How to record using built in isight on mac

Ever since I got my mac i've been really frustrated that there's this great built in camera but i can't record with it. I can take pics, i can chat live, but not record. why would they do that? GRRR!!!

well today i finally found a way to do it!! woohoo! best part is, its super easy. and you should have everything you need on your mac. if its 1 or 2 yrs old you should have a new enough version of quicktime already on your mac. if not, its free to upgrade.

all the info you need is on this page.


Enjoy!!

i think i'm gonna regret this

have you ever eaten something and in the middle of eating it you realize it tasted weird and you know its probably gonna give you diarrhea later but you're hungry so you eat it anyway?

eat now. regret it later.

4th of July

My 4th of July was very modest. Kind of a bust but the food was good.

I made these kick ass turkey burgers. No recipe or anything. I just got 2 lbs of ground turkey and mushed it up with my hands. Then chopped up green pepper, onion, mushrooms very very fine. I kneaded them into the ground turkey. I also chopped up some cilantro and added that as well. Then I sprinkeed plenty of Sazon Completa from BADIA and added Worcestershire sauce and mixed it all in there. Then I formed patties and this is what they looked like pre-grill.


There are no pics of the finished product as we scarfed them down.

We also had corn on the cob and two kinds of potato salad.

Here are some pics from early in the day. We got a late start and it got cloudy just after this and got progressively worse throughout the day/night. Then it was a major lightening show. Between the thunder, lightening, and fireworks it was really scary being outside grilling.







The best part about the whole thing? The burgers! They were a big hit! We took them home and had them for bfast on saturday. and then today ed was like "any turkey burgers left?" haha awesome. best part? they're healthy and stuffed with veggies!!!

Mamoncillos at PUBLIX!!!

Soooo....

I was at the Publix by my parents house on 4th of July. Right off the bat I'm gonna say that this is the best Publix in Miami. The produce never ever disappoints. Its delicious and sweet every time. Unlike Winn Dixie. Also the selection is great, better than some other Publix stores (like the ones here in the gables). Anyway I was shopping for BBQ stuff and low and behold what should I find in the produce section but my wildest dream come true.





You may remember I blogged about Mamoncillos before and my quest to find them on the street.

So you can imagine my glee when I saw them at Publix!!! AHHHHHH!!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!! There were mamoncillos-a-plenty! But I'm sure thats the only Publix that has them.

So to anyone who wants mamoncillos go to the Publix in Miller Sqaure (Miller and 137th ave).

You're welcome.

Color Me Mine- Before you go, read this

I went to Color Me Mine in Coconut Grove today. Its one of those places where you go and pick out pottery and paint it and then they put it in a kiln and it comes out all pretty and you can take it home.

First of all, the moron answering the phone couldn't tell me anything about the location other than its behind Sandbar. So I call 411 and she's like its on Main Hgwy. I'm like..."ok Main Highway is a long street. Is there a number?" Nope. Main Hgwy. So we drove around. Fund parking. Walked around in circles for almost 30 min. I went in store after store asking people if they knew where it was till finally someone told me.

We go in there...its a lot lamer than I was expecting. Its quiet. They should have had some music playing. The only employee there was the douche bag I talked to on the phone. Great. Does he help us? No. We pretty much figure it out on our own. We pick our pieces and I'm like..."um ok so we just pic the pieces now what?" and he slinks over and tells us to pick colors. I'm like how many? And he's like "5" well thanks. Its like pulling teeth with this guy. He's not friendly at all. He's some young punk kid with a fucking attitude. Just taking up space to collect his $7 an hour I'm sure. Can you believe they leave this douche running the store?

So whatever we were there for 2 hours painting. They didn't even have paper towels or anything for us to wipe our hands. Ridiculous. Then we go up to pay. Ed did a big fruit bowl and I did a small little bowl for my keys. Total? $79!!!!! $79!!!!

Yeah. His bowl? $25. My bowl? $23. WHAT??? Then they tack on a charge per hour of being there $18. Then tax and then a $10 tip for the shitbag's service. You gotta be fucking kidding me.

Unfuckingbelievable. And after all that we have to come back in 3 days to get our pottery. We couldn't even take it home that day! No no but get this. I'm like umm ok so when its ready you call me? and he says "no you call us" WTF! am i fucking psychic? am i just supposed to keep calling to find out when my little $40 bowl is ready?

Please people, do not waste your money. Don't go to COLOR ME MINE in The Grove. Its a total rip off and just all around bad service.

brightly colored jeans

this is a frightening new trend.

More foody goodness

Saturday night was fun. :)

I decided to look up some new recipes. I've been trying to incorporate veggies into my dinners. So here are the dishes I came up with.

Salmon w/veggies- Ok so I usually make salmon in the oven. It's quick and easy and no mess or smell. But I got the urge so sauté some veggies with it. So I heated up a little olive oil, some garlic and added green peppers and onions finely chopped. I sautéed them for a while then added the salmon. I sprinkled salt and freshly ground pepper (i've found that with good kosher salt and freshly ground pepper you have all the seasoning you need) on the salmon and slapped it on the pan in the middle of he veggies. (*note* I always remove the skin from the salmon because the scales are messy and stink up the place) after a while i flipped the salmon and added sliced mushrooms to the pan (they cook pretty quickly). And thats it. It came out soooooo deicious. The salmon was perfectly cooked and the veggies came out way better than I thought. In fact I think the veggies were my fave part of the meal!

Apple and Sweet Potato Casserole- Grease a casserole dish. Peel and slice 1 (i used 2 it was too much) sweet potato into thin slices. Peel and slice 2 granny smith apples into thin slices. Layer them in the dish. In a saucepan mix brown sugar, butter, water, raisins, and salt. cook it for like 5 min then poor it over the apples and sweet potatoes top with a few lemon slices and pop it in the oven. Now, this def needs some tweaking. The bottom was moist but the top was dry. Next time I'll use less sweet potatoes and slice everything really thin and make sure all of it is covered with the sugar mixture. But it did come out good. The apples especially. Nice and sweet healthy treat.

Honey Mustard Broccoli It was ok I guess. But 2 things I didn't like. 1. I guess I'm just not a honey mustard person. And the sauce mixture was too watery. maybe if it had been thicker and more caramelized it would have been tastier. Also the broccoli was frozen. So much more convenient, I mean have you ever tried to steam broccoli? Unfortunately it came out practically mush and a really bland color. Its hard to get fresh broccoli to be the right texture. So if I do it again I'll try with fresh broccoli. Fresh bright green veggies are always the best. Same goes for green beans.

oh and I figured Ed would want more than this so I made him some crabcakes I bought from the store.

Here's the finished product.


It was just really fun and exciting to be making new foods and having different flavors on one plate.