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the good | the bad | the smelly

My children baulk at peppers, even though I try to sneak them into many meals.

"What is this green nonsense? Peppers? Ew. Mooooom!"

When I decided to try my hand at cheese steak sandwiches it was with the full knowledge that "the kids are going to hate this!"

What a happy surprise to find they actually LOVED them - even with the peppers and mushrooms. In fact, they requested it again the next time we took Pearl out for a weekend. I call that a solid win!



Ingredients:

1 lb thinly sliced steak — I choose whatever is on sale!
1 sweet onion
1 green pepper (add a red one too if you want some colour)
1 package sliced mushrooms
salt & pepper
Italian Cheese Blend: Provolone, Asiago, and Mozzarella
Butter
Crusty Buns

Instructions: 

  • sauteé chopped onions in butter in hot skillet until soft
  • add chopped peppers and mushrooms
  • add steak and cook to desired 'doneness' - allow steak juices to flavour veggies
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • transport cooked meat & veggies to bowl - cover to keep warm
  • butter sliced buns and put butter-side down on skillet to toast
  • sprinkle toasted buns with cheese mixture 
  • add meat & veggie toppings
  • serve warm




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We'd just finished setting up camp along the Saugeen River. The kids were helping secure the awning, angling it appropriately because we knew rain was called for later in the evening. I was inside getting things ready for supper. When I opened the overhead kitchen cabinet for our cups, I knew right away:

I'd forgotten the French press. 🤦‍♀️

I announced it sheepishly. Ashamed. THIS IS WHY A PACKING LIST IS SO IMPORTANT!

We had to drink our morning coffee from the campground office Kuerig machine. Ugh!

Never again.

I Googled "shatter-proof French press". Before, we'd always taken our press from home. But it's glass and I had horrifying visions of driving on a bumpy road, the cabinet popping open, the press smashing to the floor, and glass spreading into every little nook and cranny of our dear Pearl (and our poor bare feet).

I found the OXO Brew Venture Travel French Press with Shatterproof Tritan Carafe and it's exactly what we needed! More expensive than our glass Ikea version, but I believe it will stand the test of time — and should the bumpy-road-cabinet-pops-open event ever occur, I think it will come away without so much of a scratch.


The first time I used it, I treated it like my 10-cup press instead of the 8-cup it is. The coffee was so strong I could barely get it down. I mean, I powered through. And then I stayed up until 2 a.m. But now I know.

Happily, this beauty arrived before we leave on our trip to Nashville. Delicious morning coffee guaranteed!
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I'm Alanna. I am an author and the editor in chief of a Canadian literary arts magazine. My husband Scott and I have been married for twenty-one years and have three children. We've always loved road trips, but now we're taking that to the next level by purchasing a 1981 Camper Van. Come along for the journey. I'll share what we learn along the way. The good, the bad, and the smelly.

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