Puggie Snuggie

Sooo...I *may* have bought Clementine a pink Snuggie.....

Art Fair

A few weekends ago I participated in an arts and crafts fair at the horse farm of my parents' neighbors. The pugs had a fun meet 'n greet afternoon...

Fall fun!

Butt to Butt

Couch buddies for life.

Wordless Wednesday - The dog can't hold her licker edition

(RT from twitter.)

Foodie Friday - cilantro lime chicken

This week's recipe comes from Jess, aka Clover and Chewy's mom. This is a special recipe because it's her re-creation of a dish she had at a restaurant in Williamsburg while here on meet up. Here's a picture of all of us (Jess is on the far left in the back) enjoying the original dish!

Hi Rachel!
I really loved my meal from Food For Thought in Williamsburg, so I tried to re-create it at home. Here is my recipe:

Marinate 4 chicken breasts in 1tbsp olive oil, zest from 1 lime, juice from 1/2 a lime, 3 tbsp chopped cilantro and 1 clove of garlic for 4 or 5 hours, in the fridge.
Bake chicken in oven.
15 minutes before chicken is done, coat with 1/2 tbsp olive oil, zest from 1 lime, juice from 1 1/2 limes, 1 tbsp parmesan cheese, dash of salt and pepper.
I served mine with whipped red-skin potatoes and seasoned green & yellow beans. The presentation wasn't very pretty, but it tasted quite good. Next time I will probably use only one lime instead of 2 because it was a little too tangy I think.

Yay! Great recipe, Jess - and I think it looks delicious!
And now, a new addition to Foodie Friday - because I now have SO many former recipes, I can start suggesting other recipes that would be good with this week's dish! So my suggestions for Jess's chicken:

1. Melissa's black bean and tomato quinoa
OR
2. Kelly's grilled corn salad
AND for dessert
3. Sandra's Suspiro Limeño

Both would be delicious alongside this main course.

If you try this recipe, take some pictures and email them to me and I'll post on a future Kitchen Adventure.

And, of course, if you have a recipe you'd like to see featured - send it on! projectdogway@yahoo.com

Three Things Thursday

I've been totally remiss on updating about bloggy meetup '09, but I've been swamped at work these past two weeks. Today I wanted to list three things we did on meetup and then one bonus thing we did!

First off, the bloggers at the meetup in Williamsburg were Punchy (+C), Jess, Tammy (aka - "woman"), and Girlville.

1. Had some delicious lunch at Food for Thought. Tune in tomorrow for a recipe inspired by our lunch!

2. Went on a tour and tasting of Williamsburg Winery.

3. Feasted on Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin Cookies that I made from Laura's recipe!

(everyone gave them multiple "yummy" points)

And the bonus . . . .

4. Punchy, C and Jess came to MY house to meet Winston and Clementine!!!!

It was so much fun! I highly recommend going to a bloggy meetup if you are ever able. It's so awesome to meet the people that you correspond with on a daily basis. It feels like seeing an old friend again or something. I wish I could have met all the pugs as well, but that's for another meetup! Barkwells, anyone??? It's right near "woman" and it's pug-friendly!!

Wordless Wednesday - autumn welcome edition

Foodie Friday - Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

This week's recipe was submitted by Laura, aka Salinger's mom. This, I have decided, is the PERFECT fall cookie. Not to mention they are fairly simple. There is truly no excuse to NOT make these. Today. Do it.
Paradise Bakery has a new cookie out for October….Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin! Holden and I shared one the other day and so I had to come home and google for a copycat recipe. I think this is it…..

I added an extra egg yolk and about ½ cup more pumpkin that what it called for and the cookies are YUMMY and VERRRRY soft! Perfect autumnal cookie! It is by NO means “healthy” so please don’t tell my dietician that I gave you this recipe…K?

PUMPKIN OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats (we used old fashioned rolled oats)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pureed pumpkin (DO NOT use pumpkin pie filling…check the label!)
1 large egg (I added an extra yolk….I always do that for cookies to make sure they’re soft)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup raisins

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Lightly grease baking sheets.

COMBINE flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract; mix well. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in nuts and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets.

BAKE for 14 to 16 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned and set in centers. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
NOOOOM!

If you try this recipe, and I know you will, email me your adventure and I'll post it on a future blog.

And if you have a recipe you'd like to see featured on a future Foodie Friday, PLEASE email it to me with a short description along with any photos you may have to projectdogway@yahoo.com

I have no backlog right now, so any and all recipes are greatly appreciated.

I'll be back next week to tell you guys all about BLOGGIE MEETUP!!!

Three Things Thursday

Three Things Winston does not like:

Halloween costumes:

Getting wet:

Raincoats (even though they would prevent the whole "getting wet" thing):
What kind of things do your puggies love to hate?

Wordless Wednesday - This cannot possibly be comfortable edition