Melitzanosalata (Greek Eggplant Dip)

pronounced meh-leed-zah-no-sah-LAH-tah Ingredients: 1 large eggplant 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil 4 teaspoons of wine vinegar 3 cloves of garlic, minced sea salt freshly ground pepper Preparation: Pierce the eggplant with a fork and char on the grill, or over an open flame (alternatively, broil for 10-15 minutes) until the eggplant turns black [...]

Quick and Easy Peach Cobbler

2 tbsp. butter 1 c. Bisquick 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. milk 3 c. cut up peaches or other fruit of your choice (can be fresh, frozen (thawed) or canned) Turn oven to 375°F. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in 8 x 8 inch baking dish. Mix Bisquick, sugar, and milk. Pour over melted butter. Spoon [...]

Diablo Magazine 2012 Awards

Here’s how I voted….what did I miss: Beauty Store: Fusion 3 Beauty Treatment: Mandara Spa fashion block: Boutique: Consignment Shop: Snickerdoodles Day Spa: Aventine Exercise Clothes: Eyeglasses Shop: Site for Sore Eyes with Dr. Ja – Windemere Hair Colorist: Tiffany – Fusion 3 Local Fashion Designer: Local Jewelry Designer: hayjac designs Local Online Shop: Maternity [...]

The Better Food | finding, sharing, eating…better

The Better Food | finding, sharing, eating…better. my awesome new food blog

Kale and Pear Smoothie

Yield: 4 cups (960 ml) 1 cup green grapes 1 (130 g) orange, peeled 1/2 Bartlett pear 1 (120 g) banana, fresh or frozen 1 cup kale 1/2 cup really cold water Blend and Drink. (or in my case throw out and order a replacement motor head that wont chunk plastic into my drink)

Room 302

Room 302 has seen a lot of patients since the 1960s, and it was our first room with our first child. 7 years later Room 302 is close to being replaced by the new hospital and it is our last room with out last child. Dr. Chen administered the Epidural and Dr. Liu has checked [...]

find all files without and add jpg

find /path -type f -not -name “*.*” -exec mv “{}” “{}”.jpg \; where “/path” is the path of the directory of images that needs jpg appended

Coke Ribeye Steaks!

Cola-Marinated Rib Eye Steaks Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Marinating time: 30 minutes Grilling time: 8 to 12 minutes Marinade 1 can (12 ounces) cola 1/3 cup canola oil 1/3 cup Weber® Chicago Steak Seasoning 4 rib eye steaks, each about 8 ounces and 1 inch thick, trimmed of excess fat 1 large red [...]

fix OS X Lion Server issues

sudo serveradmin command web:command=restoreFactorySettings

Enable VNC and Screen Sharing in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 from the command line

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart     -configure       -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all       -clientopts         -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -vncpw mypass     -activate -agent -console This sets the password to “mypass” and enables vnc.