Sunday meal(s) and excursion...

...it has been nice and dry in Portland this August, but we have not had any really hot days. Today we woke up to cloudy skies and we decided to go on a day trip to our - see previous post :) - mystery location. It is kind of a drive so we brought along a picknick and also the camping stove. We took our lunch break at a wayside/interpretative center which also had a fantastic playground. Whoo-Hoo - happy kids, and happy parents.

For the picknick we brought along a couple of cans of lentil soup, which Alena - our legume/bean fan - loved, quinoa corn salad, roasted veggie salad, bread, salami, and cookies for dessert. Safe salami besides Coppa is a pretty hard find, however New Seasons carries a Venetian Brand Genoa Salami which is lactose free!!! Yay - and it is delicious :) slicet super thin yummy! The cookies we brought were the Newman's Own, Dairy & Wheat free O's - everyones favorite -> http://www.newmansownorganics.com/food_newman-os.html#

Oh, and yes there was also dinner. We got home late so pasta of last resort it was. Pasta with sauteed sweet onion, fresh green beans from our garden served with plenty of grated Parmesiano Regiano. Simple, plain, and good!