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Time Escaping. Tick. Tick.
Now. Again. Every time. It mocks me. The deadline, always looming near. I find myself against the wall of time. Distractions aplenty to keep me from completing my end goal yet again. Why do I continue to fight, to be my own worst enemy, to drag myself to that place where I’m stuck. I like [...]
PMP Study Aid: Perform Quality Assurance
One of my current side projects is studying the PMBOK, or the Project Management Book of Knowledge – yes, I am venturing into the world of Project Management. I took a boot camp from Global Knowledge in 2011 but did not quickly follow that up with a test and therefore find myself remembering very little [...]
Black-Eyed Pea Hummus
There are many traditions humans keep – one my wife introduced me to was that of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day for luck and prosperity. As the food item is still new to my recipe book I find myself looking for new ways to prepare/cook it every year. This year Antares suggested hummus [...]
What’s to come?
I’m not new to blogging, but it has been a long time. I have had the itch the past few months to blog – about trips, family, food, presentations I’m giving, the state of the “social business” industry – and the worst part is I didn’t write any of it down when I was thinking [...]
Creamy Chicken Ragout over Spaghetti
I hate to post a recipe without a picture, but this was too good to pass up. This is a commitment meal; while cooking I dirtied a saute pan, a big past boiling pot, and my Le Creuset roaster over the period of about 4 hours. The result, before you add pasta, is a creamy [...]
Short Ribs & Black Beans
Last night I made a hearty, tasty dinner. I took a half dozen shortribs, marinated them in lawrys salt marinade (omg delicious), and quickly seared them on a very hot cast iron pan. After I seared both sides I opened a can of black beans and dumped the entire contents of it on top, juices and all. Lastly, I added [...]
Thai Chili Hummus
Last night I wanted to snack on something when I got home, but with only an hour or two until dinner I didn’t want to eat something stupid like a Snickers Ice Cream Bar. 20oz can of chick peas with 1/3 of the juice, strain the rest into separate bowl 1/2 jar of Tahini paste, [...]
Smoked Pulled Pork
This weekend we made smoked-pulled pork. OMG it’s so good. Preface: I’m sorry I didn’t take any pictures … so very sorry. This was soooo good it should have been immortalized. THE HEAT – I don’t have a smoker. I have a 26″ round off-brand kettle grill (think: webber, but big). We wanted to slow [...]
Spit Roasting a Lamb (whole)
Basting Sauce: 50% olive oil, 50% margarine or butter. A ton of oregano, salt to taste, a lot of black pepper, a LOT of crushed garlic, and the juice of a couple lemons. Preparation: Fill the stomach cavity with a couple heads of garlic (whole), a couple of lemons (partially squeezed out for basting sauce), [...]
