30 Minute Vodka Marinara with Potato Gnocchi

This marinara sauce has a bright and fresh flavor and the best part you can make it in less than 30 minutes.  In the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta you can have a fresh homemade sauce.

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Roasted Pepper Brochette 

I love brochette, but cannot bring myself to pay 7 bucks for a little jar that is mostly oil. This recipe is easy to make and you can fine tune with olives, capers, lemon, pine nuts, tomatoes are almost anything else that tickles your fancy. … Read full post »

 Pre and cooking time 30 minutes

Makes 5-6 servings 

This is a great alternative to the same old dud spud dish.Served warm at your next cookout with your favorite grilled or BBQ meat. 

Ingredients 

One Fennel Bulb

5 medium size Yukon Gold potatoes (about a p… Read full post »

Low-fat Vichyssoise“Potato Leek Soup” 

Pre and cooking time 30 minutes

Makes 5-6 servings 

Cream soups are a real challenge when watching the fats. I developed this low-fat version of Vichyssoise for the family. This smooth and rich soup is loaded with flavor wit… Read full post »

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Andy Warhol was wrong,

In the future everyone will not be famous for 15 minutes. In the future everyone famous will be called Hitler for 15 minutes.  Obama is Hitler, Rush Limbaugh is Hitler, Christians are Hitler, Atheist are Hitler, hell we even call little old grey haired ladies Hitler.

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There was a time in history when wars were conducted by leaders and the people defending their homelands. No paid army, no hired guns, just one group against another winner take all. The leader was there right in the thick of the battle. War was what it was, bloody, savage, cruel,… Read full post »

What would you do?

Your child has been kidnapped. They have the kidnapper, but he will not tell where your child is and if he doesn’t your child will die in 24 hours. The arresting officer tells you there is nothing they can do because all we can do is talk… Read full post »

When will I be real? asked the Velveteen Rabbit

 "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.  Generally, by… Read full post »

This nation in an attempt to deal with marijuana has made the assumption that all use is abuse. Drug education which has for the most part been created by prohibitionist set forth the idea that if someone smokes marijuana you are an addict. For decades schools and concerned parents have preached… Read full post »

This country has suffered under both Republican and Democratic party control for the past 100 years. It is time to not view the choice between one or the other, but create a hybrid system of taking the best from each and creating a undivided country based on the overall needs of… Read full post »

Sunset over Strip Mall, Ohio 2008

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Finding beauty in this world does not take a special place, but a willingness to see the surprises around you. Even a quick stop at the Best Buy for CDs can result in a special event. Nothing life changing, just the little lifts along… Read full post »

I make these every Christmas morning for the family.

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cup of flour

1-1/4 cup oats (quick oats are finer texture)

2 2/3 sticks of butter (about 11.5 Tablespoons of butter)

Zest of two lemons

1-tsp of ginger

1/2 tsp of fine sea salt (regular salt will work to)

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Now

The war on terror, drugs, saturated fats, smoking, to much TV, not enough TV (a.k.a. homeschoolers), and an unlimited list of other dangers has put us in a state of constant fear. Our society has the talent of taken even the slightest risk and turns it into the four horses of… Read full post »

No one would deny substance abuse is a problem for this country, but, are our current policies and war on drugs working? At a cost of close to 50 billion dollars a year are we getting our money's worth?  

If Obama appointed you the new Drug Czar what would you do to… Read full post »