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Mac and cheese like you never tasted before « The Inadvertent Gardener — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:13:11 +0000

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By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:01:50 +0000

Heather, I don’t know about country girl, but yeah…it’s different out here! :-) I’m glad to hear you guys are fans of the Cowboy Spaghetti, too…it’s really good stuff. Actually, your comment reminded me that it’s been awhile since I’ve made it…I need to break out the recipe and make it happen again!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:28:00 +0000

Ok – I’ll confess to being a bad friend who had not read your blog lately. Then, the link to it was on your email from earlier this week, which prompted me to check it out. I’m very impressed my friend. Shocked by some of it and what a country girl you’re becoming after all your years in the city.

Anyway, I saw this post about Cowboy Spaghetti and had to snicker as it has quickly become a favorite in our house since I got a complete set of Rachel Ray cookbooks for Christmas from Rob’s mom. You know how she is – you give her an idea and she responds in a totally overboard way. So, my saying, “I think I’d like a Rachel Ray cookbook for Christmas” resulted in not one, not two, but THREE cookbooks by the grand dame of quick cooking.

Anyway, I digress. Just wanted to let you know that Rob and I also love the Cowboy Spaghetti. In fact, we might have it for dinner tonight now that you’ve made me think of it.

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:16:50 +0000

Don, that’s hilarious. I wonder if she’s pregnant, and just hasn’t told the world? That could explain the, ahem, expansion.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:39:30 +0000

I’m actually kind of a RR fan… I like perky! Have you seen her newest shows though; yikes… she’s not only perky now, she’s CHUNKY! When she starts flying back and forth real quick like in her kitchen, I’m afraid her breasts are going to fly out of her top and topple her over to the floor.
Don

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:12:11 +0000

You’re welcome, Ruth! Thanks for stopping by.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:29:58 +0000

I’m always looking for new ways to do quick and healthful pastas. Thanks for sharing tihs one.

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:51:48 +0000

Wes, one cookbook that I actually helped do some recipe testing for was “Low-Fat Cooking To Beat the Clock” by Sam Gugino. He claims a 15-minute cooking time, which I also always found was stretching it, but it was probably pretty close to 30 minutes. One criticism of the cookbook, though, is that the “meals” could often use a salad or something to round them out. But salads are easy to throw together, eh? (As long as you don’t get a bag of e.coli as your starter greens…)

Please note, too, that I didn’t get paid for my recipe testing — I was a volunteer, so I’m not in Sam’s pocket by any stretch. I just liked the cookbook.

But at the end of the day, the fast-fast cooking that I do is never out of a cookbook anymore. I have some tried-and-true standby’s for super-fast dinner on the table, and part of why they’re so fast is because I’ve made those meals so often.

By: wes

wes — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:30:13 +0000

I leafed through “Express Lane Meals” at one point and wasn’t too impressed with their “express” qualities; I’m with you in thinking that many may take more than 30 minutes to prepare. (Also, profuse pictures in a cookbook turn me off as they seem a marketing ploy.)

I’m still searching for a really, really good “fast, fast meals” style cookbook to add to my very small collection of cookbooks. Are you by chance aware of any?

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:42:25 +0000

She can get a little perky, can’t she? Some days, I’m not sure where she finds the energy. But for general quick-cooking techniques, I find her to be really helpful. I bet this would work with any kind of South Beach-friendly pasta, like Dreamfields or something like that.