tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79252345034219239082024-03-15T18:09:20.670-07:00NICOLE PARTON’S FAVORITE RECIPESAward-winning writer and cookbook author Nicole Parton dishes up food and fun in this lively blog! Husband Ron taste-tests, photographs what’s cookin’, and at times shares and enjoys his own creations. PS: You’ll also find me at https://whatsonnicolepartonsmind.blogspot.comNICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1056125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-19283540282275849282024-01-16T17:28:00.000-08:002024-01-16T19:37:36.481-08:00Three-Ingredient Salad Dressing<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Three ingredients. <i>Three.</i> That’s all it takes to make this ... Salad Dressing! Sauce! All-Purpose Super-Duper-Can’t-Live-Without-It recipe!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Three-Ingredient Salad Dressing:</span></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) Dijon-style mustard</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) red wine vinegar</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">6 tbsp. (90 mL) olive oil</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Whisk mustard and vinegar until well blended. Gradually whisk in olive oil. That’s all there is. Job done! No substitutions or additions, please: This is already precision perfect. Unless ... </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>We Lied Note:</i></b> Maybe not for everyone. If you find this salad dressing just a <i>lee-dle</i> too sour, add 1 tbsp. (15 mL) granulated sugar. I love this dressing tossed with cold macaroni and with any favorite main-course salad such as <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/01/beans-bacon-and-sprouts.html">Beans, Bacon, and Sprouts</a>. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This will dress a salad for six, or (slightly warmed) makes a beautiful sauce for fish or steak. </span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-84141179228576231742024-01-14T11:21:00.000-08:002024-02-18T10:27:55.879-08:00Black Bean and Corn Salad <p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s Winter in the <span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Time Zone and at the Latitude Where We Live</span>, but we’re having this, tonight! Why not? It’s deliciously similar - but not the same - as the <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/07/black-bean-and-summer-corn-salad.html">Black Bean and Summer Corn Salad</a> I </span></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCPmDFoaHvdn3ocMYeSePkLoV00OnKidjViAbum5uD13DHvh6UkWrk7AH1So9sY-3DXh3QX7zNaKIj9HofCByNj0mrPHvwcaDwu3r3u_V0P9HLh232JOpQCqqVwb-N_jD3UmuSU24qsJTWvRM5K9HbQ7dVQsK1wA7M33oGOL-TFok87jizaASiKikEFA4/s5472/BLACK%20BEAN%20SALAD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCPmDFoaHvdn3ocMYeSePkLoV00OnKidjViAbum5uD13DHvh6UkWrk7AH1So9sY-3DXh3QX7zNaKIj9HofCByNj0mrPHvwcaDwu3r3u_V0P9HLh232JOpQCqqVwb-N_jD3UmuSU24qsJTWvRM5K9HbQ7dVQsK1wA7M33oGOL-TFok87jizaASiKikEFA4/s320/BLACK%20BEAN%20SALAD.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">posted several years ago. It</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">’s also less expensive than buying meat, fish, or chicken - important, for these difficult times.</span> </span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Black Bean and Corn Salad:</b></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To Prepare the Salad:</span></i></b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 large tomatoes, finely chopped, juice drained through a sieve at least 30 min.</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 c. (500 mL) frozen green peas, thawed, rinsed, drained</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One 19 fl. oz. can (540 mL) black beans, rinsed and drained (see <b><i>Can Measurements Note</i></b>)</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One 12 fl. oz. can (341 mL) corn, drained (or fresh corn shucked from the cob and briefly cooked) <span style="color: #a30003;">https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/06/two-corny-tips.html</span></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/2 c. (125 mL) finely chopped red onion</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 c. (60 mL) minced fresh cilantro, sliced into 1/4-in. pieces</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 garlic cloves, minced</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Prepare tomatoes first, leaving them to drain at least 30 min. Thaw peas, but don’t cook them. Combine remaining ingredients as ingredient list directs. While tomatoes drain and peas thaw, find a clean lidded jar in which to make and shake the dressing.</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To Prepare the Dressing:</span></i></b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) granulated sugar</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) white vinegar</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) olive oil</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1-1/2 tsp. (7.5 mL) lime juice</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) salt</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) ground cumin</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) pepper</span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">12 drops hot sauce </span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Combine by shake-shake-shaking well. Do the same just before adding to the salad. </span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-87015547529573255172023-11-24T11:38:00.000-08:002023-11-24T12:24:18.740-08:00Simple Barley Casserole<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I first published this recipe (with plenty of photos) in June, 2014. My introductory words have changed; the recipe has not. Given the state of the world right now, this economical recipe bears repeating ... but!</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Say it isn’t so! Barley has actually fallen out of favor among young cooks? With the stock market up and down like a yo-yo and interest rates rising and the price of meat and fish so high you’d need a loan from the bank to buy it? Ridiculous!</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I can’t persuade you about the benefits of low-fat, high fiber barley, perhaps its price will: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW_RdP_8EmoQjvKOgtVRu2YrTLD-K-7dsf5iA2W9eZGMO-dBvAsMsEQGsxxdVeJXGpurDuGdWTQSXsLomMAvZQ2v39fcIKLRI40zEbdVTnbF5S0dTY3_DdGOWHbkR8EzuiIR8UFQQXExHHiQJMAL1b3L0TwTVvn6ouDsAR7NlvWoQ83S6nwVz7Fh8eQ/s4608/BARLEY:BEST%20SHOT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW_RdP_8EmoQjvKOgtVRu2YrTLD-K-7dsf5iA2W9eZGMO-dBvAsMsEQGsxxdVeJXGpurDuGdWTQSXsLomMAvZQ2v39fcIKLRI40zEbdVTnbF5S0dTY3_DdGOWHbkR8EzuiIR8UFQQXExHHiQJMAL1b3L0TwTVvn6ouDsAR7NlvWoQ83S6nwVz7Fh8eQ/w400-h225/BARLEY:BEST%20SHOT.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cost of the barley in this recipe was only 50 cents! And that, my friends, was for dinner for two, with leftovers!</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used pearl barley in this dish: It’s quicker to cook than pot barley. Pot barley, however, is more nutritious. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Says Google: </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">“</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Pot and pearl barley taste pretty much the same and can be used interchangeably in almost any recipe. The only important difference is that pot barley takes longer to cook, so make sure to adjust the cooking time when making a substitution.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">”</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barley’s easy to cook. Here’s an excellent “how to” guide:</span></span></p><p style="color: #0000e3; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">https://www.mariaushakova.com/2019/09/how-to-cook-barley/ </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Simple Barley Casserole:</span></b></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) butter or margarine</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tsp. (10 mL) canola oil</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 10-fl. oz. (284 mL) can sliced mushrooms, drained (see <b><i>Note</i></b>), or 5 large fresh mushrooms</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 c. (60 mL) chopped onion</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 c. (60 mL) chopped red or yellow sweet bell pepper (“capsicum”)</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 c. (250 mL) pot or pearl barley </span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 c. (250 mL) beef stock</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1-1/2 c. (375 mL) boiling water</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.2 mL) salt</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.2 mL) coarsely ground pepper</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.2 mL) garlic powder</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/3 c. (80 mL) grated cheese, for topping</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tsp. (5 mL) fresh parsley, finely minced, if desired</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 325 deg. F. In medium skillet on medium-high heat, melt butter together with oil. Add mushrooms, onion, and bell pepper. Sauté until tender but not brown. Rinse barley in a sieve under cold, running water. Add to skillet, stirring until barley starts to brown.</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Combine beef stock and boiling water. Add to barley mixture slowly, so hot barley sizzles. Season and add garlic. Transfer to spray-greased 1 qt. (1 L) casserole. </span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bake, covered, 1 hr., until barley is tender and liquid has been absorbed. Fluff with a fork, topping with cheese and a flurry of parsley. Serves 6. </span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Note:</i></b> Save the drained mushroom liquid to add as part of the total liquid in this recipe. </span></p><div><br /></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-15221185329920656992023-11-07T08:17:00.000-08:002023-11-25T17:51:22.411-08:00Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBz3_gnZUUDywiD1tBuGlwbYrLs4mEhFnYo6HZFYzOcX7WELYibklYt2i2hZEr4Mt05dNDHTnGmKFWljftasxa9_9F-EJFT9zoF2Rv0o5SIqYyPYKp_j4q6tAMD5ule8uCZTXqwAZzsfNZ_N58Zx5r9ccAi1ud0wqLwmhuPBzGPdRjebzs7QIJDbo88rL-" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="748" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBz3_gnZUUDywiD1tBuGlwbYrLs4mEhFnYo6HZFYzOcX7WELYibklYt2i2hZEr4Mt05dNDHTnGmKFWljftasxa9_9F-EJFT9zoF2Rv0o5SIqYyPYKp_j4q6tAMD5ule8uCZTXqwAZzsfNZ_N58Zx5r9ccAi1ud0wqLwmhuPBzGPdRjebzs7QIJDbo88rL-" width="204" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It’s not often I go bonkers over the loss of a commercial product. I did last March, when I phoned and later wrote the Consumer Affairs Department of McCormick & Company, a self-described global leader in flavor, seasonings and spice products.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I make many things from scratch, but McCormick makes the best commercial spaghetti sauce I’ve ever tasted.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The problem is, this outstanding product is no longer available in the </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span>Time Zone and at the Latitude Where I Live</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. So I kicked up a (polite) fuss. Did no good. Some smart (not-me) cookie came up with a recipe for the stuff. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix:</span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) garlic powder</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) onion powder</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) dried oregano<br />
3 tbsp. (45 mL) dried basil </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) dried rosemary<br />
