It's Time for Desert!!!

It's peach season, so I thought I'd whip some cream.

you need:

8 0z carton of whipping cream

1-2 TBS maple syrup

a few perfectly ripe peaches (or maybe some raspberries, or strawberries, or melon, or all of the above).

In a medium mixing bowl combine the cream and the maple syrup.  Take a wisk and wisk vigorously until the cream has thickened (you really want to get air into it, so your arm is going to get tired!).

Put fruit in a bowl, and top with the cream.

AWESOME.

caio, JEFF

I Love Lasagna!!!

Time to eat

Before and after

It's summer, and that means that it is hot out, so normally I try to avoid cooking in my stove, but tonight I had the impulse to make lasagna and garlic bread.  This is how I did it.

you need:

package lasagna noodles (I like organic whole wheat)

jar of sauce.

6 cloves Garlic

bunch of Kale

1 small yellow onion

2 medium carrots.

6-8 mushrooms

1 package Smart Ground (fake meat)

16oz Ricotta cheese

8oz shredded mozzarella

small bunch of parsley

some shredded parm.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

cook 9 lasagna noodles (leaving them al dente).

meanwhile, chop then saute garlic, onions, kale, carrots, and mushrooms.  Add Smart Ground at the end just to mix it in and warm it.  Set this aside.  Now, chop the parsley and put it in a large bowl.  Mix in ricotta cheese and mozzarella.  Still with me?  Okay, in a glass baking dish, put down a thin layer of sauce, and  place 3 lasagna noodles lengthwise.  Slather some of the cheese mixture on top of the noodle (about 1/3- 1/2).  evenly spread half of the veggie mixture.  Sprinkle some parm on that, and dump a little bit of sauce on top of that.  Add three more noodles, and make another layer like the first, using the rest of the ingredients.  Add the last three noodles on top of that, put a small layer of sauce on top of the noodle, sprinkle some parm on top of that and then a little ground black pepper.  Damn, this is gonna be good.  Now, cover the top with tin foil and put in the oven.  After 30 minutes take the foil off the top and keep cooking.  I think I'll let you figure out how to do your on garlic bread.  I'm hungry, and the lasagna has cooled just enough.

Ciao, JEFF

Fourth of July in Randolph

The volunteer fire department was represented.

Not sure what happens if a fire breaks out during the parade.

Good time to show off that classic tractor.

Jenn's waiting for the floats that throw candy.

One float, a local organic dairy, threw yogurt in a plastic tube.

Kim said it was really good.  I second.

Jenn is a viking.

Me: "nice tractor"

him: "a'yut"

me: "a'yut"

me: "there were cloggers in the parade"

friend: "what is clogging?"

me: "a mix between tap dancing, and square dancing."

friend: "a'yut"

This dude wanted to show off his truck.

What a poser, there's no mud on it.

Fuckin' nice camero, dude.

Oh, and there was a steel band.

Sorry folks.  I didn't get the dirt bike club, the town little league all- stars, the high school marching band, or the local race car driving teams, but I was afraid to take too many pictures.  Didn't want to look like a flat- lander.

My First Crush

As I sit here in Muddy Waters trying to work on my paper, that is way past due, I am thinking about my first crush.  The first real girl I had a crush on was named Tammy, but before that it had to be Sandie and Denise. 

Denise was always my favorite female Huxtable.  She was cute and funky, and a bit of a trouble maker.  And those braces, well I always had crushes on girls with braces.  I used to look forward to Thursday nights and watching the Cosby's.

When we got our first VHS player, we had a limited movie library.  One of the few videos we had was Grease, and goddamn Sandie was a babe!  The goody goody Sandie was cute, but I'm talking about the other Sandie.  The SAndie that changed to get the boy.  I always loved the ending when she comes out in a skin tight black leotard, black leather jacket, smoking a cigarette with a real attitude.  I mean, look at that picture!!  What a fox!  I still have a thing for the bad girls.