Braised Pork with Rosemary
We had this on Tuesday night. It was so good! needles from 1-2 rosemary sprigs 2 1/4 pound loin of pork 2 Tbsp butter 6 Tbsp olive oil 1 garlic clove crushed 1/2 onion chopped 3/4 cup dry white wine 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard salt and pepper Push half...
Those were rich months.
Way too long. Well the past month has been exciting. I went to Oregon. It was fantastic. Drank a lot of wine, sat by the ocean, ate amazing seafood and most importantly relaxed. Came back home and have been working my ass off. It’s good though, I like being busy. I just kind of...
Summer Spaghetti
We eat this a couple times a month in the summer. 5 large ripe tomatoes diced 1-2 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped 5 or 6 fresh basil leaves coarsely chopped 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil 4-6 ounces of fresh mozzarella cut into small pieces 1 pound of spaghetti Salt & Pepper In a...
Less is much much more..
Over the past week I’ve been thinking a lot about possessions and why I feel this urge to keep acquiring things. A few months ago I bought an iPhone. It’s a really cool gadget but not so great at being a phone. I like the look of it. I like the features mostly. Being able...
Off to the PNW
Soon very soon.. kind of not soon enough I’m off again to the grand old Pacific Northwest. Michelle is (finally) turning 30! To celebrate the occasion we’re going to the coast and having a 3 day girly weekend plus a couple days in Portland too. Cooking, drinking, watching stupid movies, roasting marshmallows, walking by the...
The name..
A couple people have asked me where the name NeedleCloud comes from. The name was inspired by this great little needlepoint art piece done by a friend of ours, Ben and his wife Betsy. I was sitting here trying to think of a new domain name for my blog and looked up at the piece...
Stir-Fried Chicken w/Radishes, Chipotles & Lime
I keep forgetting to post this recipe. Last week we went to the Wicker Park ‘Farmer’s Market’ and got a couple things (not really a farmer’s market more like 3 tables with a so so selection of random things). But we did manage to find a few things that looked really great. One of them...
What is love to those who laid these stones
A million years ago (well only nearly two) we had our wedding reception. At that reception we had cameras. I had the best intentions of taking those things right to the lab to be developed but they sat… and sat…. and sat. I’m such a procrastinator. Finally I took the damn things to the photo...
The term ‘turned on’ remained in my kitchen
We caved. After 5 months of broadcast TV, we are getting cable again. I know, I know, we were doing so well. Not getting stressed out by the number of channels to choose from, comfortably complacent watching episodes of ‘The Moment of Truth’ and a million Law & Order’s.. Life was good until we found...
We have no more to do with heavy stones and hard lines.
A quick update before I get back to work… The grocery experiment went well. Overall the total for the week was a couple dollars under our normal budget. I think it was $2. Not bad though. I thought for sure it would be more expensive to shop like this. I did go to Jewel once,...
You Can Lose Yourself in Hardware
The pup is doing much better. The idea of ‘quiet’ has gotten into his head and it’s great. On the hubby’s suggestion, this week we are doing an experiment in grocery shopping. Instead of doing the usual big trip to get things for the whole week we’re going to get all our food for the...
He Shook His Head Trying To Blink The Rain Out Of His Eyes
The latest on the dog is I'm pretty sure in an attempt to train him to control his urges to bark we have been teaching him to bark.
CRAP!
Saul has one of the most insane barks I've ever heard. It's not really high pitched or yappy it's just loud. He barked in my...