Dough
1/4 cup warm water
1 TBS dry yeast
1 tsp honey
2 TBS melted butter
1 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Filling
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cupgrated Muenster cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1 cup grated feta
2 eggs
3 garlic cloves
3/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped basil
black pepper
1 egg
chives
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1 quantity white sauce, prepared (see below)
1 quantity tomato sauce, prepared (see below)
1 lb (500g) uncooked lasagna noodles
1/2 lb (250g) sliced mozzarella
1/2 lb (250 g) sliced ham
2 oz (60g) grated parmesan
Oregano to sprinkle.
Cook noodles as instructed on the package until tender, but firm. Use a large fork or slotted spoon to remove cooked noodles directly to the baking pan (either 1 9x13 pan, or 2 8x8 pans). Spoon tomato sauce on baking pan and put the first layer of noodles. Make four layers of noodles as you go. In between each layer, put meat sauce, mozzarella and ham. In one of the layers, put only white sauce with ham. Cover the lasagna with white sauce, grated parmesan and sprinkle oregano.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 Celcius).
Bake lasagna until heated through or about 20 minutes.
Cover lasagna with aluminum foil during baking to avoid cheese over burn.
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2 Celery stalks
2 Carrots
3-4 Potatoes
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
palm full of basil
palm full of dill
3 cans of clams, with juice
1 quart half and half
1 cup milk
4 TBS. butter
4 TBS. flour
optional bacon and corn
This recipe is ideal for the chef who is willing to try what works best. Most of these amounts are simple suggestions. Try what works for you. read more »
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1-2 eggs (depending on where you live)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
6-8 oz chocolate chips
Mix everything but the chocolate chips together until well blended. Traditionally this is done by hand, because I only recently got a good mixer, but I have been known to use a mixer. We sometimes use 1 egg, and sometimes 2 eggs, depending on how fluffy we want them. If you live in a moist climate, you might need to reduce the butter/shortening quantity a bit and increase the flour a bit so the cookies don't fall flat in the oven. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips, and roll small balls of dough to put on a baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Eat. Enjoy. Served best with milk.
Back to school. The first week of school is always the slowest. Maybe it's because all the teachers are waiting for students to figure out their schedules. Maybe it's because we haven't figured out how to fill our time yet with school projects so all our time feels so empty. Maybe it's because most of our free time is spent doing errands, but this week was slow, despite how much we got done. read more »
This is a partial listing of my work that I painted over the summer while living in Seattle. These paintings are now in the process of being reworked, so all these pieces are being shown unfinished/in-the-process of being completed. As I work on them, I will post pictures of what they look like now. read more »
We made it safely to Utah, and with some good help Wednesday we got our stuff all moved in. Thursday we got halfway unpacked, and we finished up most of the rest of the unpacking lazily on Saturday. Unpacking and settling in has gone quicker and quicker each time we move. Maybe we should move more often and see if we can get it all done in one day. Hehehe. Or maybe we should just stay put for a year already. :) read more »
Boy will we be glad to go back to Utah and have a consistent internet
connection at home! Until then, Wayne found his way to the downtown library, which has free internet but expensive parking. We looked up places with free internet and cheap parking, so he might be able to try those out this week when he needs to research installation project ideas. But he's also started another huge painting, so we'll see how much mischief he has time for. read more »
