Pasta, Veggies and Lemon Sauce

Where has this week gone? It seemed to fly by for me. Not a bad thing though. Nothing wrong with the weekend coming sooner, right? My week in the kitchen this week has consisted of cooking up lots of leftovers. I took a trip to Costco last week and of course came home with large quantities of stuff…mostly produce. I can’t help myself. You get so much more for your money with Costco produce. I would love to say that I shop my farmer’s market every Saturday morning, but it just doesn’t always work out that way for me. Anyway, back to the leftovers. Looking in my fridge and trying to make some room, I knew it was time for a few things to go. I sent out a “tweet” and was answered by my reliable foodie friend Maria with this awesome idea for dinner . I love light lemon sauces so the minute I read her recipe I knew this was what I wanted to make. Pasta is a perfect way to use up items in your fridge, especially veggies. My husband, nephew and I ate this tonight while watching the Magic in the Playoffs…they were full of compliments. Thanks for the inspiration Maria! I needed this pasta. It was perfect. Pasta, Veggies and Lemon Sauce Recipe adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod 1 box Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta 2-3 TB Olive oil 1/2 onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 bunch of asparagus, trimmed and cut in thirds 1 red, yellow or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced thinly sliced prosciutto, roughly chopped (optional) 1 bunch of fresh spinach leaves, cleaned pinch Red pepper flakes Salt and Pepper to taste Zest and juice of one large lemon grated Asiago or Parmesan Cheese Bring a big pot of water to boil. Add salt and cook pasta until al dente. While the pasta is cooking, heat oil in a large saute pan. Add onions and cook until tender. Add garlic and red pepper flakes. Add red peppers, asparagus and saute for 2-3 minutes. Add prosciutto and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Season with salt and pepper. Using a spaghetti spoon or tongs, transfer pasta along with some pasta water into saute pan. Add lemon zest and juice of one lemon and toss in saute pan. Top with fresh grated Asiago or Parmesan cheese.

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Stir, Laugh, Repeat – Review by Fran Lewis, Author of My Is Bertha

Another wonder review for my cookbook Stir, Laugh, Repeat.. Finding Joy While Playing in the Kitchen. (Order your own copy through Amazon, Barnes & Noble or by clicking on Stir, Laugh, Repeat in the right hand sidebar.) Serving up some down home and down south great cooking By Fran Lewis “Fran and Bertha” Serving Up Some Great Southern Cooking and Hospitality: Stir, Laugh, Repeat By Martha A. Cheves Reviewed by: Fran Lewis Move over Paula Dean, Emeril, and Rachel Ray: Make way for the new Queen of Southern hospitality and cooking our very own Martha Cheves. From her home made pies to her delicious desserts Martha sends the reader into mouth-watering heaven as she describes in detail how each recipe was created and the stories behind them. As a total non-cook and someone who has trouble boiling water without burning it or making an egg hard without it exploding; even I can follow and create one of her clear, concise and easy to understand recipes. As I read each one, I began thinking how great it would be to her as a friend and neighbor. Having Martha as a neighbor would mean never having to cook or bring in take out ever again. Hopefully including me as one of her food testers I would get to sample and gladly volunteer to try out her new recipes and never have to use a microwave or a stove ever again. From her creative ways of dealing with leftovers and her fun filled family traditions, this book motivated me to try one of her recipes and share them with my friends and family too and finally break in my new and unused stove. As a child, I watched my grandmother create homemade chicken soup, chocolate pudding and even grind her own meat. I loved licking the spoon while the chocolate was hot. However, she would never allow anyone, including my mom, to go near her stove or broiler. The kitchen was her domain only. How great for Martha’s children to grow up with a mom who made every meal an adventure and fun. Mystery night sounded great and her banana pudding story was funny. As a true chicken lover, I decided to put the Basil Grilled Chicken Recipe to the test. If I can make it, anyone can. I agree with Martha that forty dollars for dinner is steep and that making your own meals is not only healthier because you know what ingredients are in it and you can enjoy the benefits of your own home made meal. To make sure that I did total justice to this recipe I had my husband create it and make it. I read the

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Cookie Storage

Cookies, baked – Store up to 4 to 6 months in the freeze. Pack in an airtight container. Cookies, unbaked dough – 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator. Up to 6 months in the freezer. Form refrigerator dough cookies into rolls; wrap tightly, thaw in refrigerator before slicing or dropping on a cookie sheets.

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Olive Oil – How does it help us?

