No Time to Cook, Bowling,

We had Macaroni and Cheese for supper - yes I made the sauce from scratch. Actually I make enough for 3 or 4 meals and freeze it. Use it for cauliflower cheese too. Anyway, I started thinking (yes I can do that LOL) about all the women (mainly) who don't have time to cook. Too lazy if you ask me. I used to be a "working girl" but I always cooked dinner. Even when I lived on my own in a bed sit - basically - I still cooked. I even invented menus and I was in my early 20s. Spent quite a few hours on the phone to my mother "how do you make a white sauce" for instance. That was in the days before the internet of course. The only person who knew about the internet was Isaac Asmiov. I remember Jamie Oliver, British cook, doing his thing with school kids and holding up items like a cucumber and none of them knew what it was, one suggested celery. I understand even young French women, who used to be the epitome of home cooks, don't learn to cook any more. That probably horrifies me more  than anything. Of course it is also made extremely easy these days, practically anything can be bought in a grocery store. But what happened to the Joy of cooking, literally, the pride in making a successful meal and so on?

We went bowling again Thursday afternoon, if I was stiff yesterday, I am doubled up today. Matt, who does far less moving around than I, doesn't seem to be feeling it. Not only that he beat me twice today. By 5 points the first time but he thrashed me the second time. He was bowling very well. I threatened him with all kinds of dire punishments if he beat me again but he took no notice.

By the way, my new cane tip works very well and my cane stood nicely wherever I put it. whilst Matt's was more difficult to place!!!! I can't imagine why he didn't want it. I could order him one in a flash too.

I was checking out some spinach recipes just now, saw one with gnocchi. I always tell people I eat basically everything, except squid, but I forget that I do not like gnocchi. I really don't know why, but I don't like the texture for a start.

I do enjoy spinach so I thought this would be a good recipe. Mind you, I would use fresh spinach not frozen although I suppose if you are in a hurry!!!!

Steakhouse Creamed Spinach

Among the mahogany walls and dirty martinis, something great is happening in swanky steak-houses across the nation…carnivores are eating spinach. A simple side dish that seems healthy next to fried hash browns and marbled rib-eyes, the overly creamy restaurant version is still too flaccid and watery

for our taste. Using whipped cream cheese, our easy, silky smooth spinach brings home all the taste of the upscale steakhouse without the $15 side-dish robbery and the velvet banquettes.

4 (10oz/283g) packages frozen chopped spinach
2 (6oz/170g) containers Kraft Philadelphia Whipped Cream Cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbs freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat an 11×7-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Defrost spinach according to package directions. Drain very well, squeezing spinach to ensure all excess liquid is removed.

3. In a food processor, place cream cheese, melted butter, salt, pepper and spinach together. Process for 10 seconds. Using a rubber spatula scrape down the sides of the bowl and do 3-4 quick pulses to combine.

4. Transfer to prepared baking dish, sprinkle top with Parmesan and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.

Servings: 8

Source: Bite Me More

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