Tuesday 7 July 2009

Here we go again...

In the aftermath of your visit, I am moving slowly, as if I'm swimming underwater. I had hoped to see you because I am selfish, but now I wish you hadn't come...I am no longer a source of protection for you, but a source of pain.
- Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult

It was Dad's birthday last weekend so that called for a little celebration. And what do all celebrations need to have? Good food!

For dinner I made a vegetable and lentil lasagna with whatever I could find in the kitchen. I haven't made (or eaten) lasagna since I last was living at home and this made me wonder why since it was so simple and quick...plus it freezes really well for leftovers.


Instead of cake I opted for one of my favourite recipes,
Celine's Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie. I couldn't find the recipe on her website any more but luckily I had a copy stowed away. This time though, I made Chocolate Almond Butter Pie with a chocolate crust.


So delicious! We all went back for seconds even though we knew we were well and truly full. It's so rich I don't know how we even managed it but life is too short to waste good pie!


On another note, I moved into my new flat on Friday so you can expect to see some decent food coming out of my kitchen shortly!

4 comments:

  1. Oh wow. Both the pie and lasagne look so amazing! I wish I had a slice of each right now =P

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  2. That pie looks so great. And I could go a piece of that lasagna too. What is on the top layer?

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  3. It's a layer of pasta, then a layer of thinly sliced baked potato topped with a mixture of lentil, onion, carrot, mushroom, and tomato. Then there's another layer of pasta with a small amount of white sauce topped again with baked potato and the lentil mix. Then the top is another layer of pasta covered in white sauce, sheese and pumpkin seeds.

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  4. oops, did I accidentally remove the recipe from the site? would you mind sending a copy my way so that I can see which one it is and put it back on? sorry about that, I sucketh.
    happy belated birthday to your dad, the lasagna is calling my name!

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