2 tsp. (10 mL) black pepper, freshly ground</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Combine ingredients well. Store in an airtight container in a dark space (such as a spice drawer) to use another day. Add according to taste to your homemade or anned tomato sauce. This recipe</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">’s definitely a keeper! This recipe's especially great with </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: black; font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/06/sophias-slow-simmered-spaghetti-sauce.html" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;"><span>Sophia’s Slow-Simmered Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs</span></a><span>.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How to use: Just add some of this spaghetti seasoning to your pasta sauce as it cooks, according to taste. Even better: Follow Sophia</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">’s recipe.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-3508876190071313872023-10-17T14:27:00.007-07:002023-11-25T17:56:02.503-08:00Breaded Shrimp with Veggies<p></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Food costs are high, these days … (“How high is high?” asked the customer of the cash cow. “Very high!” said the cash cow, grinning …) </span></i></blockquote><div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let’s start again: With food costs high, many of us have</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> been </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">watching our pennies. But </span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">oh-h-h-h,</span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I’m a sneaky one! I’ve had a dozen breaded shrimp in my freezer for weeks. Buying them on sale, I was waiting for the moment when I could showcase them as a lovely (but inexpensive) dinner. If I remember correctly, the package was $8-to-$10.</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_UCPizSbG0lDGS8biWJahf5lfYhgLTy93UF_DKAXAcOGXatrwcqIRHrN_DPHOD5FGJhN5MKUjwGWgtKjSFHcz_PuRknfqiHgFiqCR79OpF0OmOfYnGJNxfQVGIRMgybjaZjHI8pM6nCVBWCDTa-lAJAHMGCL5xRdiIwRlIitX8KrRzTG1-1dardmpEFa-" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_UCPizSbG0lDGS8biWJahf5lfYhgLTy93UF_DKAXAcOGXatrwcqIRHrN_DPHOD5FGJhN5MKUjwGWgtKjSFHcz_PuRknfqiHgFiqCR79OpF0OmOfYnGJNxfQVGIRMgybjaZjHI8pM6nCVBWCDTa-lAJAHMGCL5xRdiIwRlIitX8KrRzTG1-1dardmpEFa-=w400-h180" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I didn’t want to use these as</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">an </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">appetizer. Appys are what you stuff into your face, from the lips to the hips. But Ron ... He</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">’ll eat <span>anything - </span><i>anything</i><span> - </span><span>served with a bit of flair.</span><span> He didn</span>’<span>t know these breaded shrimp were packaged appys: He thought I</span>’d made them myself.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Which is why I excavated the contents of the fridge to dig up some carrots from 1997, a few Brussels sprouts, and a chunk of squash. A day or two before, with the shrimp on my mind, I made some <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2022/09/tartar-sauce.html">Tartar Sauce</a> and <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/05/shrimp-cocktail-dipping-sauce.html">Seafood Cocktail Sauce</a>. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So … Toasting a few slivered almonds in the toaster oven, and then baking the shrimp in the same place (follow the directions on the package, dearies), I steamed the squash and slivered the sprouts, lightly salting and sautéing each in a skillet coated with olive oil on medium-high. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Finding two rectangular serving plates, I arranged a ribbon of each sauce to the left, the shrimp at the center, and the almond-toasted veggies to the right. This produced to meals, with plenty of sauce left over. Everything looked so attractive that Ron stuffed his face, from which the calories will <i>never</i> migrate to his hips. This is the cross we women bear. Such is life.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVBIbGGvuzx6M8ffWQalNAUyYWqRrZQhstbHRS9v8mrk5CSV87NGVwQW5xyynV5oxBq6i7sRU6VAQzwWkeIOGKfk3eF5Vg7VE-bDgjWuVncsIQvQ307ZkfkTFVSRN0vDtl3tVrbvTUTwQPdBHw2oaZT93Drihj4zeC2lIhRH64tQH2lu5hZP2_-gPuebeo" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><br /></a></div><p></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-6831074235663658432023-10-15T06:18:00.002-07:002023-10-15T06:24:18.437-07:00Grandpa’s Secret Macaroni and Cheese<div style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Be still, my beating heart! Himself has given up the secret recipe he has clutched to his bosom for 28 years, since he first created it for his younger daughter’s first-grade class. It was an instant hit, and has been a family favorite ever since. Friends and family have tried without success to pry this recipe from him, but I’m his </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">wife,</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> and </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I haf vays!</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Got the recipe! Promised him I wouldn’t tell a <i>soul!</i> Liar, liar, pants on fire, <i>here it is!</i> The secret ingredient is Worcestershire sauce - and plenty of it! The correct way to pronounce that lovely word is </span></span><span>“</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Woos-ter</span><span>”</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> - but some folks disagree.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4 c. (1 L) dry macaroni</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tsp. (10 mL) canola or olive oil</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">4 c.</span></span> (1 L)<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> milk</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">¼ c. (60 mL) butter or margarine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">¼ c.</span></span> (60 mL)<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> all-purpose flour</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Salt and pepper, to taste</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7 tbsp.(105 mL) Worcestershire sauce</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;">5 tbsp. (75 mL) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;">ballpark mustard</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 lb. (454 g) pkg. grated aged cheddar</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Two pieces dry toast, crumbled </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bring a large pot of lightly salted water and a little oil to a rolling boil. Add macaroni, stirring well to keep pasta from sticking to bottom of pot. Cook about 12 minutes. Drain cooked macaroni, returning to pot. Melt butter in a medium saucepan on medium-low heat. Add flour, stirring about 30 sec. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until sauce thickens. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Remove from heat, adding half the grated cheddar cheese and stirring until melted. Pour cheese sauce over macaroni, combining well. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 400 deg. F. Transfer cooked, sauced macaroni to large, greased baking dish. Spread half of remaining cheddar evenly over macaroni. Top macaroni and cheese with crumbed toast. Sprinkle remaining cheddar over bread crumbs. Bake 20 min.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Whisk! Whisk! Whisk!</i> as the macaroni simmers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Whoo hoo!</i> Bring on the mustard for some zip!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Remove from heat: Stir in half of cheese until melted.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pour sauce over well-drained macaroni: Mix well.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sprinkle with <i>half</i> remaining cheese.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-42608733843901487902023-10-04T21:56:00.000-07:002023-10-04T21:56:41.372-07:00Potatoes au Gratin<div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">“Au gratin” is a French term meaning “sprinkled with breadcrumbs, grated cheese, or both.” Even if you’re wildly in love with cheese, there’s plenty to be said for “both.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The first time I made this yummy recipe, I used more cheese than called for - and learned a lesson not to do that again! Lots of cheese means lots of fat: What didn’t settle on my hips puddled at the base of the casserole dish. The lesson? Buy the Arnold Schwarzenegger of cheeses - a robust, muscular Cheddar - and you won’t need to assume “more” is “better.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bread crumbs help sop up the fat, boosting the flavor of this dish, I think. It’s true, crumbs add extra calories, but with a dish already as calorific as <b>Potatoes au Gratin</b>, it’s not a big deal (unless you have issues with gluten). I usually keep a small container of soft bread cubes in the freezer, but dry bread crumbs serve this dish even better. So here we go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">4 Russet potatoes, rinsed, scrubbed, unpeeled, in 1/4-in. (0.6 cm) slices </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">1 medium onion, sliced into quartered rings</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste (for potatoes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3 tbsp. (45 mL) butter or margarine</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3 tbsp. (45 mL) all-purpose flour</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">1/4 tsp. (1 mL) salt (for sauce)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">1-1/2 c. (375 mL) milk </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Preheat oven to 400 deg. F. Spray-grease a 9x13 in. (23x33 cm) casserole dish. Line base of dish with half potatoes. Season lightly. Cover with onions and remaining potatoes. Season lightly, again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In medium skillet over medium-low heat, melt butter or margarine. In small bowl, combine flour and salt before whisking into fat. The French term for this is a <i>roux</i> - the basis of the thickening agent for soups, sauces, gravies, and stews. </span></div>
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Pour cheese mixture over and around potatoes, ensuring sides and corners aren’t forgotten. Sprinkle with crumbs. Cover casserole tightly with foil. Bake 90 min. Garnish with a few shakes of paprika. Serves 6.</div>
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NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-4384650322137967032023-08-14T06:00:00.009-07:002023-08-26T17:06:51.446-07:00“Popsicles”<div style="text-align: right;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Two young ladies with </span><span>lemonade-flavored </span><br />
<b>Popsicles</b><span>: </span><span>What's not to love?</span></span></td></tr>
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<p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In the immaculate, stainless steel kitchens of <b><i>Nicole Parton’s Favorite Recipes</i></b>, we do not pinch registered trademarks. We simply <i>borrow</i> them and hope we aren’t headed for the hoosegow. It behooves me to say that these are not Popsicles™or Popsicles®. They are but pale imitations (See how pale they look in the photo? That’s because they’re made from a simple can of lemon soda! So who’s gonna sue two adorable little girls - huh, huh?) </span></p></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Aha … I, too, can make brightly colored Popsicles! Also not ™or ®. <i>Catch me if you can, Copper!</i> Technically, these are “frozen pops” - and <i>man,</i> they’re crazy good! Did you know 11-year-old Frank Epperson accidentally invented the Popsicle in 1905? I didn’t either: I read it on the Internet. </p></span></div><div style="color: #333233;"><span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333233;"><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">(If you read it on the Internet, it must be true. For a small search fee, the Internet will probably reveal Frank’s email and home addresses, telephone number, income, number of divorces, monthly alimony payments, mother’s maiden name, and social networking sites).</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As the online story goes, young Frank used a stick to stir powdered soda pop with water, and forgot the solution as it froze overnight on the porch of his home in Oakland, California. As the story continues: “Frank pulled out the whole frozen mass and found that he had invented a new treat. He named it the ‘Epperson Icicle.’ ” </span></p>
