I was reminded of one of my favorite funny flash animations the other day. It is one man’s vision of how the world will end. Warning! It has some bad language :p
Click here to view it full screen.
White Chili
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. dried Great Northern Beans (or, 3 cans cooked, ready to eat, Great Northern Beans)
- 4 cups fat-free low sodium chicken broth
- 2 med. yellow onions, chopped (about 4 cups)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup canned, diced green chilies
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. ground coriander
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 8 oz. grilled chicken breasts, sliced into 1/4 inch wide strips (OR, about 2 chicken breasts, cooked in boiling water for about 15 minutes, chopped up…..OR you can use left over chicken,……OR you can buy an already roasted chicken and pull off the meat and chop it up)
- 3/4 grated low fat Monterey Jack cheese
Directions:
Cover beans with water and soak overnight. Drain and rinse. (or, if using canned beans, rinse beans in a colander). In a large, heavy pot, combine beans, broth, 2 cups onions garlic and salt: bring to a boil. (Note: I saute the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes in about 1 tsp. olive oil, then add the beans, broth, and salt and then bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer gently 1 1/2-2 hours, or until beans are very tender (if using the non-canned beans), adding more stock if needed. Stir in remaining onions, chilies, cumin, oregano, coriander, cloves and cayenne. Cover and cook for 30 minutes. Just before serving, add chicken; cook until heated through. Ladle chili into individual bowls; top each with 2 Tbs. cheese. Serves 6
Split Pea Soup
Ingredients
- 1 bag, 16oz. dried split peas
- 8 cups hot water or 8 cups chicken broth (I use about 6 cups broth, and then after it all has cooked, I add milk or 1/2 and 1/2 for the other 2 cups and then blend with a immersion blender)
- 1 – 2 lbs. ham, cut into cubes (you can get this from the deli counter or just buy a piece of ham
- 1 cup each: chopped onion, chopped celery, chopped carrots
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 Tbs. lemon juice (optional, I do not use because I add the milk/1/2 and 1/2 and this won’t go with lemon juice)
Rinse and sort split peas. In a large pot, saute the onion in a bit of olive oil for about 5 min. Then, combine the peas, water/broth, and ham. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and cover the pot; simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the carrots and celery, bay leaf, and lemon juice and simmer for about 30 minutes more until tender or until desired tenderness is reached. Once everything is tender, take off the heat. Use either an immersion blender, right into the mix in the pan, or take out 2 cups at a time and blend in a blender. Once all is blended, add salt and pepper to taste.
About ZEiTECS
For those family and friends wanting to know more about where I am currently working, I have made the two following brochures available:
Amazing Time-Lapse 3
This is one of my favorite nature time lapses out there. The user who created this one has tons of great time lapse footage. His youtube page is found here.
Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina
Cook Time: 40 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup pastina pasta (or any small pasta)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup cubed chicken breast (1-inch cubes)
- 1/2 cup diced onion (about 1/2 a small onion)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for buttering the baking dish
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until just tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Drain pasta into a large mixing bowl.
Meanwhile, put the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook for 3 minutes. Add the onions and garlic, stirring to combine, and cook until the onions are soft and the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes more. Put the chicken mixture into the bowl with the cooked pasta. Add the canned tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine. Place the mixture in a buttered 8 by 8 by 2-inch baking dish. In a small bowl mix together the bread crumbs and the Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle over the top of the pasta mixture. Dot the top with small bits of butter. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.
- 1 cup pastina pasta (or any small pasta)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup cubed chicken breast (1-inch cubes)
- 1/2 cup diced onion (about 1/2 a small onion)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for buttering the baking dish
Great online image editing via flash
I just discovered this amazing site that allows you to edit images (photoshop style): phoenix image editor.
There is also a program for vectors: raven
Falcon is great for marking up images
Peacock is somewhat of a visual laboratory. It allows its users to experiment with pixel based images in crazy ways. Import resources and try messing around with it 🙂
internet memes explained with 198 examples… and growing
A meme is defined as a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation). Some of the most famous ones might include the star wars kid, charlie bit me, rick roll, etc…
Memes are best described and explained here at knowyourmeme.com
1000 Awesome things
I just found a great site out there on the internets… 1000 Awesome Things
Launched June, 2008 and updated every weekday, Pasricha brings to light the simple pleasures that are around us every day.
Examples include when you push the button for the elevator and it’s already there, or the other side of the pillow, locking people out of your car and pretending to drive away, figuring out that there is a gas arrow on your car dash letting you know which side of the car your gas-cap is on, and many others…
It is not up to 1000 yet, but every day it gets closer. Looking forward to when it is done and the book is out.
My art!
One of my favorite hobbies is art. I love sharing my work with everybody, and what better way to do that than by using the internet.
I recently created a new site using google pages. I used picasa web albums to embed my images in a slide show. Let me know what you think!