Archive for the 'Cooking' Category

Lasagna & Life

July 8, 2008

Lasagna and Garlic Bread

I started out with the intent to make cannelloni, based off my Sicilian grandmother’s recipe. I have all that cottage cheese left from the free cottage cheese deal, so I figured I do it with that instead of buying ricotta. I haven’t made it in a long time because the cheese is [...]

Use Those Leftovers!

July 7, 2008

No matter how hard I try to cook just enough food for dinner, time and time again, I find myself with leftovers. Now, they could be eaten exaclty as they were the first time around. That can get repetitive and boring though. Why not take the same food and use it in [...]

4th of July

July 7, 2008

We didn’t go anywhere or do anything. It was a nice day at home with each other and no scary fireworks this year. I’m pretty much over them, they aren’t pretty enough for the risk.

4th of July
Steak: marinated in A1 peppercorn, salt, and smoked pepper. Wrapped in bacon and grilled. • [...]

I’m On a Pita Kick

July 1, 2008

• chicken
• mango
• baby spinach
• tzatziki
• feta

Pizza Sauce

July 1, 2008

Ingredients:
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
2 cloves minced garlic (or 1 large clove)
Fresh basil
2.5 tsp sugar
Small onion, minced finely
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp paprika powder
Pinch of chili powder
1 tsp salt (or more or less)
pepper to taste
Directions:

Every Italian (almost every) sauce should have fresh basil in it, so pretty [...]