tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856046676527501892011-07-29T00:38:19.006-07:00Mikeynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485604667652750189.post-55177651013953877032009-02-15T13:48:00.000-08:002009-09-23T15:44:28.081-07:00Well, I didn't get a chance to try the mashed potatoes in the lasagne, because at the last minute I realized my potatoes were too old to use. So I drove to the store and bought non-fat cheese, which tasted pretty good. The lasagne was a hit at the potluck. Everyone was asked to put the ingredients list with their dish, because lots of vegetarians and people with food allergies attend. I forgot to put a list on my dish, but it was gone in 15 minutes. I guess it wasn't much of an issue.<br /><br />Lilith in San Francisco wrote to let me know that you can use vegetable broth in the mashed potatoes instead of olive oil, which I thought was a brilliant plan. Olive oil still rates high on the fat content, so I imagine veggie broth would be a good alternative. The thing to watch out for with broth is the sodium content, though if you make your own it isn't as much of an issue.<br /><br />Quiet weekend<br /><br />I had a good weekend, even if it was a bit quiet. I didn't go for the anticipated walk with Al because it was windy and stormy outside (I'm not a good pagan I guess...heheheh), and I didn't feel like being cold. So we stayed inside, drank tea, chatted and read for awhile. The electricty cut but thank God I have <a href="http://www.asepv.com/">solar panels</a> so the lights were on the whole time. I did my required reading for my class, and read most of my book about Elizabeth I. Stephen and I ended up not going out either, because there was a cool documentary about Voodoo on television, during which I fell asleep. I crashed out on the couch for a couple hours. It was just a lazy sort of weekend, which is good once in awhile. However we did visit the <a href="http://www.movielandwaxmuseum.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Movieland Wax Museum</span></a> very briefly just to see if his little sister was still working or not. She didn't need a lift so we left.<br /><br />Al and I worked for awhile Friday night on our book idea. We got an outline pretty much hammered out, so we're now faced with actually doing the necessary research. It's a book that has to be brief about everything, unless we want to turn it into a 400 page tome. Regardless of how short the sections have to be, I want them to be well researched and well written. It's going to take a bit of work. Sorry, I'm not going to go into detail about the book here....it's a secret. *grin*<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/485604667652750189-5517765101395387703?l=steppedincupcakebatter.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mikeynoreply@blogger.com0