6 Tbs olive oil 3 medium onions, chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 1/2 tsp. dried basil 2 bay leaves 35 oz. can crushed tomatoes 20 oz. can garbanzo beans 20 oz. can kidney... When the potatoes are done, the stew is done. Either serve immediately or refrigerate and reheat. Notes: Add water if needed to retain the semi-liquid consistency. Serve with toasted garlic bread.

... they usually use white onions. I say no. Let's go mediterranean. Gyros are greek, greece is on the mediterranean, so let's go all out. This one is a three parter. Sorry about that, I hate doing combo recipes but you kinda have to have the sauce too, and well... We have to put the thing together, right? ROAST LAMB lamb shoulder (maybe 3 lbs) sliced red onion 2 cloves garlic ~2 tblsp fresh cracked pepper...

Actual content: World's Easiest Pot Roast 1 pot roast, 2-3 pounds 1 large sweet potato 1 can cream of tomato soup, preferably Heintz 1 packet dried mushroom onion soup mix Wash & chop the potato. Put...in the first place, in the hopes that maybe someone out there will at least not repeat that set of mistakes. View Poll: #1254916 Points if you recognize where that last bit came from..

...Suppers for Family and Friends (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p.151. (I just went out and bought this cookbook after bringing it home for a while from the library ―it's got lots of  recipes I want to try, and its title and seasonal format appeal to me: right up my alley. Well, as the year goes on I'll see if it was worth its high price ― it's available only in hardcover.) ____________...

http://www.nikibone.com/recipe/cornish_hen.html Game Hens with Pesto Rub and Roasted Potatoes 4 cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves 1/3 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon water 1 tablespoon...high heat. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Keep warm. To serve, ladle glaze over each Cornish hen and serve with pineapple relish. Garnish with fresh tarragon leaves and orange peel curls. Serves 10

http://hungry4it.com/HENS/cornishhens01.php SPANISH-ROASTED GAME HENS 4 Cornish game hens Salt and pepper 1 lb. small fresh mushrooms Whole pimento-stuffed olives 2 slices bacon, halved 1/2 tsp. paprika...in baking pan. Cover with heavy-duty foil. Mix wine, margarine and lemon juice. Bake hens at 325 degrees for 1 hour, basting frequently with sauce until all is used. Uncover; bake for 30 minutes longer

I promise you.  Its really, really good. Ingredients: Regular pancake recipe (read the back of the box for instructions) 5 pieces of individually wrapped imitation crab meat *optional* Shredded mozarella... Dish out the pancakes and drizzle with your prefered amount of Japanese mayonnaise.  - Enjoy! ^__^ Note: I first tried this recipe when all I had in my fridge was pancake mix, cheese, and crab meat

From the Food forum in the New Cafe: Today I am truly cooking tomato sauce. Well, making it, anyway. I bought a bushel of Roma tomatoes from a local farmer last night. I do it the lazy way -- pop tomatoes in blender and liquefy, then drain for a while, put pulp in jars, put jars in pressure canner. I used to do the blanch/peel/seed/cook/can route and discovered this is much easier.

The vacation was wonderful, 5 whole days for ourselves! We hit both the u-pick orchard and the u-pick farm down in Wilcox. Green tomatoes, Asian pears, apples, zucchini, crookneck and pickling cucumbers...out of melon. Place in large container to chill. Stir before serving. Makes half a gallon to a gallon. *You can use any kind of melon; watermelon, candy cane or honeydew are all good ones to use

I got so wrapped up in political stuff and weather worries that I forgot to mention the good things this week! I went to see Mamma Mia! again, this time the sing-a-long version. It was a lot of fun! ...peek at the music" nights. We don't sing in church for another couple of weeks. My latest cross stitching update: http://kirastitch.blogspot.com/2008/09/inch-by-inch.html That's about it!