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<p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“The following summer, he made his frozen treats in his family’s icebox and sold them around his neighborhood under the shortened name of ‘Epsicle.’ Frank later rechristened his discovery the ‘Popsicle’ to show that they were made from soda pop. Epperson patented [the Popsicle] in 1924, when he was 30 years old.”</span></p>
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<p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today, Frank is probably on a dating site, trolling for 40-somethings. Which is remarkable, considering Frank shucked this mortal coil when he was a mere child of 99.</span></p>
<p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So here’s a version of the “Popsicle.” It<span style="color: #262626;">’</span>s not Frank’s recipe. It<span style="color: #262626;">’</span>s not mine, either. Too bad. If it were, I might have patented it to become as rich and famous as Frank. And maybe <i>I’d</i> be trolling on dating sites for 40-somethings, too. </span></p>
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Store extra liquid in fridge or freezer, reheating to melt solution and refreezing as additional “Popsicles.”</span></p><div><br /></div></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-6435724176223181892023-07-21T11:35:00.008-07:002023-07-21T23:51:18.717-07:00Kenneth’s Slam-Bam-Thank-You-Ma’am Blackberry Pie<div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Back by popular demand (my own) ... With the Barbie movie in theaters today ... And blackberries due soon ... Let<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>’s have a little fun with Ken ... I first published this in 2011.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The July 20, 2023 issue of <i>Time Magazine</i> gives this update: <i style="font-style: normal;">“Ken and Barbie met in 1961 while filming their first commercial together, according to Mattel. It was love at first sight and the two, who both hail from the (fictional) town of Willows, Wisconsin, started going steady. But, in the 2000</i>’<i style="font-style: normal;">s, things got a little more complicated for the couple ...</i></span>” </span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">After 40 years of dating, Barbie broke up with the 12-inch Ken on Valentine's Day in 2004. 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Ib’s so sad ...</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">* * *</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Learn to bake. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Women will compete for your cupcakes! They’ll go ga-ga over your cookies! And yes, they’ll </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">also</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> enjoy your baking. Why spend another Saturday night waxing your chest hair and clipping your toenails when you could be the life of the party? </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Everyone loves a baker! </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Let me tell you the true, tragic story of a Formerly Lonely Guy named Kenneth. Kenneth isn’t his real name. I’ve </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">changed</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> his real name to protect his privacy. His real name has only three letters. The first starts with K, and the last ends with N. Wild horses will not drag his true identity from me! We are tight-lipped, here in the kitchen headquarters of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nicole Parton’s Favorite Recipes. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you could taste some of my cooking failures, you’d understand why.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But I digress. I was telling you the true, tragic story of a Formerly Lonely Guy named Ken - er, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kenneth!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Our candid camera caught him on the way to yet another vacuous, empty dinner date with an obviously unsuitable blond who’s only interested in </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sex</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> - not in a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">real</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> relationship with the sensitive, sincere man Kenneth is inside. Men: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Don’t let this happen to you!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See the miserable look on Kenneth’s face? See those chest hairs? You’re right - he </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">has</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> none. His toenails are neatly trimmed, too. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Quel fromage!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (Or is it </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">quel dommage?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Whatever!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kenneth used to be One Lonely Guy. How did he change his life? He began </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">baking</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> - slowly at first, a few donut holes here and there. Gradually, as his confidence grew, he began to understand that </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Nothin’ spells lovin’ like somethin’ from the oven and Pillsbury does it best!”</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> He learned to smash those danged Pillsbury biscuit cans against the kitchen counter, so he could watch the doughy buns unfurl as they all spilled out. Today, he’s a master chef - no more big-breasted, small-waisted blonds for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">this</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> guy! Kenneth knows the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">secret</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of What Women Want!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Simply put, women want a man who will cook for them. And so I present </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kenneth’s Slam-Bam-Thank-You-Ma</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>’</b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">am Blackberry Pie</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">! Because he learned to bake, Kenneth now has a </span><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">real</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> girlfriend who loves him for himself - not just for what he can do with a rolling pin. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Kenneth’s Slam-Bam-Thank-You-Ma’am Blackberry Pie:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For the Crust, </span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">use the usual pie crust ingredients! </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Note)</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Note:</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Kenneth pinched his recipe from the good folks at Tenderflake, a division of Maple Leaf Foods. That’s</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> lard,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Dollinks: L-A-R-D. Kenneth doesn’t have arteriosclerosis, and nor will you, if you have treats like this in moderation. Lard makes the best pastry, though you can also use Crisco. You’ll find both recipes online, or varieties of same in many cookbooks. Be sure to make plenty, because Kenneth’s pie is rather large.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1-⅓ c. (330 mL) sugar</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">¼ c. (60 mL) tapioca</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (10 mL) flour</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">½ tsp. (2.5 mL) ground cinnamon</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">6 c. (1.2 L) fresh blackberries</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tsp. (5 mL) lemon juice</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Egg yolk, milk, for brushing pastry top</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 425 deg, F. Combine sugar, tapioca, flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle blackberries with lemon juice, tossing lightly. Add dry ingredients, continuing to toss lightly until well mixed. Gently transfer to 10-inch pie dish lined with pastry. Roll out additional pastry to make top crust. Gently place over berries, trimming edges to fit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Kenneth likes to flute the edges with his tiny little hands. Because his pants were falling down in both photos, he borrowed an elastic band to secure them. Ron says guys’ pants </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">always</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> fall down when they stand near a beautiful lady. Having just given myself a home perm, I wouldn't know. I look like Diana Ross on a bad hair day.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Make several small slashes in top crust, allowing steam to escape. If desired, you can trim some of the leftover rolled-out pastry to form leaves and vines, laying these over the top crust (Kenneth doesn’t bother. He’s always anxious to get his pie in the oven). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Brush or dab top crust lightly with egg yolk combined and thinned with a little milk. Bake pie 10 min. Immediately reduce oven heat to 400 deg. F., baking an additional 45 min. When pie browns around the edges, place strips of aluminum foil over the browned parts to prevent them from burning as the center of the pie becomes a pleasing golden brown. Serve chilled, so each slice cuts evenly and looks attractive on the plate.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><u><br />
