blueerica beat me to the 'what to do with'....I love the whole blend of flavors.

I'll be right over

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I felt like making Chocolate Chip cookies yesterday. It was just that kind of day... 100 degrees + outside and I want to turn the oven on in my house.

I have an urge to make orange rolls. Entirely from scratch - which means kneading the dough by hand. Might do it tomorrow.

I'm making banana bread today.

man all these 'sweets' sound so wonderful ... for me, it's enchiladas for the casa de silva today

Wow Leo, you are conservative!

I love the tomato, Basil, Fresh Mozzarella, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)! I grow tomatoes and it works great with red and yellow ones!

Inspired by the new movie, I thought I'd try a dish I have never had; Ratatouilli. I hit the net, looked at several recipes (cripes, there are many ways to make this dish!). Traditionally, it is a meatless stew of sorts, so I stuck with that concept. The movie had it more as a veggie dish than a stew, but also getting all the ingredients to be the same size circles would be nearly impossible anyway.

So, I took the best ideas from several recipes, and went for it. That's the way I work, I look at a bunch of recipes, take the ideas I like, alter the ingredients for what ever reason (what I have on hand or can easily get, cost, ease or time, or picky eaters at my house and leave out offending ingredients).

It turned out wonderfully! I need to write down what I did. If anyone wants the recipe- let me know.

Please share, I have the veggie Queen in my house, we went to Yamabuki on our last trip to the park and she had their version sans sauce and practically licked her plate clean.

I can make reservations.

Although if you do want to jazz up Mac y Queso, I suggest chopping up and grilling some polska kielbasa and mixing it in, and then adding some grated cheddar cheese on top and melting that in the broiler.
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Nirvanaman and I got to enjoy Susan's spaghetti last night with her chocolate cake for desert. Yum yum!

Is there anything more wonderful than the smell of rising bread dough?

I didn't think so.

You may now envy my kitchen and its racks of fresh orange rolls, ready for the oven.