Global Kitchen Challenge - Chile & Argentina

This weekend we "traveled" to Chile and Argentina for Pork Charrusco with Roasted Red Pepper Chimicurri Sauce and Dobladitas.

Argentinian Easter Dinner as displayed above - Pork Charrusco with Chimichurri sauce, armadillo potatoes, and grilled garlic bread. Simply delicious!

Pork on the gill always smells awesome especially when there are mondo flames involved!

Chimichurri Sauce - Spicy and Delicious! It is probably good on just about everything.

Chile - Dobladitas

Saturday morning breakfast in bed surprise for Naveen.

Bedroom Before and After

Master Bedroom - Before

The closet and bathroom below are ALL Naveen's...lucky guy!

We went from walls with flat/semi gloss sponge painted walls to Taupe and Coconut Shell.

Phineas was happy to be snuggled in cushy blankets after being banned from the room all night. Everyone was happy to be back in the bedroom. Hoover was also banned due to his tendency to smush his butt on every wall that we have painted.

Action shot!

After painting he went back to work. Looks fun right?

New plants Naveen bought me after I acquired the "fever" when we went to price dirt at Mulhalls.

Global Kitchen Challenge - España

What better way to "visit" Spain than to enjoy Sangria and Paella?

I have made Sangria a few times in the past, each time with different ingredients. This is a list of what is in the goodness in the above picture.

• 1 Bottle red wine
• 1 Orange cut into slices
• 1 Lime cut into wedges
• 1 Green Apple cut into wedges
• 1/2 Cup Pineapple cut into chunks
  
• Splash of Apricot Brandy
• Splash of Gin
• Splash of OJ
• 2 Tbsp Sugar if desired
• Ginger Ale or Sprite if you like it on the sweeter side

*berries are also good in Sangria

Paella is not considered a national dish in Spain, but rather a regional one. It is a rice dish that originated on the east coast of Spain in Valencia. Paella is commonly made with rabbit, chicken, duck, snails, or seafood. Meat kinda freaks me out so I made a veggie version of this recipe. It took FOREVER, but was delicious!

10 Random Things About Me

1. I don't have a favorite color. I love them all.

2. Most projects that I start I do not finish...I am working on that.

3. I play Wii in the mornings trying to get all of the coins in Super Mario Bros.

4. My dreams are occasionally in Spanish, but only when I dream in Black and White. Weird. I know.

5. I read all the time.

6. My favorite thing is to see Naveen laugh.

7. I talk to my plants.

8. Compost excites me.

9. I used to be able to do the splits. All the way down. Scratch that. I can STILL do the splits all the way down.

10. I would love to ride a Camel.

Farewell to Winter

I broke my camera. Well, it is more of a temporary set back that requires Naveen to undo what I did to the camera yesterday. I can't upload my Global Kitchen Project pictures, so I will bid adieu to winter.

Date Night Photos