Well, we've consumed breakfast and lunch in one go -- both the Pancetta and Polenta Spoonbread and the Ham Lo Mein with Shiitake and Snow Peas. You will notice that the Spoonbread title deviates from the recipe slightly. See, it should be "Ham and Polenta Spoonbread," but I failed to allocated some of our Fresh Ham to both this recipe and the Lo Mein, so we found ourselves woefully deficient of pork. Therefore, we had to improvise. Since I ordered twice as much Pancetta, another meat of porcine persuasion, we figured that it would be sufficient to toss in. And believe me, it definitely worked well! Since the meat is so salty though, future improvisations such as this should remember to omit the salt from the recipe. Still delicious, though!
The Ham Lo Mein with Shiitake and Snow Peas was an amazing dish as well. The Lo Mein was spiced just enough, and the fresh egg noodles tasted fantastic. I highly recommend taking the extra trip to an Asian grocer to obtain the real thing!
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| Pancetta and Polenta Spoonbread (left) and Ham Lo Mein with Shiitake and Snow Peas (right) |
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Once we wrapped up breakfast, that left just two recipes to go! The Popcorn with Sweet Butter and Sea Salt and the Tortellini en Brodo are the only things left to go. After Stef and I rolled out the dough (mental note: buy the pasta attachments for your Kitchen-Aide mixer if you plan to do this - it makes the job MUCH easier!) and filled the pasta, Kate whipped us all up a big bowl of popcorn. We're all just relaxing, and postponing the tortellini consumption. Its both bitter and sweet to be nearing the end of this insanity.
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| The Tortellini is Ready to Go! |
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| Kate Flips Through a Running Magazine while Eating Popcorn with Sweet Butter and Sea Salt |
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