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15. Finding Nemo (love this movie!)
16. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (not theAl Pacino one...this one was done in 1932)
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey
18. A Clockwork Orange (weirdest movie i have ever seen aside from freaks - how this movie made the list i'd like to understand)
19. Unforgiven
20. To Kill a Mockingbird
Monday, October 19, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Recipe #1: Pumpkin Chili
I love pumpkin (but not as much as my girl Kat..haha) and i love chili but i don't eat beef. Thought this recipe sounded interesting so i decided to give it a try. Here's the recipe that I got from allrecipes.com with some pics that i took while i was making it:
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef (I substituted ground turkey)
1 large onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice
1 (28 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes with juice
1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 cup white sugar
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large pot over medium heat, cook beef until brown; drain.
2. Stir in onion and bell pepper and cook 5 minutes.
3. Stir in beans, tomato juice, diced tomatoes and pumpkin puree. Season with pumpkin pie spice, chili powder and sugar. Simmer 1 hour.
forgot about the sugar and chili powder when i took this pic!
so colorful!
PUMPKIN CHILI!
(the whole condo smelled like pumpkin..mmm!)
I love pumpkin (but not as much as my girl Kat..haha) and i love chili but i don't eat beef. Thought this recipe sounded interesting so i decided to give it a try. Here's the recipe that I got from allrecipes.com with some pics that i took while i was making it:
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef (I substituted ground turkey)
1 large onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice
1 (28 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes with juice
1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 cup white sugar
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large pot over medium heat, cook beef until brown; drain.
2. Stir in onion and bell pepper and cook 5 minutes.
3. Stir in beans, tomato juice, diced tomatoes and pumpkin puree. Season with pumpkin pie spice, chili powder and sugar. Simmer 1 hour.
forgot about the sugar and chili powder when i took this pic! 
so colorful!
PUMPKIN CHILI! (the whole condo smelled like pumpkin..mmm!)
I had cut the recipe in half and it was still a sh*tload of chili. Also, i'm the type that never truly sticks to the recipe so i used dark red kidney beans and light red kidney beans and i added corn and a little more pumpkin than what they asked for. The chili turned out to be good, but i think i need to tweek the recipe a bit to my liking.
1. PAPER OR PLASTIC?
So..this one can actually can towards my #19 - but i'm going to let this count as one of my new 5 habits. #19 is to grocery shop with recyclable bags for 6 months. I have the bags - but my problem is that whenever i use them, i end up leaving them in the condo and forget to bring them back down to my car. That or i just end up going to the grocery store last minute and don't have the bags with me. Even if i've forgotten my bags, i still want to make sure i'm doing my part to avoid using plastic bags - so i've gotten into the cycle of using paper bags for my groceries since they're recyclable!
Harris Teeter is great in the fact that they always have paper bags AND the paper bags have handles! They're pretty strong too so i don't really have to worry about them breaking on me and i can carry all my groceries in one trip. I cringe when I end up going to Safeway or Giant without my recyclable bags, because their paper bags are old-school style - like the ones we had when we didn't have the choice of paper or plastic, and we always had to carry them...2 at a time, 1 in each arm, each of them sliding down your arms and your hips with every step you take and you had to make multiple trips. I live on the 7th floor so of course, i'm not a big fan. Brought back old school memories of trying to help my mom bring in the groceries from the commisary! Anyhow, next time you go grocery shopping and don't have your recyclable bags - ASK FOR PAPER!
So..this one can actually can towards my #19 - but i'm going to let this count as one of my new 5 habits. #19 is to grocery shop with recyclable bags for 6 months. I have the bags - but my problem is that whenever i use them, i end up leaving them in the condo and forget to bring them back down to my car. That or i just end up going to the grocery store last minute and don't have the bags with me. Even if i've forgotten my bags, i still want to make sure i'm doing my part to avoid using plastic bags - so i've gotten into the cycle of using paper bags for my groceries since they're recyclable!
Harris Teeter is great in the fact that they always have paper bags AND the paper bags have handles! They're pretty strong too so i don't really have to worry about them breaking on me and i can carry all my groceries in one trip. I cringe when I end up going to Safeway or Giant without my recyclable bags, because their paper bags are old-school style - like the ones we had when we didn't have the choice of paper or plastic, and we always had to carry them...2 at a time, 1 in each arm, each of them sliding down your arms and your hips with every step you take and you had to make multiple trips. I live on the 7th floor so of course, i'm not a big fan. Brought back old school memories of trying to help my mom bring in the groceries from the commisary! Anyhow, next time you go grocery shopping and don't have your recyclable bags - ASK FOR PAPER!
today's quick shopping trip!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
okay - just finished reading this one. not hooked yet like i was with the twilight series, but at least i'm not falling asleep. i just looked at the 3rd book though and getting a little discouraged - its thicker and the font is smaller. lol. what was i thinking when i created this list? i swear if i'm not reading books, i'm watching movies!
Photo from Amazon.com
Photo from Amazon.com
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