Skylar and Sutton stayed with us from February 9th to February 18th, right before we left for our Disney vacation. They are really good puppies who love to go on walks, slept through the night and were pretty good about using pee pads. They did like to grab on to […]
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Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 🇨🇮
Our Côte d’Ivoire meal consisted of Smoked Turkey with Egusi Sauce, West African Shrimp Avocado Boats, brown rice, plantain chips and Fruit Salad Cote d’Ivoire. Eguisi sauce is pureed pumpkin seeds, onion, garlic and tomato paste mixed with cooked diced up turkey thigh. We ate this over brown rice. It […]
Marvin, Minnie and Mocha
Jan 21 – Feb 5, 2023 We got “Starvin” Marvin, “Skinny” Minnie and Mocha when they were 7 weeks old. They were SOO skinny when we got them and they definitely had food aggression. We had to get slow feeder bowls for them so they’d slow down a little and […]
Croatia 🇭🇷
Our Croatian meal was Croatian Pasticada (Beef Stew), Gnocchi, and Croation Krostule (Sweet Pastry Knots). The “stew” was beef roast cooked with parsley root, carrots, celery root, plums, figs, apples, red wine, cooking chocolate, mustard, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary. When done, the roast was removed, cut in the pieces […]
The Fur-tastic Four!
January 8 – 18, 2023 These four are quite the bunch! They always want to wrestle for the same toy! They are good with children except Sandy she gets nervous but does not harm them. There is Velvet, Sandy, Ginger, and Boots. Ginger is so much like our granddaughter’s dog, […]
Koda and Zeus
December 18th, 2022 to January 8, 2023 Koda and Zeus are a Blue Heeler, Dachshund (?), Piranha mix. Koda does not like to walk on a leash and hates a collar. She is mean when wrestling! Zeus is more of a cuddler. They are definitely herding dogs! They kept trying […]
Clementine
We had Clementine from 12/14/22 to 12/21/22. Ms. Clementine was our first foster and is a total sweetheart who loves to snuggle and play. She is 4 months old and currently weighs 23 pounds. She gets along great with other dogs and is curious about cats but leaves them alone. […]
Costa Rica 🇨🇷
We made our Costa Rican meal back in early December. I am behind on posting global meals because we’ve been busy with foster puppies, planning for vacation, and work gets in the way a lot too ;). The meal was Heart of Palm Salad, Costa Rican Pork Tamales, Rice and […]
Comoros 🇰🇲, Republic of Congo 🇨🇬and Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩
Our latest African meal was a combination of foods from Comoros, Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We made Grilled Lobster Tail, Vanilla Shallot Dipping Butter, African Rice and Beans, Congolese Mushrooms with Fresh Lemon Juice and Caakiri (couscous pudding) with pineapple. This was the first time […]
Colombia 🇨🇴
Our Columbian meal was Cazuela de Mariscos (Seafood Stew), Colombian Arepas, Salpicón de Frutas (Colombian Fruit Cocktail) and Colombian Refajo (beer with pop). The seafood stew was a delicious blend of shrimp, littleneck clams, and swordfish in heavy cream and coconut milk topped with cilantro and parsley – a new […]