Troy Lightfield

My Cajun Breakfast Hash Recipe

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:00:55 +0000

Thought I would share my Cajun Breakfast Hash Recipe. My family loves it, maybe yours will too.

Ingredients:
1 Bag Simply Potato Hash Browns
1 Green Bell Pepper (red, orange or yellow are also good) cubed
1/2 Medium Sized Onion – cube – use the whole thing if you don’t care about your breath that day.
6-8 eggs
3/4 lb Ground Spicy Italian Sausage
Louisiana Cajun Seasoning – “goes good on everything”
1/4 cup cooking oil

Heat up oil, I would say about 1/4 cup, in electric skillet (mine has about the area of a 9 x 11 cake pan). Once it is nice and hot (350 degrees mine says) pour in Simply Potato hash browns and spread them evenly. While those start to brown spread the sausage over the hash browns, I just pull off small size chunks.

Next, slice up green pepper and onion into cube sized pieces and spread on hash browns. Sprinkle a decent amount of cajun seasoning over everything. At this time you should be able to turn everything.

Now, I add the eggs in two different ways and it does affect the taste.

1. In a mixing bowl crack 8 eggs and add about 1/4 cup milk, whisk thoroughly. Make these eggs in a separate pan scrabbled style. Add to hash mixture and turn in until well mixed in with rest of ingredients. (this way should be started when you start the hash browns so you don’t over cook the hash browns waiting for your eggs)

2. I prefer this way cause it is easy and you get more of egg taste. After your first turn of the other ingredients crack your eggs over the hash browns, that’s right, right on top. Space them out accordingly. Cover the skillet and let eggs cook to medium. Fold right into everything else.

You may want to turn the hash a couple times to make sure everything is mixed well and cooked through.

Top with hot sauce, ketchup, sour cream, salsa or whatever else sounds delicious!

I like to make up some of my worlds greatest pancakes and serve the hash right on top of the pancake and top with syrup! PERFECT if your going to be out hunting or working all day, really sticks to your ribs!

The Blue Door Pub’s First Year Anniversary

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:58:30 +0000

Ok, so maybe it’s a plug but thought I’d share since this is one of our favorite burger joints:

This Friday, September 25th marks our 1 Year Anniversary! We’ve had an amazing time with an amazing group of neighbors and patrons and we want to express our thankfulness and gratitude. Beginning Monday, September 21st through our anniversary, we are offering these great deals:

Monday and Tuesday: Our Late Night Happy Hour lasts all day! This means whole orders of fries and tots are only $2, our deep fried pickles and beer-battered green beans are just $3.50, and our wings, all pound-and-a-half of them, are $5.50! Plus, all tap beers and all glasses of wine are $3 each!

Wednesday: Today only, we’re offering the Granny Apple Bliss Blucy! The fall harvest has been picked so we reached deep into our suggestion box to find this tremendous idea originally submitted by Bruce Becker during our last Blucy Of the Moment competition. We stuff silky smooth brie cheese in the middle of our burger and top it off with a sweet, delicious granny apple compote on top! Its dinner and dessert all in one!

Thursday: Five Buck Jiffy’s and a Surly Firkin! Voted by City Pages as the best burger of 2008, we’re offering the now infamous combination of peanut butter, bacon, and pepper jack cheese on a burger with your choice of hand-cut fries or tater tots for only $5! We’ve found the best way to wash down one of these taste sensations is with a pint of Surly – so we’re tapping a special firkin of Surly in time for dinner!

Friday: Blucy Twofers and a Summit Firkin! Of course, we’re going to save the best for the actual anniversary day. We’re offering two Blucy’s, our flagship burger stuffed with bleu cheese and minced garlic, for the price of one all day! And to help us celebrate the occasion, Summit has provided us with a firkin of their Horizon Red Ale dry hopped with Amarillo hops!

We hope to see you all in here this week and we sincerely thank you for your support and friendship!

Cheers,

Patrick McDonough and Jeremy Woerner

Please visit our website at www.thebdp.com

Also be sure and read our Blue Door Pub Review!

Rice Lake State Park Minnesota Review

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:46:25 +0000

We recently headed south of the cities to Rice Lake for the extended Labor Day weekend so I wanted to give you a quick review. Rice Lake State Park is just east of Owatonna, MN about 10 minutes. We called ahead to try and find the best option for two tents and to say the camp staff was helpful would be an understatement! They actually went out and drove around the campsite to see what might work best for two tents and called me back!!

We actually had guessed and got one of the better sites in the park. The only down-side was that it was next to one of the restrooms but we didn’t notice any odor. There was a decent amount of traffic coming by our spot because it was next to one of the paths that leads to the lake. So, if you don’t like people walking by it’s not the spot for you! Also, we didn’t have a tent tarmac if that matters.

