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Book club materials – An Acquired Taste
29 Tuesday Mar 2022
Posted Blog, Book Club materials
in29 Tuesday Mar 2022
Posted Blog, Book Club materials
inIs your book club reading An Acquired Taste? Download these questions to get the discussion started.
29 Tuesday Aug 2017
Posted Book recommendations
inFantasy
One of my favorite genres.
Time travel
General fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Mystery, Thrillers, & Intrigue
The Classics
Contemporary Lit & Romance
New Adult
28 Monday Aug 2017
Posted Reader's Corner
in01 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted Book recipes
inLiv loves her Creole food and Red Beans & Rice is a staple. Although it takes a couple of hours to cook, the prep time is minimal.
Ingredients
1 lb dried red beans, rinsed and soaked overnight, drained
bacon grease
1 medium chopped yellow onion
4 stalks chopped celery
1 chopped green bell pepper
salt and pepper
pinch cayenne
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1 pkg smoked Andouille sausage, sliced
2 smoked ham hocks
4 cloves chopped garlic
10 cups chicken stock
cooked rice (Liv prefers black rice)
Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Continue to cook until the beans are tender and creamy, 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves. Serve over rice.
30 Thursday Jul 2015
Posted Book recipes
inThis is a favorite of LIv’s family and friends. She uses thinly sliced zucchini instead of lasagna noodles, but that’s a personal preference.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground meat in a large skillet, add sauce and simmer covered. Mix the 4 c mozzarella with the eggs, cottage cheese and parsley until well blended. Salt and pepper to taste.
Assemble the lasagna by using a 13x9x2 lasagna pan and adding layers. Start with a layer of the sauce, then a layer of zucchini (or noodles), then a layer of the cheese mixture. Repeat this until near the top where the last two layers will be the zucchini then sauce on top. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and cover with foil. Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and sprinkle the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese on top. Place back in the over for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven and let cool at least 20-30 minutes. Cut into squares.
Liv’s Spaghetti Sauce
Heat up large skillet and olive oil over medium high heat and saute mushrooms until brown. Add onion and bell pepper and saute for about 3-4 minutes. Add zucchini and carrots and cook an additional 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and saute another minute. Salt and pepper to taste. Add tomato paste and cook another 2 minutes or so, stirring constantly. Add wine to de-glaze skillet. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce, then season again with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and turn down low to simmer. This can simmer as long as you’d like it to. The longer, the better, just make sure to stir it once in awhile. Add the basil and oregano.
24 Friday Jul 2015
Posted Book recipes
inThis recipe won’t have too many measurements. Most are “to taste.” Liv has been making this so long, she does it automatically.
Place crab legs in a huge, deep pot and add water 3/4 full. Put on high heat to boil. Once it begins boiling, turn down to medium-high heat and add seasonings including 2 tsp of the file. Add vegetables and boil another 30 minutes. Add chicken legs and sausage and boil another 45 minutes. Add 2 TB of file, stir and scrape. Add gravy and corn starch, stir. Add shrimp and turn off heat. Serve with rice. Liv prefers black rice, but any rice will do.