Here is a link to Vulcan Park and Museum.
http://visitvulcan.com/
The La Storia exhibit will end this Spring and admission to see this exhibit is $6 for adults.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Manga
After my trip to Vulcan I was craving some Italian food. First I needed to go to the grocery store and buy some things. To make sure I that I did not forget everything I had to glance over my recipe. To make baled ziti I had to make my usual tomato sauce, ziti, and some mozzarella.
My tomato sauce:
1 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 table spoon olive oil
1 table spoon of dried basil
2 table spoons of sugar
1 "big pinch" of salt
1 "big pinch" of pepper
* Sometimes I add a splash of heavy cream for richness
Baked ziti recipe:
Combine ingredients for tomato sauce
Let simmer for 20 minutes
Preheat oven for 350 degrees
Cook the ziti until al dente (7-8 minutes)
While the sauce and noodles cook grate 1 cup of fresh mozzarella
After they are strained pour into a large baking dish
Pour sauce over the noodles
Give it light toss in the baking dish
Cover the top of the pasta with the grated mozzarella
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes (or until mozzarella becomes golden brown on the edges)
When I started to cook I dropped my ceramic teaspoon and tablespoon measuring spoons. I panicked! How was I going to cook if I have no way of properly measuring the ingredients? I decided that instead of running off to the store I would see if there was another way I could measure. I do have my cup measures... Maybe that could work I thought. But how many table spoons are in a cup? Guess what? There's an app for that.
1 tablespoon is 0.0625 cups. So looking at in fractions that would mean I would fill 1/16 of the cup. I never though I would be doing math while I was cooking.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kitchen-calculator-pro/id316131048?mt=8
My tomato sauce:
1 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 table spoon olive oil
1 table spoon of dried basil
2 table spoons of sugar
1 "big pinch" of salt
1 "big pinch" of pepper
* Sometimes I add a splash of heavy cream for richness
Baked ziti recipe:
Combine ingredients for tomato sauce
Let simmer for 20 minutes
Preheat oven for 350 degrees
Cook the ziti until al dente (7-8 minutes)
While the sauce and noodles cook grate 1 cup of fresh mozzarella
After they are strained pour into a large baking dish
Pour sauce over the noodles
Give it light toss in the baking dish
Cover the top of the pasta with the grated mozzarella
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes (or until mozzarella becomes golden brown on the edges)
When I started to cook I dropped my ceramic teaspoon and tablespoon measuring spoons. I panicked! How was I going to cook if I have no way of properly measuring the ingredients? I decided that instead of running off to the store I would see if there was another way I could measure. I do have my cup measures... Maybe that could work I thought. But how many table spoons are in a cup? Guess what? There's an app for that.
1 tablespoon is 0.0625 cups. So looking at in fractions that would mean I would fill 1/16 of the cup. I never though I would be doing math while I was cooking.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kitchen-calculator-pro/id316131048?mt=8
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