Recipe Review
Today’s
Recipe and Location: Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
Found
in: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From my
Frontier
Page 139 - 140 Copyright: 2012 Harper Collins
I figured out that there are
275 calories per serving, if 8 servings are made. (Please note that the calorie counts vary
depending on the specific brands of ingredients that you choose to use.)
This
dish is rich and creamy and the perfect side dish for any meal. The flavor is
outstanding and the basil is the perfect topper. There isn’t a lot to making
it, but the creaminess is the clincher for me. I didn’t use it as a side dish but as a lunch. Of course, I was disappointed when I
reached the end of the dish, but there is always tomorrow and another serving.
Today’s
critics:
Brandy: Eh, it was ok, a little rich if that makes sense.... I
don't think I would make it again, not my thing.
Trivial Triffles
The other day I was at the checkout line at
the grocery and was staring at the candy.
For some reason I started thinking about the candy of my childhood. One
of my favorite memories was at Pottawattomie Pool. We were always given snack
money and my candy of choice at the time was a giant sweettart. It was enormous
and I chose that and a pretzel stick. What more can a child want – salty and
sweet?
Another
favorite candy was dots. At least
that is what we called them. I wonder what their official name really was?
Basically, they were colored sugar dots on a strip of paper. I am sure they had no nutritional value
at all but they sure were good to us.
The
candy that makes me laugh the most is the candy necklace. Basically it was just
circular shaped candy on an elastic string. When you wanted a piece, you
stretched the string and bit off a piece. Now, that alone is not bad until you
offered your friend one, at which she would bite a piece off of your necklace.
Today, I find that disgusting but at the time it seemed perfectly
reasonable. The things we did!
Memory Musings
I
just had a mini memory after talking to my school kids about being
bullied. I never thought of myself
as being bullied, but I do have a memory of a boy who really annoyed me in
second grade. His name was Pete Potsy. No – I did not make that name up. Now I
cannot be sure that is how he spelled his name because I was only a mere pup at
the time. I only attended Wasco
Elementary for Second grade and then we were transferred to Richmond. Pete did
his best to tick me off most days.
I don’t remember how he did it, or what was said, or even how I
reacted. I just remember how much
I disliked him. No wonder I have never liked the name PETE!
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