Olive oil Protects your heart Promotes Weight loss Combats cancer Battles diabetes Smoothes skin

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Cake Storage

Angel food & sponge cakes – refrigerate up to 3 days. Freeze for 4 to 6 months. Wrap well. Cheesecake – refrigerate 3 to 7 days. Freeze for 4 to 6 months. Wrap well. Fruit cakes – Freeze up to 1 year. Wrap well. Layer cakes – Store at room temperature. Best used within 3 to 7 days. Freeze for 2 to 4 months. Wrap well. Butter frosting freezes well, fluffy egg white frostings don’t

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Oats – How can they help you?

Oats Lowers cholesterol Combats cancer Battles diabetes Prevents constipation Smoothes skin

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What I Was Able to Learn Last Weekend…(or what I learnt or learned last weekend) and a recipe!

As most of you know last weekend I participated in a hunger challenge. Trust me when I say that I don’t go in for stuff like this lightly. I like food. I like food a whole awful lot. I guess that is one of the reasons I am a food blogger? So when I was approached to do a weekend long fast for NoFood4You , to raise awareness for childhood hunger, I was apprehensive to say the least. But because it was going to be in the company with some incredible people and for a cause that I wholeheartedly, 100% believe in I got on board. I can tell you now that I am honored and …

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Stir, Laugh, Repeat – Book Review by Darden North, Author of Fresh Frozen

5.0 out of 5 stars Darden North (Jackson, MS) Stir, Laugh, Repeat: Finding Joy While Playing in the Kitchen Author: Martha A Cheves Publisher: Tate Publishing Submitted by Darden North, MD My wife has often suggested I take up cooking. In fact, one of my physician friends was recently featured in our local paper doing just that. It seems that the anesthesiologist expertly prepares gourmet meals on his grill and makes it look easy. Anyway, I have never taken my wife’s suggestion about cooking and instead have started writing books. And it seems that a major aspect of being a twenty-first century author is networking with other writers as well as with readers — lots of readers, one hopes. This networking has lead me to author Martha A. Cheves and her culinary creations in the beautiful cookbook Stir, Laugh, Repeat: Finding Joy While Playing in the Kitchen. Frankly, this is the first time I have ever paid any attention to a cookbook, other than the time my wife Sally proofed and wrote the index for one and the dishes she has whipped up from the many other cookbooks filling the shelves in our kitchen. However, were I to take up cooking, the unique quality of Cheves’s Stir, Laugh, Repeat would be a premium start. The value of Martha’s work rests in its straightforward, easy-to-follow directions that even a doctor can follow. You see, a physician’s true surgical talent lies in making the correct diagnosis, counseling the ailing patient, and successfully performing the corrective surgery. While reading and chuckling through Stir, Laugh, Repeat, it quickly hit me like a flying frying pan that Martha A. Cheves is clearly the a surgeon of the kitchen. Furthermore, she emerges as a soft humorist whose talents rival her celebrity contemporaries. Through Cheves’s incorporation into her recipes of items commonly found at the neighborhood grocery, if not already found in one’s pantry, she makes easy use of leftovers, turning any kitchen into the envy of a popular restaurant and any cooking-illiterate male physician into a Chef Emeril Lagasse-wannabe. Cheves links clever anecdotes and personal stories to creations. One of my favorites concerns her invitation to a restaurant meal as the guest of her significant other’s ex-wife. Throughout her unexpected enjoyment of the company as well as the chicken entrée, Cheves mentally dissects the delectable preparation even as she plans to recreate the ingredients into her own personal dish. Another plus for beginner cooks, certainly to be appreciated by busy, no non-nonsense masters of the flame as well, is the book’s index, which is alphabetized by food categories: breads, desserts, fruits, meats, etc. So if I were going to take up cooking like my doctor friend, I would start with

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Chorizo and Eggs

This breakfast was absolutely delicious. After our Foodbuzz 24 pizza party on Saturday, we were left with lots of great leftover ingredients in the fridge. Sunday morning, our only dilemma was what to scramble with our eggs for breakfast. My husband was pushing for prosciutto and salami with eggs…but I won this time (or as he would say…every time) with this combination. I can’t say he was disappointed. Chorizo and Eggs Recipe from Aggie’s Kitchen Serves 2 2 links fresh chorizo 4 eggs, whisked shredded Mexican blend cheese chopped tomatoes chopped onions

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White Chocolate Noodles

I’ve just posted a simple recipe for a twist on the usual Butterscotch Chow Mein Noodles. To view the recipe click on Martha’s Kitchen Korner on the right sidebar.

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