Kindrapolis

Sorry I’ve haven’t been posting, but I’ve been super busy with my new job! 

Here’s a recipe for veggie burgers based on Mark Bittman’s Spicy Autum Veggie Burgers to tide you over until my next post-

• butter and oil
• 1bunch parsley
• 1 red pepper
• 1 bunch chives
• 2 large potatoes or sweet potatoes
• 1 parsnip
• 2 15oz cans of cannellini beans
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 eggs
• flour

Melt a little bit of butter and olive oil over medium heat in a deep skillet. Chop the parsely finely and add to pan. Saute until wilted and remove from heat. 

Drain and rinse the beans. Mash them in a large bowl and add the parsely.

Add a little more butter and oil to the skillet. Bring heat to medium. Finely chop the red pepper and chives. Peel and shred the potatoes and parsnip. Add all the veggies to the skillet and sautee for 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper, and other spices. Cook for 2 more minutes. Cool a little bit and then add to the bean mixture.

Add the eggs to the bean mixture along with enough flour so that you can easily make patties. Cook the patties over medium heat until both sides are browned. I like to precook these and then heat them up later on the grill!

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I’ve been very busy with Kickball and an ultra top-secret project during the last few days. If you want to check out the kickball action, you can see pictures from our first game on facebook or read a recap on our website.

First up, a mini personal donut maker? How awesome can life get? This is going on my x-mas list! (via NotMartha) 

Next, Serious Eats has instructions on how to make your own Peeps! I’ve made marshmallows before, and the results were not pretty, so I think I’ll be sticking with the store bought variety. (via Jezebel).

Jezebel also reports that the USPS will be issuing Simpsons stamps.

Wisconsin is going to harvest our greatest natural resource for power.

Here is a cool article over at the New York Times about the “Geography of Buzz“. I would love to see a map of Madison.

I love these DIY travel candles over at Design*Sponge! If I get my act together, maybe I’ll make these for x-mas presents.

And last, here’s Lil Wayne as a Web Designer (Thanks Reem!)

Auto Tuning from Casey Donahue on Vimeo.

This warms the cockles! (Thanks Reem!)

Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion was taped in my hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin last weekend. Even more exciting is the fact that the show featured the music of my friend Amelia’s brother, Ethan Cook (aka American Fiction). PS-Amelia is also having a big week-her story about the Madison Film Festival made the front page of the Isthmus!
You can listen to the show here.

Isn’t my tiny crocus cute? Hopefully it is finally done snowing in Wisco!

The Rx and I are headed to the Swiss Alps next month-hopefully they’ll be super clean :).

Mountain Cleaners from swissmiss on Vimeo.

Umm, how cool is this. I’m taking my mom to go and see Bryan Adams at the Overture Center in May! She’s super psyched.

I’m just bought some super beautiful cards from the Etsy shop of Dutch Door Press after seeing them on Design*Sponge.

Layer Cake, which is also on Etsy, has the cutest stuff! I need to put an order it, but I can’t make up my mind what to buy! (Thanks Katie!)

The New York Times has a great graphic breaking down Facebook’s expansion over the past five years. (The related article is also interesting!)

 I lovethe muppets. I also love 30 Rock. And I especially love it when 30 Rock and The Muppets are combined! This week The Muppets visited 30 Rock to show us what life looks like through Kenneth’s eyes!

If you want to see the muppet version of Tracy Morgan, head on over to
The Muppet Newsflash for another clip!