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NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-74783451746180943662023-07-12T14:11:00.007-07:002023-07-12T20:53:54.107-07:00Nicole’s Crab Cakes<span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">These luscious crab cakes use imitation crab - far less expensive than the “real thing,” yet tasty, very similar, and far easier to use - no shelling and annoying bits of shell. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">While it’s easy enough to slice artificial crab, the mini-prep version of a food processor takes literally seconds to do the job. Be sure to add the crab (or whatever you put in a mini-prep) in small batches, power-pulsing the machine (on/off ... on/off ... on/off) to slice the crab exactly right. Quicker and easier to clean than the larger appliance, mini-preps also need far less storage space.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nicole’s Crab Cakes: </span></b></div></span><div><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">8 oz. (227 g) artificial crab meat</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pinch dried dill weed</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Minced green onion (optional)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">2-to-3 tbsp. (30-to-45 mL) canola oil</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Additional lemon juice, for sprinkling over crab cakes</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tartar Sauce on the side, if desired </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">To large bowl, add crab, egg, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, Old Bay seasoning, lemon juice, onion powder. and pepper. Mix with hands until ingredients bind. Form into six crab cakes.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">In large skillet, heat oil over medium to medium-high heat. Add and cook crab cakes until they are browned, about 5 min. per side. These patties are delicate: Turn over carefully, using two metal spatulas. Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon and/or <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Tartar Sauce</span>. This recipe makes six delicious crab cakes.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwrfVR6pXxAP9brY8O2bwR80--SNU5wotCv7NB9WqY5xxqDBwU0M7oRpqKgoWMzQyXSgeyHUAGoCk-fHv7c_vAoTx7ndfs30-WwoNnWFriXj6_1oW9Uq6mWJHj2rSH7JJDnPUSSm7XBE9NzrGs6nfkxa3Mm66yrHQvbHBsKOptH2QfFL0e-qex9qQtYzE/s4608/CRAB%20CAKES%20w:%20KALE.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwrfVR6pXxAP9brY8O2bwR80--SNU5wotCv7NB9WqY5xxqDBwU0M7oRpqKgoWMzQyXSgeyHUAGoCk-fHv7c_vAoTx7ndfs30-WwoNnWFriXj6_1oW9Uq6mWJHj2rSH7JJDnPUSSm7XBE9NzrGs6nfkxa3Mm66yrHQvbHBsKOptH2QfFL0e-qex9qQtYzE/s320/CRAB%20CAKES%20w:%20KALE.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I served these <b>Crab Cakes</b> with cooked </p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">kale ... Remove centre stems, steaming</p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">kale 5-to-7 min.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidwRMuM9HSzXPsa4CUAuhgFoW9sjPin8DN8ipfffd3nvD6AE9_PzK9P_89ht_BzHQaJl2AriA88_c2XQ_qUQWKZRXQQQbVtNdpeZKIiKlXihcuD_GQwNwIlAr8qKJpo69fZyOAdZyPaZIMXmHkqwi3fHkDvmdIcMJ2sFlUyRMA0BkmV0WhZ_Y3KaUEMXg/s4608/CRAB%20CAKES:1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidwRMuM9HSzXPsa4CUAuhgFoW9sjPin8DN8ipfffd3nvD6AE9_PzK9P_89ht_BzHQaJl2AriA88_c2XQ_qUQWKZRXQQQbVtNdpeZKIiKlXihcuD_GQwNwIlAr8qKJpo69fZyOAdZyPaZIMXmHkqwi3fHkDvmdIcMJ2sFlUyRMA0BkmV0WhZ_Y3KaUEMXg/s320/CRAB%20CAKES:1.jpg" width="180" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Flip these delicate cakes </p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">with two spatulas.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Bread Crumb Note:</i></b> While excellent for other uses, don’t use Panko crumbs in this recipe. What you want are fine, dry bread crumbs to bind these ingredients. You’ll find them in the bread section of your local supermarket, though it’s easy to make your own. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Using stale bread or bread oven-dried at low heat, lay piece-by-piece on baking sheet for about 30 min. Place dried slices in a sealed plastic bag, crush with meat mallet’s flat side or rolling pin, or in a food processor. A mini-prep is too small for this job.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Old Bay Seasoning Note:</i></b> Don’t - I repeat, <i>don’t</i> - omit the Old Bay seasoning. When I did, my crab cakes didn’t taste “crabby” enough. Try this, if you must: For each tsp. (5 mL) of Old Bay Seasoning, substitute a mixture of 1/4 tsp. (2.5 mL) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For even simpler crab cakes, try </span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/09/hezzahs-crab-cakes-with-stir-fried.html">Hezzah’s Crab Cakes with Stir-Fried Vegetables and Rice</a>.</span></span></p></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-89236592969403713022023-07-07T00:31:00.006-07:002023-07-13T08:03:08.796-07:00Linguine with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s scorching hot in the Time Zone and at the Latitude Where I Live. Who wants to cook? I sure don’t. I cobbled this meal together in about 20 min. Look at this photo! Does this meal look difficult? That’s because it’s not. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-qa7bfSchLRgwb6rPUMmt1P9G71kIU0v6LfcHr-X-j0e537dUERtpnqiSZBq2g-oymLhC5-aGbKQIAGG9ugDaeNjvpLuXaWjR8eiIBRJ1vJh4sjiEz6LjuImWv8k-cSXxMP3JXRCM1rV-38jyZBT5kjs5jTVYHzkh0psOz_N7hGuhWEoIisMLPBzPn5s/s2150/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%206.00.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2150" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-qa7bfSchLRgwb6rPUMmt1P9G71kIU0v6LfcHr-X-j0e537dUERtpnqiSZBq2g-oymLhC5-aGbKQIAGG9ugDaeNjvpLuXaWjR8eiIBRJ1vJh4sjiEz6LjuImWv8k-cSXxMP3JXRCM1rV-38jyZBT5kjs5jTVYHzkh0psOz_N7hGuhWEoIisMLPBzPn5s/w400-h217/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%206.00.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Linguine with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Here’s how:</i></b> </span></p><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Step 1:</i></b> Take as many commercially made, frozen meatballs as required, placing them on a parchment-covered oven-proof sheet or tray at 350 deg. F in toaster oven or full oven. Bake 20 min., turning once. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Step 2:</i></b> As meatballs cook, add required amount of linguine to a large pot of well salted, boiling water, stirring occasionally so linguine doesn’t stick. Test after 15 min., testing until <i>al dente</i> - literal meaning, “to the tooth,” or slightly firm when bitten. When pasta’s cooked to your liking, drain and rinse in hot water. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Step 3:</i></b> Open, heat, and pour one of the many varieties of delicious pasta sauce available on your grocer’s shelves. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: normal;"><i>Step 4:</i></b> Shake on a little Parmesan (shredded or powdered ... equally good) <i>et voilà</i><i style="font-style: normal;">!</i> That’s all there is to it. For some color and a dash of nutrition, cook a little kale or spinach to go with this. Each is quick and easy to cook. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A homemade salad would be nice ... Dream on! Who wants extra work on a hot day such as this?</span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-12968169302893044702023-05-31T10:24:00.043-07:002023-06-04T23:15:04.690-07:00Easy Creamed Chicken<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This casserole is bland. Sometimes, a little bland is exactly what you need: A touchy <i>(blee-ah!)</i> tummy; a blinding, staggering hangover; a pounding headache. When you need bland, serve this chicken.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My mother made exactly this chicken when I was a child. It was my favorite dish! I was thrilled (I really was!) to find her recipe after all these years: <i>Strike Up the Bland!</i> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I’ve written about my mother before: “My mother had absolutely no interest in cooking - zip! The kitchen tool she valued most was a can opener. When she wasn’t caressing the keyboard to play Chopin, she pounded a mean boogie-woogie on the piano - all day, every day.” </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My mother certainly wasn’t the world’s best cook, but she more than made up for it with her brilliant classical piano recitals and yes, her boogie-woogie. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Easy Creamed Chicken:</span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One 10-oz. (284 mL) can condensed cream of mushroom soup 1-1/3 c. (329 mL) water </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3/4 c. (180 mL) long-grain white rice, uncooked </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chunked </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Salt and pepper, to taste </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Parsley, chopped fine, as garnish </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly greased a 11 x 8x 2-in. (28 x 20 x 5 cm) baking dish. Combine soup and water and rice in dish, seasoning to taste. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken over rice mixture. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Bake 45 min. in covered baking dish or until chicken has cooked through and rice is tender. Let stand, still covered, 10 min. Gently stir rice to distribute sauce. Top with a little parsley. Serves 4 hung-over adults, with a little left over for that guy with his head in the toilet, hoping he</span>’ll just <i>fwo up!</i> and feel a little better.</span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-7059000034831224242023-05-28T01:22:00.008-07:002023-07-08T14:49:44.265-07:00Salmon Tacos<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you ever serve tacos? They’re just about the easiest meal ever ... Find some fixings and go to it! These salmon tacos are a quick meal for 2 or 3. To start, prepare this ...</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Simple Salsa:</span></i></b></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">½ tsp. (2.5 mL) olive oil</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">½ small onion, chopped fine</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 mild red jalapeño pepper, chopped fine, seeds left in</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">½ c. (125 mL) mango chutney (the store-bought kind)</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) lime juice</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">¼ c. (60 mL) chopped fresh cilantro <i style="font-style: normal;">(s</i>ee <i style="font-weight: bold;">Note</i><i style="font-style: normal;">)</i> </span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">½ tsp. (2.5 mL) dried basil (or 2 tsp./10 mL chopped fresh)</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In small skillet, heat olive oil on medium-low. Stir in onion and pepper until softened, about 5 min. Lower heat. Stir in remaining ingredients, just to warm and combine. This keeps a couple of days in the fridge. I generally freeze it in small, 1/4 c. (60 mL) plastic containers, for use as needed. </span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Note:</b> Did you know that cilantro and coriander come from the same plant? To heck with botany ... Use finely sliced chives and everything will be fine.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">To prepare your taco, use one small can of salmon (drained of fish juice) and combined with about a teaspoon of lemon juice. Set aside in a small bowl. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a plate or tray, set out a pitted, sliced avocado (if you have one; if not, don’t give it a second thought); some shredded lettuce; some shredded cheese; a couple of chopped green onions; a couple of diced tomatoes (not too juicy) and whatever else takes your fancy. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before you fill and roll them, microwave each tortilla for perhaps 10 seconds to make it pliable and soft.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Place your ingredients down</span> the center of the tortilla, <span>with a ribbon of salsa over them. Be careful not to take these ingredients to the top of bottom of the tortilla, lest it all squirt out as you eat. Rolling a tortilla is an art: </span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEg064ozG7U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEg064ozG7U</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>It all starts with a single t</span>ortilla ...<span> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">We didn’t take photos as we chowed them down because ... Well ... We were otherwise occupied eating! PS: A grapefruit knife is the easiest-ever way to remove the insides of an avocado.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-21918487002032369902023-05-22T19:19:00.022-07:002023-07-08T14:56:00.958-07:00One Click: Pesto<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We love pesto! Searching <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/05/one-click-pesto.html">One Click: Pesto</a> is the simplest way to find what’s available in this blog. Or search <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/05/one-click-pesto.html">Pesto: See One Click</a>. One quick click will simplify your search. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/05/in-progress.html">Basilica Torta</a> … A large appetizer</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/search?q=•+Crab+and+Corn+Chowder">Crab and Corn Chowder</a> ... Guess!