The one pot meal: Swedish Lamb Stew!

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“Swedish Turnips” or Rutabagas ( in the turnip family and a stronger taste) are a key ingredient in this fun Swedish dish. Of course, we include baby turnips!

Red potatoes, sweet onions, green onions, garlic, carrots, celery, parsley, chard help insure that you get your vegetables! 😉

All of this surrounds chunks of beautiful seared lamb!

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Some of the veggies require more time in cooking… So it’s nice to precook (Carmelized onions is nice) the veggies!

I love the one pot meal and I hope you do too.

Bon Appetite!

Happy Birthday, Laura

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My bride of 41 years is celebrating her 61st birthday! Happy Birthday sweetheart!

Laura is a “veteran” of sorts… Mother of three beautiful daughters, Professor of Psychology, advisor to many – including the Semper Fi Club at Cal Poly. Laura is receiving “advanced training” at Quantico earlier this summer.

Although it would be fitting to serve her MRE’s on her birthday… She will have to endure Beef Tornado, wine and her requested Pumpkin Spice cake covered in an Amarula cream cheese frosting!

Again, Happy Birthday sweetheart!

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Western Psychological Association Fun #wpa13. @PsychScience

( posted for Laura Freberg)

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I was asked to give a lecture and mine was entitled “Think like a Scientist.”

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Here I am with friends and new friends from College of the Canyons.

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One of my students Nate Honeycutt presented on a Political Psychology study involving over 700 faculty that created a lot of buzz!

Conferences are great experiences for budding academicians and master professors alike!

Great chocolate chip cookie

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Famous Amos became popular for his fun experiments in chocolate chip cookies… Although it was quite a while ago, I seem to remember he offered a variety in his shops.

Here is a recipe that claims to be his and is quite nice… But I thought his cookies were bigger. This is much like visiting the house you grew up in and being surprised how small it was.

But it’s fun traveling down memory lane.

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the second amendment protects all our other rights

CLICK on the above photo to hear about the second amendment and gun control
CLICK on the above photo to hear about the second amendment and gun control

If you look around my page, you will notice that I support hunting and the NRA. So, I am saddened by the discussion of gun control as a wedge issue covering the big issues of our time, including our falling economy, reducing opportunities and jobs.

If our country continues on this self destructive path, there will be a greater need for personal protection and not less.