Migas in Portugal

Mama Celeste, a Portuguese cook

My Dad recently traveled to Nazare, Portugal for work, and also for part of his "making my daughter jealous tour." While there, he witnessed monster feats of surfing during the day and stuffed his face with homey cooking in the evenings. Ah, the life of a cameraman.

There was one dish, coincidentally vegan, that he really enjoyed at thought to share with me.

Mama Celeste in her element

He wrote the following:

"If you order fish in Nazare it comes with garlicky potatoes and Migas,.. it’s a mixture of cornbread, kale and black eyed peas that tastes great and is light and fluffy.

The cook, Mama Celeste, who feeds a ravenous band of surfer dudes every day at her restaurant that bears her name, shared her recipe.

Cornbread  sauteed in olive oil

Kale sauteed in garlic

Black eyed peas boiled and salted.

The whole thing gets stirred together in and heated for a moment in a black skillet."

The finished product!

Sounds pretty delicious and do-able, right? I'm going to have to add this to my repertoire of easy dinner dishes.

Guest Post- The Coolest Place on Earth

 My dad is photojournalist who occasionally honors this blog with a guest post. Enjoy!

 The coolest place on the planet may well be Duba Island on the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

I went there recently to photograph a husband and wife film-making team and was just knocked out by the whole scene;  the remote beauty, the crazy weather, the friendly people and most of all, the proximity to some of the great beasts of Africa. And the food didn’t suck either.

 We travelled out every day in camera trucks loaded with natural snacks: dried fruit, salty nuts and cookies that helped us stay hydrated in the 100 degree heat. At my age I find I need some small amounts of carbs in my stomach to absorb the huge amounts of water one must drink.

For lunch, we would pull up under a “sausage tree’ and dined in style.

 The camp provided a very filling but light meal of local veggies, rice and  fish patties that was just right under the brutal sun.

 On the day I shot these photos we circled back to the tree later and discovered a pride of lions had been resting there the whole time on the backside of the tree, and weren’t bothered at all by us borrowing their space.