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/search?q=Crab%3A+Mini-Bagel+Bites">Crab Mini-Bagel Bites</a> ... A medium-sized appetizer</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/05/pesto-crostini.html">Pesto Crostini</a> </span><span style="color: black;">… </span><span style="color: black;">A small </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">appetizer</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/08/pesto-italiano.html">Pesto Italiano</a> … How to make pesto: An illustrated post </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/05/pesto-mayo-salad-dressing.html">Pesto-Mayo Salad Dressing</a></span><span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: black;">… </span><span style="color: black;">The name says it all</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">• <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/04/rons-seafood-pesto-pizza.html">Seafood Pesto Pizza</a><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/04/rons-seafood-pesto-pizza.html"> </a></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">… Once again, t</span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">he name says it all</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-28636351366194125402023-05-21T13:48:00.014-07:002023-05-24T13:55:13.397-07:00Pesto-Mayo Salad Dressing<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The vegetables husband Ron grows in his new <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/05/save-money-on-your-food-bill-garden-of.html">veggie garden</a> include an old favorite: Basil, basil, basil everywhere! He grows it in large pots in a hidden corner of the garden that gets lots of sun. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Easily and inexpensively grown from seed, basil is a staple in many of our favorite recipes - especially Ron’s step-by-step pesto-making lessons headed</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/08/pesto-italiano.html">Pesto Italiano</a>.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #33322e; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: black;">Today, there</span><span style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">’</span><span style="color: black;">s a new kid on the block! T</span></span>ruly delicious, this<span style="color: black;"> </span>easy salad dressing is just in time for warm-weather salad season.</span></p><p style="color: #33322e; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #43413c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pesto-Mayo Salad Dressing:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #43413c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #43413c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgALSCdVSUK4sBHI50zfHL7z6ccHAcW5x0qHX8L9zuqylpRMdIuIENuZ8hjXPvbo6LZdjZHEg6Yl14BYhvJKD_7nfxqM9VU6mf6yE5JOMyb5tb5JkSTS6xgvvlsdQlZsHsi1fCqRI2x9uQxAYgybs7r2Kx5bSsJk1DgMloGo1JyLZ68DBIWKikjLrINvQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgALSCdVSUK4sBHI50zfHL7z6ccHAcW5x0qHX8L9zuqylpRMdIuIENuZ8hjXPvbo6LZdjZHEg6Yl14BYhvJKD_7nfxqM9VU6mf6yE5JOMyb5tb5JkSTS6xgvvlsdQlZsHsi1fCqRI2x9uQxAYgybs7r2Kx5bSsJk1DgMloGo1JyLZ68DBIWKikjLrINvQ=w318-h400" width="318" /></span></a></div><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 tbsp. (45 mL) mayonnaise</span></p>
<p style="color: #33322e; font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tsp. (10 mL) Dijon-style mustard</span></p>
<p style="color: #33322e; font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 tsp. (20 mL) apple cider vinegar</span></p>
<p style="color: #33322e; font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) granulated sugar</span></p>
<p style="color: #33322e; font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) basil pesto</span></p>
<p style="color: #33322e; font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salt and pepper, to taste</span></p><div><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #43413c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #43413c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Shake together in small, lidded jar (Being the rebellious type, I <i>stirred</i> - didn</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>’t shake - this dressing in an <i>unlidded</i> jar).</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span> Pour as needed over mixed greens for four. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Done!</span></span></span></p></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-21989275023693445942023-05-20T07:52:00.006-07:002023-07-07T14:08:47.521-07:00Seafood Pasta Bake<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">This yummy pasta dish isn’t as expensive as you might think, with “seafood” in the title. Two small cans of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">salmon or tuna are enough for 4-to-6 servings. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPCvVSekKfBbeIlg_ZEsAIRk2pYKfpp6hOm4DzVwCy4xHOyXzOEoL2EHDIpF_njpjNUINMJMPLrv2Gk5YR7tmwYh6rlrw5sToc4EUAkzd6kqxtWhdhse9BzOWlg26iL9hEBu2QrYudzW3gX_mJBKvyZIQ1xgg4MKSYE0SUN2aOxpEpx-c394qNtQGF2A" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPCvVSekKfBbeIlg_ZEsAIRk2pYKfpp6hOm4DzVwCy4xHOyXzOEoL2EHDIpF_njpjNUINMJMPLrv2Gk5YR7tmwYh6rlrw5sToc4EUAkzd6kqxtWhdhse9BzOWlg26iL9hEBu2QrYudzW3gX_mJBKvyZIQ1xgg4MKSYE0SUN2aOxpEpx-c394qNtQGF2A=w226-h276" width="226" /></a></div></span></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Each ingredient in this excellent recipe adds to the blend of complex flavors that make this dish as special as one you’d praise in a restaurant. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you don’t have shell-shaped pasta in the pantry, I strongly recommend you buy some. Using shell-shaped pasta compliments the texture and “mouth feel” of this layered, cheese-topped casserole. This dish can be prepared one day in advance. See <b><i>Make-Ahead Note</i></b><i>.</i> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Seafood Pasta Bake:</span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To Prepare the Bottom Layer:</span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Into a 12 x 7 x 2-in. (30 x 17.5 x 5 cm) spray-greased, oven-proof casserole, pour one 7 oz. (213 mL) can tomato sauce, spreading evenly over bottom. Cover and set aside.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To Prepare the Center Layer:</span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4 c. (1 L) medium-to-small shell pasta</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4 c. (1 L) fresh spinach leaves, stemmed; or two 10-½ oz. (300 g) packages frozen spinach</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Two 7-1/2 oz. (213 g) cans salmon or tuna, drained (see <b><i>Seafood Note</i></b>) </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/2 c. (250 mL) finely chopped onion</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3/4 c. (185 mL) fresh mushrooms, preferably fresh (see <b><i>Mushroom Note</i></b>)</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 c. (60 mL) finely grated Parmesan cheese (I like a combination of fresh and commercially powdered shake-on Parmesan)</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) garlic powder</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 tsp. (1.25 mL) black pepper</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tsp. (5 mL) oregano (if using fresh, chopped fine)</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 375 deg. F. Assemble and measure ingredients before starting. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Cook pasta according to package directions in a large amount of boiling, salted water about 10 min. or until barely tender but not fully cooked, Rinse, drain, and set aside, occasionally tossing with small amount of cold water, to keep pasta from drying out. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As pasta cooks, chop and stem fresh spinach leaves; if using frozen spinach, drain well. Over high heat, add just enough water to skillet or steamer pot to steam fresh spinach leaves 3 min., or until wilted or to fully thaw frozen spinach. Remove from heat, draining well. Set aside. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Flake tinned seafood into small chunks, reserving, freezing, and labeling fish juice for making <span><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-make-fish-stock.html">fish stock</a></span>.<i> </i></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> In small bowl, combine garlic powder, black pepper, and oregano. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To large bowl, add prepared pasta shells, spinach, seafood, onion, mushrooms, and combined seasonings, mixing well but without damaging pasta shells. Spoon over tomato sauce in casserole, carefully spreading to edges of dish.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Cover casserole lightly with foil as you prepare the Cheese Sauce Topping.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To Prepare the </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Cheese Sauce </i></span></b><b style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Topping:</span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/3 c. (80 mL) butter or margarine</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/3 c. (80 mL) flour</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1-3/4 c. (425 mL) milk</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pepper, as desired</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3/4 c. (175 mL) grated Parmesan cheese (again, I like a combination of fresh and commercially powdered shake-on Parmesan)</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3 tbsp. (45 mL) finely chopped fresh parsley, as garnish </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Additional grated Parmesan, as garnish</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In medium saucepan over low medium heat, melt butter, gradually stirring in flour. Slowly add milk, continuing to stir until thickened and smooth. Add pepper, cheese, and parsley. Pour sauce over casserole, covering right to the edge. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Cover tightly with foil. Bake 35 min., removing foil for final 15 min. Serve immediately.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Seafood Note:</i></b> Small cans of seafood come in different measurements in different places. Chances are, what was once a standard size is now smaller, with its price, higher. Use an amount that feels “right” for you - but don’t overdo it. Keeping the amount of seafood small will allow the other flavors in this dish to strut their stuff. Fresh or frozen fish is also fine, but I prefer the convenience and stronger flavor of canned fish for this recipe. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Mushroom Note:</i></b> In a pinch, I’ll hold my nose and use canned mushrooms, but what I generally do is buy large, fresh mushrooms in quantity when they go on sale. To save time, I section mushrooms with an egg slicer. Lightly sautéing them in butter or margarine, I pack 1/2 c. (125 mL) buttered, prepared mushrooms into small, lidded, labeled containers bound for the freezer. Don’t waste the butter: Include it when you add prepared mushrooms to recipes that require cooking. Ultimately, batch-prepping like this is a great time-saver. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Make-Ahead Note:</i></b> Covered with foil, the unbaked casserole may be refrigerated to be baked the next day.If so, increase total baking time to 45 min., removing foil for final 15 min.</span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-30401395409551667062023-05-19T19:45:00.028-07:002023-07-08T14:52:06.343-07:00Basilica Torta<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I sometimes make a showy, layered appetizer using sun-dried tomatoes, cream cheese, and basil pesto. The combination of colors and flavors is like a party in your mouth! Whenever I make this great spread, my guests want the recipe. It originates with Canadian cookbook author Susan Mendelson. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-size: 16px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCkWYS9EBiZuqr2iL3k4YXEJb9STGt9hrvxMcYYGtuM8iy_Yap7JmMdKQcmDCN7rud0fkZlnEK_Ca4s_41YwyPl_Rnlww0gBIbESjy_vonIwmo3wbACJAHJPtLcmJrTCnxjQ4v16MnVl2/s400/9%253A+ready+to+serve.