Baking is Good For You

Feel a bit more ease with the world. I've cracked open Karen Duff's "A Slob in the Kitchen" cookbook. Over the weekend I made Baked Zucchini. Not bad. 10 baby zucchinis (the store had medium sizes so I improvised by buying 5 fat ones and chopped 4 1/2), 5 whole plum tomatoes, one small onion, with salt, pepper and thyme to season. 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil. Half on the bottom of baking dish and the other half to drizzle. Bake for about 30 minutes. Makes great leftovers (I'm a big leftover eater) . Rice or pasta complement the dish well. *urp* Most vegetables aren't good leftovers as they can become soggy from being in the fridge after several days, nevertheless the zucchini remained firm and tomatoes squishy. Nice.

Tonight - I baked Baking Powder biscuits. The ingredients consisted of flour, baking powder, salt, milk and butter; knead the dough, use a juice cup to cut biscuit holes and plop them onto an ungreased baking sheet and in the oven they go, for approx 13 minutes. Three biscuits topped with margarine and jam are sitting comfortably in my tummy. They'll make a decent breakfast in the morning, yes sir. I bought a small block of Amish Store's homemade butter (didn't need to buy 4 sticks in a pack at this time).. It's super salty yet gives the biscuits a good punch.

I grew up on Campbell's Soup and couple of pasta recipes Mom made (tuna noodle casserole and beef stronagoff) included Campbell's. They're easy to make and again, delicious leftovers. Sarah is always amused whenever I make them and surprised me one day by giving me a Campbell cookbook. All recipes with a Campbell's soup. My particular fave so far is broccoli with chicken cream. Leftovers. Yum.