Thursday, December 12, 2013

Sausage Pizza



I wanted to make something a little different or special for supper to celebrate Anthony's last day of exams before he graduates with his Master's in Mechanical Engineering. He loves pepperoni pizza, so I thought I would make that but also add sausage. He really liked the pizza.


Sausage:

Italian Sausage
Ground Ginger
Dried Basil
Chopped Onion
Soy Sauce










Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Revolutionary Dinner



Yes, I did combine pasta and grits in a single dish, and it was amazing. I sprinkled a little parmesan cheese on top. The dish tasted similar to macaroni and cheese.








Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Homemade Spanish Rice


Ingredients:

Vegetable Oil
Salt
Black Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
White Rice
Water

Butter
Mini Peppers
Onion
Tomato Sauce

Monday, December 9, 2013

3D Printing



So our blender broke last year. The only thing that needed to be replaced was the connector between the motor and the blade. This past summer Anthony drew up the replacement part on Solid Works and printed it off on a 3D printer. We tried it with the blender but the blender sheered off parts of the connector.

Tonight, Anthony reconfigured the printing instructions so that the replacement connector part would no longer be hollow. He tried printing the part with our new 3D printer. This second new replacement part was solid, and it worked when we tried it with our blender!

Unfortunately, the smoothie we made in the blender did not work. We had planned on a banana peach smoothie but the peach was rotten inside. We switched our plan to a banana nut smoothie. The outcome chewed like raspberry walnut vinaigrette, and tasted like banana bread batter- nasty.

 The Sheered 1st Replacement Part


Printing The 2nd Replacement Part


















Banana Nut Smoothie





2nd Replacement Part Still Intact After Blending







Fries

Now fries are another Garland tradition that Anthony introduced to me. I believe this tradition typically included cheese and meat for toppings. My version this evening revolved around a split pea and ham soup inspiration due to the absence of traditional Garland ingredients in our freezer and refrigerator on this cold night.


Fries

Thick Cut Fries
Shredded Mozzarella
Green Sweet Peas
Lunch Meat Bologna
Chopped Onion
Black Pepper








Sunday, December 8, 2013

Engineering 101 With Daddy

This evening Shastya got to observe Daddy assembling a new 3D printer from Baoyan Automation. Daddy continues to work on software for this printer. Mommy worked on some of the editing for the manual. We set the new 3D printer on a table next to our 2D printer.