or, at least that's what I'm going to call it!
Ingredients: sea shell pasta, mushrooms, tomatos, garlic, green onion, red pepper flakes, olive oil, basil, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper. Adjust ingredients based on how many servings you'd like to make.
Boil pasta, drain, reserve some pasta water
sauté mushrooms & garlic in olive oil (quite possibly the BEST smell on this planet!)
add diced fresh tomato
add pat of butter
little more olive oil
chiffonade basil, add to heated mixture right before you toss with pasta - - give it just a second or two on the heat.
Combine all ingredients.
Add pasta water as necessary - if it's dry.
Grate fresh parm on top, serve immediately.
Delicious!! Very tasty post yoga vegetarian dinner. Enjoy!
If you try it out, let me know what you think in the comments.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Something's in the air
We’re experiencing a major heat wave, which is miserable. I am having the BEST day, just wanted to share.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Car Repair updates & a delicious dish!
Betcha were worried, you hadn't heard from me in awhile! Well, the SAAB A-C recharge went just fine. This post is about the most yummy linguini primavera!
I am trying very hard to eat a little more healthily, locally and creatively. Here's the result!
Ingredient List: linguini, fresh red and green peppers, white onion, broccoli, diced tomatoes, porcini mushrooms, zucchini, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, chicken broth. I also had a chance to use some fresh herbs from my garden - basil, curly parsley and dill.
I am trying very hard to eat a little more healthily, locally and creatively. Here's the result!Ingredient List: linguini, fresh red and green peppers, white onion, broccoli, diced tomatoes, porcini mushrooms, zucchini, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, chicken broth. I also had a chance to use some fresh herbs from my garden - basil, curly parsley and dill.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Today's Crazy Idea
I am going to attempt to recharge my a/c system in my Saab 9-3 convertible. Now, why recharge the system when you have a convertible? Why not just lower the top?
Well. You’d have to have a functioning top. That’s another post for another day.
Armed with an R-12 to R-134a adapter, some sort of valve do-ma-jiggy, a can of freon and about 30 minutes of online research (with no pictures mind you!) I am off to try to find the low side line.
Apparently, once I find this line, I am supposed to attached this pressurized can (which, if you attach to the wrong line will blow up, the kind man at Advance Auto Zone said while encouraging me to take it to my car repair place) and, if all goes well it will magically blow cold air again.
Totally sounds like I know what I’m doing, right?
May the force be with me.
And Mom, I am going to wear my safety glasses!
Well. You’d have to have a functioning top. That’s another post for another day.
Armed with an R-12 to R-134a adapter, some sort of valve do-ma-jiggy, a can of freon and about 30 minutes of online research (with no pictures mind you!) I am off to try to find the low side line.
Apparently, once I find this line, I am supposed to attached this pressurized can (which, if you attach to the wrong line will blow up, the kind man at Advance Auto Zone said while encouraging me to take it to my car repair place) and, if all goes well it will magically blow cold air again.
Totally sounds like I know what I’m doing, right?
May the force be with me.
And Mom, I am going to wear my safety glasses!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ok, I'm pissed.
Recently, I ended a long term romantic relationship. My friends have been very supportive and almost all of them reacted with anger - - directed towards the Venezuelan. Part of that reaction is that they are my friends and don’t like it when I get hurt. (They rock.) The other part was incredulity at the fact that over a year into the relationship, when backed into a corner, he explains that he doesn’t ever see himself with a family or married. Whether this is true or whether he lacked the balls to say that he didn’t see that future with me, I won’t know until I get his wedding invitation.
I thanked all of my friends for their reactions but told them not to be angry with him. There were lots of good things about the relationship and the ending was rather uneventful. After reading a blog post (by one of my favorite bloggers! Check her out here: Chez Rougie) about online dating - - she is also recently single, I am pissed.
HELLO!! WHY WERE WE DATING?? WTF?
It’s not like I struggle for things to do on the weekends, well, any day of the week. Between networking, fabulous friends and family, I have kinda a full schedule.
Now I have to start dating again and I AM PISSED.
I am pissed because I have to go out there again.
I am pissed because I have to reactivate my match dot com membership.