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">Always a crowd pleaser!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Basilica Torta isn’t as difficult as it sounds, and it makes a large quantity - enough to serve 16-to-20 people. It’s a show-stopping, delicious, make-ahead party dish that needs overnight mellowing. It keeps well for a couple of weeks, covered in the fridge.</span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b><i>Tip:</i> </b>To make sure the layering is visible when the Torta is unmolded, spread pesto and sun-dried tomato layers right to the edge of the bowl. I cover and freeze each layer for a few minutes before adding another layer. This prevents the layers from “sloshing around” and makes a more attractive finished product. </span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Basilica Torta: </span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-kerning: none;">2-½ (625 mL) c. soft, spreadable cream cheese, at room temperature (see </span></span><b style="font-style: italic;">Substitutes Note</b>)</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">½ c. (125 mL) basil pesto, well drained of oil, divided</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">1 c. (250 mL) drained sun-dried or oven-dried tomatoes (packed in oil), divided, blotted dry and chopped</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">½ c. + 2 tbsp. (140 mL) toasted pine nuts, divided (see <b><i>Note</i></b>)</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Fresh basil leaves, as garnish</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Sliced baguette </span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Line a 6-cup (1.5 L) bowl with pieces of plastic wrap large enough to extend over edge of bowl. In separate bowl, beat cream cheese until soft. Spread ½ c. (125 mL) of cream cheese in bottom of plastic-wrap-lined bowl to make an even layer. Cover briefly with cello wrap. Smooth and flatten cream cheese with back of spoon. Remove cello.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Spread ¼ c. (60 mL) pesto over cream cheese. Top with ½ c. (125 mL) cream cheese, spreading to make an even layer. Sprinkle evenly with ⅓ c. (80 mL) sun-dried tomatoes, then ¼ c. (60 mL) pine nuts. Repeat layering once. Top with remaining cream cheese. Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight to allow flavors to blend and mellow.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Uncover top of cheese, turn bowl upside-down, and unmold onto serving dish or pedestal plate. Remove remaining plastic. Sprinkle top with remaining ⅓ c. (80 mL) sun-dried tomatoes and 2 tbsp. (25 mL) pine nuts. Let stand about 1 hr. before serving. Garnish with basil leaves. Serve with sliced baguette. Serves 12-to-16 generously.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b><i>Substitutes Note:</i></b> No soft cream cheese? Beat together brick cream cheese with a little full-fat commercial sour cream, as needed, until the brick cream cheese is smooth and spreadable.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b><i>Note:</i></b> It goes without saying - but I’ll say it, anyway - that although the proportions remain the same, the size of bowl you use will affect the measurements of your ingredients. For the record, I used a bowl with a 8 in. (20 cm) diameter and a base just shy of 3 in. (8 cm) I used most of a 2 lb. (900 g) tub of cream cheese to make this - and a little more of everything than the recipe calls for. As I’ve previously noted, if you have only brick cream cheese, beating it together with sour cream will make it spreadable. </span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b><i>Also:</i></b> Drain as much oil as you can from sun-dried tomatoes and pesto before using them in this spread.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Further Note:</i></b> See <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/search/label/How%20to%20Toast%20Nuts%20and%20Seeds">How to Toast Nuts and Seeds</a>. See also <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/06/nicoles-oven-dried-tomatoes.html">How to Oven-Dry Tomatoes</a>.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKdEn57k7tkMfawQQMJrkNHP296YNHvgL46l0zSTb0zk4K7yen3LHw3jlADHy79h5VqwZMf0OMrAMbeAE3mGH6dTfQd1orD9aaHXkxAraMV9JOs10tBbGt9ByE9SBHn66rLAz9vI-vyAr/s1600/2%253A+line+with+cello+wrap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKdEn57k7tkMfawQQMJrkNHP296YNHvgL46l0zSTb0zk4K7yen3LHw3jlADHy79h5VqwZMf0OMrAMbeAE3mGH6dTfQd1orD9aaHXkxAraMV9JOs10tBbGt9ByE9SBHn66rLAz9vI-vyAr/s400/2%253A+line+with+cello+wrap.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Line your bowl with cello wrap: Pack in cream cheese.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTixPMkQTaujBi3BeknyBy8rHxvZyJDvX0vG5NGn1DqfTwLjikU2G_y0TwijnQet2MbYSwhcw7coBZSGmkt0FJ2hMEiNo7Dr0DrXAsVX-vLLdcGTt8uXRH5Ux6q7Li-q23OygGvowy58XY/s1600/5%253A+layer+on+pesto.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTixPMkQTaujBi3BeknyBy8rHxvZyJDvX0vG5NGn1DqfTwLjikU2G_y0TwijnQet2MbYSwhcw7coBZSGmkt0FJ2hMEiNo7Dr0DrXAsVX-vLLdcGTt8uXRH5Ux6q7Li-q23OygGvowy58XY/s400/5%253A+layer+on+pesto.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Add a layer of pesto.</span></div><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwARWkBGqLqLvWvOQep2PWkEk-SU7FQ5GXhgRlCQcCnFE76nCx6KFeiXct6NqYRjuS_c39GeN0Gq9T5x2mFZ-fZgV5szZd9tikeMLllGr5lJk62u-35THXCN0QtD7Kf0fY2ddf3NsxAud6/s1600/6+spread+cream+cheese+over+pesto.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwARWkBGqLqLvWvOQep2PWkEk-SU7FQ5GXhgRlCQcCnFE76nCx6KFeiXct6NqYRjuS_c39GeN0Gq9T5x2mFZ-fZgV5szZd9tikeMLllGr5lJk62u-35THXCN0QtD7Kf0fY2ddf3NsxAud6/s640/6+spread+cream+cheese+over+pesto.jpg" width="425" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Add more cream cheese.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipd2j0VrmDvlUHi-bLaiRautoJZOjEGZaj2wc43TD-y-so-I-VvJfTs0WjPfxppvybI0SDyycIdi8G9bpTGE33Z_0zkPKaX5kAZTKrHgw69JzuaRVAT88zkQjoAGqPEslKlbtiFFEEcK9L/s1600/6%253A+layer+on+tomatoes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipd2j0VrmDvlUHi-bLaiRautoJZOjEGZaj2wc43TD-y-so-I-VvJfTs0WjPfxppvybI0SDyycIdi8G9bpTGE33Z_0zkPKaX5kAZTKrHgw69JzuaRVAT88zkQjoAGqPEslKlbtiFFEEcK9L/s400/6%253A+layer+on+tomatoes.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Next come chopped sun-dried (or oven-dried) tomatoes.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANV8At85N1LwbBIGs1Q3ZcLf1UV4Wky2pxQbfYNRYNLcn-iLnkljx7wSDgV_MV1sNuFXiutO_2PDvL3m1iUdF2ecrhnQhuumP_egwi1zgHo8wP0txHad1-eYKIIu4vqzF1ni-TscWMX9g/s1600/6%253A+more+more.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANV8At85N1LwbBIGs1Q3ZcLf1UV4Wky2pxQbfYNRYNLcn-iLnkljx7wSDgV_MV1sNuFXiutO_2PDvL3m1iUdF2ecrhnQhuumP_egwi1zgHo8wP0txHad1-eYKIIu4vqzF1ni-TscWMX9g/s400/6%253A+more+more.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Repeat layering as recipe directs.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmxuA3brDPAgeKbfKTgW29wsc_Fuxxo4d8AiD4yC5Tt4M5g2HAnn_eraMvyqqPnCy_bM1dlDsKICzXGBr2O4AvGfjFR7u3jUSNpJzWKDrfJM_5DpJF3YGXgNuL_fkNHp1ix38_ChrmSaD/s1600/6%253A+toast+pine+nuts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmxuA3brDPAgeKbfKTgW29wsc_Fuxxo4d8AiD4yC5Tt4M5g2HAnn_eraMvyqqPnCy_bM1dlDsKICzXGBr2O4AvGfjFR7u3jUSNpJzWKDrfJM_5DpJF3YGXgNuL_fkNHp1ix38_ChrmSaD/s400/6%253A+toast+pine+nuts.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-family: georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Toast pine nuts to bring out the flavor.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6lFJHQ1RFrS_6KrHdU8H6-VJTU64S3lpmH3cwWStX2d5gupFYHYjoaZ1t0zvSZ-vV9rQtxAk1dugYVSEULd9zg_nKDZyn3JL9hKPTZ4B6cgQ1WRF5Vo7hyphenhyphenxOEoq9lOyqDNodKFTzXJp0/s1600/7%253A+more+pine+nuts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6lFJHQ1RFrS_6KrHdU8H6-VJTU64S3lpmH3cwWStX2d5gupFYHYjoaZ1t0zvSZ-vV9rQtxAk1dugYVSEULd9zg_nKDZyn3JL9hKPTZ4B6cgQ1WRF5Vo7hyphenhyphenxOEoq9lOyqDNodKFTzXJp0/s400/7%253A+more+pine+nuts.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Sprinkle on pine nuts. Top with extra nuts and tomatoes.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-46199565514490754362023-05-15T14:50:00.036-07:002023-05-22T20:22:07.202-07:00Save Money on Your Food Bill: The Garden of Eatin’<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I made a spinach dish, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the other day</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Given today’s inflationary food prices, spinach has become a luxury, hovering around $5 a bag. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Husband </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ron to the rescue!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> He picked the spinach straight from the raised and framed vegetable garden he built last Autumn and planted three weeks ago. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As satisfying as it is to grow your own produce, having a vegetable garden can be a <i>substantial</i> money-saver as well as an organic delight. More about its construction later in this post.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It’s never too late to start your own veggie garden, whether in a frame such as Ron’s, in pots - or both!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In the Time Zone and at the Latitude where we live, our tardy Spring has finally sprung - as have Ron’s fast-growing crops of green onions, radishes, lettuce, red cabbage, kale, cherry tomatoes, spinach, garlic, cauliflower, and broccoli. Planted but shy, our Brussels sprouts will be ready to harvest in late Fall; our rhubarb (which - despite its use in pies and jams - is actually a vegetable), in summer. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ron also plants basil, rosemary, oregano, chives, and parsley in pots and in raised ceramic planters.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In past years, he’s grown a variety of squashes, letting the shoots wind between the flowers and bushes of the main garden. Squash requires a lot of room (and water). We don’t want our framed garden overtaken by thirsty, runaway squash. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He planted four varieties of this year</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">’s a summer squashes</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> only this morning, all tucked between the flowering bushes of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the main garden, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">where no one will know but us. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Zucchini’s fast growth is amazing to see: Forget to harvest it for a few days and you’ll later encounter “lurkers” - zucchini of a massive size - precisely what Ron needs and wants to make his famous</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2016/09/rons-zucchini-relish.html" style="font-family: georgia;">Zucchini Relish</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ron’s already learned a couple of smart tricks. Our local supermarket has been selling bunches of five small green onions (<i>aka</i> “spring onions”) at $3 and even at $3.99. That’s expensive! So here’s the smartest trick <i style="font-style: normal;">ever</i> to get you started growing your own<i style="font-style: normal;">:</i> Slicing off a little of the white part of the onion at the root end, poke it about an inch (2.54 cm) into the welcoming soil (more about soil in a moment).</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In just a few days, the same little onion will poke its nose from the soil - and will soon start to multiply. You’ll have <i>more</i> than enough onions to share with friends, so be sure to share this trick, too. “Spring onions” really are just that: They like weather on the cool side. We have no idea if they’ll continue growing through the summer, but we’ll give it a try.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>(This is the </span>“royal we”… Although my pinkies never touch the soil, I’m skilled at pointing.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We’re experimenting with radishes, done the same way. So far, nuttin’ - but other gardeners have succeeded, and so shall we! The same goes for Romaine lettuce: Planting lettuce from seed is easy; Ron wants to try something different. