Paradox Cafe

My daughters and I had a delicious lunch at Paradox Cafe. We are having fun exploring different venue's near Erin's new apartment. The cafe is a kitchy, comfortable place with friendly wait-staff. The Paradox prides themselves for featuring sustainable and organic ingredients that are found locally.

Erin had a red bean, vegetable soup served with a slice of homemade herb and onion bread and fries. Megan, being the contrarian, had a plain hamburger with NO lettuce, tomatoe, onion, pickle or anything else considered vegetarian and fries. And I had a delicious Tempeh Reuben – Melted swiss cheese and sauerkraut over tempeh and vegan 1000 Island on rye and small Mediterranean Salad - Organic spinach topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives & feta with a lemon tahini dressing.

There are very many wonderful dishes on the menu that I would love to try. You can find their website here: http://www.paradoxorganiccafe.com/

Paradox Cafe

3439 SE Belmont St

Portland, OR 97214

(503) 232-7508

East Burn Restaurant

I was delighted to be treated to brunch out Sunday. My daughter moved over near the Laurelhurst area and so I was browsing Google for restaurants in the area and found the East Burn. I was delighted to find that there was NO waiting at 10:30 a.m. The bartender was welcoming and I had : the Vivacious Mary- $5 Made with House Smoked Tomatoes and New Deal Distillery-Hot Monkey Vodka. It was delicious and so I had two, actually.

We had the Cow Tipper Omelet -Slices of Marinated Flank Steak, Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms and Cheddar Cheese. Topped with Horseradish Cream. And, Cheffrey’s Corned Beef Hash - House Smoked Corned Beef Brisket with Diced Potatoes and Onions. Served with Two Eggs cooked to order and choice of toast.

The flavor of the brisket was absolutely delicous and the flank steak was cooked to perfection.

As a fun, free starter we were brought a plate of tastes of four different doughnuts... cool !

And, there was great background music flowing and adding to the gread experience.

Restaurant site.

http://www.theeastburn.com/

MySpace page...

http://profile.myspace.com/theeastburnpdx

the East Burn

1800 E Burnside

Portland, OR

(503) 236-2876

Farm Fresh Eggs With Potato, Mushroom Hash

My friend Rachel was sooo kind as to share some of her wonderfully fresh from the coop eggs. I can't remember the name of the hens but the eggs are suppose to be lower in cholesterol and they have the most beautiful color. It's almost like they were dyed for Easter, but that is their natural color. So, I sliced up some onions and crimini mushrooms and sauted them with some thawed potato's O'Brien for the perfect potato, mushroom hash. This was one of the most tasty breakfasts in quite a while. THANK YOU, RACHEL ! ! !

Tasty Tuna Salad w/ Tangy Coconut & Chili Sauce

Made a wonderful tuna salad with celery, red and yellow bell peppers, onion, carrot and chopped cherry tomato's with a mixture of mayo, fat-free plain Greek yogurt and an Indian coconut and chili sauce... Most delicious ! ! !

Whole Wheat, Flax Rotini w/ Sauce

Very healthy whole wheat, flax seed rotini from Trader Joe's combines with homemade pasta sauce. Fresh bell peppers, onions and mushrooms make this a hearty dish.

Delicious Ham And Cheese Egg Casserole

Saw a version of this on another blog (Cooking Closet : http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2009/02/ham-and-cheese-egg-casserole.html )and had to try it. I basically cut the recipe in half and used cottage cheese, red onion, shredded cheddar, chopped ham, sliced cherry tomtoes and combined it all with beaten eggs. Popped it in the oven for about 45 -50 minutes and it turned out delicious.

Super Bowl Sunday Beef Chili

Did a HUGE batch of chili for Super Bowl Sunday. Added chili powder, cumin, oregano, cayenne and fennel seeds... fennel seeds give a unique yummy flavor... Oh, and chipotle peppers in adobo sause, black and pinto bean... and for a twist, a can of corn. It turned out very spicy, healthy and comforting for a cold winter day.

A combination of minced onion, shredded cheese and/or sour cream lets you control the heat.