Thoughts from Crow Cottage (My Main Blog.)
crowbelle's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It Was a Razzleberry Kind of Day IT WAS A RAZZLEBERRY KIND OF DAY Yesterday, everything changed. For the better. And probably only temporarily. The heat moved out. The clouds moved on. The cool air moved in. And, like LA wrote recently, I can open my windows and breathe real air! All is right with the world... but probably only temporarily. Yesterday we had Paul's folks over for dinner. I had bought the ingredients to make a vegetable lasagna, and I needed them to eat up some of it for me since my freezer is full and I didn't have room to store the leftovers. They came, they ate, and they took some home...which worked out great. They also brought a "razzleberry" pie for dessert which was the first time we'd tried that pie. It was so good. It's made with raspberries and blackberries, I think. It wasn't homemade, but I think it was a "Mrs. Smith" pie. Anyway, it hit the spot, after a very nice simple dinner of my own version of vegetable lasagna and coleslaw. In fact, when I hit on a good recipe, I always like to share it with you so here goes:
I have to say, even though Paul and his Mom don't really like things with cheese in them, they both loved this dish, and I think it was because I didn't use the usual mozzarella but rather the fontina cheese instead. It's not stringy. Then I bought some pre-shredded cole slaw and made up my own dressing. This is the first time I have ever hit on a dressing for cole slaw that was perfection! Here's the recipe for that:
I just found that Kikkoman's soy sauce in the store this weekend in the Chinese foods section. The citrus was what caught my eye, and it was truly the best dressing I have ever made for cole slaw. Even Paul said he loved it and he's not a huge cole slaw fan like I am. So, that was my day yesterday. I had to type in the morning for several hours, then when I saw that Paul wasn't going to get home from lobstering early enough to clean the house, I had to pitch in and do that job... and then of course I had to make that lasagna. No matter how organized I am, making lasagna always wears me out.. and makes a huge mess in the kitchen. But it was worth it in the end, and we now have lots of leftovers, the folks have leftovers, and we got to spend some time with them on a fairly nice Sunday afternoon (watching the Red Sox lose to Seattle, by the way! Grrr!). I need to get to work. It's past 7 now and I have many miles to type, and, since this is the only day that will be decent for the whole week, weather-wise, and since we haven't had the chance to mow the grass for ages and ages, I really need to find some time to run the mower over at least the front lawn, or else the dogs are going to get lost in the tall grass out there! Cheers, Bex 6:43 am - 24 July 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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