We drove through the Canadian Rockies yesterday on a forestry road. Wow!

Today we are in Banff and Jasper.

Calgary

We landed safe and sound.  We're probably going to maintain social media silence so well post updates here for now.  This is our $56 a night hotel deal from Hotwire. Robes, snacks AND underbed strobe lights! Crazy!

Using up things in the fridge

Trying to use the leftovers before we left,  I wound up making something delicious. I put a half box of macaroni on to boil. Meanwhile I sautéed a Vidalia onion in olive oil with garlic. To that I added a bag of spinach and a little water, salt, basil and pepper Then I added 1 chopped tomato. I drained the macaroni, put it into a casserole dish,  then stirred the veggies into that. I layered sliced swish cheese and placed the dish in a 350 oven till cheese started getting melts. Yum!

Lime chicken

Tonight's dinner was a case of rounding up the odds and ends. I had three chicken breasts I knew I had to use tonight, several limes that had been laying around for a week and a bunch of rapidly fading cilantro.

I sliced the chicken breasts and placed them in a stainless steel bowl. With a citrus reamer, I squeezed three limes over the chicken, and added a generous sprinkling of cumin, some freshly ground black pepper, three sliced garlic cloves (because I couldn't find the press) and a little coarsely ground kosher salt. I let that sit for 10 or 15 minutes. 

Started my Princess House big griddle heating while I put the rice on: 

3 cups water

1.5 cups rice

1 T. butter

A couple of tablespoons of chopped cilantro. 

I added about a tablespoon of oil to the griddle and poured the chicken on to the hot griddle. I let it cook for several minutes then flipped all the pieces. I flipped them again a few minutes later and then just before the chicken started to brown I added one very thinly sliced onion. When the onions were translucent and the chicken and onions were starting to brown, I lifted the griddle off the stove and sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of chopped cilantro on the chicken. 

With spoon fulls of rice and chicken on the plate, I added a couple of slices of tomato and a couple of slices of avocado for garnish. Beautiful! 

And Steve pronounced it absolutely perfection. Chicken was moist and flavorful and the rice was also great. This one is a keeper.