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Arthur, M.R.R and Taste of the Tropics Pasta

At The Movies… We were pleasantly surprised with the remake of the movie “Arthur” Although we started watching it with a lot of skepticism, the result was hysterical laughter through many of the scenes. We like Russell Brand so much, we picked up another movie, “Get Him to the Greek” DUD! We didn’t even watch it to the half way point. It wasn’t our style. Call us prudes but we don’t like heavy druggy movies. It’s just not funny. See any good movies lately? M.R.R. = Mid Range Run It was a terrific morning to run. The humidity was down [...]

By Joanne|2011-08-03T20:02:19-04:00August 4, 2011|healthy cooking|5 Comments

Hingham Wildlife and Macaroni Salad

We have so much activity in our back yard, the camera should always be at the ready. Mom deer had a baby. They must consider our yard the “safe zone” because Mom and Babe are always hanging around. On this particular night, Ted had just stopped the lawn mower, while Mom and Babe were watching behind the trees. They stood still as Ted made his way across the yard. I came out the door and Mom began walking towards the woods. Babe was very busy sniffing around, until Mom said the word and …ZING! He was off! We have a [...]

By Joanne|2011-07-05T19:53:37-04:00July 6, 2011|Salads|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Lasagna

Everyone has their favorite lasagna recipe. Some are easy some are more difficult. To be honest, I’ve never had a lasagna I didn’t like. The following Taste of Utica recipe is no different. So good. Pretty easy to make, even down to doing the sauce yourself. No jar sauces. Refer to page 123 in our book Posted by Josie Townsend – Makes (1) 9 x 12 pan of perfect lasagna *Josie’s recipe uses 1 lb lean ground beef and 1/2 lb bulk Italian sausage which you cook ahead of time (drain the fat). I didn’t use meat in my lasagna. [...]

By Joanne|2011-06-12T19:09:02-04:00June 12, 2011|Taste of Utica|4 Comments

CEimB Wheat Pasta Salad with Walnuts and Feta

“It’s the easy-to-bring salad that everyone will be fawning over at your next potluck.” Ellie describes this salad perfectly and without a doubt, everyone will “fawn” over it. An absolutely, surprisingly, spectacular salad so easy to make and so utterly delicious. Can you tell that Ted and I thought this recipe was super?!! A fabulous pick by Kayte of Grandmas Kitchen Table. This salad will be remade time after time after time. It was THAT good. Here is the on line recipe and of course go to Kayte’s site to see how she made this dish. The following are the [...]