December 28, 2007
Four Foods on Friday
If it’s Friday it must be time to play with our food again! Val over at Fun, Crafts and Recipes will expound on our answers later today, so there’s still time for you to play Four Foods on Friday, too. Just write your own blog post answering the questions, then give Val the link as a comment to her post, linked above.
Here are this week’s four questions.
#1. Lasagne noodles. Do you find a difference in taste between the regular and the no bake noodles?
Well, now I’m embarrassed. I don’t think I’ve ever made lasagne except for a few times when I helped Mom make it when I was a kid. I love the stuff, but it’s so much trouble to make. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as no-bake noodles!
#2. What is your favorite flavor PopTart?
Mmmmmm! Brown sugar cinnamon! No, wait - blueberry! Or maybe - chocolate!
#3. What’s your favorite type of pasta? Not how served, but the type - elbows, ziti, spaghetti, shells, etc. Why?
It depends on the sauce. If it’s cheese sacue it has to be elbows or shells. Marinara is perfect with angel hair. Pesto needs lots of little pockets to cling to, so I usually use fusilli for that. Alfredo sauce goes with everything!
#4. Green beans. What’s your favorite way to make them or dish to use them for?
Funny you should ask, because I just created a new recipe for our Christmas dinner. I cleaned and cut about a pound and a half of fresh geen beans, then tossed them in a saute’ pan with a couple of very thin slices of onion and about a quater of a cup of fresh, sliced mushrooms. I let them cook in just a little bit of olive oil until everything was nicely browned. Then I added a little water, turned the flame down, covered the pan and let it simmer until done - I left the beans slightly crispy. A few grinds of sea salt and black pepper were the only other ingredients. They were the hit of the dinner, amazingly flavorful. The secret is to use very little of the other ingredients so the beans are the star of the dish, just lightly flavored with onion and mushroom. Delicious!
There’s still time for you to get on over to Val’s place and play with your own food. Playing FFoF will automatically enter you in her first ever contest, which has a great cookbook for a prize. There’s only two days left to enter so you’d better get moving!
Beautiful green beans image from: Busy Moms Recipes because I didn’t know I was creating a masterpiece and neglected to take pictures. 
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Posted by skeet @ 9:12 am • Food and beverage, Meme
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December 28th, 2007 at 11:12 am, Evelyn Says:
Now I’m hungry! I didn’t know this was a Friday event — neat! I have to go find food… now. Pesto sounds really good right about now! Basil Pesto at Bishop Street Cafe… talk to you later!
December 28th, 2007 at 6:15 pm, Fun, Crafts and Recipes | What I learned from Four Foods on Friday 10 Says:
[…] The hit of Skeet’s Christmas dinner was a new recipe for green beans. Skeet’s a pal who got me hooked on hidden object games. She runs a fun contest every week called Tuesday Teaser and a worthwhile meme called Share Some Good Stuff on Thursday. And, she’s got a picture of a double rainbow, something I’ve never seen. […]
December 31st, 2007 at 8:15 pm, skeet Says:
Evelyn, Val will send you a weely reminder to participate in the Four Foods on Friday meme if you’re interested. Good way to meet some new readers.