I am pissed because I’ll have to go to Alive After 5 and hang out with the 20 somethings and the 30+ somethings who are single 'cause they are weird, just getting divorced or old dudes.
I am pissed because I have to go out there again. (Repetition duly noted.)
Welcome to Stage 3 of the grieving process - Anger & Bargaining.
Oh, and the Tar Heels made it to the Final Four of the NIT. Do they call it a Final Four in the NIT? I mean, they were Not Invited to the Tournament.
Oh, and...I am pissed.
I thanked all of my friends for their reactions but told them not to be angry with him. There were lots of good things about the relationship and the ending was rather uneventful. After reading a blog post (by one of my favorite bloggers! Check her out here: Chez Rougie) about online dating - - she is also recently single, I am pissed.
HELLO!! WHY WERE WE DATING?? WTF?
It’s not like I struggle for things to do on the weekends, well, any day of the week. Between networking, fabulous friends and family, I have kinda a full schedule.
Now I have to start dating again and I AM PISSED.
I am pissed because I have to go out there again.
I am pissed because I have to reactivate my match dot com membership.
I am pissed because I’ll have to go to Alive After 5 and hang out with the 20 somethings and the 30+ somethings who are single 'cause they are weird, just getting divorced or old dudes.
I am pissed because I have to go out there again. (Repetition duly noted.)
Welcome to Stage 3 of the grieving process - Anger & Bargaining.
Oh, and the Tar Heels made it to the Final Four of the NIT. Do they call it a Final Four in the NIT? I mean, they were Not Invited to the Tournament.
Oh, and...I am pissed.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Stuck in the middle
Stuck in the middle between college and....where are we supposed to be?
I have somehow found myself in my 30’s and single with no prospects for marriage in site. Before today, this really bothered me. And, to be honest, it will probably bother me again. However, today, I found out that I’m not alone!
I had a fantastic lunch today with an ex-boyfriend/old friend - one of the few ex’s that has survived a breakup with me! We live in Southernville and our friends have all gotten on the train. They did the “college - great job - laid off - great job - marriage - laid off - great job - house - kids - save for retirement” thing. (Note to self: come up with a name) My friends and I are the tail end of generation-X and are on our second recession since graduation in the late 90’s.
All of our friends are building lovely lives together with their spouses. They are on their first or second child. Some friends are already on their second husbands! They have nice cars, nice homes, savings accounts, retirement accounts, investment accounts, college accounts for the kids. Somehow, we missed the train.
It was certainly not for lack of effort. He and I have both dated extensively. We’ve done the college dating, the post-college meet in a bar dating, the online dating, recycled ex’s (including each other!). We aren’t weird people. No odd growths, strange habits, we don’t smell bad, we’re decent looking. In fact, we’re on the decent side of decent looking!
We’ve done everything we were “supposed” to do, except get married. Somehow, we just haven’t managed to fit into the mold you are “supposed” to fit into. I question why - what have we done wrong?
I have somehow found myself in my 30’s and single with no prospects for marriage in site. Before today, this really bothered me. And, to be honest, it will probably bother me again. However, today, I found out that I’m not alone!
I had a fantastic lunch today with an ex-boyfriend/old friend - one of the few ex’s that has survived a breakup with me! We live in Southernville and our friends have all gotten on the train. They did the “college - great job - laid off - great job - marriage - laid off - great job - house - kids - save for retirement” thing. (Note to self: come up with a name) My friends and I are the tail end of generation-X and are on our second recession since graduation in the late 90’s.
All of our friends are building lovely lives together with their spouses. They are on their first or second child. Some friends are already on their second husbands! They have nice cars, nice homes, savings accounts, retirement accounts, investment accounts, college accounts for the kids. Somehow, we missed the train.
It was certainly not for lack of effort. He and I have both dated extensively. We’ve done the college dating, the post-college meet in a bar dating, the online dating, recycled ex’s (including each other!). We aren’t weird people. No odd growths, strange habits, we don’t smell bad, we’re decent looking. In fact, we’re on the decent side of decent looking!
We’ve done everything we were “supposed” to do, except get married. Somehow, we just haven’t managed to fit into the mold you are “supposed” to fit into. I question why - what have we done wrong?
Friday, March 19, 2010
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