Rice Lake State Park, a Quaint and Quiet Escape

Rice Lake. We were kind of disappointed because the lake is consumed by cattails. So there is absolutely no way to fish from shore, throw rocks, or in some cases even see the lake! Another negative is that the lake is extremely shallow so no fishing. (the ranger did say there was bullheads but some may argue that that’s not a fish!) We did go out canoeing and that was a very good time and VERY reasonable. We paid $10 for half a day of canoeing which was more than enough. That $10 included the canoe, paddles, and life jackets.

There was a good amount of hiking trails and lots of wild flowers, mushrooms and berries to take pictures of and enjoy.

The campground is small so if you have an aversion to huge side-by-side campgrounds this is definitely a nicer park for you.

Again, the park rangers were very nice and so was the office staff. They didn’t drive by a ton and hawk over you so that was very welcome and appreciated.

Korean woman skins an eel in record time!

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:51:14 +0000

South Korea – Day 9 (photos) – Captain Troy Lightfield!

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:40:59 +0000

Still in Seoul on Thursday. We decided to visit one of two palaces in the area. We stopped by the first with the intention of watching the changing of the guard. A very cool ceremony consisting of full dressed guards in time appropriate dress. As we waiting for this show I moved closed to the main guard where I was approached by a Korean lady who spoke some English. At first I wasn’t real sure what she wanted or was trying to tell me but soon I realized she wanted ME to hit the large drum to signal the changing of the guard!!! AWESOME I think I replied and told her I would definitely love to!

They dressed me up in a captains uniform I was told and given instructions to “hit the drum like your hitting a baseball”. “No problem” I replied. After the guards marched in with the dress and instruments she gave me the go ahead. To say the people standing close were shocked would be putting it lightly! I hit that drum 3 times at a decent strength and a huge smile came over my face as I looked at all the people watching. Instant fame! I even had school kids coming up to me afterward asking where I was from.

Mom even dressed up afterward for some glamor shots. A perfect start to the day!

After that we headed to a huge beautiful palace, I will have to get the name from Takayla. During the tour of the palace he hit a culture museum in the area and Sarah scored another smashed penny machine. All in all one of our most memorable days.

Enjoy the pictures!

South Korea – Day 8 (photos) – Off to Seoul and the War Museum

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:19:59 +0000

Today we bought our train tickets and headed to Seoul. It took us about 3 hours by train which beat the cheap alternative of riding a bus for over 7. Once there we got checked into our value motel and then headed for the South Korean War Museum. The Museum was full of war artifacts, weapons, stories, and machinery. Some of the real cool stuff was actually outside where they displayed tanks, planes and some very impressive monuments. Enjoy the pictures!

South Korea Day 7 (photos) Trip to Gyeongju National Park

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:45:40 +0000

Today we headed to Gyeongju, Gyeongiu is a major tourist destination for South Koreans as well as foreign visitors. It boasts the 1000 years of Shilla heritage with vast number of ancient ruins and archaeological sites found throughout the city.

We seen many of the Silla sites located in Gyeongju National Park such as the Royal Tomb Complex, the Cheomseongdae observatory, the Anapji royal pond garden, and the Gyerim forest. We also went to the Gyeongju National Museum which hosts many important artifacts and national treasures that have been excavated from sites within the city and surrounding areas.

The Lotus flowers were also blooming so we got to see them, definitely a beautiful unique flower.

South Korea Day 6 (photos) – A Day at the Beach

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:28:01 +0000

Today we decided to check out one of Busan’s main beaches, Haeundae. It was really fun to see South Koreans at the beach. A majority of them don’t even appear to have swimsuits on! We even seen one lady in her tube with high heels on. Another man decided he didn’t need swim trunks at all and was just strolling down the beach pantless.

From there we headed down the shoreline along the rocky side of the beach. There was a walkway that aloud us to be right on the rocks. It was a very scenic walk that took us past the mermaid statue, fishermen and an older gentleman that was bathing down on the rocks.

From there we headed to the Apec Center where in 2005 21 world leaders meant. From there we headed on an adventure to find the giant ferris wheel but all we managed to get done was buy a treat from a nice old lady that decided to park her vending truck right in the middle of the road!

South Korea – Day 5 (photos) – Haedong Yonggung Temple

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:41:41 +0000

Today we headed to Haedong Yonggung Temple. This temple is unique in that most of the Korean temples are in the hills. Haedong Yonggung is right on the shore of the East Sea. The rock shores and waves crashing down on them make for the perfect backdrop for a beautiful temple. Enjoy the pictures!

South Korea – Day 4 (photos) – Admirals, Octopus, Busan Tower and a whole lots of socks!

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:12:24 +0000

Our first day of complete touring. We saw Busan’s largest “fish” market, Busan Tower, Busan South Port and a whole lot of stuff for sale! Read more.