Here’s a nice one for hot days — Asian Noodle Salad. In the winter I serve it with black bean soup and cornbread. In the summer, a loaf of bread will do.
Enjoy!
WM
“Marriage: a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters written in prose.”
— Beverly Nichols, author
okay, Wacky Mommy is in full, complete TOTAL FREAK-OUT MODE NOW! WTF? Oh. My. God…. Can’t write, can’t concentrate, can’t even manage to vacuum my g.d. office, much less work on the much-needed second draft of The Novel, because…
You heard of “elimination communication?” It’s raising babies without diapers, aka “nappies” in the U.K.
Wacky Mommy is in favor of diapering. Bring on the Huggies…
Sweet jeebus, help us all. Not all progress is bad. More later…
WM
Quote of the day:
Have a great week — I’m off to a writers’ workshop. Can you dig it?
WM
SALLY TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE
For all those tomatoes you’ll soon be running into…
Saute in olive oil and safflower oil:
2-3 onions
2-3 bulbs garlic
Carmelize a little.
Add:
2 stalks celery
1-2 bell peppers (green, red, yellow or combination)
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to taste
Saute until peppers are soft. Add six big cans of tomatoes (drain most of the liquid off), or fresh, if available. (I sometimes use half fresh, half canned.) Cook at least two hours, stirring to prevent burning. Add two bunches of fresh basil, chopped, and one bunch fresh oregano, chopped. Blend with hand blender. Serve with pasta or use as pizza sauce
We try to have at least six containers of this in the freezer at all times. Microwave it, cook up some pasta, steam a veg, broil some garlic cheese bread — voila! You’re a gourmet.
This one is from Wacky Sister — it’s our new favorite potluck dish.
WM
COWBOY CAVIAR
1 can (15 oz) black-eyed peas, drained
1 can (11 oz) White Shoepeg Corn, drained (or substitute any white corn)
1/2 cup chopped tomato
2/3 cup chopped cilantro
2/3 cup chopped green onions
2 avocadoes, peeled and diced
Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1/2 – 1 tsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
Combine dressing and mix into the first five ingredients above; add avocado.
Serve with tortilla chips.
“The giraffe you thought you offended last week is willing to be nuzzled today.”
— Anonymous
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr., writer
“The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.”
— Robert Lynd, writer (1879-1949)
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