Electronics, Red Lobster, Snow and more Snow,

My electronics have got it in for me. First there was  the floating cursor. Then there was my desktop crash caused by plugging my older tablet into the USB port. Then I couldn't send emails with either tablet. However, I finally found a way to deal with the floating cursor. You do a system restore. Cheers, I now have a cursor which goes where I want it to. Then for the desktop I kept trying to reboot it, I wasn't convinced, and lo and behold it decided to reboot after a long time. Now all I have to do is sort out the tablets. I am pretty sure my old tablet is a goner. It doesn't want to hold a charge at all.

Saturday night we had a fair amount of snow dumped on us.- talking of typos Ijust wrote dumpled, I rather like that word -  Sunday it was kind of snowing all day so worrying about going to the Red Lobster for dinner. Think it will be OK. Local roads not great but I think the main roads will be clear. I discovered it is Lobster Fest and they are doing a dish of Lobster, truffle, mac and cheese. I had to let Bryan of A Beer for the Shower know as we had a Mac and Cheese recipe 'thing' going a while back. Doubt I will actually try it. Although it does look pretty good in the picture. however, they have lots of other specials which appeal to me more.

Damn, my cursor is floating again.

Admiral's Feast

Ultimate Feast

Now it is late Sunday night and we have feasted at the Red Lobster, I had the Ultimate Feast and Matt the Admiral's Feast. Then we both followed that with the Chocolate Wave Cake. I brought some of my cake home. They put a candle in the ice cream with the Wave Cake for Matt and sang Happy Birthday to him.

Obviously we didn't go for the mac and cheese. Both our friends had blackened Tilapia which looked pretty good as well.

One of our friends has been promising me a plate warmer forever as she doesn't use it any more. Never seen one before. It is electrical so you just plug it in I gather. Not read the instructions fully yet. She also brought us some Carrot Cake (leftover from one she made) to put in the freezer and half a box of chocolates as she couldn't eat them all!! I could. Matt had calls from both his daughters too so that made him a very happy camper. The only problem was the snow. It wasn't too bad going out, but when we returned it was very cold and the car was fairly well covered. We were both shivering. Matt more so because he will NOT wear hat or gloves. The roads were not good although luckily the plough was working round our way - thank goodness for being on a bus route - but nobody had done much for our front lot and I wasn't sure I could cross the garage threshold, however I did so easily. That's winter for you.

I guess I should have posted a seafood recipe! Ah well.

Pasta Stew with Rosemary Pork

8 oz Ditalini, Orzo or Alphabets, uncooked
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 lb lean, boneless pork loin, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
3 13 1/4-oz. cans fat-free, low-sodium beef broth
1 1/2 Tbs minced fresh rosemary or 1 1/2 tsp. dried rosemary
1/2 tsp salt
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
2 cups chopped fresh spinach
2 Tbs lime juice

1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or pot until hot. Add pork; cook until no longer pink, about 4 to 5 minutes. Drain well. Toss pork with red and black pepper in a bowl; set aside.

2. Add 1/4 cup beef broth to pot; add onion and celery, and cook until tender. Add pork, remaining beef broth, rosemary and salt. Bring to a boil. Add pasta and sweet potatoes and boil, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes or until pasta is done. Stir in spinach and lime juice. (Stew will continue to absorb liquid.) Serve immediately.

Servings: 6

Source: National Pasta Association

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