tunisian entrelacs

Junebug

DON'T START ME TALKING OR I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING I KNOW, SAYINGS FROM THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JUNEBUG JABBO JONES (trt: 43") from SOUTHEAST VIDEO PRESERVATION CEN on Vimeo.

coffee cake

After looking at it sitting on my pantry-shelf for about 5 months (!) I finally decided to make up the "GF Pantry" coffeecake. It is SCRUMPTIOUS! I added pecans and dried cherries (tart) to the topping mix. It's going to be hard to keep out of the stuff. I am going to have to slice it up and freeze this FAST or risk eating the whole pan and becoming a human blimp! Anyway, highly-recommended!

Tears-in-your-eyes GF Lasagna

This turned out seriously delicious and, had I not jumped up and frozen the leftovers in serving-sizes, we would have eaten the pan-full and licked it clean!
6 Lasagna sheets (I use "Tinkyada" brown rice with bran)
Fresh mozzarella for topping
fillings:
Meat filling:
8 oz minced lean beef or pork
1/2 c chopped peppers (I like to use peppers with a little "heat" but sweet peppers are more trad)
1/2 chopped onions
4 T sun-dried tomato pesto (available in the "spaghetti sauce" aisles)

saute the onions and peppers in a couple of T of oil (olive or grapeseed) until tender then add and brown the meat. Add the pesto after taking the meat out of the pan.

Cheese filling:
1 c skim-milk ricotta
2/3 cup skim-milk shredded mozarella
4-6 T parmesan (I adjust this to taste each time I make a recipe)
1 beaten egg
"Jane's Krazy Mixed-up Salt" to taste

I use Winn-Dixie Italian-style diced tomatoes, which are already seasoned. If I have time, I make my own sauce, but the sauce is up to you. 1 to 2 cans will do it.

Spray or oil a loaf-pan. put one layer of sauce in the bottom and layer on 2 lasagna sheets (boards). Spread a layer of cheese filling, then some meat. Pour on some sauce. Repeat for second layer, finishing off the fillings. Top off with last 2 lasagna sheets, the rest of the sauce and cover with sliced Mozzarella. (Use shredded in a pinch, I just like the way slices melt and toast.)
Bake at 375 for about 45 minutes.
Freezes well.

some recycling went on

I am fiddling around with re-cycling some things. I figured out how to re-use my Keurig K-cups! I take the aluminum cover off, rinse them carefully, then refill with my own coffee. I cover it tightly with PressnSeal, then pop it back into the brewer cup, lining the hole on the bottom up with the "puncher" inside there and proceed as usual. I awaited a deluge of hot water the first time I tried it, but it worked perfectly. YOu can get a "my own k-cup" gadget with a filter in it that allows this, but it's fun to outwit "the system."
The other is those little "face wash" things that the UK Company "Boots" sell. This is a mix of witch hazel and some essential oils, like Tea Tree, and a little pump sends out a nice, foamy face wash. I've mixed up my own with the w/h, other oils, (like my grapeseed oil) and a little of my "better" bath gels for the sudsing agent. WHOOOSH...foamy face-wash again! I would guess it cost maybe 10¢.

Cedric Hears Eating

All I have to do is make crinkly noises with a paper bag and Ceddie KNOWS it's snacktime!
He was on the bed, which added to his already amazing little Papillon springs!

gluten free across the pond

OK, hands-down: everything, and I mean EVERYTHING I found in the UK is so far and above most of the stuff I have gotten here in the US that the mind boggles. It's enough to make you move.
British Airways also did a wonderful job on GF meals!
Well, kids, there's always mailorder!
If you go over there, Waitrose supermarkets have some of their own brand of snacks and breads that are delicious.