Easy Vodka Cream Sauce

I have a recipe for Vodka Cream Sauce that has pleased everyone I've made it for (including some picky eaters).  It's truly delicious, and easy!

Ingredients:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 small onions, diced
• 1/2 cup vodka (I use the cheapest I can find)
• 2 cans of tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

Coat a pan in olive oil and add onions.  Cook until the onions are transparent and beginning to brown on the edges (caramelized).  Then add the vodka (be very careful -- it will steam and pop).  Stir into the onions and cook until the vodka is mostly cooked off (you should be able to only smell a little alcohol -- use your hand to waft the smell or you might burn your nostrils!).  Then add the tomato sauce.  Cook until the sauce begins to bubble.  Then add the cream.  Stir and cook for a few minutes.  

You can chose what type of pasta to put it on.  I am partial to angel hair but penne seems to be popular.  I almost always eat it with chicken (you can cook it any way you like), but it's also tasty with steak (you could also use shrimp, but I think shrimp is disgusting).  

And there you have it.  Simple, tasty vodka cream sauce!

I know you're going to get sick of this, but...

I read this tonight, and I just had to share: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7660415/thanks-memories-peyton-manning  If you have a few minutes, it really does express what a lot of Colts fans have thought. 

It says a lot of things that I have just been unable to put to words.  Peyton Manning did more than play football for Indianapolis; he was a part of the community.  

This is my favorite part:

I have no idea how much time and money you have to give to a hospital to have it renamed in your honor, but they did that for you in Indianapolis. Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent. Says a lot.

How many times can one man change an entire city? Well, without you there's probably no Lucas Oil Stadium. Without Lucas Oil Stadium, there's no Super Bowl this year in Indy. Without the Super Bowl, there's no brand-new, drop-dead gorgeous JW Marriott downtown. Forbes figures you improved the Colts' value by $233 million. Compared to that, $28 million to keep you doesn't seem like much, does it?

That says it all for me.  So, yes, thank you, Peyton Manning.

Will we recognize anyone?

The Colts announced today that they were cutting several other players, including Joseph Addai, Dallas Clark, Melvin Bullitt, and Gary Bracket.  It seems that Colts fans won't see any familiar faces on the field this year. 

It started with office staff.  Gone.  Then coaching staff.  Gone.  Then our hero, Peyton Manning.  Gone.  Then the rest of the team starts dropping like flies. 

I know that the Colts want to start fresh and young, but all these changes in the matter of 2 months is just depressing.  These people have played great football AND been active in the community.  They've been a team of players that fans could be proud of.  No sex scandals or poor sportsmanship.  They've been good role models for young Colts fans.  

So, the fact that they've been let go with a simple, "Hopefully the fans understand that to achieve the success again that we have had before, we have to make some tough decisions," is hard to swallow.  True Colts fans are not fair weather fans.  We stuck by our guys through 2011's downs and hoped for the best for this year. 

I know the Colts should want to win, but shouldn't we also show some gratitude and allegiance to the players who have helped be the awesome team we've been? 

I guess only time will tell what will happen with the Colts.  I continue to be a depressed and angry Colts fan.

The End of an Era...

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Today is an incredibly sad day for Colts fans everywhere.  Today, Jim Irsay released Peyton Manning, one of the greatest quarterbacks in all football history.  He was our team (as evidenced by the fact that we went 2-14 this year without him).  I've been in denial for months about the fact that they'd most likely dump him.  And it's not pretty. 

I know it may seem ridiculous to some, but I cried.  Peyton Manning was an awesome player and a fantastic person.  He did so much for the team.  He brought us up from nothing and was absolutely devoted to us.  

For Irsay to say, "There will be no other Peyton Manning," but still to release him when Manning has made it clear that he was willing to work with the Colts to make it work really stings.  We know there will be no one better, but let's get rid of him anyway?  

I am a Colts fan, and I always will be.  However, I've never been more pissed off at the organization.  To just throw away the man who has made us who we are really does hurt.  I mean, our stadium is called "Peyton's Place" for goodness sake!

And through all of this, Manning has stayed classy:  "Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. I have truly enjoyed being your quarterback."  And even: "I'll always be a Colt."  Damn straight you will be, Manning.  Even if the Colts organization wasn't good enough for you.  

And on top of all this, whoever we draft (most likely Andrew Luck), has to come into all this drama.  And the rest of our team is still in shambles (Manning is what held us together after all!).  He's got some enormous shoes to fill.  I will support him through all of this.  After all, he didn't choose for this to happen.  However, I highly doubt that he will ever be anywhere close to Peyton Manning.  I wish him the best of luck.  

In the meantime, it will kill me to see Manning wearing anything other than the horseshoe.  I wish he would just retire.  However, I know that it's not fair to him if he still does have good years left in him.  Despite my allegiance to the Colts, if Manning continues to play, I hope he continues to be a stellar athlete.  He deserves to show the Jim Irsay exactly what he let go of.  No matter what team he plays for (unless it were the Patriots, then just f*ck him!), I will continue to be a fan of Manning.  

However, I am REALLY not looking forward to this football season.  

Let ME Make Decisions About MY Body

I read this article earlier tonight and it thoroughly pissed me off.

Conservatives will bitch and complain about people on welfare having too many kids that the taxpayers will have to pay for, but then they'll also bitch about making taxpayers pay for birth control for women who can't afford it.  And then call us sluts for wanting support.

When I was 15 years old, I was prescribed birth control to regulate my period.  I was a virgin.  Was I slut for wanting to not have to have an unbearable period every other week?

Married women could still be impoverished and not able to afford birth control without health insurance.  Does that make them sluts?  Hell, I'm married and couldn't afford birth control without health insurance!

Why does wanting to have control over one's body make one a slut??

Even if someone does choose to have multiple sex partners, shouldn't they still have access to health care?

People ARE going to have sex.  It's the way we are.  Should we only allow wealthy people to have sex because they're the only ones who can afford birth control?

Should women with reproductive issues just have to suffer through simply because they cannot afford the hormones that will regulate their bodies?

It just fucking pisses me off to no end.

I have suffered with reproductive issues since puberty, and I have never been able afford birth control on my own.  All through college and even for several years after, I didn't have insurance and I couldn't afford birth control.  There were periods that I couldn't leave my bed or even vomited from the pain. It was absolutely miserable.

One little pill fixes that.  When I am on birth control, all of those problems go away.

I would happily have my tax dollars spent to help women like myself pay for birth control than on wars for no cause.

In fact, I would love for all conservative men who do not want tax money paying for birth control to endure just one week of living with my non-medicated uterus.  Or have to face the fact that they may end up becoming pregnant and have to give birth to a child who they could never afford to support.

Maybe then they'd be all right with sending a few of their tax dollars to support women in need.

I will NEVER support any politician who sees my desire to have some control over MY OWN BODY as me being a slut.  Even if I am truly a slut, they should mind their own damn business and help me prevent them from having to support my awful welfare babies.  See, it's win-win. 

Oh, and Rush can go fuck himself.