Excuses, excuses, excuses - I have so many of them. My very intention was to write one blog a day. I missed yesterday. Today will be a short one in explanation of what happened the previous two days. No pictures for this blog! (To my English major fans, I do know the previous statement is not a full sentence).
I love the fact that I have plenty to do and I certainly do not get bored. Monday I was up early doing my mother's laundry, grocery shopping and blanching, skinning, quartering and seeding 20#'s of tomatoes. My feet and legs were tired but I will be very glad I did that this winter when I am making soups and stews. Hopefully, my family and dinner guests will be glad too. I also made six pans of brownies for the Family in Christ church dinner on Tuesday night.
Tuesday I had a 7:30 am Board meeting at the Erie Chamber of Commerce then it was home again around 11:00 (after a few errands) to start making baked ziti. I needed four 9 x 12 pans to serve 42 Broomfield Soccer Varsity and Junior Varsity players toward the end of the month. My grandson is one of the team captains at Broomfield on the Varsity Squad, and I just like to stay in touch. In the middle of boiling, mixing and wrapping up my oldest son called as he was in town from Dallas. Of course I encouraged him to come and visit. Once he got here, since he is a tall person and I am not, he agreed to put in seven new light bulbs for me. It's a good thing he came before my whole house was dark! While he was performing those chores, I finished up my ziti and got it in the freezer. I will add the receipe below as it is so easy and convenient. After all this was out of the way, he took me to lunch and paid. It is really nice to have grown children who treat you. I received good hugs and a nice visit, thank you Bobby! By the way, I am the only one who still calls him that since he is about 6'1" or 2". After Bobby left I also spent about an hour and a half cutting up vegetables for the salad for the church dinner.
Here's the receipe for ziti just in case you want to try it.
Baked Ziti
2# ziti or rigatoni
2# ricotta
2 eggs
2# mozzarella cheese grated
1# grated parmesan
2 jars sauce (or be energetic and make your own)
garlic powder, basil, oregano, parsley, pepper, some salt to taste
Spray Pam in a 9 x 12 pan, pour one jar of sauce in the bottom to cover (if you have a little left, save to use on top, cook the pasta al dente, in the meantime mix the ricotta and eggs till well blended, add your seasonings, add the cooked pasta while still warm, mix, add the mozzarella and blend well. Pour into your 9 x 12 pan. Top with the other jar of sauce and any that you didn't need to cover the bottom of your pan, top with the 1# of parmesan, cover with plastic wrap, then aluminum foil and freeze. It freezes very well. Set out in the morning to start to thaw, bake at 350 to 375 degrees, covered, approximately one hour till done. Add a salad and garlic bread and you have a great meal.
I will try very hard to get back to the travelogue tomorrow.
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Jacqui Jeffress
Denver and Points North REALTOR®
Infinity Real Estate Services
(303) 887-4210
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Jacqui Jeffress @ 4:42 PM
