BROTHER AT SILVER LAKE WA.

My brother at Silver Lake catching pan fish. Oh how he loves it!
Is there anything better than a warm gold autumn day being out in nature?

I wish had taken a photo our breakfast this morning but I was so hungry I could not spare a moment for a photo. That food was on my plate and disappeared way to quickly.
I had made ranchero sauce a few days ago and it has been hanging out in the fridge. I have been anxious to use it.
This sauce is a staple in Arizona at least that is what the little cookbook said.
For our breakfast this morning I used shredded frozen hash brown potatoes, half a cubano pepper, a small amount of Anaheim pepper and about a half cup chopped onion. I fried all together till browned in a little olive oil.
Next I fried two eggs sunny side up in butter, oh yum. I heated a cup of the ranchero sauce in the mic and made sourdough toast and grated some sharp cheddar cheese.
To assemble I put a nice portion of the potatoes in the center of each plate, topped with the egg, sprinkled with the cheese and drizzled on the hot rancho sauce over all. I cut the toast into toast points, buttered them and placed around each plate. It was a pretty dish with the browned crispy potatoes, the soft egg, deep yellow cheese and the red sauce. We absolutely loved this breakfast. I actually think as well as we like hevous rancherous and it is so simple too. You know me, simple and tasty. I guess that should have been the name of my blog, you know, Zo's Simple and Tasty Fare. I like the sound of that.

Here is the recipe for the ranchero sauce.
Makes two cups.
1 jalapeno pepper stemmed and chopped
1 medium onion chopped
2 garlic cloves chopped
4 medium tomatoes chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons of fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1/4 teaspoon pure chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water

Put all ingredients into a large non reactive skillet and cook stirring occasionally until the tomatoes are soft and the onions are translucent about fifteen minutes.
Cool the sauce down and then divide in half. Puree one half in a food processor or blender. Transfer to a bowl and mix into the other half of the mixture. Cover and refrigerate up to ten days. Serve warm over almost anything. This is wonderful tasting sauce with well balanced flavor. Enjoy!

Our OREGON DUCKS game is on at five. OREGON STATE plays at three thirty. So a day of college ball again. The week has flown just seems we were routing for our DUCKS at last weeks game. This will be hard game as we are playing Stanford. We are counting on our DUCKS to give us another win.

The day here in Eugene started out with our usual morning clouds. But now sky is opening to expose a deep blue abyss. I so love fall.