On August 9, we launched our new Floridaloha website and moved our WORDPRESS blog over there. The site is hosted on our server at Godaddy, so you’ll need to go over there to see all the news about Floridaloha from this point forward.
Here’s the new site address: http://www.floridaloha.com Just click on the NEWS item in the navigation bar for the blog.
We hope you’ll continue to follow us in our comfy new home.
Best wishes,
Nancy
Freshwater Rainbow Trout is an excellent choice for grilling, baking or pan frying. The butterflied-cut whole rainbow trout fillets make for an enticing presentation. Check out the picture…who wouldn’t want to have this for dinner? This dish is easy to prepare and the ingredients are easy to come by, with a delicious combination of fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, garlic and cilantro. Add a side of rice or orzo, and you have the perfect weeknight meal.
Freshwater Rainbow Trout only $8.50/lb., this week from Harbor Seafood.
Baked Trout with Shitake Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Ginger
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray
2 whole rainbow trout (about 12 ounces each), cleaned, boned, butterflied
2 green onions, chopped
2 large fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped seeded tomatoes
2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
Fresh cilantro sprigs
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper; coat with nonstick spray. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Open fish like a book and arrange, skin side down, on prepared baking sheet.
Mix next 5 ingredients in bowl. Sprinkle mixture over fish, drizzle with soy sauce and sesame oil, then top with cilantro sprigs. Bake uncovered until fish is opaque in center, about 20 minutes.
HARBOR SEAFOOD
1086 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL
OSPREY, FL 34229
941-966-0000
We stopped to see Mary at Silent Sports Outfitter, who told us about their special summertime kayak and paddle board tours. Kayakers can take a sunset cruise from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for $40 (locations vary), or an early bird rental Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Blackburn Point. Singles $35 and Tandem $45. If stand-up paddle boarding sounds like fun, you can take a tour of spring-fed rivers (on either Kayak or paddle board), or take a combo sampler at Blackburn point on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.., combining kayaking with stand-up paddle boarding. Advance reservations required. Contact Silent Sports Outfitter at 941-966-5477.
See our Recreation page (under Area Attractions) for more information about Silent Sports Outfitter.
We made an iMovie of the Casa Coquina tiki hut, built on a couple of very cold days last February. Check it out! The hut now has wood decking and additional landscaping.
Thanks to a generous donation from a lovely German couple who stayed with us in April, we have added two sets of quality snorkeling gear to our cache of beach-type items you can borrow for free during your stay at Floridaloha.
Other items include:
Bicycles (4 available)
Beach chairs and umbrellas
Drink Coolers
Beach towels
Ukulele
We’re not going to spam anybody with messages, it’s not our style. But we have put up a Facebook page and started a Twitter account to reach the folks who want to hear from us on social networking sites when we have news.
Check us out as Floridaloha on both services.
Entry garden at Casa Nokomis
In April I took a short road trip south to Punta Gorda to attend an informative class on how to milk goats and make several types of cheese. The class cost just $25, and it was only one of a selection of classes and tours offered by Worden organic Farm, an easy 45-minute drive from Floridaloha.
To find out more, click on over to Worden Farm.
In addition to Floridaloha’s two vacation bungalows, we’ll soon be adding a third: a frame-vernacular “Cracker” cottage, built in 1917 as part of Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Venice hunting and fishing resort, Eagle Point. We moved this adorable cottage and two small outbuildings 3/4 mile to our property when we learned they were in danger of being demolished. We’re now in the process of restoring it and hooking up to utilities. We expect to complete the home by July, with rental bookings tentatively set to start in September, 2010. This cottage was added to the Sarasota County historic register last winter.
Called “Eagle’s Nest,” this cozy 1/1 bungalow features beadboard and lap siding, a tin roof, original heart pine floors, shell-covered clawfoot tub, queen-sized bed, induction cooktops, and decks front and back. Early reports are great. “It looks like Provence,” said one of our Canadian Floridaloha winter guests. Stay tuned for progress photos and additional news.
Eagle's Nest Clawfoot Bathtub, in Progress
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