Roasted Butternut Squash with Caramelized Onions

Ingredients:
½ package pre cut Squash
Olive Oil for drizzling
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Pumpkin Pie Spice
2 packets Splenda/Truvia
Salt/Pepper to taste
Caramelized Onions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Empty half the carton of pre cut squash (roughly 3½ -4 cups) into a 2 ½ quart casserole dish.
Liberally drizzle with olive oil and season on top with nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, sweetener and salt/pepper.
Drop sliced red onions throughout mixture (if you like them).
Toss to combine or use a silicone brush to distribute oil and spices over every piece of squash.

Cook for 20 minutes and stir mixture.
Then put back into oven for another 20-25 minutes until squash and onions caramelize getting just toasty looking on top.
Squash is delicious with or without caramelized onions.

Quick and Easy Coca Cola Chicken

1 chicken
1 c. Coca Cola
1 c. tomato ketchup
Salt and pepper to taste

Cut up the chicken as for frying. Place it in a deep pan that is oven safe. Salt and pepper chicken. Mix together the Coca Cola and the ketchup. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Rant Part 2

Something else came to mind, people wanting to hide behind an identity. Well delete your word press account and many other sites where your ip is available to anyone. When you make a post on my blod, it shows me your email and IP. Using DNS tools I can simply track your ip down to a city block. You cant hide behind an identity. You simply cant hide on the internet. the only thing you can do is un-plug your ethernet line from your computer and  do the world a favor and stop tweeting and blogging.

 

/rant

Rant Part 1

I cant stand it anymore. People expecting other companies to allow you to create an identity because youve had the luxury from  one company for so long.  I mean come on…. Thats almost like me expecting to go by my game name Propower. Ive used Propower in so many games . World of Warcraft, Forsaken World, Eve Online and many numerous other games. Doesnt mean that I should have to be made to register under that name. If you really dont have anything else to worry about, Go volunteer at your local rescue or shelter and then you can come back and tweet something that actually means something.

And just because you have read every article on this and support it, Dont take your 12 year old nerd rage out on my view or others views…

/rant

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Ingredients

• 3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet
• 10 small red potatoes
• 5 carrots, peeled and cut into 3-inch pieces
• 1 large head cabbage, cut into small wedges
• 1 Jalapeno, chopped up (Size depending on how spicy you want it)

Directions

1. Place corned beef in large pot or Dutch oven and cover with water. Add the spice packet that came with the corned beef. Cover pot and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer approximately 50 minutes per pound or until tender.
2. Add whole potatoes ,Jalapeno, carrots, and cook until the vegetables are almost tender. Add cabbage and cook for 15 more minutes. Remove meat and let rest 15 minutes.
3. Place vegetables in a bowl and cover. Add as much broth (cooking liquid reserved in the Dutch oven or large pot) as you want. Slice meat across the grain.
4. Yields 5 Servings
5. Enjoy

Sweet and hot Jerky Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper, or to taste
• 1 pound venison filet’s sliced into 1/8 inch strips
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
• 5 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or Habanero’s

Directions

1. In a small bowl or cup, mix together the onion powder, garlic powder, and some cracked black pepper. Season the meat lightly, using only part of the mixture. Reserve the remaining spices. Place into an airtight plastic container or bowl, and refrigerate.
2. In a saucepan over medium heat, mix together the brown sugar, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, liquid smoke flavoring and pineapple juice. Heat until the brown sugar has completely dissolved. Pour over the meat, and mix by hand to coat really well. Seal the bowl, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to marinate.
3. Arrange the venison strips on the rack of a dehydrator, and sprinkle with a little bit more of the spice mixture and red pepper flakes if using. Dry for 5 hours, or to your desired dryness.

Are QR Codes a thing of the future?

One might think, What is a QR code. its simply a image that has text hidden in it. You hold up your smart phone or android to the monitor using an application like scanlife. (its free on the android market) And it will take you to a website and decipher the code for you. You can hide phone numbers, SMS, urls etc within the code. You can go to this site(  http://qrcode.kaywa.com/  )   and generate your own codes to send to friends and loved ones.