Gourmet Gibbs: Phoenix Foods

I know I posted photos of food we ate last week, but no recipes or other preparation ideas.

I know I used the fact that we were traveling for Utah Ute Gymnastics as an "excuse."

I know I posted Ethel's diet the week before, with no recipes or other preparations.

I know I used the fact that we were traveling for Utah Ute Gymnastics as an "excuse."

Guess what?

This week's blog will focus on food we enjoyed over the weekend in Phoenix, while we were attending... YES, a Utah Utes Gymnastics meet! And YES, there will be no (or minimal) preparation ideas.... this week. C'mon - a fan has to support his team, right? Next weekend we're staying home, and I promise to post a recipe, simple as it may be.

And if we're lucky, because of this Phoenix Food post, we will have a "guest food artist" to share his version of crepes, Norwegian style, in the near future!

Our hosts in Phoenix were Bobbie and Jimmi - great friends from Salt Lake who retired to Phoenix several years ago. When we travel to the Valley of the Sun, they always welcome us to their beautiful home, and turn it into so much more than a fancy B&B - because the food part of "B" includes Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Bobbie is the cook extraordinaire, who loves to please. We arrived on Friday and Bob served homemade beef stew that was so good I forgot to take a picture of it while I was snarfing it down.

Saturday morning Bobbie made bacon, eggs and hash browns, BEFORE going off to work for the day,

while we visited other friends in the area and explored the new light rail line running through town...

...and Georgia lounged poolside with Minnie and Mod

Saturday night, instead of our usual run to the local Mexican place a few miles from their house that we love so much, Bobbie prepared a home cooked meal (AFTER he got home from work) of Tamales smothered in Chili.