Thursday thirteen...and a recipe
After all the drama, I realized I'm teaching 16 classes in August. Not bad.
1. I've never seen Three's Company.
2. I find Heidi Klum annoying.
3. I let my subscription to Us lapse and I don't miss it at all.
4. My favorite summer fruits are cherries, grapes and cantaloupe.
5. I like Anthropologie in theory, though I've never bought anything there.
6. I have never been to Tennessee.
7. I wish John Irving would write another book. His last one wasn't the best, but I still have faith :)
8. I'm currently reading Winkie by Clifford Chase, and the protagonist (a teddy bear) is so sympathetic that it's hard to watch bad things happen to him.
9. I'd like to go to Hawaii someday, though I have a hard time with long flights.
10. Sometimes I want to eat chicken.
11. Fourth grade was my favorite year in elementary school.
12. As far as Europe goes, I've been to France, Italy, Britain and Ireland. (And airports in Amsterdam and Zurich ;)
13. I find Jon Stewart overrated.
And now, for the recipe...from Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven.
Cozy Orzo
1 lb room-temperature cottage cheese
1 t salt
1/4 c minced chives or scallions (I recommend using the chives)
1 t grated lemon zest (or more)
Black pepper to taste
1/2 lb orzo
1 c frozen peas
Combine the cottage cheese, salt, chives, lemon zest and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl, and mix well.
Cook the orzo in plenty of rapidly boiling water until it is tender. Place the peas in a colander in the sink, and drain the pasta right into the peas. This will defrost the peas and cook them slightly. Shake off the excess water, transfer the orzo and peas to the cottage cheese mixture, and stir gently.
1. I've never seen Three's Company.
2. I find Heidi Klum annoying.
3. I let my subscription to Us lapse and I don't miss it at all.
4. My favorite summer fruits are cherries, grapes and cantaloupe.
5. I like Anthropologie in theory, though I've never bought anything there.
6. I have never been to Tennessee.
7. I wish John Irving would write another book. His last one wasn't the best, but I still have faith :)
8. I'm currently reading Winkie by Clifford Chase, and the protagonist (a teddy bear) is so sympathetic that it's hard to watch bad things happen to him.
9. I'd like to go to Hawaii someday, though I have a hard time with long flights.
10. Sometimes I want to eat chicken.
11. Fourth grade was my favorite year in elementary school.
12. As far as Europe goes, I've been to France, Italy, Britain and Ireland. (And airports in Amsterdam and Zurich ;)
13. I find Jon Stewart overrated.
And now, for the recipe...from Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven.
Cozy Orzo
1 lb room-temperature cottage cheese
1 t salt
1/4 c minced chives or scallions (I recommend using the chives)
1 t grated lemon zest (or more)
Black pepper to taste
1/2 lb orzo
1 c frozen peas
Combine the cottage cheese, salt, chives, lemon zest and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl, and mix well.
Cook the orzo in plenty of rapidly boiling water until it is tender. Place the peas in a colander in the sink, and drain the pasta right into the peas. This will defrost the peas and cook them slightly. Shake off the excess water, transfer the orzo and peas to the cottage cheese mixture, and stir gently.
Comments
Never seen "Three's Company"?!?!?!?! Man, that was one of my favorite shows! John Ritter was fabulous.
I let my newspaper subscription lapse. It takes some pressure off me. One less thing to read.
I love grapes and cantaloupe. Not hot on cherries.
I was in TN in 1981 with my family for the World's Fair - yiipppeee! We went to the Grand Ole' Opry for a concert and all I remember is being bored out of my mind and falling asleep in the chair.
And on #13, I respectfully disagree ;) I LOVE Jon Stewart! :)
the recipe sounds tasty, but what do you think about omitting the peas (they are my hate veg!)
Suzy - maybe I will go there, and visit Graceland ;)
Bdogg - it really was. i thought it would be a ton of cottage cheese and not much orzo, but the ratio was just right.
carolyn - i'm a cherry fiend :) i don't read the newspaper, either. MSN gives me all the news i need.
vk - i haven't yet. there's a restaurant around here that serves pretty good fake chicken parm. i go there sometimes.
elsa - hehe, i knew you would take issue with #13 ;) i only saw him on oscars night, though, so maybe i'm missing something.
ashley - we'll have to arrange a blog trip to hawaii, with a short flight somehow ;)
also, britain's a part of europe, just separate geographically.
I would highly recommend trying it if you get an opportunity. And it smells so good, too!
i was in tn once doing a medical/rehab consulting gig for a nuclear power plant. that was eiry, but the state was quite beautiful. green and rolling.
nice to see your 13.