Sautéed Shrimp with Avocado

Shrimp and Avocado

The sauce makes this dish. Makes it irresistible that is. Serves 2 12-16 Medium size shrimp  (thawed if frozen) peeled and deveined, butterfly cut. Juice from 1 Lime 1 Avocado Sauce: 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp olive oil 2 pressed (or finely chopped) garlic cloves. Spices: pinch Black Pepper, pinch Salt, pinch Smoked Habanero or Cayenne, pinch White … Read more

Guinness marinated grilled flank steak

Not much work, so good, and can be used as a main dish, in a salad, sandwich, anything really.     Serves 4-5   Flank steak (1.5lb-2lb)   Marinade: 1 bottle of Guinness 4 tbsp sugar in the raw 2 tbsp honey Spices: 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, a (good) pinch of smoked … Read more

Marinated Steak with yellow rice

Quick dinner for me and my daughter. Well, planned ahead a bit and marinated the meat. Steaks – I marinated two steaks, beef tenderloins, in: 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vinegar  1/4 cup maple syrup  1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon molasses  1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder Black pepper, habanero pepper, white pepper as much … Read more

Sears anyone?

Sears bad service

I’ve been a Sears customer for many many years. I even liked them, especially for tools. Now let me tell you how this all changed a hundred and eighty degrees.   Yesterday around noon I was home  and discovered that my water heater broke. Water was flowing nicely, there was no question about it – … Read more

Small businesses

This is a comment I posted to this article:  “Small businesses: Obama worse than Lehman collapse” I live in north east NJ. All you have to do is drive around and see how many stores are empty with a “for rent” sign on them. You can do as many interpretations of the statistical information,  try … Read more

iPad Wall Bracket

Sometimes it seems that people have to find an excuse after they buy an iPad. You buy it, but will you use it? Hmmm….it’s a cool device, but how useful is it? I’m not arguing with the bottom line, they sell like hot cakes, or pancakes maybe in this case, but yet. Well, the nice … Read more

Avatar – Movie Review

Avatar is a technological leap. Cameron got what her wanted. The animation is so real, you don’t think of it as animation. The 3D is so good, you forget about the glasses you wear.  In fact, it is so good, it’s very easy to get used to and forget it’s great. if movies will start using that … Read more