just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out on such short notiice to ladychrista’s surprise birthday/pizza party.    i suppose i shouldn’t be too suprised cause i’d go just about anywhere for a free slice of carmine’s .   excuse the terrible photography, i couldnt seem to get any good shots.  happy birthday christa!!!

this is the first post in quite a while so give yourself a little bit of time to ease back into the flannel.  its been a long time, and since the last entry the gators lost to alabama and missed the chance at the national championship, christmas came and passsed, ive experienced korean baths, both brudders are all grown up, and i recovered from my ohio head trauma.  heres part 1 in a series of 3, maybe 4, and im pretty sure this was thanksgiving at russ and jason’s place, except for the miniature tree and cats – thats our place.

you ‘ll need:  1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese.  1 cup of milk.  1 small can of whole kernel corn, drained.  1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese.  1 teaspoon of garlic powder.  2 cups tricolor cooked macaroni twists or rotini.  hand-full of saltines, crushed.

1.  cook your pasta, and in the meantime grate the cheddar.

2.  once the pasta is done, drain and put back in the large pot.  combine ricotta, milk, chedder, and garlic in the same pot and stir.

3.  grease up a baking dish and place mixed ingredients in it and put in the oven.  bake for 30 minutes.  smash up your saltines while your waiting.

4.  take out mac n cheese, and sprinkle saltines on top.   stick back in the oven to toast for a few miutes and your done.

couple carrots, few potatoes, few sticks of celery, 1 leek, 1 parsnip, 1 onion, 2 handfuls of frozen spinach, couple cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, italian seasonings or whatever, and 5 cups of water…

alright… in the crock-pot, combine all ingredients and add water. your done.

simply boil water, add rice, let simmer until fluffy.  in the meantime grate the cheese, cut the olives, lettuce,  and onions, and prepare the avocado.  once your done, give the rice a stir and throw the tofu crumbles in a pan and heat.  this should only take a few minutes so wait until the rice is almost finished.  once the crumbles have begin to warm, stir in the special taco seasoning powder and your done.  throw it on a plate and add drizzle some taco sauce on the top!   this is so easy that i even considered leaving out the instructions.