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What a lovely stir fry Len!
Tonight my friend Sue and I made our pizzas (I froze 2 of the dough balls). I had no problem shaping but getting them on the peel and into the oven was a bit of a learning curve. I ended up using parchment which worked great. I had the baking steel on the rack in the upper third of the oven, but it wasn't too close to the broiler. We cooked each for 4 minutes on the convection setting at 500 and then the broiler for 2. The parchment didn't burn. They were very good - the crust had a nice crisp outside/soft inside.

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I made tortellini with the Boursin (it was on sale again) tomato no-cook sauce, enough for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. On Wednesday, I'm making pizza for a good friend and me to celebrate my birthday. Using The Baking Steel 72 Hour Dough, I made it yesterday and after it sat on the counter overnight, I put it in the fridge. Wednesday, I will take it out to make the dough balls and let it rest.

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Somebody had too much time on their hands - mine hasn't been fed since Will left. (And, yes I plan to feed it soon probably next weekend)

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I'm in the same position you are BA. I saw the sale too and I can't decide. I love that you think it sounds like a tv station - I knew there was something weird but you put a name to it.

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I made my farro salad tonight with apples, pecans and I substituted salad greens for the arugula and Asiago for the shaved parmesan as I had those on hand. The dressing is made from olive oil flavored with shallots - they get crisped in the oil and then added to the salad as well. There is also honey, cider vinegar and Dijon in the dressing. Nice and filling and I'll have it for a few more days.

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Aaron re: GF - the macarons are, of course, gluten-free, but if you are making them for celiacs and others with allergy type issues, you would have to make them in a gluten free kitchen. Even if you clean your mixer, etc. there is no guarantee that all wheat is gone. We are very careful at the store making sandwiches and such for people with gluten allergies -separate knives, cutting boards, change of gloves, etc. our resort bake shop only brings in GF products on special request - they can't create in the bake shop as they produce so much with regular flour.

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Or, they have lots of syrup to use . . .

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The storms bypassed us as well today - we had some rain during the day and a major downpour around 5:30 - we could hear thunder off and on over the mainland.

I made "Will's" queso today and realized I could call it Irish queso in honor of St.Patrick's day - part of the cheese I used was Dubliner cheddar 😁 I had leftover curried chicken salad with mixed greens and tomatoes

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Nice story, thanks for sharing BA

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I made half a cheese sandwich on Will's sourdough as I came home from work and made a batch of chicken salad so I could take some as my contribution to hospitality for our church's house tour.

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We have a fairly new Aldi's on the mainland - I haven't been yet, but plan to go on Monday when I'm over there for a doctor's appointment. We had a Lidl (Aldi's competition) in our town in Ireland -we loved shopping there - good cheese selection, breads and snacks - our problem with the produce was that it was large amounts like Sam's- we did have a green grocer though which was really nice.

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I had yummy leftovers tonight and I hate the adjustment to daylight savings time - the sun is now coming up at 7:45 - ugh! I wish people would understand that you don't get more daylight - it's just redistributed - it drives me bonkers (steps off her soapbox)

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I made a Crustless quiche with onion, mushrooms, spinach and cheese. I had it with some sliced tomatoes - for store bought I like the Campari tomatoes. I have enough for 3 more meals and will probably have some turkey sausage with it tomorrow.

I also made a batch of overnight steel cut oats which I'm looking forward to in the morning.

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I tried the raspberry white chocolate cookies again. My attempt at making them in the sheet pan fell a little flat - a bad pun as they were actually too flat. I should have used a 13x9 so they would have been taller - it's basically a shortbread cookie. I like the flavors; I'm just trying to simplify the baking process.

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Happy Birthday Joan🥳

I made the 1st half of my chicken stock today. I didn't get as much as I'd hoped. And, then I made Ina's chicken soup with ramen which she adapted from her chicken noodle soup. It has ginger, soy sauce and bok choy to differentiate it from her regular soup. Will and I cook the ramen separately so it doesn't turn to mush. Alas, my version didn't taste quite as good as his - I'll have to get his proportions for the ginger, etc. - I followed the recipe, but he's made it more often and it's more flavorful 😁

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