I am annoyed at every grocery retailer in town. REALLY ANNOYED! I love garlic and I love to cook with garlic. Now of course there are many garlic options in the grocery store you can buy whole cloves of garlic peeled and in a jar, it’s a great convenience but they tend to go bad prematurely and are a bit expensive. There are even glass containers of already pressed/minced garlic and they come mostly packed in oil. This is a nice substitute to have around and has a pretty good shelf life. Then there is the “FRESH” garlic and the root of all my anger. Every store in town that . . . → Read More: Ahhhh Garlic
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The other day I determined that depression is the cancer of the soul. Depression is something comes in many shapes and sizes and one size does not fit all. I am not totally clinically depressed nor do I feel that I need to seak medical attention and medication. 🙂 So those are all good news. My lack of intrest in the very things at bring me joy in my life are a direct result of missing KLT just way to much. Really Really. I told everyone that I was back on track after Christmas and spending some time with him in Nashville but I guess I was wrong. So here . . . → Read More: Catching up on life, again One day I just woke up and had a desire to eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes. YUM! Comfort food. Had they not closed the McDonald’s Dinner I would of just went through their drive through and gotten it to go. So instead it’s a stop at the grocery store – boo! And them some wonderful time in my kitchen – YEAH! How I did meatloaf, this time. Well I bought several chunks of meat a package of ground chuck, a package of ground turkey, a package of ground bison (cause it was on sale I got 2) and a chunk of pork as we can’t get ground pork here. So . . . → Read More: Meatloaf So amongst my deliveries the other day I received my package from monoprice.com Included were 2 more HDMI cables, a auto charger for the Sansa and a external HD enclosure for a 2.5″ lappy drive. I have now on more than one occasion needed to gather data off when the machine had died or the boot partition croaked. Since I was ordering a replacement HDMI cable and a cable for a friend I decided to check out monoprice and see if they had any ribbon cables or hell just anything to salvage my data. They had this little number who’s comments were “concerning” (cheap and plastic) but for the . . . → Read More: Product Review – Lappy drive enclosure Or as we like to call it Italian Chili. Seems to me that the word stew induces a very specific vision. For me the word stew makes me think heavy, a thickened sauce, large chunks of meat, potatoes and vegetables. And when I first made this recipe it ran more along the lines of tasting like chili without the red base. I have adapted this recipe from one in the Kraft Family Food and Fun magazine , Easy Italian Stew from the Fall 2007 edition. The reason I made changes was mostly due to not being able to find ingredients and knowing that I could do some of them a . . . → Read More: Italian …even if it does mean more work. So yesterday when I got home there were 3 boxes on the front porch and a large envelope in the mail box. 🙂 W00T! for me. And cause I couldn’t get it all in one shot. You are wondering how this is more work? Well all of the Food Saver canisters have to be washed and their new home created (<-meaning clean out a cabinet and figure out where to put old tupperware). Then the HD enclosure needs to be put to use and recover data off of the old lappy. Plus we might as well do a product review. Then . . . → Read More: I love deliveries If you’re looking for a great little MP3 player, stop here! Enjoy 8GB of internal memory with the Sansa e280 MP3 Player 8GB from Sandisk. The Sansa e200 Series MP3 players are the flagship products of SanDisks audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need for music, photo, and video clip playback. The very attractive, sleek design includes a 1.8 TFT color screen with advanced navigational features and an easy to use interface. You can also avoid scratches and cracks with the durable metal backing. The Sansa e200 provides superior sound playback and supports Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription music. The SanDisk Media Converter . . . → Read More: Product Review – The Sansa e280 So we had friends come through town and they wanted to meet up for dinner. A wonderful surprise and it felt weird as we don’t really live in Nashville just yet. They have a toddler and wanted to eat some place that would be entertaining for her. They gave us the options to pick from Macaroni Grill, Nashville Aquarium and Dave & Busters. We stayed with our first choice the Aquarium. OMG it is located in the Opry Mills Mall. For those who know me well you know that I HATE the mall and I really hate crowds of people. As we were looking for a parking spot I could . . . → Read More: Resturant Review – Nashville Aquarium So what a year 2008 turned out to be. We started out 08 in Indianapolis with our dear friends Dan and Tara. My how we have fun together. After that we drove home on Jan 1 and the weather was crappy windy and snowing. Then February rolled in and our neighbors got a puppy. Not just any puppy a basset hound female. They had issues giving her the time and attention she needed, I was certain that she would be my baby girl one day. I took her water, toys and spent time playing with her when I could. She got very excited as I would pull in the drive . . . → Read More: KT & T – 2008 the year in review I love French Onion Soup and have tried many different variations and even tried it at many different restaurants. Over time I have resolved that there are certain things that I prefer. Like toasted bread instead of fresh, I also like to cut it into cubes and place it in the bottom instead of floating a slice on top. My cheese of choice is Monterrey Jack. I do have some ideas that I would like to try once I have a fancy cheese outlet. Ingredients: Guinness Beer – most of one bottle Onions, sliced or julian which ever makes you happy cloves of garlic – 4 cloves chopped, pressed which . . . → Read More: Guinness French Onion Soup |
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