoods Trail (starting from pinehurst and canyon) - Figured out a simple 5 mile loop (with hills :) ) Best place when its extremely hot out! Shade all the way! Kids like to follow the creek by pinehurst and canyon collect rocks etc.

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113779776

5.Augusta Trail (behind MCC) - you can get to the flag pole behind JM with this trail. I *think* you can take this ridgeline trail... all the way to wilder! But I have to check google satellite :) Note: not public land... its all own by bruzzones... so pretend you are lost :) or stay along the ridge line :) Down below close to JM you will see a shack with some cars...

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move111807803#calendar-month=2016-07

6.Rocky Ridge Trail and Loop- and a detour trying to get to Rampage peak... but ran out of time!

https://www.gaiagps.com/public/iaSE0qt9BuXOog1U4vUbWIA8/

http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Las+Trampas+map.pdf

7.The forbidden path (name I gave this path) :) This will take you do the native american site by the water... when you get to the water... walk on the sandstone formations and you will see holes in it :)

https://www.gaiagps.com/public/NXfZXntPauhgm2a5KZ5eIMRX/

6/7 A mixture of Rocky Ridge Trail and forbidden Trail - Figure out a loop!

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113997742

8.Trails in Redwood Forest are awesome... French trail for sure! Check out the running courses - 1/2 marathon course was really nice

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/cm_wntr_canyon_meadow.html

9. Lake Chabot Trail - i don't think I have actually done this one..

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/lc_lake_chabot.html

10. Mt Diablo

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/d_diablo.html

11. Las Trampas Wilderness -

http://www.ebparks.org/parks/las_trampas#trailmap

12. Great hike was Shell Ridge in walnut creek- worth the drive - you want to walk the ridge line. (I got my mom to even do it!! But that is only because the girls took off and she was afraid they fell off a cliff!)

http://www.wcosf.org/enjoy/maps/shellridgemap.pdf

13. Hiking from Moraga Rancho Laguna to Mount Diablo Summit!! (22 miles)
Robert hiked from Moraga to Mount Diablo Summit - in 9h 19 minutes!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move126691189

Gaia map from Rancho laguna to almost the summit (2.89 miles away from summit)
https://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/track/f84fe40ba78724f2f718fb1c10e53b3a/?layer=openhikingmapHD

Hiking Trails in Moraga

Hiking Trails in Moraga :)

Gaia GPS is awesome! Highly recommend it... even with no signal, gps still works and you can download the maps to be offline :)

1.Old Moraga Ranch Trail - sanders ranch to bollinger canyon - I checked today, there is nowhere to park on bollinger canyon side.

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113887635

http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Old+Moraga+Ranch+Trail.pdf

2.Kings Canyon Loop

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move106636095

http://www.ebmud.com/files/6914/3284/4664/south.pdf

3.Lafayette Rim Trail- starting by campolindo

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113491392

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113779776

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move111807803#calendar-month=2016-07

6.Rocky Ridge Trail and Loop- and a detour trying to get to Rampage peak... but ran out of time!

https://www.gaiagps.com/public/iaSE0qt9BuXOog1U4vUbWIA8/

http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Las+Trampas+map.pdf

https://www.gaiagps.com/public/NXfZXntPauhgm2a5KZ5eIMRX/

6/7 A mixture of Rocky Ridge Trail and forbidden Trail - Figure out a loop!

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move113997742

8.Trails in Redwood Forest are awesome... French trail for sure! Check out the running courses - 1/2 marathon course was really nice

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/cm_wntr_canyon_meadow.html

9. Lake Chabot Trail - i don't think I have actually done this one..

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/lc_lake_chabot.html

10. Mt Diablo

http://www.coastaltrailruns.com/d_diablo.html

11. Las Trampas Wilderness -

http://www.ebparks.org/parks/las_trampas#trailmap

http://www.wcosf.org/enjoy/maps/shellridgemap.pdf

Monday, April 21, 2014

BREADS :)

Basic Bread
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aB8aNeDwn2o

challah bread
http://theshiksa.com/2010/08/25/challah-bread-part-1-the-blessing-and-the-dough/

Portuguese bread -
http://oneperfectbite.blogspot.com/2013/07/portuguese-sweet-bread.html#.U1NTma1dUic

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Soups

Soups

Chicken legs- with or with out skin
Carrots
Celery chopped up finely
Onion
Bay leaf
Black pepper ( my mom would put in whole black pepper corns in... I don't just because if the girls got it... They would not be happy!)

That is the base...
Buy shiitake mushrooms and you can dump some mushrooms in the soup... Flavor does not change much but it's basically a hot water extraction. ( get shiitake from whole foods - there supplier is far west fungi!)

