Scarlet received a lot of coverage in the media. News articles can be found on the Cronkite News, Zona, East Valley Tribune and featured on an incredibly well-done live video presentation through Phoenix 3 TV - just to name a few! Our family was very eager to get to try Scarlet's recipe because of our own connection to this amazing state.
Normally, I'd have the kids research some key points about the state, but instead, we looked through pictures of the places we visited and the things we did. It was a bitter-sweet trip down memory lane because we loved the all of the close friendships we made, the culture and the Sonoran landscape. We decided to move back to NH because Tucson was seriously a hot place to be - and more importantly, to be closer to our extended family.
Here are only a few of the multitude of locations we visited during our time in Tucson.
Jude being a Junior Ranger at Saguaro National Park:
An overnight excursion to the Biosphere 2:
A backpacking adventure to Havasupi Falls:
A visit to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon:
Hiking at the Chiricuhua National Monument. The angle in this photo wasn't exactly what we were hoping to achieve, haha. But this place was just a big ol' rock playground with caves and hoodoos abound. It was seriously a lot of fun!
And now, onto Scarlet's Award-Winning recipe: Scarlet's Southwest Barack-A-Bowl. First, we gather all the ingredients:
And we get to work! We live in the southwest corner of New Hampshire, really close to both Massachusetts and Vermont. My husband actually works in Vermont. So, we hit up our food co-op for some local ingredients:
Normally, I'd have the kids research some key points about the state, but instead, we looked through pictures of the places we visited and the things we did. It was a bitter-sweet trip down memory lane because we loved the all of the close friendships we made, the culture and the Sonoran landscape. We decided to move back to NH because Tucson was seriously a hot place to be - and more importantly, to be closer to our extended family.
Here are only a few of the multitude of locations we visited during our time in Tucson.
An overnight excursion to the Biosphere 2:
A backpacking adventure to Havasupi Falls:
A visit to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon:
Hiking at the Chiricuhua National Monument. The angle in this photo wasn't exactly what we were hoping to achieve, haha. But this place was just a big ol' rock playground with caves and hoodoos abound. It was seriously a lot of fun!
And now, onto Scarlet's Award-Winning recipe: Scarlet's Southwest Barack-A-Bowl. First, we gather all the ingredients:
And we get to work! We live in the southwest corner of New Hampshire, really close to both Massachusetts and Vermont. My husband actually works in Vermont. So, we hit up our food co-op for some local ingredients:
And grill them up:
Jonah is helping to process the cauliflower:
While Jude helps with some of the cilantro chopping:
I'm donning my University of Arizona, College of Science shirt (I worked in the Chemistry & Biochem department) while I grill up the chicken & corn:
And as we finish up the final touches on this dish, we thought we'd make a smoothie. Scarlet recommends a Prickly Pear smoothie, but we can't get that in NH - and we didn't have too much luck the last time we went prickly pair picking:
Ouch! Sorry buddy!
Jude was not a happy camper, that's for sure!
So, we went for a watermelon (similar taste to the prickly pear juice), peach, blueberry & yogurt smoothie instead. In this picture, Jude is wearing his Demont Family Swim School shirt and Jonah is wearing his Triangle Y Ranch camp shirt. Both were great family experiences for us:
And here is the final, beautiful product:
Hats off to you, Chef Scarlet! We all enjoyed this amazingly delicious dish and you represented Arizona quite well. Thank you for helping us re-live our time in Tucson by making your meal.
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