Cheese Mayo Mushroom Dip

Recipe from a friend. We had this at his house at a party. It is delicious.
Ingredients:
1 sourdough round
2 x 8 oz. can of mushrooms (drained)
1 pkg. of Italian salad dressing mix
2 cups mayonnaise
2 cups sharp cheddar (grated)
2-1/3 cups parmasean (grated)

1. Top the sourdough round and hollow out the inside
2. Mix all the other ingredients together [...]

January 4th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Cooking | Leave a comment

Recipe: Japanese Curry

Another of my Winter favorites

Japanese curry

Ingredients:
1 Tb Ghee or Butter
2 Med Yellow Onions diced
2 Stalks of Celery diced
1 Lg Carrot diced
1 Lg Tomato -skin and pulp removed chopped
1 can chicken stock
1 cube bullion
1 pkg S & B curry
3 plums or ½ grated apple
2-3 Tbs ketchup
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp curry powder
¼ – ½ tsp clove [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Cooking | Leave a comment

Recipe: Beer and Bratwurst

One of my favorite comfort food recipes.

Ingredients:
10 brats
1 cup flour
2 fat tire amber ales or any ale of you choice
2-3 T lemon juice
2.5T beef base
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup crushed gingersnaps
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup grated yellow onion

On the stove top over medium heat:
Melt butter in Dutch oven
Dredge brats in flour
Brown brats on both sides and then [...]

December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Cooking | Leave a comment

Movies I watched while I was Illin'

I have been a little under the weather lately and as such have been watching quite a few movies.

First up, Ink. Quite the original plot, I watched it over the course of 2 days and after the first viewing I didnt know if I would finish it, it almost seemed like something made for an [...]

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Entertainment | Leave a comment

The power of social networking can do great things

A few days ago I was on Twitter where I network with a lot of artists. Somehow I noticed that John T. Unger an artist who makes Artisanal Firebowls had ended up with some legal troubles. I have followed his work for some time and always thought one of his wonderful pieces would look great [...]

October 29th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: DefendArt | Leave a comment

The mighty Keurig machine

When moving out on my own I needed a coffee maker. I looked around and decided that a single cup maker was the thing for me. My brother had a Keurig machine. It is a pod coffee maker. I did a lot of research on pod makers and this thing is the best one out [...]

June 10th, 2009 | Category: Obscure, Single living | Leave a comment

Going Green

For a while I have tried to go green.  Living on my own now for a bit, it is now becoming easier. Its amazing how little garbage one person creates. For the past 3 weeks I haven’t even put out the regular garbage can.

Here are some resources I have used in my effort.

http://www.treehugger.com/

http://www.thinkgreen.com/

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May 2nd, 2009 | Category: Going Green | Leave a comment
 
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