tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post463394622463872071..comments2023-08-26T07:04:46.370-05:00Comments on Maria's Blog: My First Real Meal-- An Easy RecipeMaria D. @ DownrightDomesticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455425847355266585noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post-53679663782612963202010-02-12T11:50:09.528-06:002010-02-12T11:50:09.528-06:00Yum! I'm a big pasta lover too. The one thing ...Yum! I'm a big pasta lover too. The one thing your meal is missing is a vegetable. A really easy one to add to this recipe is kale. It's one of my favorite <a href="http://blog.earthlingshandbook.org/2008/12/03/eat-more-kale.aspx" rel="nofollow">convenience foods</a> because it's so easy to freeze and use (without thawing!) in many recipes.<br /><br />I have to tell you about <a href="http://blog.earthlingshandbook.org/2007/12/03/honey-baked-lentils.aspx" rel="nofollow">Honey Baked Lentils</a>, a main dish you can mix up in minutes from affordable, shelf-stable ingredients and then just stick in the oven for an hour or so--very convenient!<br /><br />I hope your pregnancy nausea fades soon. Start planning ahead for the baby phase by learning lots of recipes that take little attention to cook and are flexible about details. Variations on this basic <a href="http://blog.earthlingshandbook.org/2009/09/30/lentil-rice.aspx" rel="nofollow">Lentil Rice</a> saved me from martyred mother starvation many times!'Beccahttp://blog.earthlingshandbook.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post-36954976444596652742010-02-10T20:58:27.813-06:002010-02-10T20:58:27.813-06:00@ Miriam: aren't husbands the greatest when it...@ Miriam: aren't husbands the greatest when it comes to picking up that pregnancy slack? I don't what I'd do without Adam around!<br /><br />@ Mom2fur: I had no idea this dish actually had a name! Maybe there is a little Italian in my family tree that I don't know about...<br /><br />@sandwiched: mmmm... clams...Maria D. @ DownrightDomesticityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455425847355266585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post-35518537452298896532010-02-10T19:39:51.215-06:002010-02-10T19:39:51.215-06:00Yum! I came across a variation of this in a cookbo...Yum! I came across a variation of this in a cookbook, but you add canned clams (and their juice). Awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post-30525706454858965812010-02-10T14:02:34.056-06:002010-02-10T14:02:34.056-06:00I think what you are making is called "Aioli&...I think what you are making is called "Aioli" (You say it something like Ah--ee-OH--lee. I'm married to an Italian and I still can't say it.) I bet you didn't know you were making a fancy restaurant dish, LOL!<br />Good luck with your pregnancy. My 'ick factor' thing was anything fried. I couldn't even look at a pan of frying chicken, and that was true for four pregnancies. I'm glad it doesn't stay with you--I'd hate to think my youngest is 19 now and I still couldn't eat fried chicken, LOL!Mom2furhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09919967314390699344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118162652498641658.post-69002444905595957052010-02-10T13:22:33.092-06:002010-02-10T13:22:33.092-06:00hahaha! You sound so much like me!! Only we're...hahaha! You sound so much like me!! Only we're too far out to be able to run for fast food. I used the crockpot a LOT - on the days I felt like doing anything - and it was mostly something like throwing chicken in it, pouring BBQ sauce over it, and then letting Daniel put the rest of the meal together that evening. Thankfully the kitchen/food didn't make me sick, I just was NOT interesed in cooking (I had 24-hr. feeling-yucky sickness). Eating? Oh yeah! When I didn't feel sick, I wanted to eat. I survived many a day on pasta or baked potatoes.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171889409871334109noreply@blogger.com