Then if I have turmeric I put that in... You could put corn in to...
Or
Some times I put in leek and potatoes ( leek is a yummy smell)

Wild rice is awesome... You could put in with the leek... The wild rice gives it a totally different smell.

Try different grains and rice... They all give off something different!

Oh and my mom likes to make cabbage soup too... Basically it I think curly cabbage, potatoes, carrots, bay leaf, oinon, pepper, chicken or steak or no meat, some tomatoes cut up fine, could put some white rice ( just a little). Than when it is done, you add sour cream to the soup... Soo yummy! :)

BEAN SOUP!!!

Pino beans in water - cook for 3 hours
Then fry 1 big onion chopped + 1 huge carrot chopped (i also added finely cut shiitake mushroom)
Then add to soup.
Cook for 1 more hour and add salt and pepper
At the end - add cilantro

Grandma's Recipes

Chicken and rice

Take one big onion , cut and fry until golden
1/4 of red pepper cut and add to fry together with onion
1 stick of celery cut and add to onion
One big try of chicken wash and add to onion and fry
Add 1- 2 cut carrots
Add salt and black pepper
Add 2-3 big glasses of water and cook chicken (at lease 30 minutes)

In separate pot cook rice and add to chicken when chicken is cooked and let it cook for a little longer so it combines
Add more water as needed so it is not too tick. When it cools it gets thicker.

Spaghetti Sauce

Fry cut 1 onion, then add on try of ground meet and fry until meet is almost done
Add 1-2 carrots, 1 celery and red pepper (you can cut in small pieces)
Salt
Oregon
Black pepper
Add tomato pasta/sauce and some water
Cook together at lease 30 minutes
Add more water as needed
When it is almost done add 1 table spoon of flower mix in glass with cold water
Mix in with paste sauce and cook little bit longer

"Goulash"

Take beef and cut is a small squares. Fry in pen first to brown it.
Put in pot
Add salt , paprika, black pepper, Oregon a little bit of brow sugar
Add tomato/paste/sauce and some water so all meet is covered
Bake in oven for 1.5-2 hours
Add more water if needed
Cut 3 carrots, 3 celery,2 onion, 1-2red pepper, 3 tomato, 4 potatoes

Roasted chicken

Wash chicken. Cut along the Brest to open it (it cooked faster this way)
Put salt and paprika …sage or rosemary
Put chicken in open pen and roast it on 375F for at lease 1 hour

Roasted vegetable
Cook in microwave 2 sweet pate to (needs to be soft but do not over cooked-cook for 4-6 minutes)
Cook in microwave 4 potatoes so it is soft
Cut both potatoes in longer pieces
Cut carrots in long pieces, pepper and onion
Salt, rosemary
Put in pen
Spray with olive oil and sale. Mix. Broil until tender

Chicken with garlic

Mix bread crumbs , little bit of salt, Parmesan,1 garlic pike smashed, cut fresh parsley is small pieces
Take chicken Brest and dip in melted butter and then in bread crumbs mix
Put in pen one piece close to the next so it contains moisture when it cooks
Bake 350 for one hour

Chicken nuggets

marinate chicken pieces in milk and little bit of salt for 15 to 30 minutes
In separate container put flower and a little bit of salt, paprika/hays spice
Spry a little bit of milk from chicken container to the flower to get small balls that will be crunchy when you fry the chicken
Hip chicken in flower mix.
Heat the oil (between medium and medium high ).Oil needs to be worm. Take one small piece and try
Put chicken in and fry until golden on one side then turn on next

Chicken with white sauce with Dill

Chicken thighs
1 big onion cut up
some flour
some butter
Dill
salt and pepper

Fry the butter and flour - to brown it.
Then put in the onion fry it
then put in the chicken - brown it a bit
then add water to cover the chicken
Add the dill and salt and pepper
Cook for an hour or so... add more water if evaporated

Recipes I found -

Recipes that are awesome (meaning everyone liked them including the kids!)

Chicken thighs with lemongrass
http://www.food.com/recipe/caramelized-lemongrass-chicken-thighs-53629

Oyako-don (super easy to make and uses shiitake mushrooms!)

http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/18427/oyako-don(buri).html

Chicken pot pie

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-pot-pie-ix/

Mango Chicken Curry

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/mango_chicken_curry/

Broiling Roasted Potatoes

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-new-red-potatoes/

Broiling Garlic Chicken

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Garlic-Broiled-Chicken/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=chicken%20thighs&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i3

Apparently I made this one... but i forgot if it was successful or not?!?

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-breasts-in-caper-cream-sauce/