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">With the root and stem trimmed from the lettuce and buried in the soil, we fully expect a small crop of Romaine as the weather warms up. Friends have done that: We don’t know if the same technique works with other varieties of lettuce.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Onto the construction of this garden: Ron’s framed, raised vegetable garden is modest: 10 x 4 ft. (3 x 1.2 m). Framing and raising a small veggie patch such as this makes planting, harvesting, and weeding far easier than squatting between furrows directly on the ground. The frame is also narrow enough to plant and harvest produce at the garden's center.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaqSlVi1LH5EOcySrFWcGYEowNJ5fEfW6mhDN88_nYiqkxVsysT5752VWtNV0alIVRK-tzrRJOVA5a-E2mMQOy5sWHY3kqS0dBvl3KfocRmlWrvzmUKPLocAg2E6T927VjAiHvEhkBEx4kQPFPU3Cjc7KEJBlcnjgIdTsnFggdwgPpnei-ujEiTBPUw/s1310/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%202.37.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="1310" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaqSlVi1LH5EOcySrFWcGYEowNJ5fEfW6mhDN88_nYiqkxVsysT5752VWtNV0alIVRK-tzrRJOVA5a-E2mMQOy5sWHY3kqS0dBvl3KfocRmlWrvzmUKPLocAg2E6T927VjAiHvEhkBEx4kQPFPU3Cjc7KEJBlcnjgIdTsnFggdwgPpnei-ujEiTBPUw/w400-h143/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%202.37.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Three weeks after planting: Home-grown veggies!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIJiijWjQnJCAXjEEyAPOv2Wxov78GH8dIp0hOq3HkeiczutRn8ACuD7_GIW0unDrfmpctIMv-GeAXJMzzebF7jEdDwd6s_GBslaoncVWRS0PpNVCVF3Zg5XNycrwHlijgp6hS60DzimxSw_x5_Gw9xzBAg0XIv6GnaERCove3uyrPnM4urxmx5_d7YA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIJiijWjQnJCAXjEEyAPOv2Wxov78GH8dIp0hOq3HkeiczutRn8ACuD7_GIW0unDrfmpctIMv-GeAXJMzzebF7jEdDwd6s_GBslaoncVWRS0PpNVCVF3Zg5XNycrwHlijgp6hS60DzimxSw_x5_Gw9xzBAg0XIv6GnaERCove3uyrPnM4urxmx5_d7YA=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The area Ron chose for a framed garden was the former site of a huge old cedar tree that needed more water than our climate-changed, infrequent rainfall (or we) could provide. This tree was so dry, that its many dropped needles acidified the parched soil. We considered it a fire hazard, and its size blocked the sun our future garden might need. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And so it came down, leaving plenty of space and sun for the raised garden we desired. After digging out the tree’s extensive root system, Ron leveled the area, spreading and smoothing fresh soil over what had been a dusty, sloped carpet of needles. The goal: The raised garden he planned would be level, holding evenly distributed soil, plants, and water.</span></p><div><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Before building the frame, Ron dug trenches to extend the existing irrigation system to what would soon be our new vegetable garden. <i>Voilà!</i> Timed to use the least amount of water with the least amount of evaporation, two raised sprinkler heads would soon water our crops automatically and efficiently with an early-morning 10-min. spray.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ron then built the garden’s frame. It goes without saying that if you don’t have the multitude of skills Ron has (including <i>single-handedly</i> cutting down our giant cedar tree!), hire experienced help. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">An important note: Our garden’s frame was treated with a wood preservative, as yours will probably be. It’s important to line the frame’s interior with corrugated plastic - available at the lumberyard where you buy the wood for your frame. This lining will prevent the preservative from leaching into the soil that nurtures your crops.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-N448_0aoosAx6VQAktg-3B33oZkapB-O18cXjM4aut3AnGODg7aNHR7tKQA8zHp2Rk7qjxhwVeSLjHc1SwZB4YoAkoLVKmMjxbB6fLCw4o5r_jaeoOvqYQYKnYJw34OrUcoh-7wxAgKXv9LzG3wcFYP8zO8YLsx30sdV7FzBN2BwDJ62KD6hgT7eg/s4608/CORRUGATED%20PLASTIC:FENCE.VEGGIE%20GARDEN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-N448_0aoosAx6VQAktg-3B33oZkapB-O18cXjM4aut3AnGODg7aNHR7tKQA8zHp2Rk7qjxhwVeSLjHc1SwZB4YoAkoLVKmMjxbB6fLCw4o5r_jaeoOvqYQYKnYJw34OrUcoh-7wxAgKXv9LzG3wcFYP8zO8YLsx30sdV7FzBN2BwDJ62KD6hgT7eg/w400-h225/CORRUGATED%20PLASTIC:FENCE.VEGGIE%20GARDEN.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Corrugated plastic liner to protect your crops.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Soil!</i> I’m glad you asked. Preparing the soil of your edible garden is essential to your success. (Says Google: “<span style="color: #050a1e;">Topsoil is the upper layer of soil</span>. It has the highest concentration of organic matter and micro-organisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs.”)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Topsoil alone won’t keep your crops strong and healthy. Ron mixed three yards of topsoil (Ask Google: “How many bags of topsoil is that?”) with a couple of big bags of peat moss, a couple of big bags each of mushroom and steer manure, a couple of pounds (about a kilogram) of bone meal, and 4 c. (1 L) of fertilizer pellets (these resemble “little beads”). </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You may have noted that my first paragraph correctly states that Ron built and framed this garden last Autumn. There was a reason for that. We live on the West Coast. Autumn storms regularly deposit mountains of seaweed on our beaches.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As do many local gardeners, Ron filled a construction-sized bag with this bounty, chopping and adding and digging the seaweed into his soil mix, where it rotted in the ground. (If you live inland, ask your local nursery about using commercially sold sea soil.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ron turned and turned and turned this mixture, initially starting in the wheelbarrow, after which (after dumping many barrow-loads into his framed garden) he mixed it within the frame.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Don’t rush this job. Thorough mixing requires patience and time - shifting and shoveling and lifting and turning before spreading and raking the soil smooth to prepare for planting in the Spring.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He’ll repeat the process next Fall, combining and spreading peat moss, mushroom and steer manures, bone meal, fertilizer pellets, chopped seaweed, and topsoil, in smaller quantities and as needed. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To minimize waste, Ron grows only what we can eat or freeze or share. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">We don’t grow potatoes, carrots, or celery - long-lived staples we buy in bulk when they regularly go on sale.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>PS: And then, to put a smile on your face, there’s this:</span></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/5Minute.Crafts.Men/"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://www.facebook.com/watch/5Minute.Crafts.Men/</span></a></span></p></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-89590647496680506242023-05-08T19:50:00.003-07:002023-05-15T14:21:35.748-07:00Sippers<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A very easy appy ... I made this (for the umpteenth time) just a few days ago. No one would ever guess this delightful soup comes from a mix!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sippers:</span></b></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Never in a million years did I think I’d recommend a commercial product as a deliciously easy appy, but I’m doing it now!<b>*</b> Knorr packaged dry soups are sold internationally, making them easy to find.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">All you need is ...</span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One 4-person serving Knorr dehydrated cream soup of your choice</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Water and milk, as package directs</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That’s all there is to <i>that,</i> too! Serve these “sippers” in small cups with saucers. I use small paper doilies to signal a “special” occasion. Taking less than 5 min. to prepare, these soups draw raves from guests and drop-ins who assume these deliciously creamy soups are homemade. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: auto; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJRt4395mQHWnv_5PXiBVcpwa30l0eH0bMMe0OHwIEKR6bCrkMd99aJ8RCGy_eFGYsYMBTbx9rNgqpF--KvYu8wmu3rgjgXTLAEi4lqS0vjdZySsLY9hqkdJ4vYRnmeCRcbUEZfh4l6aG8NV6F-j88IW7ZHiW9PcMox99s4bUVY-kWsED9ATnmrqEQg/s790/Screenshot%202023-04-22%20at%205.37.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="790" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJRt4395mQHWnv_5PXiBVcpwa30l0eH0bMMe0OHwIEKR6bCrkMd99aJ8RCGy_eFGYsYMBTbx9rNgqpF--KvYu8wmu3rgjgXTLAEi4lqS0vjdZySsLY9hqkdJ4vYRnmeCRcbUEZfh4l6aG8NV6F-j88IW7ZHiW9PcMox99s4bUVY-kWsED9ATnmrqEQg/w400-h264/Screenshot%202023-04-22%20at%205.37.08%20PM.png" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ready in minutes, <b>Sippers</b> make excellent appys!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>* Ethics Note:</i></b><span> Neither Knorr or </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">parent company <span><span>Unilever is aware of this recommendation. </span></span><span>I’ve neither received nor been offered a gratuity for my recommendation. I’m proud to say this blog remains and always will be free of advertising.</span></span></span></p></div>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-5183099970974064462023-04-22T17:40:00.014-07:002023-08-10T10:55:55.317-07:00Trudy’s Hummus<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As regular readers may have guessed, I’m not exactly a spring chicken. At my age (double <i>oh!</i> 7), it</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">takes more effort to entertain guests than it once did. I tend to suggest pot lucks and “easy” recipes. Here’s a delicious example. </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">This blog is 12 years old: Time to make your recipe search faster and easier! I</span>’ll be the first to admit my <b>Index</b> is overly long and complex!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">For some while (on and off), </span>I’ve been working on a categorization system I’ve named <b>One Click</b>. <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Rather than suggest you check the lengthy, complex, and often frustrating <b>Index</b> in your recipe search, I’m partway through a process of providing quick links to the recipe you</span></span>’re looking for as well as others in a similar categories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Feel like making stew? The post headed <b>Stew: One Click</b> will quickly take you to a listing of every stew recipe in this blog. No more scrolling: <b>One Click</b> will take you there. The <b>Index</b> doesn’t do that, because you’d need to search for <b>Stew/Pork</b>, <b>Stew/Chicken</b>, and so on. The search box won</span>’t do that, either, because many other hits that barely mention the word <span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">“</span>stew<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">”</span> also pop up.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: georgia; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">When I finally complete this lengthy process (not in months, but likely years), you’ll have a far easier and more interesting search tool at your disposal. To the best of my knowledge, no other recipe blog uses a system like this. </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: georgia; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Down the road, expect a greatly simplified <b>Index</b>, making it much easier for you to find what you’re looking for. Several <b>One Click</b> listings already appear in the <b>Index</b>.</span><span> Examples:</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2020/11/one-click-brussels-sprouts.html">One Click: Brussels Sprouts</a> </span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/06/poof.html">One Click: Chicken Wings</a></span><span> </span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2023/04/one-click-onion-soup.html">One Click: Soups (Onion)</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2020/11/one-click-turkey-lurkey.html">One Click: Turkey </a></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>These and other recipe categories will also appear in reverse. Try </span>Chicken Wings: See One Click<span> </span><span>or</span><span> </span>Turkey: See One Click<span>,</span><span> etc. </span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: georgia; font-kerning: none;">On the surface, not much has changed - except that <i><b>Nicole Parton’s Favorite Recipes</b></i> is gradually evolving into a more effective tool for your quicker and easier recipe picks. I hope you</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">’</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ll feel as enthusiastic about these changes as I do! </span></span></div>
NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-82811738338756307222023-04-15T20:45:00.006-07:002023-04-28T16:48:33.012-07:00Cookie in a Mug<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This delicious treat requires only a standard mug and a few basic ingredients. You’d think that - with no baking powder or other leavening - this recipe wouldn’t work, but it does (brilliantly), in a non-metallic microwave-safe mug that holds 10 oz. (310 mL) of liquid. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ingredients require far less room than that, but once the cake-like cookie rises, the finished product will be just right for the mug. Makes one yummy serving.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) butter or margarine</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) granulated sugar</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) brown sugar, firmly packed</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/2 tsp.(2.5 mL) vanilla extract</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 egg yolk</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> 3 tbsp. (45 mL) all-purpose flour</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1-to-2 tbsp. (15-to-30 mL) chocolate, butterscotch, or peanut butter chocolate chips</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Microwave butter in a mug until melted, 30 seconds to 1 minute. With a spoon, mix in sugars, vanilla extract and salt until well-combined. Mix in egg yolk until no traces of the yolk are seen. Mix in flour and chocolate chips. Microwave on high 40-to-50 seconds. Serve warm. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Note:</i></b> The texture and taste of this cookie resembles a delicious piece of cake. Because this makes just one serving, you won’t be tempted to eat more (and more and more …). The cookie is so quick and easy to make that no one will guess you’ve gobbled it down. It</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">’s as easy</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> as 1, 2, 3! </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_MVyvP7g9RITy7bfTYK5-P7s2MGq4Dmpt7KyB3dnCDcq-tWqYGwWiDrtdLsEqGW_itUWK8vT3ljlgtHIHCvkYfCSKjqHJ5lZZX9J48GhcrZGxR30_B0nn11yrU95Sjnmw-Y8ouoy7BTxOxKFvc6ae_BLfItKE7k-5QK1hJRbnFjQPb3W67x3qjX5pg/s4608/1.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_MVyvP7g9RITy7bfTYK5-P7s2MGq4Dmpt7KyB3dnCDcq-tWqYGwWiDrtdLsEqGW_itUWK8vT3ljlgtHIHCvkYfCSKjqHJ5lZZX9J48GhcrZGxR30_B0nn11yrU95Sjnmw-Y8ouoy7BTxOxKFvc6ae_BLfItKE7k-5QK1hJRbnFjQPb3W67x3qjX5pg/w225-h400/1.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mix butter, sugars, <br />egg yolk, and vanilla.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga41WarGQrc4FbMa_UMXep1w-gkjJUCdVTqaAxymW7teZ1zQWtxCWZ6Z1sV1TGVTwJQI9_l6YrT-d_pAC6U3mXA88B8FGryUW-gciBNt0MExr8CdWhHmHG6XXEqE-miGx56cARuzByrZ8GxlxpdJAnRuWNEZMbgf2PmufzaX7G6j-FT7nrMqhaHcsgA/s4608/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga41WarGQrc4FbMa_UMXep1w-gkjJUCdVTqaAxymW7teZ1zQWtxCWZ6Z1sV1TGVTwJQI9_l6YrT-d_pAC6U3mXA88B8FGryUW-gciBNt0MExr8CdWhHmHG6XXEqE-miGx56cARuzByrZ8GxlxpdJAnRuWNEZMbgf2PmufzaX7G6j-FT7nrMqhaHcsgA/w225-h400/2.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Stir in flour and <br />chocolate chips.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41u2wTzgIbsKFI0ygXoQRXXk-UR1Loyy9BA1nNRzEmC1R67fqMaZl7HJJ0tSepFUHynEPTjCYyWlMqFC29vKxmBc7gjpYzCCjfOF7HMJcbjlxUzYdlZLyOyQ14HSMp3SLUAWkrb1HShjhwDWgNudGhh8XSW_KWrTHR30ldIUcMgrC0UZk34ev6adQ7Q/s4608/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41u2wTzgIbsKFI0ygXoQRXXk-UR1Loyy9BA1nNRzEmC1R67fqMaZl7HJJ0tSepFUHynEPTjCYyWlMqFC29vKxmBc7gjpYzCCjfOF7HMJcbjlxUzYdlZLyOyQ14HSMp3SLUAWkrb1HShjhwDWgNudGhh8XSW_KWrTHR30ldIUcMgrC0UZk34ev6adQ7Q/w225-h400/3.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Eat! I</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">’m almost finished!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is so simple, you’ll probably want to rename it Smug in a Mug … </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’re already halfway to hell. Why not add a squirt of whipped cream?</span></span><p></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-44213369910917081242023-04-10T12:56:00.027-07:002023-05-18T15:14:05.225-07:00One Click: Soups (Onion)<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">With food prices going through the roof, these outstanding onion soups may just be a gourmet meal on a pauper’s budget.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2013/12/nicoles-own-french-onion-soup.html">Nicole<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-decoration: none;">’</span>s Own French Onion Soup</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2013/12/cream-of-onion-soup.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Cream of Onion Soup</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/03/cream-of-onion-soup.html"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Nicole’s Cream of Onion Soup</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2013/10/rons-cream-of-onion-soup.html">Ron’s Cream of Onion Soup</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2020/07/how-to-make-dry-onion-soup-mix.html">Dry Onion Soup Mix</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For even more decadence, top with <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2012/03/nicoles-special-croutons.html">Nicole’s Special Croutons</a>.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>As I</span><span>’ve previously written, this blog has been gradually undergoing some changes. As I work through its earlier years, metric and a different font are appearing, and <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2020/07/one-click-overview.html">One Click: An Overview</a> will include more categories, make more sense, and appear more frequently. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There will eventually be One Click for many different types of soup. When project is complete, the <b>Index</b> will be far easier to navigate, with far fewer categories. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-54315859768447668722023-04-10T07:48:00.004-07:002023-04-10T16:26:08.936-07:00Ron’s Oven-Roasted Yams<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This is the single best yam recipe I’ve ever tasted. This super-great dish uses only three ingredients: Orange-fleshed yams, olive oil, and seasoning salt. One large yam yields enough for two adults. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Even those not partial to yams will instantly become converts. </span>The natural sugar in the yams caramelizes under the high temperature at which they bake. Don<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">’t worry if a</span> few pieces char ... They<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">’ll</span> taste even better! </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ron’s Oven-Roasted Yams:</span></b></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1 large yam, peeled and diced 3/4-in. (1.9 cm) </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1/4 c. (60 mL) olive oil</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2 tbsp. (30 mL) Cajun seasoning <i>or</i> seasoning salt</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Preheat oven<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">’s</span> convect setting to 400 deg. F. on oven<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">’s convection setting</span>. Place prepared yams in medium bowl (see <b><i>Note</i></b>). Combine olive oil and Cajun seasoning or seasoning salt, pouring over yams and stirring until diced yams are evenly coated.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Use baking sheet <i>with no parchment paper</i>. Bake, uncovered, 50 min., flipping two or three times as yams roast. Omitting the parchment paper allows the yam to caramelize, rather than sweat and steam. Serves 2.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Flavor Note:</b> Some like it hot! You can always add a shake of chili powder, another of onion powder, and another of garlic powder. But the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">recipe </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">above is how Ron and I like it. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b style="font-style: italic;"><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b style="font-style: italic;">History Note: </b>In days gone by, orange-fleshed yams and yellow</span>-fleshed sweet potatoes were considered distinctly different. Today, everything seems to be called a sweet potato. Don<span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a;">’t use the yellow-fleshed kind for this recipe.</span></span></p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925234503421923908.post-88213156757828467462023-03-27T11:50:00.006-07:002023-03-29T14:06:54.742-07:00Popcorn Campagna <p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">Readers of this blog may be familiar with <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2011/04/sister-mabels-caramel-corn.html">Sister Mabels Caramel Corn</a>, the recipe the late, great Orville Redenbacher gave me when we met at a food fair in Dallas, TX, in the 1980’s. Although Hunt-Wesson, Inc. now owns the brand, I remain loyal to Orville’s popcorn.</p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">Although <i>Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn Book</i> is long out of print, used copies are still available online. You’ll also find plenty of recipes online at <a href="http://popcorn.org">popcorn.org</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">I have no idea where this <b>Popcorn Campagna</b> recipe originated, but it’s tasty and unusual. We often sprinkle powdered Parmesan cheese over fresh, hot popcorn while we’re glued to a movie on TV, but this recipe goes several delicious steps further! PS: For more popping fun, you may also want to try <a href="https://nicoleparton.blogspot.com/2013/10/world-series-popcorn.html">World Series Popcorn</a>. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">PPS: Do yourself a flavor and buy a popcorn maker - the quickest and most reliable way to pop corn. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Popcorn Campagna:</b></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">8 c. popped corn (1/4 c. or 60 mL unpopped kernels) </p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1 tbsp. (15 mL) olive oil</p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1 tsp. (15 mL) balsamic vinegar</p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1 tsp. (15 mL) powdered Parmesan cheese</p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Black olives, capers, canned or bottled anchovies (as desired; coarsely chopped, well drained, blotted dry)</p>
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<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Set aside 1/3 c. (80 mL) popped corn, quickly tossing with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Parmesan, and olives, capers, and anchovies. Add remaining popped corn, tossing well. </p>NICOLE PARTONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964006132570710097noreply@blogger.com0