Lecrae concert

I am waiting for the Lecrae concert to start. Woohoo!

Dinner for the preggers

I had the opportunity to make Natalie a fresh Chicken Tika Masala dinner the other night.

These included chicken, coconut milk (not water), fresh roasted almond slivers, fresh ginger, garlic cloves, red onions, fresh cilantro, basmati rice, ground turmeric, natural yogurt, garam masala, tikka masala curry paste, a lemon, and some diced tomatoes. It was quite a learning experience for me. I had trouble on my first go around with the onion and cilantro being overpowering (no one sell "medium" onions, so I ended up with extra large ones).

Anyway, included are a few shots just for the fun of it.

Sept. 11, 2011

In remembrance of 9/11.

See Natalie standing at the bottom of the flag post? We found the biggest half-mast flag we could.

Watermelon smuggling

Can you find the two watermelons?

Dinner for Two

Since I am still in-between jobs and functioning as a "stay at home dad" in between my "stay-cation" duties (hanging at the beach, with friends, napping, etc.) I figured I should do a dinner for Natalie. Well, I got a little ambitious tonight, and I decided to try a parmesan asparagus risotto.

You can see the fresh ingredients I am getting here (except for the pre-prepared pesto sauce).

I also felt that it would be good to set the ambiance. On the table you see some sparkling limeade from Trader Joes (We don't usually like limeade - but that

stuff is pretty great), the top to a fresh pineapple I just cut up, some fresh shredded Parmesan cheese, and pesto sauce. There are no plates, because they're in the oven keeping warm, and the food is still keeping warm on the stove.

The food turned out pretty great. Property prepared Risotto soaks up all of the juices and flavors from the veggies. Keeping it nice and warm without drying it out was tricky since Natalie got held up at work, but adding a touch of heated water lets the Risotto soak up some extra moisture and retain its flavor. I think this is one I will have to try again!

Home again

Home again.

Maui

Natalie and I are about half way through our Hawaii vacation, and we just got done with snorkling and are enjoying another great Maui sunset. Using my modified GoPro, I got some great underwater fish footage that I will try and share here later.