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Things in Life
I feel like I want much in life but I feel like I will never get it. What I'd like and feel like I really need:
A Steady Job - I've never worked for a company longer than 3.5 years. I would get laid off after 2-3 years because of contracts and supposedly nothing that was my fault. The company would usually try and find me more work but nothing ( Read more... ) -
Meet the New Avengers, Same as the Old Avengers
I'm going to get this off my chest. Avengers: Age of Ultron phoned it in. Was it a well-made movie? Yes. Did it have good acting, speciali effects, and action sequences? Yes. Will most people like it? Yes. Was it any different than the first movie. Nope ( Read more... ) -
Shosholoza Kalamazoo
It's a double-whammy this week. My friend Kate died this AM. I didn't know her that well but she was a staple in the larger social group. She had been battleing breast cancer for a long time and took a turn for the worse last week ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - Salmon Soup
I had two frozen salmon filets defrosting and just wasn't in the mood for broiled or baked salmon. It was raining and the temps are supposed to take a nose dive tonight so I wanted to make soup. I found this easy paleo salmon soup recipe with ALL THE SWISS CHARD. I used a leftover yellow squash and a leftover zucchini in it as well. It cooked up ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - and Dave and Jodi - Moroccan Beef Stew
Saturday, I was going to the DCU game but decided not to because yet another friend is in hospice and I really didn't want to deal with a stadium full of drunk hooligans. So I watched DCU piss away the playoffs on TV at home in my comfy chair instead. I invited ptownhiker and fixitup over to Wes' for dinner since Dave was at the game at RFK and it was on his way ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - It's all Greek to me
I have yet to make the Morocan stew as on Thursday, I wasn't feeling up to cooking much of anything. So I made Greek chicken instead. Turns out that Wes didn't have just oregano so I used Italian seasoning instead (hey, it has oregano in it!) and didn't add the onions because we both don't like onions. Otherwise it was pretty yummy and easy to make ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - Rosemary Veggies
I haven't met a rosemary that I haven't liked. I made these rosemary veggies with some squash and zucchini. I don't like onions so I left them out but I think I followed the recipe pretty much as written.
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Cooking with Wesley - Zucchini Boat Enchiladas
Last night, Wes made something called "Saltimbalco" - it's essentially upscale chicken-fried steak except with veal and procutto fried in butter and olive oil. He served it with a fettucini alfredo and some sauted zucchini. Then this AM I had blood tests. I'm sure my cholesterol will come back in the 400s.
Tonight, I made enchiladas in zucchini ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - Man-Chicken
I've been wanting to try this maple-syrup and dijon mustard chicken for a while and finally did. Wes thought it was okay as he's not fond of sweet and meat together. I thought it was pretty darn good. I'll let you look up the recipe as the directions are filled with pictures. Essentially you make a marande out of maple syrup and dijon mustard, bake ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with Wesley - 10 minute spaghetti sauce
Thanks to ptownhiker and fixitup for this one. It's literally 10 minutes and the BEST homemade spaghetti sauce I've tasted. I don't add in the sugar because why does spaghetti sauce need it? I use this as a maranara for chicken or fried eggplant or anything else you would dump a tomato based sauce on because I don't do a lot of pasta. I also just add in onion ( Read more... )